【阅读理解.AspecialgirlnamedXuXiujuancamefromHeilongjiangProvince.TheZhalongNatureReserveisinNortheastChina.Itisthesummerhomeofmanyred-crownedcranes.Thecranesstarttheirfamiliesthere.XuXiujuan'sfamilycaredf】

阅读理解. AspecialgirlnamedXuXiujuancamefromHeilongjiangProvince.TheZhalongNatureReserveisin

NortheastChina.Itisthesummerhomeofmanyred-crownedcranes.Thecranesstarttheirfamiliesthere.

XuXiujuan'sfamilycaredforcranesintheZhalongNatureReserveforalongtime.

Theworkerstriedtoincreasethenumberofred-crownedcranesbecausethesebirdsareveryrare.In

thereserveXuXiujuanhelpedtheworkerscareforthecraneswhenhadbabies.

XuXiujuan,atwenty-two-year-oldgirl,cametoworkintheYanchengReserveinJiangsuin1986.

Sheenjoyedherworkverymuch.Shelovedcranesandshelovednature.Whenshewalkedinthe

countryside,shealwaysforgottheunhappinessinherlife.

On16thSeptember,1987,twolittlecranesfromtheYanchengReserveflewintothewildanddidnot

comeback.XuXiujuanwasworriedandwenttolookforthemintheevening.Someonetoldherthata

farmercaughtthebirds.Shetriedtogettothefarmer'shomeasquicklyaspossible.Soshedecidedto

takeashortcut,butshehadtocrossariver.Sadly,theriverwasmuchdeeperthanshethought.While

crossingtheriver,thegirldownedandnevercameout.

XuXiujuandonatedheryounglifetothelovelyred-crownedcranes.1.WhatdidXuXiujuandoattheZhalongNatureReserve?A.Shecaredforherparentsthere.B.Shewentbirdwatchingthere.

C.Shelookedafterthemothercranesthere.

D.Shewenttolookforthelostcranesthere.2.Whatdidtheworkerswanttodo?A.TheywantedXuXiujuantohelpthemcountthebirds.

B.Theywantedtostarttheirfamiliesthere.

C.Theywantedtohavemorebabycranes.

D.TheywantedXuXiujuantolookafterthetwolittlecranes.3.HowlongdidXuXiujuanworkintheYanchengReserve?A.Foralongtime.

B.Fortwenty-threeyears.

C.Formorethanayear.

D.Thepassagedoesn'ttellus.4.Whatdoes"takeashortcut"meaninChinese?A.带一把短刀

B.抄近路

C.乘短途车

D.作短暂休息5.Whichofthefollo