We all enjoy the colors of autumn leaves. Did you ever wonder how and why a fall leaf changes color? Where do the yellows and oranges come from? To answer those questions, we first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
Leaves are nature's food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots. They take a gas called carbon dioxide from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose, which is a kind of sugar. Plants use glucose as food for energy and as a building block for growing. The way plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar is called photosynthesis, which means " putting together with light. " A chemical called chlorophyll helps make photosynthesis happen. Chlorophyll is what gives plants their green color.
As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter. This is how the trees "know" to begin getting ready for winter.
During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. The trees will rest, and live off the food they stored during summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. The green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves. As the bright green fades away, we begin to see yellow and orange colors. Small a-mounts of these colors have been in the leaves all along. Covered up by the green chlorophyll, we just can't see them in summer.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in the fall. In some trees, like maples, glucose is trapped in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn cause the leaves turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees like oaks is made from wastes left in the leaves.
It is the combination of all these things that make the beautiful colors we enjoy in the fall.
小題1:The writer asked two questions in the beginning in order to        .
A．persuade readers to believe something
B．introduce the topic of the passage
C．get the readers excited
D．offer something to think over
小題2: Which of the following is True according to the passage?
A．Trees don't change colours with seasons.
B．Trees can still perform photosynthesis well in winter.
C．Trees have colours like yellow and orange even in summer.
D．Trees don't need food in winter.
小題3:Photosynthesis is a way that ___________________________.
A．plants change water and carbon dioxide into sugar
B．plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar with the help of sunlight
C．plants use glucose as food for energy and growing
D．chlorophyll is a great help
小題4: Which is the best title for this passage?
A．Colorful trees in autumnB．Mysteries of tree colors
C．Do you enjoy tree colors?D．Wonderful colors in autumn

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:B
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B．to give many men a chance to work
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B．money spent on an envelope
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D．the pay a postman receives for his work
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B. What the weather was like in the summer.
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A. The writer made progress in his lesson.
B. The writer took a walk for half an hour before breakfast
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