This is the time of the year when I feel the memories of the small town and country days come alive！In October each year，we planned to spend a weekend with our grandparents in Michigan. Riding by fields already harvested for the winter，we could still see remains of summer corn stalks. Smoke would fill the air as we drove through the country. Chimney smoke reminded us the area we were visiting was colder than the city and fireplaces in homes were heated as the months would soon turn to cooler winter days.

While riding along the country road，we saw the trees stand tall and many fallen leaves lie on the ground. And we could see the birds of the season，the pheasants，and watch as they flew in the sky flapping（扑动）their beautiful wings to a hidden area away from the eyes of a hunter. On arriving，our grandparents always had a decorative pumpkin with a smile. It might be weeks before Halloween，but Grandpa grew a supply of pie pumpkins and cooked the seeds with salt for us to eat.

Often the small town would have a homecoming parade（返校节游行）on Saturday morning. We'd walk two blocks to the main street where the school band would start off the festivities. Store owners would all come out to watch the parade. Church women's groups would have tables along the sidewalk to raise money. Children played together and adults talked. What fun it was！

And early in the morning，Dad would meet some men. In an area，they waited for pheasants to fly.

Although pheasants tasted good，I secretly hoped they would let the beautiful birds fly away. They belonged to the blue sky.

As time goes by，all becomes more precious to me. When I married and raised my family，fall trips became a yearly event. Whenever I drive along a country road, I often picture scenes from the small town where my grandparents live in Michigan.

【小题1】The memories of country days made the author feel_______________

A．exhausted	B．cheerful
C．anxious	D．dull

【小题2】We can learn from the chimney smoke in the country that________

A．people cooked in the field

B．people burned fallen leaves

C．there was a fire accident somewhere

D．people used fireplaces to warm themselves

【小题3】Paragraph 3 is mainly about____________

A．the scenes of the homecoming parade

B．the history of the homecoming parade

C．the function of the homecoming parade

D．the organizers of the homecoming parade

【小题4】Why did the author's dad and some men wait for pheasants to fly?

A．To enjoy their beauty.

B．To feed them.

C．To study how they fly.

D．To hunt them.

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We had a geography lesson about the Sahara in last week. It's a large desert，the world largest，in fact. It is near equal to the United States in size and cover more than 9 million square kilometers. It is more than 4，600 kilometers from east to west but 1，600 kilometers from north to south. The Sahara has a very dry climate. An average annual rainfall is not even 10 centimeters，and worse still，many areas received less than 2 centimeters per year. There is few surface water in the Sahara. The Nile river does running across the Sahara，and there are some green places，but the surface is still dry. Of the green places in the Sahara，about 90%of them are large enough support tiny villages.