Dear Reader,
Think about an 11-year-old child spending her days washing clothes, looking after a baby brother, and doing hard work on the farm.
Think about a little girl. She knows there will not be enough food for dinner, and has no water to drink because it is not clean. She has watched her father, brother and sister lose their lives as the family has no money to send for a doctor.
Hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the facts of life.
Maria would gladly walk to school, but her mother, now alone, really needs her at home. Maria had to leave school to work for her poor family.
But for five dollars a week, you can help out a child like Maria. Show her that somewhere, some­one will help her. Through Save the Children, you can help Maria’s mother get better crops (收成) from their farm, and earn the money to buy clothes and things for school.
To help Maria most, your money is to put to­gether with other helpers, so hardworking people can help themselves. Build a school or a hospital, make their farm better, bring in clean water... This is what Save the Children has been about since 1932.
For you there are many returns. You can write letters to each other, get photos, or study reports. Know you are helping and saving another person in the same world as you. That’s how Save the Chil­dren works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village.
It can make such a difference in her life and yours.
Save the Children
David L. Guyer
Chairman
(    ) 7. Maria’s father, brother and sister died because they_________.
A. were too poor to see a doctor   B. didn’t know where to find a doctor
C. didn’t have enough food to eat  D. were too busy to see a doctor
(    ) 8. This letter mainly tells you to_________.
A. know about poor people   B. earn some money for poor children
C. show pity to poor people   D. donate money to help poor children
(    ) 9. If you try to help a child like Maria, which of the following can’t you get from her?
A. You can often get some pictures from her.
B. You can get more money from her when she grows up.
C. You can often get her letters.
D. You can often be told how she is getting on.
(    ) 10. This letter most probably appears_________.
A. on TV     B. in a magazine     C. in a dictionary    D. on the radio

Dear Reader,

Think about an 11-year-old child spending her days washing clothes, looking after a baby brother, and doing hard work on the farm.

Think about a little girl. She knows there will not be enough food for dinner, and has no water to drink because it is not clean. She has watched her father, brother and sister lose their lives as the family has no money to send for a doctor.

Hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the facts of life.

Maria would gladly walk to school, but her mother, now alone, really needs her at home. Maria had to leave school to work for her poor family.

But for five dollars a week, you can help out a child like Maria. Show her that somewhere, some­one will help her. Through Save the Children, you can help Maria's mother get better crops (收成) from their farm, and earn the money to buy clothes and things for school.

To help Maria most, your money is to put to­gether with other helpers, so hardworking people can help themselves. Build a school or a hospital, make their farm better, bring in clean water... This is what Save the Children has been about since 1932.

For you there are many returns. You can write letters to each other, get photos, or study reports. Know you are helping and saving another person in the same world as you. That's how Save the Chil­dren works. But without you, it can't work. Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village.

It can make such a difference in her life and yours.

Save the Children

David L. Guyer

Chairman

(    ) 7. Maria's father, brother and sister died because they_________.

      A. were too poor to see a doctor   B. didn't know where to find a doctor

      C. didn't have enough food to eat  D. were too busy to see a doctor

(    ) 8. This letter mainly tells you to_________.

      A. know about poor people   B. earn some money for poor children

      C. show pity to poor people   D. donate money to help poor children

(    ) 9. If you try to help a child like Maria, which of the following can't you get from her?

      A. You can often get some pictures from her.

      B. You can get more money from her when she grows up.

      C. You can often get her letters.

      D. You can often be told how she is getting on.

(    ) 10. This letter most probably appears_________.

 A. on TV     B. in a magazine     C. in a dictionary    D. on the radio

完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的最佳答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。

Mr. and Mrs. King have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by the bus station. They’re __1__ to everybody and have a lot of friends. They often __2__ the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people __3_ them and their friends often call on (拜访) them and _4__ them. We can always hear their rooms are full of __5__ and quarrel.

It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next __6__. It was a little far from our town. So they had to _7__ earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After _8__ a few friends came to see them while they were cooking some _9 and drinks for the picnic. Mr. king and his wife had to stop _10__ them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the _11__ on the wall. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious (焦急) but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. The woman thought for a few _12__ and had an idea. She said to her __13__, “Oh, it’s eleven o’clock! You’d better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to _14__!

Mr. king heard this and stood up and said _15_ to the visitors and they left soon.

1.                A．had            B．friendly         C．cold D．careful

2.                A．help           B．hurt           C．hit   D．watch

3.                A．know          B．understand      C．meet D．like

4.                A．play with        B．fight with        C．talk with  D．catch up with

5.                A．cry            B．shout          C．noise D．laugh

6.                A．morning        B．afternoon       C．evening  D．laugh

7.                A．go to work      B．get up          C．go to sleep    D．open the shop

8.                A．breakfast       B．lunch          C．supper   D．meal

9.                A．clothes         B．bags           C．books    D．food

10.               A．receive        B．to receive       C．receiving  D．to accept

11.               A．phone         B．photo          C．clock D．picture

12.               A．minutes        B．days           C．weeks D．months

13.               A．visitor          B．husband        C．brother   D．father

14.               A．go home        B．go to bed       C．go shopping    D．have a rest

15.               A．hello          B．goodbye        C．sorry D．nothing