Dear Reader,

Imagine an 11-year old girl whose days are often spent washing clothes, looking after a baby, working hard in the field.

Imagine a little girl who knows there will not be enough food for dinner, who can’t fill her stomach with water because it’s polluted, and who has watched life slip away from her father, little brother and sister because the family is too poor to see a doctor.

Is it hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the real life.

Maria would gladly walk miles to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. If Maria grows up without any schooling, what will be her future?

But for just 52 pennies a day, you can sponsor a child like Maria. Through “Save the Children”, you can help Maria’s mother get the tools and ways she needs to turn their poor food into a good dinner and the money she needs to buy clothes and school things for Maria.

To help Maria most, your money is put together with that of other sponsors, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school, a hospital…bring in clean water. This is what “Save the Children” has been about since 1932.

For you there are many rewards. Have the chance to write to or hear from your sponsored child. Receive photos or progress reports. Know you are reaching out to another person. Not with a handout(施舍物), but a “handup”. That’s how “Save the Children” works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment now to fill in and post the form below to help a child like Maria and her village.

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

1.We can most probably read the letter in __________.

A．somebody’s diary                      B．a newspaper

C．a progress report                       D．a storybook

2.From the passage, we can infer （推断）that _________

A．Maria is an 11-year-old girl.

B．Maria’s family is very poor.

C．Maria has to do a lot of hard work.

D．Maria is hoping to get schooling.

3.What is “Save the Children”?

A．An organization to help poor children go to school.

B．An office of the government to collect money.

C．A program shown at theatres to help the poor.

D．A group who works for children in poor places.

4.The underlined word “sponsor” means “__________” in Chinese.

A．回报             B．资助　　　　　    C．感恩　　　　      D．抢救

5.What does the last sentence in the letter mean?

A．If Maria goes to school, you will be rewarded.

B．What you give is more than what you take.

C．Both Maria’s life and yours will change a lot.

D．Marie and you can help each other at school.

 

With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said，" I ' m blind, please help. "

Only a few people put    1   in the hat. A man was walking by. He    2   some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign    3  . wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   4   to give money to the blind boy.　　That afternoon the man came to see    5  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked, "Were you the one who    6  my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   7 way. "What he had written was," Today is a beautiful day,   8  I cannot see it. "

Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 　10　people to help by throwing some money into the   11  . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the  12  of the day, but the boy couldn't    13   he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story. First, be thankful for what

you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.  15  , be creative. Think differently.

　There is always a better way !

1.                A．eggs           B．coins           C．toys D．pencils

 

2.                A．got            B．lost            C．took D．dropped

 

3.                A．on            B．off             C．back D．around

 

4.                A．asked          B．began          C．hoped    D．continued

 

5.                A．how           B．what           C．whose    D．which

 

6.                A．put            B．found          C．changed  D．cleaned

 

7.                A．usual          B．simple          C．different  D．dangerous

 

8.                A．as             B．so             C．for  D．but

 

9.                A．signs           B．men           C．boys D．lessons

 

10.               A．told           B．took           C．helped    D．ordered

 

11.               A．bag            B．hat            C．pocket    D．basket

 

12.               A．food           B．songs          C．beauty    D．pictures

 

13.               A．because        B．unless          C．before    D．though

 

14.               A．about          B．with           C．from  D．except

 

15.               A．First           B．Second         C．Third D．Fourth

 

 

从方框中选择恰当的句子完成对话，其中有两个多余项。

Sally and Li Ming are talking about making the delicious chicken.

 L: The chicken tastes great.

S:1.　    　　    　    　　          

L: Could you tell me how to cook it? I want to have a try.

 S: Of course. 2.　    　　          

L:3.　    　　       

S: Next, fill the chicken with many herbs, and put the chicken into the oven.

L: And then?

S:4.　    　　              

L: That’s a long time.

 S: Yeah. Finally when the chicken is ready, put it on the table and then cut it into slices.

 L: Thanks for your recipe.

S:5.　    　　    　　    　

