Question

Last year, four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street corner (拐角). There were _______ bottles, parts of old bikes, and empty soda cans（苏打罐） everywhere around the bus stop. The trees were brown and had no leaves, and there wasn’t any flower at all. It was ugly (难看的).

One Friday, one of the children looked at the corner and decided to do _______ about it. The next Monday, she _______ a bag and colleted some of the old bottles to recycle (回收利用). On Tuesday, she and her friend spent another ten minutes _______ soda cans and put them in a different bag for recycling. On Wednesday, all the children joined together. The corner became _______!

The corner looked better but it was _______ ugly. So the next day the girl brought some flower seeds（种子）. She _______ the seeds and watered them, and watered the _______ , too. She only had ten minutes a day _______ that was enough.

A few months later, this corner became a beautiful garden ________ pretty flowers and healthy trees. It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to help your city?

1.A.old B.common C.cheap

2.A.something B.anything C.nothing

3.A.sent B.threw C.brought

4.A.picking up B.finding out C.looking after

5.A.ugly B.clean C.fresh

6.A.so B.even C.still

7.A.touched B.planted C.chose

8.A.trees B.plants C.flowers

9.A.so B.but C.though

10.A.with B.through C.without

Answer 1