For some kids, old photos and baby pictures are embarrassing. For others, they a

题型：不详难度：来源：

For some kids, old photos and baby pictures are embarrassing. For others, they are cherished keepsakes (纪念品). But for thousands of children living in orphanages (孤儿院) worldwide, these records of the past simply don"t exist. Either the kids" parents weren"t around to snap photos, or the pictures have been lost. Whatever the reason is, the Memory Project is giving orphans a lasting document of their youth.
Over the last two years, the Memory Project has provided hand-painted portraits to more than 4,000 children living in orphanages in poor countries. Ben Schumaker, 24, got the idea when he was visiting an orphanage in Guatemala in Central America. But he"s not creating the portraits(肖像) alone. Students in hundreds of high school art classes across the U.S. paint them using photos sent from the orphanages.
Schumaker believes that the artists benefit from the project as much as the orphans do. “There are two purposes of the Memory Project,” he said. “One is to offer a special gift to the child abroad. The other is to help open the eyes of the student who is painting.” Staring into the eyes of another person, Schumaker believes, it creates a real connection. This connection raises awareness in U.S. schools about the needs of the world"s poor children. “It"s about planting a seed,” he said.
Schumaker is also working on Books of Hope, a project in which students of all ages put together homemade books for children in Uganda and India. He hopes that one day children in Uganda and India will send books to the U.S. “It"s important to me to have it be a two-way exchange,” Schmnaker says.
小题1:
Old photos and baby pictures are clearly unavailable to .

A．the kids in rich families	B．the kids in common families
C．the kids in expanded families	D．the kids without parents

小题2:
How can the orphans in Guatemala get a continuing record of their youth?

A．By hand-painted portraits that Ben Schumaker painted.

B．By the photos the orphanage taken for them.

C．By the photos taken by the U.S. students in high schools.

D．By the Memory Project started by Ben Schumaker.

小题3:
What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?

A．The special gifts that the world"s poor children received.

B．The benefits that the Memory Project brings.

C．The need of the US schools.

D．How to help the orphans.

小题4:
According to the passage, Schumaker helps the kids in poor countries.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

答案

小题1:D
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:B

解析

略

举一反三

Nowadays, more and more villagers have left to make a living in big cities. As a result, their children have become leftover children and they need more care. The survey below is from villages in Yongzhou, Hunan Province. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions.

What they want	Love	Money		Freedom	Control		Something else
	40%	18%		28%	10%		4%
Whom to communicate with	Oneself		Family members			No one
	27%		55%			18%
Whether they can communicate with their parents freely	Yes		A little difficult			No
	46%		44%			10%
The way they prefer to live	Living with parents		Living without parents			No idea
	58%		14%			28%
What they think of their parents’ working in cities	Bad		Good			No idea
	20%		39%			41%
Happiest place	School		Home			Friend’s homes
	48%		34%			18%

小题1:
Of all the five needs, the leftover children need _______ most.

A．love

B．money

C．control

D．freedom

小题2:
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．About one out of every two children has no one to talk with.

B．All of the children prefer to stay at home without their parents.

C．About 1/3 of the children think their parents’ working in cities is bad.

D．More than half of the children think it good to live with their parents.

小题3:
How many children think their happiest place is their school?

A．48.

B．102.

C．144.

D．156.

小题4:
We can learn from the survey that _______.

A．most leftover children want more freedom without parents

B．over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to parents freely

C．all the leftover children dream of making money in big

cities

D．most villagers prefer living a peaceful life in the countryside

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

If you want to be a volunteer, you have to answer the following typical questions. Do you want to work with people, animals or machines? Do you want to work indoors or outdoors, directly serve people in need or serve people behind the scenes? Every year, thousands of people in the west offer volunteer service. Volunteering greatly strengthens the community because it helps the old, the young, the weak, the sick, and the disabled and the injured to solve problems.
Volunteers usually help in many different ways. They may give people advice, offer friendship to the young, drive the elderly to church (if up to the driving age), advise kids against drugs, work as assistants in schools or nursing homes, raise funds, plant trees, help out in local libraries and do many other things. Volunteering can be a few hours a week or a few hours a month. Anybody who wants to serve people in need can become a volunteer.
In fact, the art of volunteering is a process of both giving and receiving. Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people, make new friends and mix with people from all walks of life. Volunteering is an excellent way to experiment and try out new techniques and skills, discover your individual talents and explore career choice. Being a volunteer will take you on a wonderful journey and help you learn more than what you can get from books.
小题1:
As a volunteer, only when you grow old enough can you _______.

