Hard work only brought us a small income. Which of the following best paraphrases the sentence above?
We earned a lot of money because we worked hard.
Hard work always leads to a big income.
We didn’t work hard, so our income was small.
We were not making much money although we worked very hard.
The 500 plus apple trees the couple grow have made the family better off.
The family became better at farming because they grew 500 apple trees.
The couple planted over 500 apple trees, which made them very famous.
Growing more than 500 apple trees has improved the family’s financial situation.
The couple’s 500 apple trees were sold to make the family richer than others.
Twenty years ago, we used to grow corn, grains, potatoes and beans. But the crop harvest often failed to fetch us much.
The harvest was poor twenty years ago, so we planted fewer crops.
In the past, we planted various crops, but they didn’t bring us much money.
We stopped growing corn and beans because they didn’t grow well.
Twenty years ago, we grew many crops, but we didn’t sell them.
The harsh natural conditions in Yan’an had been against the villagers since ancient times, so the reforestation revolution was meant to change the situation.
The difficult weather in Yan’an made the villagers leave, so the reforestation plan failed.
The villagers in Yan’an had always suffered from bad natural conditions, so planting trees was aimed at improving things.
The natural environment in Yan’an was once good, but it changed suddenly, so the government started a tree-planting project.
Because the villagers were against the harsh conditions, they started a revolution to grow forests.
Besides technical and financial support, it also took patience and perseverance from the locals to succeed.
Success required more than just technology and funds—it also needed local people’s patience and persistence.
Without patience and perseverance, the locals could not get technical support.
The locals succeeded only because of technical help and money.
Technical and financial support were less important than the locals’ hard work.
Their efforts paid off in the end and Yan’an was honored by the country for its reforestation achievements.
The country forced Yan’an to do reforestation, and they succeeded in the end.
Yan’an honored the country by planting many trees.
Yan’an was praised by the country because its people tried hard but failed.
The reforestation work in Yan’an received national recognition as a result of their successful efforts.
The once barren mountains are covered with green, turning the brown and yellow into a green landscape.
The green landscape disappeared and became brown and yellow.
The mountains were dry and lifeless, but now they are covered with plants, changing the view from brown/yellow to green.
The mountains turned from green to brown and yellow because of pollution.
The mountains used to be empty, and now they are planted with brown and yellow trees.
Apples grown in the hilly Yan’an region are very sweet thanks to a large difference between day and night temperatures, and are thus well-received at home and abroad.
Yan’an apples are sweet because of the big temperature drop at night, so they are popular locally.
The large day-night temperature difference makes Yan’an apples sweet, so they sell well both in China and internationally.
Because Yan’an has a small temperature difference, its apples are sweet and popular.
Yan’an apples are sweet only when grown in hills, and they are not liked abroad.
The green hills and clean waters of Yan’an today have not only improved the local ecological environment, but also speeded up the process of making the locals better off.
The green hills and clean waters only improved the environment, not the economy.
The locals got rich first, then the environment improved.
Yan’an’s environment became worse, but people still got rich.
The nice environment in Yan’an has both helped nature and made people richer faster.
Yan’an has managed a remarkable transformation, setting a successful example of protecting China’s ecology.
Yan’an changed a lot in a bad way, showing how not to protect the environment.
Yan’an failed to protect its ecology, but it still set an example.
Yan’an has achieved a great change, serving as a model for ecological protection in China.
Yan’an’s transformation was small, but it was still an example for others.