Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran HighSchool in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she used a pole(竿子)to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. It's the first time inher 15 years she's picked fruit from trees. "This is quite different frombuying oranges in the supermarket," said Christopher. "Every time Ieat an orange, I'll remember this experience." Christopher wasone of the 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part ofa project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick orangesand other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on theground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those who need it. "It is good for many people", saidRandy Stannard, who works for the project. "The homeowner gets fruitpicked and more people can have healthy food." "Two harvests (收成 )were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit", Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,000. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekendfrom January to April. Shannon Galloway, Christopher's science teacher,brought her students into the project this year. "You're making use of a resourcethat might be wasted," she said. "I think it's meaningful toeveryone." Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up aladder(梯子) and gets on the top of the tree. "Standing on the treetop is prettycool," Frazier said. "I can see clearly that many baskets are filledup, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of ourvolunteer work." 1.Christopher and other students went to pickfruits from real trees because they wanted to _____. A. have some fresh fruit for themselves B. make some money by selling fruit C. provide people with more healthy fruit D. buy some cheap fruit from their neighbors 2.When was the project set up? A. In 2008. B.In 2009. C. In 2010. D. In 2011. 3.What will happen to the fruit if they don’thelp the homeowners pick it? A. The fruit will rot or be eaten by smallanimals. B. People who need the fruit will come topick it. C. The fruit will be used as a resource forresearch. D. Homeowners will pick the fruit and sellit. 4.What does the underlined word resourcemean? A. 资源 B.调查 C. 对策 D. 娱乐 5.How do the students feel about their work? A. It’s interesting and easy. B. It’s meaningless and hard. C. It’s meaningful and exciting. D. It’s tiring and boring.
