Planting "trees" on your screen
Do you want to help China become a more beautiful country? Now, you can do this on your mobile phone.
Ant Financial (蚂蚁金服) is an Internet financial service company. In August 2016, it started an interesting project "Ant Forest". According to Ant Financial, "Ant Forest" can help people improve the environment.
But how does the project actually work? And what effects (效果) has it had? In "Ant Forest",people start by planting a virtual (虚拟的) tree. The project then gives people "green energy" if they do low﹣carbon activities.The activities include walking,buying tickets online,taking public transportation and so on. With "green energy",the virtual tree will slowly grow up.When there is enough "green energy",Ant Financial will plant a real tree.
The Ant Financial company has been working with lots of green charities (慈善机构).Together, they help farmers in desert places in China plant trees.
"Ant Forest" has been very popular. More than 250 million people have planted virtual trees on their phones. And Ant Financial has planted more than ten million real trees.
Bai Xue is a member of Ant Financial. She says the company believes everyone wants to improve the environment, She and her workmates are happy that they can help people realize their wishes. According to Bai, Ant Financial will do more in the future so that we can make China a greener country together.
(1)Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
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Ant Financial has helped all farmers in China to plant trees.
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If you buy tickets online, you can get "green energy" from the project.
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Because of the project, charities become more and more popular.
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More than ten million people have planted real trees.
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(2)What is the correct order according to the passage?
a. Ant Financial plants a real tree.
b. You receive "green energy".
c. The virtual tree grows up.
d. You do low﹣carbon activities.
e. You plant a virtual tree.
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d﹣c﹣b﹣a﹣e
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B. |
c﹣b﹣c﹣d﹣a
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C. |
d﹣a﹣b﹣c﹣e
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D. |
e﹣d﹣b﹣c﹣a
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(3)What's the main idea of the last paragraph?
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Ant Financial believes that all the people can realize their wishes.
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The company will become greener.
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Ant Financial will do more in the future to make our country greener.
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D. |
Bai Xue and her workmates want to plant trees.
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(4)We can learn from the passage that .
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Ant Financial can help people realize their wishes of improving the environment
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B. |
Ant Financial is a charity
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C. |
Farmers in desert places in China often plant trees
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D. |
The members of Ant Financial like walking, buying tickets online and taking public transportation
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