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| BOOK REPORT | |
| Daily reporter: Richard Nelson | Title: Goodbye,Grandpa Banyan！ |
| Writer | Sherry Sanders was born in 1981 in New York. She has written more than 30 books. Most of her books are about teenagers and their school life. Goodbye,Grandpa Banyan！ is her latest book,which came out in 2018. |
| Characters | Jim：16 years old,a student of Jefferson Junior High School Amanda：15 years old,a student of Jefferson Junior High School Dr Davis：55 years old,a famous tree doctor Jim White：36 years old,a song writer |
| Main ideas | The oldest tree at Jefferson Junior High School gets sick and is dying. Something must be done to save this 85-year-old tree before it is too late. Jim and Amanda,two students,care about the tree. They write a letter to CAA Newspaper about saving their favourite tree in school. Dr Davis,a tree doctor,reads the letter and comes to help. Jim White,a famous song writer writes a song to make the story known to more people. Soon,help and money come. However,nothing works. Sadly,Jim,Amanda,other students,and the teachers at Jefferson Junior High School have to say goodbye to Grandpa Banyan. |
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)1. Grandpa Banyan is ______.
A. a tree doctor B. the 85-year-old tree C. a song writer D. the writer
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)2. What is the correct order of the story?
a. Jim wrote a letter to CAA Newspaper. b. Help and money came soon.
c. Amanda said goodbye to the tree. d. Dr Davis came to help.
A. a-b-c-d B. d-a-b-c C. a-b-d-c D. a-d-b-c
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)3. Which song is most likely written by Jim White for this story?
A. A tree doctor. An interesting job. When trees are sick,take care of them and check...
B. Sitting under you,I feel the love from you. Weak and old,you can't stand on your own...
C. Amanda and Jim like each other. They like to study and play together. The two are great friends.
D. Our Earth needs trees. There are trees everywhere. We need wood,and birds need trees.
