Question

A Powerful Team

This is a story of two friends — one is blind, the other has no arms. Although the two are “disabled”, they are a powerful team together. They have changed part of their village in North China’s Hebei Province into a rich, green forest.

Their story began in 2000. Haixia was blind in his right eye. Wenqi lost his arms in an accident. Neither could find a job, so they decided to team up. They rented(租) some poor land and began to plant trees.

Haixia and Wenqi never imagined that they would create an environmental paradise(天堂). Their forest now has over 10,000 trees, hundreds of birds and many other wild animals. It also saves the village from river flooding(洪水泛濫) during the rainy season.

When the friends work together, they focus on their strengths not their disabilities. Their day begins at 7 a.m. Haixia carries Wenqi across the river to get to their work place. Since they cannot afford to buy young trees to plant, the two use branches（樹枝）from trees. Haixia climbs to the tree-top and picks up the perfect branch. He then digs a hole and plants it carefully. Finally Wenqi waters the tree.

The two men don’t make much money but they are proud of themselves and they still work hard. As Wenqi says, “We stand on our own feet, so the fruits of our work taste sweeter.”

Neither Haixia nor Wenqi cares about money. As a team, they already have everything they need --- a perfect pair of eyes, two strong hands, and the best friendship in the world!

1.Haixia and Wenqi decided to team up because ______.

A. Haixia wanted to help Wenqi

B. neither could find a job

C. they had the same interest

D. Wenqi asked Haixia to do that

2.During the rainy season, Haixia and Wenqi’s forest ______.

A. makes the villagers become richer

B. increases the number of the tourists

C. saves the village from river flooding

D. provides more farmland for the village

3.In paragraph 5, when Wenqi says “We stand on our own feet, so the fruits of our work taste sweeter”, he means that “ ______”.

A. they hope to make the forest even better

B. the fruits from their trees are very sweet

C. they are proud to depend on their own

D. they are able to do any difficult work

Answer 1