Have you ever heard of a famous charity called Operation Smile? We hope we can help you understand how we are trying to help children all over the world.

Operation Smile was started by a doctor and his wife. In 1982, together with some volunteers, they went to Philippines to help children who had holes in their lips or inside their mouths. It was very difficult for them to eat and drink. These volunteers worked very hard. But they worried that they could not carry on with the work because they were short of money. Then they decided to start a charity so that they could help these needy children. They called it Operation Smile.

    Operation Smile works in more than twenty developing countries and has cured over 10,000 children who have problems with their mouths. Operation Smile has won many prizes for its work and in 1999 they even started a special event called“The World Journey of Hope”. 5,000 children in 18 countries are cured during the event.

    On the other hand, Operation Smile trains local doctors and nurses in developing countries so that they can continue to help children when Operation Smile has left. As to the children with much more serious problems, they will send them to America for further treatment.

    So show your kindness and generosity to the needy children now. You can send your donation to Operation Smile at local banks. Many thanks from the children who can smile now will come to you.

1.Operation Smile is a famous _____, which was started by a doctor and his wife.

A. school               B. charity          C. building             D. person

2.Operation Smile helps the children by _____.

A. curing the children who have problems with their mouths      

B. helping poor children go back to school

C. helping blind children to see again     

D. offering houses to homeless children

3. Five thousand children from _____ countries are cured during the event “The World Journey of Hope”.

A. ten                  B sixteen           C. eighteen             D. twenty

4.Why did they worry that they could not carry on with the work?

Because  _____.

A.there were no more volunteers

B.they went to America for further study

C.they didn’t have enough money           

D.the doctors were too busy            

5.What does the writer ask us to do to show our kindness and generosity to the needy children?

A. To donate money at local banks.

B. To be a volunteer in Philippines.

C. To send cards to the needy children.

D. To be a doctor of Operation Smile.

What can people do when natural disasters (灾难）happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to 41  after the disasters.
Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and   42  raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used   43  instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.
Schools   44  and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n)  45 _ world.
Because of the flood, lots of  46  broke out. Because of the dead animals, some people  47  . The soil and other things made the water become very, very  48 _. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the  49  was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water 50  the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for  51  .
When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 52 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very  53  .1 think.
We had to 54  our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just 55 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.
【小题1】A. wake up       B. make up         C. clean up
【小题2】A. kept          B. finished          C. stopped
【小题3】A. bikes         B. trains            C. boats
【小题4】A. started        B. closed          C. opened
【小题5】A. water.        B. fire              C. ice
【小题6】A. happiness     B. illnesses          C. hardness
【小题7】A. ran          B. slept             C. died
【小题8】A. dirty         B. clean             C. clear
【小题9】A. temperature   B. weather           C. water
【小题10】A. had.         B. made             C. changed
【小题11】A. nurses       B. doctors            C. patients
【小题12】A. sad          B. beautiful          C. good
【小题13】A. weak        B. strong            C. happy
【小题14】A. rebuild       B. return            C. remain
【小题15】A. want         B. hope             C. see

What can people do when natural disasters (灾难）happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to  41   after the disasters.

    Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and   42   raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used   43   instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.

    Schools   44   and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n)  45 _ world.

    Because of the flood, lots of  46  broke out. Because of the dead animals, some people  47  . The soil and other things made the water become very, very  48 _. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the  49  was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water  50  the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for  51  .

    When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 52 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very  53  .1 think.

    We had to 54  our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just 55 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.

1.A. wake up       B. make up         C. clean up

2.A. kept          B. finished          C. stopped

3.A. bikes         B. trains            C. boats

4.A. started        B. closed           C. opened

5.A. water.        B. fire              C. ice

6.A. happiness     B. illnesses          C. hardness

7.A. ran          B. slept             C. died

8.A. dirty         B. clean             C. clear

9.A. temperature   B. weather           C. water

10.A. had.         B. made             C. changed

11.A. nurses       B. doctors            C. patients

12.A. sad          B. beautiful          C. good

13.A. weak        B. strong            C. happy

14.A. rebuild       B. return            C. remain

15.A. want         B. hope             C. see