人教版(新课标)选修六 Unit 4 Global warming 单元测试（含答案）

选修六 Unit 4 Global warming
单元测试
一、阅读理解
A
London has become a cycle friendly zone after the launch of a new bike hire scheme. It has been designed to encourage more people to cycle in and around central London.
So how does it work First you have to sign up to the scheme to be sent a key. The key will unlock one of the bikes, which are kept at docking stations in and around central London. You have to pay an access fee for the key and then you pay as you go, for the length of time you use the bike.
Transport for London, which runs the scheme, are hoping to have 6,000 bikes and 400 docking stations in place by the end of the year. The new hire system is hoping to ease congestion (拥挤) in London and is expected to create up to 40,000 extra cycle trips a day into the city centre. London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the scheme and said London had been “filled with thousands of gleaming machines that will transform the look and feel of our streets and become as commonplace on our roads as black cabs and red buses”.
However, there have been a few problems since the scheme was launched last Friday. On the first day some people found they couldn’t dock their bike properly and their usage of the bike had not registered. Transport for London did admit they had been expecting a few “teething problems” and have said they wouldn’t charge for the first day as a “gesture of goodwill”. Some other people have criticized the lack of docking stations and locks for the bikes as well as the price it costs to hire the bicycles.
Despite the comments, the green-thinking London Mayor still seems very positive about things, saying, “My campaign for the capital to become the greatest big cycling city in the world has taken a big pedal-powered push forwards.”
1.London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the new bike hire scheme in order to .
A.reduce the air pollution of the city
B.deal with the city's traffic problems
C.increase employment opportunities
D.encourage the citizens to take exercise
2.If you want to hire a bike, in which order will you do
a.pay for the key to a bike
b.sign up as a member to get a key
c.cycle in and around central London
d.pay according to the time you use the bike
A. b→a→c→d B. b→d→c→a C. d→c→b→a D. d→b→c→a
3.All the following are the problems of the scheme EXCEPT .
A.the high cost to hire a bike
B.docking the bikes properly
C.not registering their usage of the bikes
D.not charging for the first day of the scheme
B
Hello. I'm Jan from Mrs. Lake's class. My class wants to work together to help the public. We think we have found a great way to do this. Last month we did a class project on the highways near our town. We learned about the Adopt-a-Highway Programme. This programme brings people together to pick: up litter along the roads. We think it is a great idea for all students in our school to join the programme and adopt a highway.
Adopting a highway is not like adopting a pet. When a highway is adopted, only part of the highway is cared for by a group of people. The group agrees to work every week to keep its part of the highway clean. Each group gets its own sign that has the name of the group printed on it. The sign is put up at the side of the road. This sign lets drivers know who is keeping that area of the road CIS
The Adopt-a-Highway Programme is a great way for people to help their environment look nicer. Also, the government does not have to send out many read workers. This saves money. Finally, people may harder to keep roads clean if they see people, especially teenagers like us,cleaning them up.
We need helpers to care for our adopted highway. If you want to feel great and keep our roads clean, please come with your parents to the meeting next week. We will meet in Mrs. Lake-S room on Wednesday at 6:00 p. M. At the meeting, we will talk about which roads are the dirtiest as a result of people’s unkind acts. Then we’11 try to pick an area to adopt and clean up.
I am looking forward to seeing you at the meeting. Remember to keep our reads clean!
1.What is the Adopt-a-Highway Programme about
A. Giving names to the highways.
B. Drawing pictures of highways.
C. Picking up litter along the roads.
D. Putting up signs near the roads.
2.What should the students do first if they want to join the programme
A. Pick a spot to care for.
B. Call Mrs. Lake next week.
C. Write a letter to their parents.
D. Go to the meeting on Wednesday.
3.What is the purpose of this speech
A.To encourage students to join the programme.
B.To introduce the traffic system.
C.To show drivers how to drive safely.
