Have you e 1 planted a few trees on Tree Planting Day?

Each year, many of people, both old a 2 __ young, plant a lot of trees. But this may not be the best w 3 __to make your home a greener place. Last week, we v 4 __ a park in Hebei. We were s 5 __ to find most of the trees had been burnt. The workers told us that the trees d 6 _ soon after they were planted because they were not watered well enough. So the workers burnt them and changed the trees for new trees to be planted this year. On a card found in one of the trees, a student w 7 _ . “I hope this tree will g 8____up with me to become the backbone(栋梁) of our country.” The workers said that the survival of the trees was really more important t 9__ how many trees were planted.

Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate some m 10 and let professionals plant and take care of trees.

The Red Cross Society of China（RCSC）（中国红十字会）has so far received 150 million yuan (18 million U.S. dollars) as donation (捐款) for tsunami-hit (遭受海啸袭击的) countries, reports from the RCSC said on January 14, 2005.

2.66 million U.S. dollars of the money were sent to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand soon after they were hit by the killer disaster（灾难）late last month. The rest of the money will be sent for rebuilding villages, schools and orphanages (homes for children who lost their parents) in the disaster areas, the reports said.

According to the reports, two RCSC’s rescue (营救) teams have arrived in Indonesia and Sri Lanka on Friday. A third team will go to Thailand early next week.

The RCSC will report how much money has been collected and the uses of the money on its website on time, the reports said.

1.The passage is probably from _____.

A. a newspaper                 B. an advertisement                    C. an instruction (指导) book

2.Which countries were hit by a tsunami (海啸)？

A. Indonesia, China.

B.Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

C. Thailand, Japan and Maldives.                 

3.How many RCSC’s rescue teams have arrived in the tsunami-hit countries?

A.  One.                            B.Two.                                        C.Three.                                

4.The rest of the money will be used to rebuild _____ in the disaster area.

A. villages, schools and orphanages

B.villages, factories and stations

C. orphanages, gyms and schools      

5.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The RCSC has so far received U.S. $ 20.66 million in donation for tsunami-hit countries.

B. The uses of the money will be reported on its website on time by the RCSC.

C.Two RCSC’s rescue teams have arrived in Thailand.

Started in 1636, Harvard (哈佛) University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

In the early years, these schools were nearly the same. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin and Greek. Little was known about science. And few people knew that one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.

In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could study in Harvard’s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began to teach modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began to teach American history.

As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.

Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning. There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer all.

1.In the early years, people learned ________ in colleges.  

A. science          B. medicine     C. law          D. Latin and Greek

2.Most of college graduates became ________ in the early years.

A. ministers or teachers    B. lawyers      C. doctors      D. workers

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. In the early years, everyone can go to colleges.

B. In 1782, Harvard began to teach German.

C. In the early years, different colleges majored in different fields.

D. More and more courses were taught in college with the improvement of knowledge.

4.Which of the following is the right order of the courses taught in Harvard?

a. law

b. French and German

c. Latin and Greek

d. medicine

e. American history

A. d-b-e-c-a            B. a-d-b-c-e        C. c-d-a-b-e        D. c-d-b-e-a

5.Nowadays college students ________.

A. can learn everything they are interested in

B. go to different smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning

C. learn the same subjects

D. must learn Latin and Greek