Nearly eight hundred million people in this world cannot read or write, most of them in developing countries. Two-thirds are women and girls.

    John Wood who started the Room to Read campaign （运动）, has opened 1650 schools and 15000 libraries in some of the world's poorest communities（社区）. He said that from the beginning, Room to Read'sgoal was to reach 10 million children around the world in the poorest countries.

    In 1998, on athree-week vacation journey in Nepal, Wood met a local headmaster who invited him to visit his schoolin a far mountain village. The experience changed Wood's life.

    "This headmaster had 450 students at the school, but he didn't have any books," Wood said. "He had a library that was empty."

    Wood promised to fill the library shelves and returned to the village one year later with some of his friends with 3000 books. And that was just the start. Later, Wood used some of his personal money to start Room to Read.  He believes that world change begins with educated children. Today, the programme can be found in 10 countries across Asia and Africa.

    Wood believes the key to the program's success is local support. While Room to Read gives away money and provides books, communities offer land and parents help build the school. Agnes, a Room to Read teacher in Zambia who also runs the library, is proud to say the literacy' at her school has improved.  Room to Read's biggest challenge is the huge need.  Hundreds of communities have asked for literacy prograrnmes. One way of Room to Read's success is that it will achieve Wood's goal of reaching 10 million kids by 2015, five years earlier than it is planned.

B

    Nancy lives in Washington D.C. Her father has a store there and her mother is a reporter. She's six years old now and begins to go to school this year. It's a little far from their shop and her father drives a car to take her to school every day. So she's not late for class and her teachers like her.

    It's Tuesday today. Miss White is teaching them to count(数数) from one to ten. Nancy is studying hard. Soon she can count them. Miss White is happy and asks, “How many people are there in your family, Nancy?”

    Nancy stands up and begins to count with her fingers(手指), and then she says, “Two, Miss White.”

  “Who are they?”

  “My father and mother.”

  “Oh?” Miss White is surprised, “Two people in your family?”

  “Because now I'm not at home.”

Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to what you read.

Hello! I'm Zhang Heping. Zhang is my1 name. Heping is my 2 name. 1'm a 3 boy. I'm4 . My English 5 is Paul. I'm6 Class One, Grade Seven. Oh. I find7 eraser in my classroom. It's8 . Now it is in the lost 9 found case. You can10 658-6535.

Every year before the Spring Festival, Zang Chaiyuan is really busy. The young pastry chef (面点师) from Shandong works from morning to night 1 people from across the country order her huabobo. Huabobo 2 of corn flour and has been a treat at many folk activities, such as celebrations and festivals. 

 This year, Zang's huabobo, in the shape of a rabbit dressed in a lion- dance costume, is one of3 products. Although Zang's parents were against4 decision, she stood her ground and opened her small huabobo shop in Yantai. "I loved huabobo in my 5 . My grandmother6 to make huabobo for me in all kinds of shapes, which were very beautiful, " Zang said. 

 Zang first learned the basic skills from7 experienced huabobo master and then practiced over and over again on her own. So more and more new products are brought out now. Her products have made their way to customers from cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. To let more people learn 8 huabobo, Zang has held training classes at her shops and shot a video recently. " Many people have shown great interest in picking up huabobo skills,9 women who have just become mothers, " she says. "I love traditional Chinese culture and I believe10 this art work is worth spreading. "