Difficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well-known people come to help those who are in trouble. And this was the case for basketball player Yao Ming. He hosted a television show in Shanghai and raised US $ 300,000 to help researchers (研究员) find a medical cure. Fund-raising, or charity, is an act of goodwill(好意) towards others.
Charities in the West have more ways. Look at a typical day for Ruth, a rich woman in the UK, for example. Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. There’s a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten(筋疲力尽的) horse. It’s from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals. She turns on the television, and sees a picture of a wide–eyed child dying of hunger in Africa with a request (请求) for money to help the child. The tickets for the charity shows often cost her a lot of money, but she doesn’t mind because most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS. She feels good about going because she’s helping the sick.
Edna, a little old lady, looks after a second-hand shop—a charity shop. Any profit (收益) it has made goes to a cancer(癌症) charity. Now that she doesn’t have to work, she has lots of time to offer her services for free.
For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue (美德) that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope. “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish writer Henry Drummond.
【小题1】Yao Ming hosted a television show to _____.

A．make more money	B．raise money for his basket team
C．make himself more famous	D．raise money for researchers to find a cure for SARS

【小题2】We can infer (推断)from the passage that _____.

A．Edna may not be a rich lady but she is willing to do something for others

B．Ruth is angry because she has been asked to donate too much money

C．Ruth leads a busy life and she feels very tired

D．Yao Ming wants to be a television host

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Only Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna try their best to do things for charity.

B．Ruth has given a lot of support to charity although she is not very rich.

C．The writer hopes that more people can do things for charity.

D．Edna is very rich because she has her own shop.

【小题4】One morning, Ruth received a letter with a picture of a horse in it because _____.

A．she lost her horse

B．a charity wanted her to donate some money

C．she loved horse very much

D．she wanted to keep a horse as a pet

【小题5】The underlined(划线) part in the last paragraph probably means that _____.

A．what impresses people deeply is what they have done for others

B．when you want to do something for others, you need stand out

C．the moment you stand out, you can do something for others

D．when you look back sometimes, you need stand out

完成句子

1.她很乐意与她的朋友分享她的东西。

She is willing to __________ her things ______ her friends.

2.老虎的数量正在变得越来越少。

The _______ of the tigers _________ getting smaller and smaller.

3.开车去上学花的时间比乘公共汽车少。

Driving to school ________ less time _________ taking the bus.

4.消防员使我们镇定下来，因为我们都安全了。

The firemen ________ us ________ as we were all safe.

5.扎龙是世界上最重要的湿地之一。

Zhalong is one of the world’s _________ ____________ wetlands.

 

Sally has a lot of friends. She has five best friends, and the six of them are like sisters to each other, but they are all very different.

Gemma is a very easy-going person. She does not get angry easily and is happy to do whatever the group wants.

Sarah is very clever and hard-working. She always does the best in exams at school, but she never shows off. It is really kind of Sarah to help Annie with her homework when she is having trouble.

Emily is a quiet friend. She is not energetic and active like Katie, or outgoing like Annie, but she is very patient and fair. Whenever there is an argument, Emily is always there to listen to everyone and make sure that everybody stays friends.

Sally thinks about her own characteristics. She thinks she is kind and confident. One of her best qualities is to listen to others carefully. She is a good listener. All of her friends like to talk with her about their problems. She is happy that none of her friends are selfish people.

1.What does Sally think of Emily?

A. She is just like Annie.                B. She likes to argue. 

C. She is energetic and active.            D .She is quiet, fair and patient.

2.What is Annie like?

A .Energetic.        B. Outgoing.        C. Quiet.        D. Patient and fair.

3.What is Sarah kind enough to do?

A. To help Sally with her homework.       B. To do well in exams.

C.To help Annie with her homework.       D.To be hard-working and clever.

4.What is Gemma like?

A. She doesn't get angry easily.    

B. She is willing to do whatever the group wants.

C. She is easy-going.            

D. All of the above.

5.What is Sally’s best quality?

A. She is confident .                     B. She is kind..

C. She has good friends.                  D. She is a good listener.

 

I don’t doubt ____________ she can do it well, but I doubt _________ she is willing to do it.

A. that; if               B. that; that          C. if; if                             D. if; that

 

Difficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well-known people come to help those who are in trouble. And this was the case for basketball player Yao Ming. He hosted a television show in Shanghai and raised US $ 300,000 to help researchers (研究员) find a medical cure. Fund-raising, or charity, is an act of goodwill(好意) towards others.
Charities in the West have more ways. Look at a typical day for Ruth, a rich woman in the UK, for example. Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. There’s a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten(筋疲力尽的) horse. It’s from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals. She turns on the television, and sees a picture of a wide–eyed child dying of hunger in Africa with a request (请求) for money to help the child. The tickets for the charity shows often cost her a lot of money, but she doesn’t mind because most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS. She feels good about going because she’s helping the sick.
Edna, a little old lady, looks after a second-hand shop—a charity shop. Any profit (收益) it has made goes to a cancer(癌症) charity. Now that she doesn’t have to work, she has lots of time to offer her services for free.
For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue (美德) that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope. “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish writer Henry Drummond.
【小题1】Yao Ming hosted a television show to _____.

A．make more money	B．raise money for his basket team
C．make himself more famous	D．raise money for researchers to find a cure for SARS

【小题2】We can infer (推断)from the passage that _____.

A．Edna may not be a rich lady but she is willing to do something for others

B．Ruth is angry because she has been asked to donate too much money

C．Ruth leads a busy life and she feels very tired

D．Yao Ming wants to be a television host

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Only Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna try their best to do things for charity.

B．Ruth has given a lot of support to charity although she is not very rich.

C．The writer hopes that more people can do things for charity.

D．Edna is very rich because she has her own shop.

【小题4】One morning, Ruth received a letter with a picture of a horse in it because _____.

A．she lost her horse

B．a charity wanted her to donate some money

C．she loved horse very much

D．she wanted to keep a horse as a pet

【小题5】The underlined(划线) part in the last paragraph probably means that _____.

A．what impresses people deeply is what they have done for others

B．when you want to do something for others, you need stand out

C．the moment you stand out, you can do something for others

D．when you look back sometimes, you need stand out