There was once a little grey planet. It was very __1__. The people living there hadn't looked after it, though they had all the __2__ you could ever need because of the rapid development of technology. They had polluted the whole planet so seriously with __3__ that there were no plants or wild animals __4__.
One day, a little boy was walking on the planet when he passed a cave and __5__ a small red flower inside. The flower was very __6__ — almost dying, so the boy __7__ dug up the flower with roots, soil and everything. Then he started __8__ a place where he could look after it. He searched all over the planet,but everywhere was so __9__ that there was no place for the flower to live. Then he looked up at the __10__ and saw the moon. “Maybe the flower can __11__ there,” thought the boy. __12__ the little boy put on his astronaut suit, and climbed into a __13__. He put the little red flower in the back, and then went to the moon.
Far from all that pollution, the flower started to __14__. The flower was so __15__ cared for that it started producing seeds soon, __16__ others, and these other flowers spread onto other flowers. Before long, flowers completely __17__ the moon, which looked very __18__.
The earth on which we live has also been __19__ in a very bad way. If we don't look after it, maybe someday we will also only be able to plant flowers on the moon. Do you want that day to __20__?
1.A. moved B. sad
C. surprised D. pretty
2.A. instructions B. explanations
C. inventions D. exhibitions
3.A. air B. water
C. smoke D. rubbish
4.A. needed B. stored
C. protected D. left
5.A. picked B. threw
C. noticed D. tasted
6.A. sick B. large
C. fresh D. common
7.A. excitedly B. carefully
C. easily D. hopefully
8.A. taking over B. looking through
C. making up D. looking for
9.A. dirty B. wet
C. deep D. quiet
10.A. land B. mountain
C. forest D. sky
11.A. continue B. survive
C. fight D. love
12.A. So B. But
C. Because D. Once
13.A. boat B. car
C. spaceship D. train
14.A. refuse B. argue
C. grow D. quit
15.A. calmly B. well
C. gradually D. normally
16.A. giving birth to B. taking care of
C. looking down upon D. taking the place of
17.A. cleaned B. admired
C. covered D. destroyed
18.A. wide B. round
C. strange D. beautiful
19.A. supported B. polluted
C. reminded D. decorated
20.A. return B. disappear
C. come D. develop