Eleven countries are building a great wall of trees across Africa． It is called the Great Green Wall．The aim is to bring life to the dry lands and help to fight the bad environment．
The wall is 8， 000kilometers long and 15kilometers wide． It covers from Senegal in the west to Djibouti in the east，on the south of the Sahara Desert（撒哈拉沙漠）． So far，Senegal has made the best progress by planting about 11， 000，000trees．
Many years ago， there were few trees in that area and the winds used to be very strong． It was harmful to the fields． Also， there was little rain， so few plants could grow and many people went hungry．Since the tree planting project started， the trees have provided food for the local people and increased the wetness（湿度）of the air． Little by little， there appeared green fields for people to grow plants．
The project which began in 2007is supposed to cost a total of 8， 000， 000， 000dollars． Many countries are trying their best to help to continue the planting． So we will be able to see the whole green wall across Africa in the near future．
（1）Why are the countries building the wall of trees？
They want to bring life to the dry lands and help to ．
（2）Where is the great wall of trees？
It's of the Sahara Desert．
（3）Why couldn't many plants grow in that area many years ago？
Because there were few trees， strong winds and ．
（4）When did the project begin？
It begun ．
（5）What does the passage talk about？
It mainly talks about in Africa．
When doing Christmas shopping， Joy came across （偶遇） Nick， the least popular student in school because he wore strange clothes and had a face only a mother could love．
After dinner， Joy's family went（1） church for the Christmas Eve service． A man with Bible（圣经） read a story about Jesus，who came（2） （help） people on Earth． Joy's thoughts kept turning back to Nick． It must be terrible to be lonely on Christmas Day with his parents dead． （3） （tear） started to run down her cheeks but she brushed them away．
That night， while everyone else（4） （sleep） like a baby， Joy was thinking ways to help Nick． As soon as she heard her parents get up， she（5） （quick） jumped out of bed． She told （6） about Nick． Then she asked， "Shall we invite him over today？" "Sure，" said her mother， who was always happy（7） guests came． Her father smiled．
When Joy called Nick two hours later， he was deeply（8） （move）． He joined them for dinner． To her surprise， Joy enjoyed （9） （spend） time with him． Joy came to understand sharing Christmas cheer is the（10） （great） joy to Nick， even to the whole world．
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something， quickly， kept， because， slowly， them， collect， clocks， warm， through， nothing， million
The British Museum is the biggest one in the world． Inside， you feel smaller than usual． There are about a hundred things in the museum to see： （1） which have been telling the time for six hundred years， Roman money， some of the earliest books in the world， including Shakespeare's own works…
The British Museum was set up nearly 300 years ago by a doctor， Sir Hans Sloane． The man liked to （2） such things as books， drawings， clothes， money， animals， flowers， and also hoped that his things would be well （3） and so visited by people after his death．
His wish came true， and the museum opened in 1759， six years after Sir Hans Sloane died．
Later， more antiques （古董） arrived at the museum， more books， old and new， came to it， and more people wanted to visit it． The museum had a famous round Reading Room． There was（4） unusual in the room． Cool air came up（5） small holes in the tables． Hot air flowing under the floor kept readers' feet（6） ． Since its opening， many famous men have written and studied there， like Karl Marx． And the library is growing faster and faster ﹣ there are four kilometers of new shelves each year，（7） it attracts increasing number of tourists each year．
It is now open every day of the year， except for two holidays （New Year's Day and Christmas）．
Entrance （入场） is free． There are lots of special exhibitions and every day there are different films and talks， some of （8） for children． Small machines tell you about the museum and as you walk around it， you can look and listen at the same time． So if you are one of the British Museum's two（9） visitors this year， don't try to see it all too（10） ． There is a lifetime of looking in the British Museum．
Campbell Remess is a teenager from Australia． He has been sewing （裁缝）teddy bears for sick children for several years．
The story （1） （begin） in 2013 when Campbell was nine years old． He told his parents that he wanted to give Christmas gifts to children in hospitals． But his parents said no， because with nine children of their own， buying presents for sick children would just cost too much． The little boy didn't give up， however． He decided （2） （make）their presents by himself．
Campbell made his first teddy bear with his mother's sewing machine in his bedroom． It was hard for him as he had never done this before． He downloaded （下载） patterns from the Internet and learned how to make a teddy bear by （3） （watch） videos online． It took him five hours to finish his first teddy bear． He can now make a teddy bear in an hour． He has also started a project called "Project 365 b
y Campbell" in which he （4） （try） to make a teddy bear every day．
Young Campbell uses his pocket money to buy materials for making teddy bears． To make more pocket money， he helps his parents with housework whenever he is free． Sometimes， he also sells his teddy bears online （5） （raise）money for sick children． Many people （6） （encourage） by Campbell's story and they give away free materials to him．
Campbell （7） （give）away about 1， 300 teddy bears so far． He is now busy making this year's teddy bears． He said that he had never thought of stopping and he would keep putting smiles on people's faces．
Shanghai is one of the first cities in China to see bike sharing fever． Shared bikes can now be found all over the city． （1） On streets， we can often see riders of your age． Some might even be younger than you． Unluckily， there have been some accidents involving （涉及）shared bikes． （2）
One of the most serious accidents took place in March． One Sunday afternoon， a boy was riding an ofo bike（共享单车）． He was hit by a bus and later died． The boy' s parents were not by his side． （3） He was only about 10 years old．
The good news is that Shanghai has been trying to manage bike sharing by making rules． The rules are still being discussed， but some of the rules have been decided on． （4） Users must be between 1.45 and 1.95 meters tall．
However， it could be hard to make these rules work． Ou Jing is ofo's manager in Shanghai． He said the company had banned （禁止）children under 12 from using its service． Yet， young children can still be seen riding ofo bikes． That's because many ofo bikes use manual （手动的）locks． （5） Ofo has developed electronic locks． However， it will take some time for the company to fix the new locks on all of its bikes．
Most of you are old enough to ride a shared bike． Still， please ride slowly for your own safety． When you finish using the bike， don' t forget to park and lock it properly﹣﹣for everybody's safety．
根据短文内容，从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容通顺完整．
A． If a user doesn't lock the bike properly after using it， anyone can ride it away． B． In fact， they are popular not only among adults but also among teens． C． All of the children under 12 have stopped riding ofo bikes． D． Besides， the boy was considered too young to ride a bike． E． For example， only people aged between 12 and 70 can ride shared bikes． F． These accidents warn us that shared bikes are not for everybody． |
A． translated B． writing C． stick to D． achievements E． give up F． successful |
Besides his（1） in poems， Yu was also a（2） translator（翻译家）， essay writer and critic．
He once（3） English poet Siegfried Sassoon's poem in Me， Past， Present， Future Meet into Chinese． It is regarded as a perfect and powerful translation， in which the most famous line is"心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇" for" In me the tiger sniffs the rose"．
Yu spent his whole life（4） ． In a 2015 interview with People's Daily， he said， "The reason why I（5） writing till today is my passion （热爱）for the Chinese language． "He then added that his love for his mother and his motherland made this passion stronger．
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