Thomas Barnardo was born in Ireland in 1845. He was not very successful at school, but he wanted to help people. He moved to London and started to study medicine. London was full of poor children. Barnardo decided to help and opened schools for these children. The schools were popular. Later, he opened homes for the children without parents.　　

In 40 years he raised ?3,250,000. Barnardo made friends with rich and important people, he wrote letters and made speeches（演说）. He started a club for Young Helpers with 34,000 members who raised money for the poor children. He also sold photos of children before and after they got help. These pictures made his work famous and showed people the poor children had better lives because of their money.

Barnardo was so busy that he did not become a doctor until 1876. His next idea was to pay people to take care of homeless children and made the children have families. He helped many children go to Canada and Australia to live with their “new” parents (but not everyone thought this was a good idea). When Barnardo died in 1905, he had helped thousands and thousands of people and made their lives happier.

(　 )21. Which of the following is right?

A. Barnardo was a good student.

B. Barnardo moved to London to help the poor children.

C. Barnardo opened only schools for the poor children.

D. Barnardo thought it was better for the children to be in ordinary(普通) people's houses than to be in his homes.

(　 )23. Barnardo made friends with rich and important people because he ___________.

A. liked rich and important people.

B. could raise more money for the poor children.

C. needed their help himself.

D. wanted to write letters to them and make speeches for them

(　 )24. Barnardo sold photos of the children because ____________.

　　 A. they could only show something about the children before they got help.

　　 B. they could only show something about the children after they got help.　

　　 C. they could show something about the children before and after they got help.

　　 D. they could show something about the helpers.

(　 )25. What can you learn from Barnardo?

A. We can learn some ways of making money.

　　 B. We should open some schools for the poor children.

　　 C. We should open homes for the poor children. 新课标第一网

　　 D. We should be kind and try our best to help others.

Passage 2
Dear Linda,
I have been in England three months now. I hope you don't think I've forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters.
I shall soon be starting my studies at King's College. So far I've been learning about England and British ways of living. I won't tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. I'm sure you'll be more interested to know what I think about the life here.
I find some of the customs (风俗) new and interesting. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raise their hats to women but not to each other.
Yours,
Alice
【小题1】The writer came to London from _________.
A. Asia
B. Europe
C. America         
【小题2】The writer __________.
A. has never been of England
B. came to England three months ago  
C. will come to England in three months
【小题3】She has _________.
A. not written any letters
B. a little time to write letters
C. no time to write letters    
【小题4】She came to England to _________.
A. study
B. make a living
C. learn British ways of living
【小题5】 Englishmen ___________.
A. do not often shake hands with friends when they meet
B. often shake hands with friends when they meet
C. do not raise their hats to friends when they meet

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A. some ways of learning English

B. some English language schools

C. English around the world

D. some advantages of learning English