Difficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well-known people come to help those who are in trou...

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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.

（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

（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

（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.

（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

（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

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Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
1．Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday Fun Day for kids in the community. She also used to volunteer at the Mint Festival every year. One summer, she served food, another year she organized an art programme.
2．After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading. She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and her grandchildren.
3．After a hurricane(飓风) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says, “I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what.”
4．One day, Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees(难民) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman, from Somalia. Sahra is living and working in a town about 30 minutes' walk from where Helen lives. They work on reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life.
5．Helen says, “The most rewarding(有益的) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help. They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”

    Elena jogged (慢跑) with her dad in some empty lots (小块地). These out-of-the-way lots were good places to jog. But the lots were full of rocks and rubbish.
    One day, Elena saw a sign on the lots. It said, “New City Park”. Elena was excited. Maybe the park would have a jogging trail (路径)! Elena told her parents about the sign.
   “I read about the park in the newspaper,” said Elena's father. “The city wants volunteers to help clean the area. Then the city will build a soccer field and a playground. But the paper didn't mention a jogging trail.”
“Well, perhaps if I help clean up the lots, they'll put in a jogging trail,” said Elena.
    On Saturday Elena went to the lots. Many adults were working there. Some were picking up rubbish. Some were moving rocks. Elena looked around. She could carry rubbish, and she could move rocks. So she went to the area every week to do volunteer work. She told everyone she was glad to help build the park. She explained that she hoped the park would have a jogging trail. Then everyone knew her and her jogging trail.
Soon the volunteers cleared the lots. The city could start building. The mayor (市长) gave a speech. He showed a drawing of the new park. He told them about the soccer field. There would be picnic tables. There would be a playground. The park would even have basketball courts. But there was no sign of a jogging trail.
    The mayor thanked the volunteers. Then he asked if they had any suggestions. The volunteers said they wanted to build a jogging trail around the park. They told the mayor how helpful Elena had been and how she wanted a jogging trail. The mayor then said, “A jogging trail won't be hard to build. Let's do it!”
    Everyone clapped and cheered.

阅读理解

On Christmas Eve (平安夜), Simon usually has a party with his family in his house. They buy a Christmas tree and decorate(装饰)it with flowers, toys, lights and cards. After they finish, it looks very beautiful. Then they have a big Christmas dinner. There is turkey, hot drinks and much other Christmas food on the table. After dinner, they sit under the Christmas tree and sing songs happily. They all have a lot of fun.

阅读理解

Question: I want to speak English well. What can I do?
Students	Opinions
Susan	If you want to speak English well, I think you should read English books and listen to English radio. You shouldn't think in your language. You must think in English and speak what you think, and then you will be successful.
William	I think the most useful way is watching English films. But you know this all depends on yourself. If you work hard, you can find that speaking English is quite a funny thing. Keep moving! Nothing is impossible!
Ravi Chandra	Don't be afraid and then you will become a good speaker. Speak whatever you want in English in front of a mirror. Try this for just 30 days and then see the results. I hope you will practice this.
Helen Gao	If you can study carefully for a long time, you will see the results. You should have a right way and speak English bravely. I believe you will smile in the end.

阅读理解

Hello, everyone! Do you like music? Come and join us! This music club gives you a chance to become a musician!

You will:

●k now about different kinds of music●learn different musical instruments

●learn how to write about a song ●improve your creativity (创造力)

Class A: 3:00 pm–5:00 pm, Saturday (Years 7–12)

Class B: 9:30 am-11:30 am, Sunday (Years 13–18)

Address: Royal Collge of Music, Prince Consort Road, Sw7 2 BS, London.

Price: £200 each child

For more information, please call Mrs. Watson at 44 (0) 20 78773 7293 or email Mr. Brown at musicclub@ ram ac. uk.

You will sing your song in front of people at the end of the year.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

My name is Mary. I'm a student. I have a good 1 . Her name is Nancy. I go to school and have 2 with her.

In my school, many students have lunch in the school dining hall. Nancy and I eat there 3 . Today we have beef noodles for lunch. There are some 4 and carrots in the noodles. I say to Nancy, "The beef noodles are 5 and I like them. But I don't like carrots. Do you like them?"

"Yes, I do, "says Nancy. "But I don't like potatoes. "

"You can eat my carrots and I can eat 6 potatoes. "

"That's a good 7 !"Nancy says.

After that, we exchange(交换) our vegetables.

"It's important for us to eat many kinds of vegetables. They are good for our health, " Nancy says. "How 8 this? I try to eat potatoes and you try to 9 some carrots. "

"OK, "I say. I know Nancy is right,10 we exchange our vegetables again. It's great and fun.

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