D.To tell a story about adopting a pet.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage
A. Adopt-a-Pet.
B. Adopt-a-Highway.
C. Ways to Protect the Environment.
D. Volunteers on Roads.
C
In the depths of the French Guianese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous(土著的) people. Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs. And yet, people in this area are in fact French citizens because it has been a colony(殖民地) of the French Republic since 1946. In theory, they should live by the French law is often ignored or unknown, thus making them into an interesting area of “lawlessness” in the world.
The lives of these people have finally been recorded thanks to the effects of a Frenchman form Paris called Gin. Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250,000 living in its capital, Cayenne.
“I have a special love for the French Guianese people. I have worked there on and off for almost ten years,” says Gin. “I’ve been able to keep firm friendships with them. Thus I have been allowed to gain access to their living environment. I don’t see it as a lawless land. But rather I see it as an area of freedom.”
“I wanted to show the audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life,” continues Gin. “I prefer to work in black and white, which allows me to show different specific worlds more clearly.”
His black-and-white pictures present a world almost lost in time. These pictures show people seemingly pushed into a world that they were unprepared for. These local citizens now have to balance their traditional self-supporting hunting lifestyle with the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic, which brings with it not only necessary state welfare, but also alcoholism, betrayal and even suicide.
1.Why does the author feel surprised about the indigenous people in French Guiana
A.They seldom follow the French law.
B.They often ignore the Guianese law.
C.They are separated from the modern world.
D.They are both Guianese and French citizens.
2.Gin introduced the special world of the indigenous Guianese as _________.
A.a tour guide B.a geographer C.a film director D.a photographer
3.What is Gin’s attitude towards the lives of the indigenous Guianese
A.Cautious. B.Doubtful. C.Uninterested. D.Appreciative.
4.What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to
A.The modern French lifestyle.
B.The self-supporting hunting.
C.The uncivilized hunting.
D.The French Republic.
D
California Condor’s Shocking Recovery
California condors are North America’s largest birds, with wing-length of up to 3 meters. In the 1980s, electrical lines and lead poisoning(铅中毒) nearly drove them to dying out. Now, electric shock training and medical treatment are helping to rescue these big birds.
In the late 1980s, the last few condors were taken from the wild, and there are now more than 150 flying over California and nearby Arizona, Utah and Baja in Mexico.
Electrical lines have been killing them off. “As they go in to rest for the night, they just don’t see the power lines,” says Bruce Rideout of San Diego Zoo. Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resulting in electrocution(电死) if they touch two lines at once.
So scientists have come up with a shocking idea. Tall poles, placed in large training areas, teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock. Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-freed condors died of electrocution. This has now dropped to 18%.
Lead poisonous has proved more difficult to deal with. When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead. This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney(肾) failures and death. So condors with high levels of lead are sent to Los Angeles Zoo, where they are treated with calcium EDTA, a chemical that removes lead from the blood over several days. This work is starting to pay off. The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5.4% in 2011.
Rideout’s team thinks that the California condors’ average survival time in the wild is now just under eight years. “Although these measures are not effective forever, they are vital for now,” he says. “They are truly good birds that are worth every effort we put into recovering them.”
1. California condors attract researchers’ interest because they ______.
A. are active at night
B. had to be bred in the wild
C. are found on in California
D. almost died out in the 1980s
2.Researchers have found electrical lines are ______.
A. blocking condors’ journey home
B. big killers of California condoras
C. rest places for condors at night
D. used to keep condors away
3.According to Paraghaph 5, lead poisoning ______.
A. makes condors too nervous to fly
B. has little effect on condors’ kidneys
C. can hardly be gotten rid of form condors’ blood
D. makes it different for condors to produce baby birds
4.The passage shows that ______.
A. the average survival time of condors is satisfactory
B. Rideout’s research interest lies in electric engineering
C. the efforts to protect condors have brought good results
D. researchers have found the final answers to the problem
二、根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
Going green is a great way to reduce your environmental footprints and help the planet. Being green is all about reducing the resources you use, reusing items when you can, and recycling items that can't be reused. ①________
Carry a reusable water bottle so you will not need bottled water.
②________ Not only does it create trash, but it also uses more resources because it's shipped to the store. To be more eco-friendly, make it a habit to carry a reusable water bottle with you everywhere so that you can drink water anytime. Plastic bottles are usually the lightest and most convenient.
