Question

As a report from the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization（聯(lián)合國(guó)糧食和農(nóng)業(yè)組織）says, 1.29 million square kilometres of forest, an area almost the same size of South Africa, have been lost from the Earth since 1990. Now the forest loses an area around the size of Panama every year. As the forest becomes smaller, many animals lose their home. Luckily, there are still some people doing their best to save forest. A Brazilian （巴西人） Sebastiao Salgado and his wife Lelia Salgado have spent about 20 years planting forest.

Sebastiao is one of the most famous Brazilian photographers. He traveled all over the world to take photos. When he finally came back home in Brazil in the 1990s, he was astonished - the forests were once full of wildlife. Now there are no trees here. So Sebastiao decided to do something about it. He believed that he could plant the forest together with his wife. And then his amazing dream began to come true. When they began to do that, all the birds and fish returned.

The couple brought the forest back by planting 4 million young trees. During the following 20 years. Sebastiao and his wife took care of the planted forest. 293 kinds of plants, 172 kinds of birds and other animals came back there. Sebastiao’s dream and hard work is a shining example of saving the nature. The couple show us how quickly the nature can recover(恢復(fù)) if we take action. As the saying goes, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is today.”

1.Every year our forest loses an area almost the size of .

A.Brazil B.Panama C.South Africa D.the United States

2.There was no wildlife in Sebastiao’s hometown in the 1990s because .

A.the weather was cold B.there was no water

C.people killed them all D.people cut down all the forests

3.What does the underlined word “astonished” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.interested. B.bored. C.surprised. D.excited.

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A.Never too late to start. B.Love me, love my dog.

C.You can’t have your cake and eat it. D.Think twice before you make a decision.

Answer 1