Mira Jinmao was born in the Hey Khan village. She has lived there with her family all her life. She is now thirteen years old. She loves the village and the forest around it. She has always played in the forest with her friends. But life in Hey Khan has changed. Hundreds of men from two big companies have arrived with
"" their "" equipment and tractors, and they have started to cut down more than 3,000 hectares of the forest near the village. After only six months, the forest has started to disappear. Mira cannot play there with her friends anymore. The village people have become very angry and have decided to fight the companies. Without the trees, the rain is now washing all the good earth down the mountain into the river. New trees cannot grow. Already the animals, the birds and the butterflies have moved away to other mountains, away from the noise of the men with tractors. The mountain at Hey Khan is becoming dry land.
1- Life in the Hey Khan village today is different from what it was … .
a) before the arrival of the two companies
b) when Mira was thirteen years old
c) when Mira couldn’t play with her friends
d) six months after fighting the companies
2- If the companies do not stop working, the … in a short time.
a) river will become dry
b) birds and butterflies will move away
c) forest will completely disappear
d) village people will become angry
3- The animals have moved away to other places because … .
a) Hey Khan is dry land
b) there are no trees left
c) the good earth is washed away
d) there is too much noise
4- The word “their” in line 9 refers to … .
a) men b) forests c) friends d) tractors