Use reusable bags while you're shopping.
Shopping bags make it easy to carry your items home, but they also pollute the planet. Skip the store's shopping bags and bring your own instead. Use a backpack that you already own, or purchase a couple of reusable bags from the checkout area at your local grocery store. ③________
④________
Before you throw something away, look for ways you might reuse it. Try re-purposing items or making green crafts. This will help you keep trash out of the landfill. For example, instead of throwing away a jar, you might use it as a glass, vase or storage container.
Reduce the amount of time you spend using electronics.
While electronics are really fun and help you feel connected to your friends, they also use up a lot of energy. Schedule should break away from your electronics so you can use them less. During your breaks, do something fun like going for a walk, playing a game with your friends, or pursuing a hobby. ⑤________ For instance, instead of playing online video games together, go to a local park.
A. Reuse items to save them from the landfill.
B. You can use your reusable bags at most stores.
C. Bottled water is really bad for the environment.
D. You probably need to change your personal habits.
E. Invite your friend to connect with you in real life.
F. Glass bottles have come a long way in recent years.
G. You can find ideas for green crafts by searching online.
三、阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
After the earthquake hit Japan on March 11, many touching stories happened around me.
I had to walk home since all the 1 had stopped after the quake. On my way home I 2 an old lady at the bakery shop, giving out free bread, which made my heart 3 . A middle-aged man was holding a sign that said, "Please use our toilet." He was 4 his house for people to go to the restroom.
My friend wanted to 5 others. He stood in the cold with a sign "If you are okay with a motorcycle, I will 6 you to your house." Then I saw him take one gentleman far away home!
The next day I drove to fill my car with gas. There was a 7 of gas and many gasoline stations were either closed or had very 8 lines. I got worried, behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my 9 , the man smiled and said, "Due to this situation, we are only giving $ 30 worth of gas per person. Is that all right " "Of course, I'm just glad that we are all able to 10 ," I said.
I saw a man at the evacuation(疏散) centre 11 when people brought food to him, the first time in three days that food had been brought to their centre. However, after he wiped the tears, his next 12 surprised me. "I am very 13 that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven't 14 any food at all. Please go to that centre as well." And when hearing that, I realised there is a bright future on the other side of this 15 .
1. A. traffic B. rescue C. communication D. business
2. A. missed B. caught C. noticed D. heard
3. A. hungry B. soft C. broken D. warm
4. A. advertising B. opening C. repairing D. decorating
5. A. encourage B. save C. charge D. assist
6. A. drive B. follow C. lead D. send
7. A. plenty B. lack C. variety D. diversity
8. A. direct B. straight C. long D. short
9. A. time B. turn C. duty D. decision
10. A. share B. offer C. tolerate D. transform
11. A. waiting B. grabbing C. sleeping D. crying
12. A. promises B. roles C. actions D. remarks
13. A. upset B. grateful C. surprised D. proud
14. A. bought B. supplied C. prepared D. received
15. A. city B. centre C. lesson D. disaster
四、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Ocean Cleanup has been trying out a system for ①_____(remove) plastic from the sea. After running into several ②_____(problem), the group has got the system up and working.
The Ocean Cleanup system is ③_____ floating barrier. It uses a giant screen that hangs below the surface of the water. The screen traps pieces of plastic as they float by. Sea life can swim safely underneath. The barrier didn't work well when it was towed out to sea last year. It floated at the same speed ④_____ the plastic it meant to catch. Since then, an underwater parachute(降落伞) ⑤_____(add). This slows down the barrier so it can catch the faster-moving plastic. Other fixes were made to prevent plastic from flowing over the top of the barrier.
The system is being used in an area of the Pacific Ocean ⑥_____(know) as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch now. Some 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic have collected there. The pollution ⑦_____(harm) sea life and also gets into the food chain. ⑧_____ is reported that half of the trash will have been cleaned up by 2025.
The next challenge is to make the barrier bigger and stronger, so it can gather plastic for a year, after ⑨_____ a ship will carry the trash away. It is ⑩_____(actual) not easy.
