The Tree of Life

　　Two travelers are walking in Africa. The sun beats down on them. The land is dry and dusty. Even the rivers have dried up.

　　The travelers sit down next to a huge, ugly tree. They're hot and tired. Most of all, they're thirsty. They reach for their water canteen (水壶) . It's empty! Where can they find water? They look up at the tree next to them. Then they remember. Quickly, they climb to the top of the tree. They find a scooped-out hole there. The hole is filled with water. The travelers take huge gulps. The baobab (木棉) tree has saved their lives.

　　The baobab tree is a funny-looking tree. Its bark (树皮) is wrinkled (超皱) and looks like elephant skin. The branches look like roots reaching for the sky. But this strange tree has saved the lives of people and animals. The tree stores enough water at the top to last for many months. Animals use the tree as a drinking fountain (水源). Some animals even move in and live among the roots. The animals can stay for a long time. Some baobab trees live for 2000years.

1．This story is mainly about ________ .

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2．Another title that tells the main idea is ________ .

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3．The travelers in this story are ________ .

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4．The water in a baobab tree is ________ .

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5．Animals that live in the tree ________ .

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An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for him to go back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

　　The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(争执).

　　“Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.

1.The story happened _________.

A. in England?????????

B. on a ship from Norway to England

C. in Norway????????

D. on a ship from England to Norway

2.The traveler didn’t go to the dinning room first because __________.

A. he had no money???????????????? B. he didn’t feel very well

C. he didn’t want to eat anything????? D. he didn’t hear the sound of the bell

3.The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because __________.

A. his friend had given him some money

B. the waiter had asked him to change his mind

C. he learned that there was no bill on the ship

D. he was too hungry

4.After the traveler finished eating, __________.

A. he had a quarrel with waiter over the bill

B. he drank a lot

C. he asked the waiter to bring him the change(零钱)

D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals

　　There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts to your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

　　Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable, You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like, You can stop wherever you wish where there is something interesting to see, at good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airliner you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.

　　Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages（便利）. You can see the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.

　　Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. Some people usually take a train or plane when they are traveling on business.

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A．make the longest journey enjoyable

B．travel to a very far place in several minutes

C．make our own timetable

D．visit many other countries and different parts of your country on boat

(3)The underlined word“They”in the passage refers to _________.

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