A Program Helps African Children Get Farming Skills

A program supported  by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization（FAO：联合国粮农组织）is helping more and more African Children get farming skills important for their life，the UN said．

The program was carried out（执行）in 2004 in four schools of Bondo District in Nyanza Province in Kenya．There many children lost their parents because of AIDS so they couldn’t get farming skills from their parents．At first，the program wanted to reduce hunger among young people in the country．And then the FAO thought teaching those children without parents farming skills was als0．very important．So the program began to do so．

The program，named Junior Farmer Field and Life School，uses a “Living classroom” method，①他们用这种方法鼓励孩了们练习农业技能，such as planting in schoolyards and exchanging ideas with classmates．

The UN report says the method（方法）of the program has not only been passed to over 20 other schools in the district, but another 11 African countries．Over 17，000 children have got farming skills under the program.

“We think the program is good．It can help those children without parents to learn farming skills．②We are happy that many children have got farming skills with the help of our program．We will work harder to pass the program to more and more countries to help more children．”a UN official（官员）said．

1．将①处翻译成英语。

2．将②处翻译成汉语。

3．What’s the purpose（目的）of the program at first?

4．What method does the program use?

5．Why do you think this is a good program?

A 7-magnitude（震级）earthquake hit Ya'an,Sichuan at 8:02 on April 20, 2013, and it killed at least 196 people and injured more than 11,000.

    Together with other students, Yang Xuelan ran out to the playground. She was safe. But all her textbooks and exercise books were buried（埋）in the teaching building.

What can we do when an earthquake happens? In fact, there's little we can do to stop natural disasters (自然灾害) such as earthquakes happening. But, some methods can reduce the harm they cause.

◆ Drop down onto your hands and knees. This way can protect you from falling.

    ◆ Cover your head under a strong table or desk. You can also stay along a wall,and cover your head with your arms and hands.

    ◆ Hold on to(守住,抓牢) your shelter(遮蔽物) until the shaking stops. Be prepared to move with your shelter if the shaking continues.

    Schools can normally take the earthquake drills（演练） to help student stay alive.

1.How many people lost their lives in the earthquake in Ya'an?

A. At least 196.         B. More than 11,000.

C. Less than 196.        D. About 11,196.

2.When the earthquake happened in Ya'an, Yang Xuelan was         .

A. at home               B. at school

C. on her way to school   D. playing on the playground

3.What does the underlined word "reduce" mean in Chinese?

A.提高        B.阻止          C.增加           D.减少

4.According to the writer, we can       to reduce the harm natural disasters cause.

A. do nothing                              B. stay at home

C. take some methods                       D. run out of the house

5.Which of the following can help you stay alive in an earthquake?

A. Dropping down onto your hands and knees.

B. Covering your head under a strong table or desk.

C. Holding on to your shelter until the shaking stops.

D. A, B and C.

1.Zhang Lili has been given the honor “the most beautiful teacher” because__________.

A．she was badly injured

B．she risked her life to save two students

C．she has a lot of money

D．She was good at teaching.

2.What’s the meaning of the word “admiration” in the passage?

A．敬佩             B．同情             C．讨厌             D．感激

3.Where is Zhu Zhiwen from?

A．Heilongjiang       B．California          C．Shandong         D．Da Lian

4.Lin Shuhao is _______.

A．an America teacher  B．a farmer singer     C．a basketball player   D．a runner

5.From the passage we can know _______.

A．people have donated a lot of money for two students’ treatment

B．Zhu Zhiwen studied singing by professional training

C．Lin Shuhao was born in China

D．Lin Shuhao is known to people because he is good at playing basketball.

News one: As the pace of life in big cities is getting faster, people are looking for more ways to relax. Let’s take a look at one way people are reducing stress in Beijing. The game is “Room Escape”. “Room Escape” was originally a computer game. In recent years, it has been adapted to a real life game. There are more than 10 places in Beijing where people can play this game.

According to the rules, the players are first taken to a house with several iron doors. They then need to find a way out of the house in one hour. Different houses have different ways of escaping, all of which require players’ bold(大胆的), careful thought, and teamwork.

News two: The Chinese government has published a list of 24 guidelines(指南) on how to take better care of parents. They are a modern update to 24 old stories about respectful children from the Yuan Dynasty.

The guidelines list 24 things to do with parents, including giving them a call every week, teaching them to use the internet, and supporting single parents’ remarriage. The guidelines stem from a Yuan Dynasty book, about 24 filial-hearted children who treated their parents very well. It is a value younger generations should never forget.

1.Why do people play “Room Escape”?

A．They play it for fun                      B．They want to know how clever they are.

C．They want to find out different ways of escaping.    D．To relax themselves.

2.They must escape from the house__________.

A．in an hour         B．in two hours       C．in several hours     D．in at least an hour

3.To escape from the house, they don’t need___________.

A．a strong body      B．to act fearfully      C．to think carefully    D．to work together

4.What should we not do to our parents?

A．Teach them to get online                  B．Often talk with them

C．Ask them to marry again                  D．Treat them carefully

5.What does News Two tell us?

A．It asks us to read books from Yuan Dynasty.

B．It asks us to give our parents money.

C．It asks us to respect our parents.

D．It asks us to give them a call.