五、假如你是李华,你的外国网友Jack沉迷于抖音(tiktok)不能自拔,写信向你求助,请你给他回一封电子邮件。内容包括:
1. 表示理解与关心;
2. 分析抖音对我们生活可能存在不良影响;
3. 提出具体建议。
注意:
1. 词数80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,使行文连贯;
3. 开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I do hope my suggestions will be helpful to you. Looking forward to your good news.
Best wishes!
yours,
Li Hua
六、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Desiree, a 4-year-old girl, was sobbing quietly over her father, Ken, who had died nine months earlier. She was hugging a photograph of her father with her fingers running around his face. "Daddy," she said softly, "why won't you come back "
Instead of gradually adjusting to her father's death, Desiree refused to accept it. "Daddy will be home soon," she'd tell her mother. "He's at work." When she played with her toy telephone, she pretended she was chatting with her father. "I miss you, Daddy," she'd say. "When will you come back " Desiree's situation made her mother worried.
Days later, it was Ken's birthday. "How will I send him a card " Desiree asked her mother. "How about if we tie a letter to a balloon," her mother said, "and send it up to heaven " Desiree's eyes immediately lit up.
Her mother took her to a store and Desiree picked out a balloon with HAPPY BIRTHDAY above a drawing of The Little Mermaid. Desiree and her father had often watched it. The child's eyes shone as they were on the way to Ken's grave. Then Desiree dictated (口述) a letter to her Dad. "Daddy, happy birthday, I love you and miss you," she rattled off (快速说). "I hope you get this and can write to me on my birthday in January."
Her mother wrote the message and their address on a small piece of paper, which was then wrapped in plastic and tied to the end of the string on the balloon. Finally, Desiree let the balloon fly. For almost an hour, they watched the shining spot of silver grow smaller and smaller till it disappeared. "Now Dad's going to write back to me," Desiree said confidently.
Every day after they'd flown the balloon, Desiree asked her mother, "Do you think Daddy has my balloon yet " Several weeks passed, and she stopped asking.
注意:续写词数应为150左右。
Paragraph 1:
One day, 3,000 miles away, Wade was on a duck hunt when suddenly something in the bush caught his eye.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
Desiree's fifth birthday came and later in the afternoon, a package arrived.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案以及解析
一、
A.答案：BAD
解析：1. B 细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第一句伦敦市长的话推出这个方案旨在缓解伦敦的交通状况。
2. A 细节理解题。根据第二段可知要想租自行车要先要报名申请.然后获得自行车钥匙,接下来你可以在伦敦市去及附近使用自行车.最后根据你使用自行车的时间付费。
3. D 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“couldn’t dock their bikes properly” 和 “their usage of the bikes had not been registered ”及最后一向可排除 A、B、C三项。
B.答案：CDAB
解析：1. 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“This programme brings people together to pick up litter along the roads. ”可知答案为C项。
