A lot of things ________ by people to save the little girl now.

A. are doing

B. are being done

C. has been done

D. will be done

Europeans are being dug out from heavy snow after a week of very cold weather. The snowstorm is the harshest to hit Europe. Airports were shut down. And schools have been closed for a week.
Until Wednesday, at least 400 people across Europe had died because of the cold temperature. Several countries have said a state of emergency. In Ukraine, temperatures dropped as low as -33℉.
Although the situation is bad, at least one country is hoping the weather will last a little longer. In the Netherlands, the government is preparing for the country’s “11 Cities Tour”. The 125-mile ice-skating marathon will be held along a network which joins 11 towns and cities together in Friesland Province.
The ice along the way must be inches thick for the event. Up to 2 million people are thought to cheer on the race’s 16,000 competitors.
On Wednesday, Dutch soldiers joined in the preparations. They cleaned snow along the way. This will be the 16^th time that the event has taken place since the first race in 1909. Dutch General Hans said his soldiers were happy to lend a hand. “We want to do our bit for this national party.” he said.
【小题1】What is “11 Cities Tour”?

Once upon a time，a poor family had only one small roll of expensive gold wrapping（包装）paper．The father had no money to buy any more．On Christmas Eve his 5-yeatold daughter decorated（装饰）a shoe box with all the gold paper and put it under the Christmas tree．The father was quite unhappy about it．

The next morning the little girl，filled with excitement，brought the gift box to her father and said．“This is for you，Daddy!”

As he opened the box，the father found it was empty．At once he shouted at her．“Don’t you know，young lady，when you give someone a present，there should be something inside the package!”

The little girl almost cried out．She looked up at him and said，“Daddy，it's not empty．I blew kisses into it until it was all full．”

The father was moved．He fell on his knees and put his arms around his pretty little girl．He asked her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger．

Before long an accident took the lire of the child．The father kept that little golden box by his bed for the following years of his life．Whenever he was faced with difficult problems，he would open the box，take out an imaginary（想象的）kiss and remember the love of his beautiful child who had put it there．

In a very real sense，each of us，as a human being，has been given an invisible（隐形的）gold box filled with true love and kisses from our children，parents and friends．There is no more valuable thing than this．

1．What did the little girl do on Christmas Eve?

A．She blew her kisses into the shoe box until she thought it full．

B．She put a beautiful gift into the shoe box for her dear father．

C．She decorated a Christmas tree with the gold wrapping paper．

D．She wrapped the shoe box and put it on the Christmas tree．

2．How did the father feel when he opened the gift box for the first time?

A．Happy．               B．Proud．                C．Sad．              D．Angry．

3．The father kept the box for the rest of his life because __________．

A．it was his only Christmas present              B．it was made an expensive gold

C．it was full of his daughter's love                  D．it was a very useful shoe box