Dear Reader,
Think about an 11-year-old child spending her days washing clothes, looking after a baby brother, and doing hard work on the farm.
Think about a little girl. She knows there will not be enough food for dinner, and has no water to drink because it is not clean. She has watched her father, brother and sister lose their lives as the family has no money to send for a doctor.
Hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the facts of life.
Maria would gladly walk to school, but her mother, now alone, really needs her at home. Maria had to leave school to work for her poor family.
But for five dollars a week, you can help out a child like Maria. Show her that somewhere, someone will help her. Through Save the Children, you can help Maria's mother get better crops (收成) from their farm, and earn the money to buy clothes and things for school.
To help Maria most, your money is to put together with other helpers, so hardworking people can help themselves. Build a school or a hospital, make their farm better, bring in clean water... This is what Save the Children has been about since 1932.
For you there are many returns. You can write letters to each other, get photos, or study reports. Know you are helping and saving another person in the same world as you. That's how Save the Children works. But without you, it can't work. Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village.
It can make such a difference in her life and yours.
Save the Children
David L. Guyer
Chairman
( ) 7. Maria's father, brother and sister died because they_________.
A. were too poor to see a doctor B. didn't know where to find a doctor
C. didn't have enough food to eat D. were too busy to see a doctor
( ) 8. This letter mainly tells you to_________.
A. know about poor people B. earn some money for poor children
C. show pity to poor people D. donate money to help poor children
( ) 9. If you try to help a child like Maria, which of the following can't you get from her?
A. You can often get some pictures from her.
B. You can get more money from her when she grows up.
C. You can often get her letters.
D. You can often be told how she is getting on.
( ) 10. This letter most probably appears_________.
A. on TV B. in a magazine C. in a dictionary D. on the radio
Every child has his own dream．Every child hopes to be an adult．However, is it truly like what they imagine? As a boy who lives in modem times and in a modern city，I feel greater pressure on me with the city’s development．Although we seldom worry about money, we still have a lot of others such as competitions among classmates and expectations from parents．These experiences are very helpful to our future．But in fact，they really give me a lot of pressure．I still clearly remembered the happiness of my childhood．Unluckily，we had to face the fact with time passing by．We began to feel this invisible(无形的)pressure come upon us．We get up before sunrise and return after sunset．we work and study like an adult，even harder．What we do is to get an excellent mark．Oh，growing up is completely boring．We must try to find happiness while growing up．I think the friendship among our friends，the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us．Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?
( ) 4．What do you think the writer is?
A．A parent． B．an adult． C．A student． D．A teacher
( ) 5．How does the writer think we can find happiness?
A．From friends，parents and teachers． B．By studying hard like an adult．
C．With the help of classmates． D．Through talking with parents．
( ) 6．The best title of the text is“_________”．
A．My dream B．My worries C．My pleasure D．My school life
We surveyed 300 young people on what they like to do at weekends. One hundred people are from the ages of 11-18, one hundred 19-26 and one hundred 27-35. The following shows their answers:
( ) 1. The people of 19-26 enjoy ______ most.
A. watching TV B. going to the movies
C. playing computer games D. taking a walk
( ) 2. According to the survey, which two activities do most people enjoy doing?
A. Playing computer games and watching TV.
B. Playing computer games and taking a walk.
C. Watching TV and going to the movies.
D. Going to the movies and taking a walk.
( ) 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the chart?
A. Fewest people like taking a walk.
B. The people of 11-18 like taking a walk most.
C. 90 people like going to the movies in the 19-26 group.
D. The people of 27-35 like playing computer games most.
A woman saw three old men sitting outside. She said," I don' t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something to___1____ . ""We don't go into a house ___2___," they answered. "Why is that?" she asked. One of the old men said, "His name is Wealth (财富) this is Success, and I am Love. Now go in and___3___with your family which one of us you want in your house. "The woman went in and told her family all that happened. She said, "Let's invite Wealth. We have been so___4___ . " Her husband disagreed, "My dear, why don't we invite Success? Don't you want me to be a successful man?" Then her daughter asked, "Would it be___5__ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!" In the end, the family decided to take the ___6___advice.So the woman went out and asked, "Which one of you is___7___? Please come in and be our guest. " Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ___8___ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, " I____9___invite Love. Why are you coming along?" The two old men answered, "If you invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to___10____, but as you invite Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success. "
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( ) 1. A. say ( ) 2. A. immediately ( ) 3. A. play ( ) 4. A. poor ( ) 5. A. worse ( ) 6. A. father's ( ) 7. A. Health ( ) 8. A. left ( ) 9. A. only ( ) 10. A. join in |
B. eat B. alone B.argue B. sad B. better B. mother's B. Wealth B. followed B.hardly B. go along with |
C. use C. crowdedly C. discuss C. unlucky C. Less C. daughter's C. Success C. stopped C. never C. stay out |
D. drink D. together D. chat D. lonely D more D. family’s D. Love D. hit D. ever D. keep back |
________ hard is the key to success.
A. To work B. Work C. Worked D. Works
Amy has just found a wallet lying on the ground. Can you find the correct sentence element(句子成分) of the underlined words in the sentence?
A. object complement B. predicate C. attributive D. adverbial