A. You should cook the chicken in the oven for several hours.

B. Thanks for saying so.

C. What can I do for you?

D. My pleasure.

E. First, you need to clean the chicken.

F. I’m sorry. I don’t like it.

G. What’s the next?

 

Dear Reader,
Imagine an 11-year old girl whose days are often spent washing clothes, looking after a baby, working hard in the field.
Imagine a little girl who knows there will not be enough food for dinner, who can’t fill her stomach with water because it’s polluted, and who has watched life slip away from her father, little brother and sister because the family is too poor to see a doctor.
Is it hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the real life.
Maria would gladly walk miles to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. If Maria grows up without any schooling, what will be her future?
But for just 52 pennies a day, you can sponsor a child like Maria. Through “Save the Children”, you can help Maria’s mother get the tools and ways she needs to turn their poor food into a good dinner and the money she needs to buy clothes and school things for Maria.
To help Maria most, your money is put together with that of other sponsors, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school, a hospital…bring in clean water. This is what “Save the Children” has been about since 1932.
For you there are many rewards. Have the chance to write to or hear from your sponsored child. Receive photos or progress reports. Know you are reaching out to another person. Not with a handout(施舍物), but a “handup”. That’s how “Save the Children” works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment now to fill in and post the form below to help a child like Maria and her village.
It can make such a difference in her life and yours.
【小题1】We can most probably read the letter in __________.

A．somebody’s diary	B．a newspaper
C．a progress report	D．a storybook

【小题2】From the passage, we can infer （推断）that _________

A．Maria is an 11-year-old girl.

B．Maria’s family is very poor.

C．Maria has to do a lot of hard work.

D．Maria is hoping to get schooling.

【小题3】What is “Save the Children”?

A．An organization to help poor children go to school.

B．An office of the government to collect money.

C．A program shown at theatres to help the poor.

D．A group who works for children in poor places.

【小题4】The underlined word “sponsor” means “__________” in Chinese.

A．回报

B．资助

C．感恩

D．抢救

【小题5】What does the last sentence in the letter mean?

A．If Maria goes to school, you will be rewarded.

B．What you give is more than what you take.

C．Both Maria’s life and yours will change a lot.

D．Marie and you can help each other at school.

It's the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell phones. They want to log on* to their micro blogs to check the interesting things that have happened in the last hour.
　　Since last year, the trend* of micro blogging has swept the country. Recent surveys shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update* their blogs over five times per day.
　　"We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class," said Andy Liang, 14. "If you do not know about them, you are out of the loop."
　　It is also a great place for students to let out stress. "My parents always ask me to study all the time, and encourage me before exams, but it really adds pressure," said Simon Zhang, 15. "When I share these feelings on my micro blog, I get many replies from friends in the same situation, which makes me feel better."
　　But parents are worried that micro blogging could be a waste of time. Some misleading messages may even cause danger to kids, they said.
　　Mr. Shen, a professor at the China Education Association, suggests parents not worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging. Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children. "If parents can read their children's micro blogs, they'll know their thoughts, thus leading to better communication and solutions to problems," he said. He also gives some tips for kids.
　　---Don't micro blog for more than one hour a day.
　　---Never micro blog in class.
　　---Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.
　　---Be critical*. Don't trust all the messages on a micro blog.
【小题1】The underlined part "out of the loop" in the passage probably means                 .

A．not popular

B．not excited

C．unhealthy

D．unlucky

【小题2】Micro blog made Simon       when he shared his feelings and got replies on his micro biog.

A．feel sad

B．let out stress

C．add pressure

D．make friends

【小题3】We can know from Mr. Shen that micro blogging can                 .

A．make kids crazy while logging on to it

B．bring a lot of misleading messages

C．become a window to understand young kids

D．lead to worse communication

【小题4】Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A．It's good for kids to micro blog for more than one hour a day.

B．Kids should trust all the messages on a micro blog because they are useful.

C．The trend of micro blogging has swept the country since five years ago.

D．Kids should try to talk face to face with people, not just micro blogging.