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通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各小题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案,将其字母编号填写在题号前的括号内。
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It’s March 12th. Li Li and Lin Tao are digging on a hill not far from their school. In China, people across the country plant trees 1. ________ on this day.
The idea of planting trees was first put forward in 1911 by Sun Zhongshan, the great 2. ________ of revolution(革命) in China’s history. He said more trees were needed as a 3. ________ against flood(洪水) and drought. In 1915, April 5th was named as Tree-planting Day. Then, in 1979, the day was changed to March 12th to 4. ________ the date on which Sun Zhongshan died.
“Everyone has heard of the Great Wall of China,” says Li Li. “But have you heard of the Green Wall of China? That’s the biggest tree-planting 5. ________ of all.” The Gobi Desert in the north of China was 6. ________ every year. So in 1978, a tree-planting project was started to 7. ________ the Gobi spreading. The government and local farmers have been planting millions of trees to build