2. 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第二、三句可知如果想加入这个行列可在周三参加会议,故答案为D 项。
3. 推理判断题。第一段作者提出了 “ Adopt-a- Highway Programme ” 这项活动,第二段介绍了参加这项活动的要求,第三段介绍了这项活动的意义,第四段通知有意加入者参加周三的会 议。综合整篇文章可知此项倡议的目的是鼓励学生们参加这项活动,故答案为A项。
4. 主旨大意题。文章是围绕“ Adopt-a-Highway Programme”展开的,故答案为B项。
C.答案：1.A; 2.D; 3.D; 4.A
解析：1.本文通过一个摄影记者向人们展示了法国的Guianese人,和现代法国的生活风格给他们带来的影响。
推理判断题。根据第一段第二句Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs.令人吃惊的是,这些人主要靠自己的法律和他们的社会风俗生活。可知A项符合题意。
2.推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“I wanted to show the audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life”我想展示给观众一个摄影记录,让他们触摸到不文明的生活。第五段第一句His black-and=white pictures present a world almost lost in time. 他的黑白照片呈现了一个几乎失去的世界。可知他是一个摄影师,故选D。
3.推理判断题。根据第三段第一、二句“I have a special love for the French Guianese people. I have worked there on and off for almost ten years,”我对法国Guianese人有一个特殊的爱。我在那里工作了将近十年了。所以他对法国Guianese人是心存感激的,故选D。
4.词义猜测题。根据最后一段最后一句中the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic,被法兰西共和国提供的生活风格,可知后面的定语从句中it指现代法国的生活风格。故选A。
D.答案：1.D; 2.B; 3.D; 4.C
解析：1.推理判断题。文章没有直接说美国加利福尼亚州的秃鹫引起了研究人员的兴趣,但是结合第一、二段和第四段第一句“ So scientists have come up with a shocking idea. ”可推断,20世纪80年代,加利福尼亚州的秃鹫因为触电和铅中毒而濒临灭绝, 因此它们引起了科研人员的兴趣。
2.细作理解题。从题干中的electrical lines可知,答案应定位在第三段。由第三段内容可知,电线能使秃鹫丧命,因为秃鹫晚上休息的时候看不见电线,而如果它们宽大的翅膀同时搭在两根电线上它们就会被电死,因此选B。
3.细节理解题。第五段讲述了铅中毒对秃鹫的危害:影响秃鹫的神经系统(A错),影响秃鹫繁衍后代的能力(D正确),导致秃鹫肾衰竭(B错)。科研人员给秃鹫使用一种化学药物,帮助它们排出了体内的铅(C错)。因此选D。
4.主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了美国加利福尼亚州秃鹫濒临灭绝的原因以及科研人员为挽救秃鹫而开展的研究工作。另外,文章的标题也直接表明了本文的主题:保护秃鹫的工作正让秃鹫以令人惊讶的速度恢复生机。因此选C。
二、答案：DCBAE
解析：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了几个保护环境的生活小习惯。
①本段为总领全文的段落,根据下文中的小标题可知,本文主要是建议大家改变自己的个人习惯以保护环境。故选D项。
②空后的Not only does it create trash, but it also uses more resources because it's shipped to the store.具体阐述了瓶装水对环境的危害,C项(瓶装水真的对环境有害)引出下文,符合语境。bottled water为关键信息。故选C项。
③根据本段小标题Use reusable bags while you're shopping.可知,本段是建议使用环保袋;空前建议购买环保袋,B项(你能够在大多数商店使用环保袋)符合语境。reusable bags是关键信息。故选B项。
④根据下文Before you throw something away, look for ways you might reuse it. Try re-purposing items or making green crafts.可知,本段是建议再利用,reuse是关键词。A项(再利用这些东西,以免它们被填埋)符合语境。故选A项。
⑤空前是说在休息时间做一些有趣的事情,比如散步、和朋友玩游戏或者追求一个爱好。空后是举例说与其一起玩在线视频游戏,不如去本地公园玩。E项(邀请你的朋友在现实生活中与你联系)承上启下,符合语境。故选E项。
三、答案：1-5 ACDBD 6-10 ABCBA 11-15 DDBDD
解析：1.地震之后,所有车辆都停运了,因此“我”只好走回家。四个选项中只有traffic与walk home有关。
2.在步行回家的路上,“我”注意到面包店门口有个老太太在向行人免费发放面包。这里用noticed表示“注意到”。miss“错过”; catch“抓住”; hear“听到”。
3.与文章开头的“touching stories”呼应,本题应选D项,表示在三月寒冷的天气里,这幕情景温暖了“我”的心。hungry“饥饿的”; soft“温柔的”; broken “破碎的”。
4.他打开自己家的门,允许人们使用他家的厕所。这里用opening表示“打开,开放”。advertise“做广告”; repair“修理”; decorate“装饰”。
5.“我”的一个朋友也想帮助别人,于是他站在寒风中举着个牌子。根据语境判断本空选D项,表示“帮助”。
6.牌子上写着“假如你愿意坐摩托车,那么我愿意驾车送你回家”。这里drive表示“开车送某人”。follow“跟随”; lead“领导”; send“派遣,派送”。
7.由后面的“many gasoline stations were either dosed...”判断选B项,此时由于地震,汽油短缺。lack“缺乏”符合语境。
