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通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you very much for coming to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the music.
The purpose of this concert is to 1 money for children in Africa. Every day 2children in Africa die 3 they have diseases or have not enough 4. There are two main reasons. First, there are no jobs for the children’s parents, so they have no money to buy food or 5. Second, the governments in 6 African countries do not have the money to take care of poor people.
7 African countries are poor. The land is not good for 8 plants and the 9 is also bad for farming. The organization we are trying to help, the Feed Africa Fund, 10 a lot of money every year on food for people in Africa. The money comes from people 11 you ---kind, generous(慷慨，大方) people who do not want to see children die from hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to 12 a family of four for three days.
How much do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little 13 on your own food so that you have a 11 dollars for the Feed Africa Fund.
Ladies and gentlemen, we will now take a 15. Please be generous. Thank you.

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Grandma was busy cooking in the kitchen and Sera was always to be here for dinner.

There were many photographs of past and present  1  members and many other old things on her grandma’s table. Among them, she especially loved the large clay pot (陶壶). It was beautiful, painted in many colours.

“May I hold it?” asked Sera.

“Yes, but please be  2 . It is very old.” Grandma picked up the pot with gentle hands, gave it to Sera, and then went into the kitchen.

Sera decided to sit on the sofa. The sofa was a few feet  3  her. She went backward.  4  a toy truck was there. The truck rolled (滚动) away when Sera stepped on it. She fell back onto the sofa. The clay pot  5  out of her hands and up into the air! It landed on the floor.

Sera could hear the clay crack (裂痕). “No, no!” she cried. She heard grandma’s footsteps coming toward her. How could she face her grandma now?

“It’s not so  6 , Sera,” Grandma said. “Come on. You can repair the pot.”

“Let me tell you a story about that pot.”

Grandma pointed to another crack in the pot. Sera had never  7  it before. “My grandma made this crack when she was about your age,” said grandma. “She was carrying it back to the village  8  it fell onto the road. It had been full of  9 , so she got all wet!” She pointed to another crack. “This crack came when I dropped the pot on a big boat that brought  10  here from Canada,” said grandma smiling. Sera laughed and held up the pot. She could see now how each crack had become part of the colourful design--and part of her family’s story.

1.                A．school         B．family          C．team D．village

2.                A．helpful         B．useful          C．careful   D．peaceful

3.                A．behind         B．beside          C．under    D．above

4.                A．Suddenly       B．Amazingly       C．Unluckily  D．Surprisingly

5.                A．picked         B．threw          C．dropped  D．flew

6.                A．bad            B．safe            C．late  D．easy

7.                A．known         B．watched        C．heard    D．noticed

8.                A．when          B．until           C．if    D．unless

9.                A．sand           B．water          C．salt  D．sugar

10.               A．we            B．our            C．us    D．ours

Please help!
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the music.
The purpose of this concert is to (1) money for children in Africa. Every day (2) children in Africa die because they have diseases or have not enough (3) . There are two main reasons. First, there are no jobs for the children’s parents, so they have no money to buy food or (4) . Second, the governments in many African countries do not have the money to take care of poor people.
Most African countries are poor. The land is not good for (5) food and the weather is also bad for farming. The organization we are trying to help, the Feed Africa Fund, _(6) a lot of money every year on food for poor people in Africa. The money comes (7) people like you kind, generous people who do not want to see children die form hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to (8) a family of four for three days.
How much do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little (9) on your own food so that you have a few dollars for The Feed Africa Fund.
Ladies and gentlemen, we will now take a (10) . Please be generous. Thank you.

Hello, everyone. Because of the high rate of school violence (暴力) in some areas, teenagers’ safety becomes a serious problem. We are planning to set up an organization named School Watch to make sure that students have a safe environment. Please be part of our plan!

   What is School Watch?

   School Watch is a volunteer project in our school. It helps us stop violence and improve the quality of school life. It will keep yourself and your schoolmates safe. The other members of School Watch care for you and your classroom and you do the same for them.

   Is it for everyone?

   Anybody can become a member of School Watch because everyone has something to offer.

   What else can it do?

   School Watch makes it possible for us not only to help each other but also to make friends with each other. Some members may offer to help schoolmates who have problems with their homework.

   Who is the Best School Watcher?

   Our school will look for the Best School Watcher and give him or her lots of prizes. You could be the one!

   How do you start?

   To be part of this plan, the only thing you need to do is to talk to the director of the plan in your grade. If you want to get more information, check the official website at www. schoolwatch. com.

 1.The members of School Watch are probably ______.

         A. teenagers         B. parents             C. policemen      D. teachers

 2.School Watch can help its members ______.

         A. save the environment                     B. organize sports activities

         C. improve the quality of school life           D. go on school trips

3.Anyone can become a member of School Watch because ______.

       A. everyone may have problems         B. everyone can give help to others

       C. everyone needs to make some friends   D. everyone needs help with his homework

4. If you want to be a member of School Watch, you should ______.

       A. check the website                 B. be good at your schoolwork

       C. talk to the headmaster              D. talk to the director of the plan in your grade