B

Franz Schubert was a famous musician in the world.But he lived a very hard life and often suffered(遭受)from being hungry.One day he was very hungry and went to a small restaurant,hoping he might meet some  friends there.He looked around but found nobody he could borrow any money from.Then his eyes fell on a paper on one of the tables.In it was a little poem(诗歌).He read the poem.Then he wrote a piece of music for the poem and took his work to the owner of the restaurant.He only received a piece of beef and potato for it.Thirty years after his death,this manuscript(手稿)by Schubert  was worth 40,000 francs.It was his famous Berceuse(《摇篮曲》).

(  )41.Schubert went to the restaurant to______.

A.write a poem for his Berceuse

B.have his dinner together with his friend

C.see if he could find some friends who could lend him some money for a meal

D.write a piece of music for the owner of the restaurant

C

Scientists (科学家) 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 becoming deserts 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 much rain. B ut they still don’t become deserts. 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 become deserts much more easily.

(  )46.Why can the land become deserts?

A. Some places don’t get 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.

(  )47. Scientists want to         to make the deserts into good land again.

A. carry water B. grow food  C. do nothing D. study a lot

(  )48. Which is not true?

A. The land never stops becoming deserts.

B. Scientists ask 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.

(  )49. 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.

(  )50.Which is the best title(题目)for the passage?

A. The Desert Problem     B. People Make Deserts

C. Green Plants and Grass   D. The Deserts, the Tree and the Water