8.很多加油站要么关闭,要么排着长长的等待加油的队伍。
9.终于轮到“我”了。it was my turn“轮到我了”。
10.加油站的油不多,大家只能分享这有限的油。故选A项“分享”。
11.由下文的“他擦掉泪水”判断本空选D项。在这个疏散中心,当人们给这个人送来食物的时候,他感激地哭了。
12.动词辨析。promise“许诺”; role“角色”; action“行动”; remark“话语”。此处指他接下来的一番话使“我”感到诧异,因此选D项。
13.人们给他送来食物,此时这个人内心充满感激之情,因此选B项。
14.此处是那个人说的话“我们旁边那座城市的人们还没有得到过任何食物”。因此选D项,表示“得到,收到”。
15.在这场灾难中,从这些人身上,“我”看到的是光明的未来。这里选D项,指这次地震。
四、答案：①removing ②problems ③a ④as ⑤has been added ⑥known ⑦harms ⑧It ⑨which ⑩actually
解析：①for为介词, 后面的动词应用动名词形式。故填removing。
②problem为可数名词, 其前有several修饰, 应用复数形式。故填problems。
③barrier在此处意为"屏障", 为可数名词单数, 在文中首次出现, 泛指"一个漂浮的屏障", 应用不定冠词。故填a。
④句意为: 它和要捕捉的塑料漂浮的速度相同。the same...as为固定搭配, 意为"和......相同的......", 故填as。
⑤根据Since then可知, 本句用现在完成时, 动词add与其主语an underwater parachute构成被动关系, 应用被动语态, 故填has been added。
⑥is being used为句子的谓语动词, 动词know与其之间无连接词, 应用非谓语动词形式, 修饰名词area, 二者为逻辑上的被动关系, 用过去分词, 故填known。
⑦此处与and后的gets并列作本句的谓语, 形式应保持一致, 用第三人称单数形式。故填harms。
⑧句意为: 据报道, 到2025年, 一半的垃圾将会被清理干净。本句真正的主语为that引导的主语从句, 所以该空应用it作形式主语, 故填It。
⑨句意为: 下一个挑战是把这种屏障做得更大更强, 这样它收集垃圾的时间可以持续一年, 在这之后一艘船会把垃圾带走。由本句第二个逗号前后两个分句之间无连词可知, 逗号后为非限制性定语从句, 先行词为前面一整句话, "介词+which"引导定语从句, 在从句中作状语, 故此处应用which。
⑩此处作状语, 应用副词, 故填actually。
五、答案：
Dear Jack,
On hearing that you have been addicted to tiktok recently, I feel terribly sorry and can’t wait to write this email in reply to your problem.
Actually, it is commonly seen that a growing number of teenagers get crazy about tiktok, spending plenty of time watching and sharing videos online, which makes it hard for them to focus on study. However, action must be taken before things get worse. In my opinion, you’d better try and develop other hobbies. Besides, communicating with friends face to face will do the trick. Only in this way will you shift your attention and form good habits.
I do hope my suggestions will be helpful to you. Looking forward to your good news.
Best wishes!
yours,
Li Hua
六、答案：
Paragraph 1:
One day, 3,000 miles away, Wade was on a duck hunt when suddenly something in the bush caught his eye. Curious, he approached to find a silver balloon, with a piece of paper at the end of the string, wrapped in plastic. Taking it home, Wade read the touching lines to his wife Donna. She was deeply moved. With tears in her eyes, Donna decided to help Desiree. The couple went to buy a birthday card and a book of The Little Mermaid, and then she began to write a letter to Desiree.
Paragraph 2:
Desiree's fifth birthday came and later in the afternoon, a package arrived. Looking at the unfamiliar return address, Desiree's mother was confused. Suddenly an idea struck her: the balloon! She opened the parcel and found a card with "For a Dear Daughter". Her heart raced. She rushed to Desiree's room and showed her the letter. "It's from Daddy!" Desiree jumped with joy, asking her mother to read it for her. "Happy birthday, my little angel!" Her mother began. A big tear began to trickle down Desiree's cheek.