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D. only to find that one tree bent over to one side 3. _______, the string could be taken away. A. When the old man left B. When the young man untied it next time C. When the young tree grew strong enough D. When the young tree died 4. At last the old man told the young man ________. A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not stand alone B. that he should always be strict with his children. C. that he should be hard on his children D. that he should not look after his children 5. We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like ________. A. the young father the old neighbour B. parents and their children[ C. the old neighbour and his friends D. the parents and their friends ( B) Scientists(科學(xué)家) are trying to make the deserts (沙漠) into good land again . They want to bring water to the deserts , so people can live and grow food . They are learning a lot about the deserts . But more and more of the earth is being desert all the time . Scientists may not be able to change the deserts . Scientists think that people make deserts . People are doing bad things to the earth . Some places on the earth don’t get very much rain . But they still don’t bee desert . This is because some green plants are growing there . Small green plants and grass are very helpful to dry places . Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier . Plants don’t let the wind blow the earth away . When a little bit of rain falls , the plants hold the water . Without plants , the land can bee a desert much more easily . 6. Why can the land bee a desert ? A. Some places don’t get very much rain B. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier . C. People don’t keep the earth well D. Scientists haven’t learnt enough about the deserts . 7. Scientists ______ to make the deserts into good land again . A. carry water B. grow food C. do nothing D. study a lot 8. Which is not true ? A. The land never stops being deserts . B. Scientists ask the people to live in the deserts and grow food there . C. People do bad things to the earth . D. scientists may not be able to change the deserts . 9. Why are green plants and grass helpful ? A. They can hold the water . B. They can stop the wind from blowing the earth away . C. They can keep the earth wet . D. All the above . 10. Which is the best title (題目) for the passage ? A. The Desert Problem B. People Make Deserts C. Green Plants and Grass D. The Desert , the Tree and the Water ( C) One of the most important world problems is the growing population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 6,500,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but is the speed of the growth. It’s about % every year. In order to