We know that trees are useful in our everyday life. They give us many things, such as

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Last year, I went WWOOFing （Willing Workers on Organic Farms) at a beautiful organic farm

Last year, I went WWOOFing (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) at a beautiful organic farm in La Réunion. With WWOOFing, volunteers exchange their time and work for food and accommodation. I slept in a cabin in the woods with hedgehogs(刺猬) digging about in the bushes, all different coloured birds singing in the morning and endless rows of palm trees offering shade from the sun.

For me, one of the best ways to get to know a new place is to work with the land, live with the locals and share meals together. This is why I absolutely love WWOOFing. It has got to be one of the best ways to travel. It is a mutually beneficial exchange where everyone involved prioritises people and environment above profit. You get the time and space to deepen a connection with local communities and nature.

There is a lot to learn and each farm has its own unique way of doing things, depending on the environment, climate and soil. At the farm in La Réunion we planted palm trees to harvest the core of the trunk which can be eaten in salads. Before staying with the farm I had only eaten heart of palm from cans which were nothing in comparison to the real thing, fresh from the ground. When potting up the very beginnings of the palm trees, I felt grateful to be a part of the start of the trees&39; cycle. I was filled with awe that something so small could grow into something so big and strong.

We also did lots of weeding, which helped me to get to know all kinds of different plants, to be able to identify which ones we could use as herbs/medicine/in salads and which were seen as uneatable. I also got to harvest pineapples and guava fruit(番石榴) to make jams which will be sold at the local market.

Of course, not everyone is able to travel far away into the field. The great thing about the skill-share philosophy behind WWOOFing is that it’s something we can all do from our own backyard. The focus shifts from money to how we can best support each other in our communities.

A fair exchange can make a big difference in the world.

WWOOFing enables volunteers to ________.

A.get food and shelter for their work

B.travel around La Réunion for free

C.tell the differences between various birds

D.have close contact with wild animals

The author found his farm life in La Réunion quite ______A.awful

B.rewarding

C.comfortable

D.difficult

The philosophy of WWOOFing is to _______A.improve local environment

B.make locals live better

C.unite different communities

D.advocate a fair exchange

The author did all of the following on the organic farm EXCEPT _______.A.removing weeds

B.planting palm trees

C.harvesting fruits

D.collecting vegetables

This passage is mainly about _____A.the development of WWOOFing

B.a local WWOOFing community

C.a charming WWOOFing experience

D.the system of WWOOFing

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Are you superstitious？ No, of course not. Do you believe in magic （魔法), and luck charms

Are you superstitious？ No, of course not. Do you believe in magic (魔法), and luck charms (护身符), and elves or gremlins (小精灵) ？ Certainly not, but if I should greet you with the usual How's business？" You'll answer "Oh, just so-so" although your business is profiting greatly. When you are successful in some venture you might say you were just lucky. And yet, you know it was probably due to your a bility and hard work. Why？ Sometimes you knock on wood because wood was once a tree and there is a primitive belief that protective gods inhabit trees and knocking on wood attracts their attention so they may be credited with your successes.

If I should sneeze, only the strongest of you could refrain(克制而不) from saying "God bless you". Why bless this unsanitary (不讲究卫生的) habit？ Our ancestors believed that a sneeze opened the body to invasion by devils, and invoking (召唤) the name of God made the devils get out in a hurry. You may not realize it, but you express this same "devil invasion" when you say, "Whatever can have gotten into that child？" or "I wonder what possessed me to do that？"

Although they may no longer be believed, evidences of superstitions that have had their origins in the primitive fear of the unknown still exist in modern language and gestures.

The author ______.

A．believe that most people are superstitious

B．believe that very few people are superstitious

C．believes that there are still some evidences of superstitions in what we say and what we do

D．is superstitious

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We talk every day. When we have good news, we like to share it with our good friends and w

hen something terrible happens, we make it known to others soon. But can you imagine that a tree can talk and share news too？ Of course, no tree moves lips and says words just as people do. Strange as it may sound, though, some trees do manage to communicate with each other.

Willow(柳树) trees are the best-known of these trees. When insects begin nibbling(叮咬) a willow tree, the tree sends out a special smell at once. This smell tells the other willows that harmful insects are coming near. All of them quickly make a chemical(化学物质) in their leaves. This chemical is bad to the insects. The insects do not like it and they fly away soon. In this way, the willow trees protect themselves from the insects.

The next time when you take a walk in the woods, maybe the trees are “talking” to each other quietly. And when someone says that trees cannot “talk”, please tell them that even trees give messages to each other, too.

Willow trees send messages with _________.

A.words

B.movements

C.smells

D.sounds

The underlined word “lips” in the first paragraph means ________.A.树干

B.嘴唇

C.枝条

D.手势

The passage tells us that some of the trees can ________.A.speak just as people do

B.tell stories to others

C.communicate with each other

D.kill insects in the woods

According to the passage, the right order of the following is ________. a、 The willow tree gives out a smell. b、 The willow trees make a chemical in their leaves. c、 Insects fly away because of the chemical. d、 Insects begin nibbling a willow treeA.d-a-b-c

B.d-b-a-c

C.a-b-c-d

D.d-c-b-a

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

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Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD.Paper was not made in southe

rn Europe until about the year 1100.Scandinavia - which now makes a great deal of the world's paper - did not begin to make it until 1500.Most paper is made from wood.Paper-making 1s an important British industry and paper from Britain is sold to many countries such as Australia and South Africa.Some of the wood used in the British paper making industry comes from trees grown in Britain, but wood is also bought from other countries such as Norway.One tree is needed for every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper.If half the adults in Britain buy one daily paper, this uses up over a thousand trees a day'.All over the world, trees are being cut down faster than they are being planted, so there may be a serious need for paper at the beginning of next century.

When we think of paper, we think of newspaper, books, letters and writing paper.But there are many other uses.Only half of paper is used for books and newspaper, etc .Paper is very good for keeping you warm.Each year, more and more things are made of paper.Now we hear that chairs, tables, and even beds can be made of paper.But the latest in paper making seems to be paper houses.

26.Where was paper invented()？

A.In China.

B.In Scandinavia.

C.In Britain.

27.Scandinavia began to make paper().

A.in 1100

B.in 1400

C.in 1500

28.Every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper will need().

A.half a tree

B.one tree

C.two trees

29.All over the world, trees are being cut down than they are being planted().

A.faster

B.more slowly

C.much more slowly

30.The latest things made of paper are().

A.chairs

B. tables

C.houses

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A.Yes, they are

B.No, they are not

C.We don't know

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As we know that words () meanings.

As we know that words （) meanings.

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We all know that______speak louder than words.A．movementsB．performanceC．operationsD．action

We all know that______speak louder than words.

A．movements

B．performance

C．operations

D．actions

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Today we know more about (). We’re better at preventing illness.

A.medicine

B.pollution

C.environment

D.population

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The survival of civilization as we know it is ___

__ threat.

(A) within (C) towards

(B) under (D) upon

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His ______ directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.A．ambigu

His ______ directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.

A．ambiguous

B．complicated

C．arbitrary

D．intricate

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