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Ⅱ. Take care of the earth.
1. Li Na is telling the visit to her hometown. Choose the right words to complete the conversation.
(Y=Yuan Shuai, T=Tingting, L=Li Na, M=Ma Jian)
died, flying, save, happened, built, drank, become, clear, smells, angry
T: Oh, Li Na, I've nearly forgotten that you went to your hometown. How was your visit?
L: Not good.
M: Why?
L: As you know, I like the life in countryside. There are all kinds of plants, lovely farm animals and birds there. My grandmother raises many of them, such as pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks. My hometown used to be a beautiful village with flowers and grass. The river was very (1)________ and you could see fish swimming and birds (2)________ around. But all these things are going away.
Y: What has (3)________ there?
L: Two new factories were (4)________ and they always pour(倾倒) the waste water into the river. The water is so dirty and it (5)________ terrible. Some of the trees, grass and flowers along the river have (6)________. And we can't see fish in the water. Some farm animals have (7)________ ill and some have been dead since they (8)________ the water from the river. Everything has changed. The farmers are very (9)________ over the matter but they can't help.
M: Well, what did you do with it?
L: I have written a letter to the local newspaper about it.
Others: OK, you are right. It's our duty to (10)________ the earth.

答案：
(1)clear
(2)flying
(3)happened
(4)built
(5)smells
(6)died
(7)become
(8)drank
(9)angry
(10)save

 2. Taking care of the forests is our duty.
Today we can see many people cutting down the trees in the forests. A lot of rich land has become deserts. If we read newspapers, we'll learn that the forests on the earth are getting smaller and smaller all the time. We are cutting down large numbers of trees because we need wood and farmland. Some scientists say that there will not be any great forests in 20 or 30 years.
What will happen if the forests disappear? A lot of plants will die and the animals will lose their home. In many places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. There won't be enough rain, and the weather will get hot and dry. If the climate of the earth changes, life will be hard for everyone. Our living environment will become worse and worse. More and more rich farmland will disappear.
It's our duty to protect the forests well. Everyone should try his best to make a contribution to taking care of the forests. Stop cutting down the trees and make the world greener!
( )(1)The great forests are getting ________ today.
A. richer
B. fewer
C. larger
D. greater
( )(2)People cut down trees because they want ________.
A. wood
B. farmland
C. both wood and farmland
D. neither wood nor farmland
( )(3)If the climate of the earth changes, our ________ environment will become worse and worse.
A. studying
B. working
C. living
D. shopping
( )(4)According to the passage, it's our duty to ________.
A. take care of the forests
B. stop cutting down the trees
C. make the world greener
D. A, B and C

答案：
(1)B
(2)C
(3)C
(4)D