Do you want to help others—but don’t know where to start? Do you feel that the challenges facing us are too big for one person? One advantage of supporting the American Red Cross is that each of our individual contributions is magnified(放大)when we all join together.Another advantage is that it's easy to start helping.You can start this every minute, by using your mobile to send a text message to make a $10 donation to one of our ongoing campaigns.
Donate to Help Victims of Natural Disasters: Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief, which helps people affected by disasters such as floods, earthquakes, wildfires and hurricanes.
Please consider making a donation today to help the thousands of people who have been affected by these disasters.
Donate to Help Reduce Deaths from Measles(麻疹): Text PREVENT to 90999 to give $ 10 to the Red Cross and help us vaccinate(注射疫苗)children against measles.
Started in 2001.the Measles & Rubella Initiative—led by the American Red Cross, provides technical and financial support to governments and communities for mass vaccination campaigns around the world.The Initiative has supported the vaccination of more than 1 billion children helping to reduce measles deaths by 78%globally(compared to 2000).
Please consider making a donation today to help us continue this campaign.To learn more visit www.Measlesrubellainitiative.org.
Important Information for Text Donors: You can make a $ 10 donation to the American Red Cross.Charges will appear on your wireless bill.All purchases must be authorized by account holder.You must be over 18 years old or have parental permission to participate.Text STOP to 90999 to STOP.Text HELP to 90999 for HELP.
1.The text mainly aims to tell us_____________.
A.how to keep our wireless bill safe when making donation
B.how to make a $10 donation by text message
C.when to become an authorized account holder
D.how to make individual contributions magnified
2.We should text_______to 90999 if we want to help victims of natural disasters.
A.STOP B.PREVENT C.HELP D.REDCROSS
3.What does “this campaign” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A.Offering help to the disaster victims.
B.Supporting the American Red Cross.
C.Mass vaccination around the world.
D.Applying for charges on wireless bills.
4.1f a school boy wants to be a text donor, he should _____________.
A.get the permission of his parents
B.reach the marriage age
C.pay $10 to own an account
D.stop his daily purchases
One evening last summer, when I asked my 14 year old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response shocked me."What’s a colander(漏勺)?" he asked.
I could only blame myself.In the family, nobody else’s hands went in the sauce except my own.But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadn’t prepared Ray for.
As parents, while we focus on our sons’ confidence and character, we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommates, boyfriends, husbands, or fathers.I wanted to know that I’d raised a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, "What’s for dinner?" So I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course.I was delighted to find that he didn’t say no.For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine.One day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he washed and seasoned a chicken for roasting.Then he rolled out the piecrust (馅饼皮) and filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven.
I knew that he would rather have been shooting hoops in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother—he tried to beg not to have sewing lessons, even though I insisted that one day, someone would find the sight of him fixing his own shirt very attractive— but it couldn’t be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeeping."I appreciate what you do as a mom," he told me one day.Ray now understands the finer points of cooking, and more importantly, he realizes there’s nothing masculine (男子气概的) about being helpless.
Now, not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family.That’s what I call a man.I’m glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter in-law.
1.Why was the author shocked at her son’s response?
A.Because he was not well behaved.
B.Because he refused to help with dinner.
C.Because he didn’t know the common kitchen tools.
D.Because he was very curious about kitchen tools.
2.In the author’s opinion, some parents pay little attention to _______.
A.building up children’s confidence
B.telling kids what is right and wrong
C.preparing children for their future life
D.making children live a hard life
3.After learning to do housework, Ray _______.
A.fell in love with sewing
B.did other work in the house
C.began to be more hardworking
D.acknowledged his mother’s efforts
4.We can infer from the text that Ray _______.
A.made great progress in cooking.
B.always thought housework interesting.
C.preferred sewing to cooking.
D.was unwilling to learn cooking at first.
5.What would the author like to convey in the text?
A.Useful education for boys
B.The importance of housework
C.Boys should be involved in housework.
D. Cooking and sewing make boys masculine.
完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I am anything but adventurous. So, when I actually ____ the courage to learn driving and, even more ____, passed the test, I fancied being a free spirit at last.
I mistakenly thought I would ____new roads and drive to the farthest horizons. But, trying new highways was next to ____ for me. The time I tried, I got hopelessly ____ and found myself going around in circles. When I eventually found the way home, I ___ this was the end of the adventurous life. I _____ the known routes. When a friend ____ me to make the most of weekend when the traffic was ____ to make new discoveries, I ___ at her with horror. Was I going to ____ a perfectly good weekend raising my blood pressure or was I going to spend it doing as little as possible? _____, I chose the latter option.
After some years of battling the Sharjah-Dubai ___ , I told myself it wasn’t worth ____ my peace of mind. Now I had the Metro, buses and ____ to choose from. Taking taxi was one of the best ____ I have made from a traffic point of view. There was an unbelievable sense of lightness _____ I jumped into a taxi, taken to my destination without being worried.
All one has to do is give directions. I am good at that. Giving directions, I mean. And I am very _____ when I issue these, with no effect on the part of the person driving. As soon as I sit inside, I start the description of the _____ to be taken in great detail so as to _____ the possibility of being taken for a ride.
1.A.covered B.delivered C.gathering D.removing
2.A.enthusiastically B.surprisingly C.importantly D.typically
3.A.discover B.get C.invent D.purchase
4.A.invisible B.useful C.practical D.impossible
5.A.lost B.amazed C.puzzled D.moved
6.A.refused B.hoped C.replied D. swore
7.A.added to B.stuck to C.got to D.referred to
8.A.suggested B.ordered C.advised D.persuaded
9.A.light B.heavy C.slow D.safe
10.A.glared B.stared C.glanced D.viewed
11.A.use B.spare C.waste D.devote
12.A.Of course B.In short C.In case D.Of all
13.A.system B.atmosphere C.society D.traffic
14.A.weighing B.disturbing C.conducting D. carrying
15.A.cars B.trains C.trucks D.cabs
16.A.dreams B.discoveries C.choices D.challenges
17.A.while B.when C.until D.before
18.A.considerate B.ignorant C.stubborn D.accurate
19.A.route B.map C.design D. course
20.A.increase B.extend C.reduce D.Expand
---I am going to travel to England. Would you consider telling me about your experiences there?
---__________.Let’s discuss it over drink.
A.That’s all right. B.By all means.
C.Go ahead. D.It just depends.
There are many wonderful theme parks in America, _____ Disneyland in California is my favorite.
A.for which B.with which
C.of which D.in which
An individual human existence should be like a river---small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and_____ passionately past rocks and over waterfalls.
A.to rush B.rushing C.rushed D.rush