A. was named after town ball B. was the same as American baseball

　　C. has a history of nearly 200 years D. came from American baseball

6. Why was a special baseball commission set up in 1907？

　　A. To make some rules for American baseball.

　　B. To reach an agreement about rounders.

　　C. To find the American inventor of American baseball.

　　D. To do some research into a letter from one Abner Graves.

7. What do we learn from the last two paragraphs？

　　A. Doubleday had never been to West Point.

　　B. Cartwright got on well with Doubleday.

　　C. Graves was older than Doubleday.

　　D. Many people consider the Doubleday story true.

8. What is the purpose of the passage？

　　A. To tell a story to make people laugh.

　　B. To correct a popular wrong idea.

　　C. To explain the popularity of baseball.

　　D. To introduce the history of baseball.

　　C

　　 In 1991，Jane Goodall began Roots and Shoots， a program that encourages young people to work to protect the earth. TFK Kid Reporter Chandler Schaak caught up with Goodall at a Roots and Shoots event at Zoo Boise， in Idaho.

　　Kai Neander， 15， digs saving the earth. As president of the Sequoia Park Zoo Roots and Shoots program， in California， he helped plant 564 trees. His group's goal is to plant I ， 000 trees by the end of the year. "Every little thing you do makes a difference，" he says.

　　Roots and Shoots encourages young people to volunteer in their communities (社区) to help protect animals and their natural homes. Jane Goodall started the program in 1991. She is best known for her study of chimpanzees at Gombe National Park， in Tanzania， East Africa. Today， there are more than 8，000 Roots and Shoots groups in nearly 100 countries.

"I came up with the idea for Roots and Shoots because I met so many young people who had lost hope，"Goodall told TFK. "This program teaches the youth that if they all get together，