Zheng Lin is a Junior 3 student in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. Earlier this month, Zheng and his classmates stood on the street with a box asking people for donations(捐款).Later they gave the money they got to the poor students in their school.

    Many Chinese students raise money to help people in need. Most of the time, they hold a box and ask for donations on the street or in the park. Or they sell things like old books and CDs. Those students have done a great job so far. The money helps the students in poor areas like Yunnan and Gansu with new clothes, pens and pencils.

    Teenagers in the US make donations, too. But they raise money in a different way—they raise money by doing something for others. For example, they sell home-made food or play musical concerts in their neighborhood to raise money.

    “Chinese students like to wait for people to donate, or sell things that they buy with their parents’ money,”says Ge Daoshun, an expert.“While US kids get donations and give people something useful in return.”

    Ge says Chinese teenagers should learn to raise money in the US kids’ ways.“That way, they can show their talents and practice communication. More importantly, they can learn every coin counts(有价值).They have to work hard to get a donation.”

(  )16. How did Zheng Lin and his classmates raise money?

   A. They asked for donations on the street.  B. They asked rich people for money.

   C. They made some toys and sold them.  D. They worked for other people.

(  )17. Zheng Lin and his classmates raised money to help ______.

   A. the poor people on the street                B. the poor students in their school

   C. the homeless people in some areas        D. the students in the earthquake areas

(  )18. Teenagers in the US make donations by ______.

   A. standing on the street with a box  B. asking their parents for money

   C. waiting for people to donate    D. doing something for others

(  )19. Ge Daoshun thinks the US kids’ ways of raising money ______.

   A. can help them learn how to play music  B. are not fit for Chinese students

   C. are good for practicing communication  D. take students more time to get a donation

(  )20. The best title of this passage should be ______.

   A. Better ways of making donations     B. Importance of donations

   C. Differences between the two countries  D. Good ways of making money

Dear friends,
Do you   36   you are lucky when you are sitting in the bright   37   and having your classes or enjoying your nice food at home? Do you feel many children in Haiti(海地) are very   38 too? We know an earthquake(地震) happened in Haiti on January 12^th，2010. Many people died(死去). Lots of children don’t have enough    39   to eat, and they   40  go to school now.
They need our help. So we’d like to collect  41 and clothes for them. You can donate your old pens, rubbers, rulers, pencil-boxes or old clothes. And you can also donate some  42 . We will  43  them to the children in Haiti.
We hope to raise more than10,000 yuan, then we can help 50 students to go back  44  school. If you would like to donate things, please   45   us at 83301666. Thank you.
Gao Shanand her classmates

Dear friends,

Do you   36   you are lucky when you are sitting in the bright   37   and having your classes or enjoying your nice food at home? Do you feel many children in Haiti(海地) are very   38 too? We know an earthquake(地震) happened in Haiti on January 12^th，2010. Many people died(死去). Lots of children don’t have enough    39   to eat, and they   40  go to school now.

They need our help. So we’d like to collect  41 and clothes for them. You can donate your old pens, rubbers, rulers, pencil-boxes or old clothes. And you can also donate some  42 . We will  43  them to the children in Haiti.

We hope to raise more than10,000 yuan, then we can help 50 students to go back  44  school. If you would like to donate things, please   45   us at 83301666. Thank you.

Gao Shanand her classmates