A(2023·江苏徐州)
Before 1970, few laws protected the environment. Then on 22 April that year, Earth Day was created to celebrate our planet, tell people about environmental problems, and encourage them to take action. Now Earth Day is celebrated all around the world. We still face many challenges, such as climate(气候) change, plastic pollution, and deforestation(毁林). But we can make a difference. Here is an Earth - helping hero.
　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Adeline Tiffanie Suwana was twelve when her family’s home flooded. Indonesia, her island nation in Southeast Asia, is often hit hard by floods and other natural disasters.
Adeline wanted to help. Studying the problem, she learned that mangrove trees play an important role in flood protection. Their big, tangled(缠结的) roots slow floodwaters and keep soil from washing away. But the trees were being cut down.
Adeline gathered her classmates to plant 200 mangrove young trees during a school break. They started a group called Friends of Nature, which works to keep the area’s biodiversity(生物多样性), fight against climate change, and help people realize the importance of the environment. They even started a project to get clean energy to remote villages.
Today, Adeline attends college, studying how businesses can help the environment.
Remember: every one of us can be a hero for the environment!
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。
1. What do the underlined words “our planet” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
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2. What happened to Adeline’s home when she was twelve?
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3. How many things did Adeline and her classmates do to help with the environment?
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4. What does Adeline do now?
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5. What is the proper title for the passage?
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1. The Earth.
2. Her family’s home flooded.
3. Three.
4. She is a college student.
5. An Earth - helping Hero

B(2024·江苏徐州邳州一模)
Once when a man was walking through the woods with an axe in hand, a small tree called to him, “Hello, friend! Can you cut those bigger trees? It is so crowded here that I have no room to spread my roots!” The little tree held out its tiny leaves. It continued, “If those trees were gone, I’d be able to grow.” The man thought for a while and agreed. He walked over to the bigger trees and started cutting them down. Soon, he cleared lots of space around the small tree. ① Now it would be able to feel the sun and wind. It would grow bigger and become a bigger tree in that area. But something else happened instead. ② The small tree wasn’t used to so much sunshine. ③ Strong wind and heavy rain came—without the bigger trees to protect it, the small tree was hit by the storm. ④ Soon, the small tree was nearly dead.
“You’ve been quite foolish,” said a bird. “You brought this on yourself. If you’d left the bigger trees alone, the sun and storm wouldn’t have hurt you so badly. They protected you. If you had just waited longer, you would have grown to be just as big as them. ” Something is just the same to teens, some teenagers always refuse parents’ care, feel impatient about parents’ words, get tired of parents’ love. But to parents, caring children is like growing flowers. Parents always believe that if they provide enough warmth, their children will be sure to bloom one day, even though some teenagers may not understand.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。
1. Why did the small tree want the man to cut down bigger trees around it?
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( )2. Please put the sentence “The sun’s heat came. ” in correct place.
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
3. What happened to the small tree at last?
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4. What does the underlined word “bloom” mean in Chinese?
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5. What can we learn from the story?
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1. Because it has no room. 2. B
3. It was nearly dead. 4. 开花
5. Sometimes you need a hand.