A．plant trees on hills	B．drive the elderly to church
C．give advice to others	D．help out in local libraries

小题2:
. How is the second paragraph mainly developed?

A．By listing examples.	B．By comparing.
C．By giving explanations.	D．By discussing.

小题3:
It can be inferred from the passage that to be a volunteer, _______.

A．you can do experiments	B．you must be very strong
C．you need to work very long	D．you can get something valuable

小题4:
What’s the best title of the passage?

A．How to hunt for jobs	B．Volunteer service in the west
C．How to make friends	D．How to work with animals

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

Many people think that the BBC news programs are better than those on other channels because the BBC is not a commercial company. It pays for its programs from the television license money which everyone must pay if they have a television.
The BBC, which is often known as "Auntie", is the biggest news collecting operation in the world. It has the world’s largest network of foreign correspondents (通讯员；记者）. Ten percent of the BBC’s annual budget is spent on news collecting, reporting and presenting. More than 1,700 people work for the BBC news service.
The BBC produces more than 214 hours of news and current affairs programs for radio and television each week. Each television news program costs about £78,000 per hour and each radio news program costs approximately £4,800 per hour. In the UK, about 19 million people ― almost 35% of the total population, watch the BBC television news progams every day.
Developments in technology are improving news collection and presentation every year. The BBC now uses special cameras in the TV news studios to film the news presenters, and captions― the words and sentences at the bottom of the screen, are now produced automatically by computer.
小题1:
According to the first paragraph, we can learn that __________.

A．many people are more content with the BBC than with other channels

B．the BBC news programs are better thought of than the news programs on other channels

C．the BBC news programs are better than other programs

D．if we have a television, we must pay the television license money.

小题2:
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．The number of the people working for the BBC news service is the largest in the world

B．The percentage of the BBC’s budget spent on news collecting is the largest in the world

C．The BBC has the largest network of foreign correspondents in the world

D．The BBC now uses special cameras to film the news presenters and captions

小题3:
We can infer from the passage that the UK has a population of about __________.

A．54 million

B．19 million

C．5.4 million

D．6.6 million

小题4:
What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The BBC News Service

B．The BBC Is Not Commercial

C．Developments in Technology Are Improving News Collection

D．The Biggest Operation in The World

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

It has always been said that women are not good drivers, because they simply don’t have very good driving ability. On the other hand, most car accidents happen to men; very few happen to women.
From this, we can see that women are much more careful while driving. Another very interesting fact is that in the past, women preferred to let their husbands be the only driver in the family rather than have a driving license. Somehow they were prevented from making this step in their life, but nowadays there are many women that want to pass their driving tests at an early age.
However, we have to admit that men are more skillful drivers than women, but this does not mean that a woman cannot become a good driver by accumulating (积累) experience. So more and more teenagers and women around the age of thirty now want to pass their driving tests. While taking their driving lessons, they also have a number of special lessons with their parents or somebody in the family that has a driving license. This is just to improve their driving abilities and help them to pass the tests more easily.
To conclude, we can say that women are not such bad drivers. They just need more experience than men in order to be able to drive well. And on the other hand, there are a number of women that show better driving skills than the men around them.
小题1:
Compared with the past, nowadays many women ________.

A．prefer to have a driving license	B．have more accidents while driving
C．are somehow prevented from driving	D．are the only driver in the family

小题2:
What advantage do women have over men in driving?

A．They have more skills.	B．They are much more careful.
C．They know more traffic rules.	D．They have more driving experience.

小题3:
What can we infer from the passage?

A．Teenage girls cannot take driving tests.

B．Men didn’t allow women to drive in the past.

C．With enough experience, women can become good drivers.

D．Women can easily pass their tests by taking driving lessons.

小题4:
The passage mainly talks about ________.

A．women and their driving ability

B．men and their driving ability

C．why men are better drivers than women

D．why more women like to have a driving license

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

Why play games? Because they are fun, and a lot more besides. Following the rules, planning your next move and acting as a team member are all “game” ideas that you will come across throughout your life.
Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating (合作) .
Many children’s games have a practical side Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones, which sharpens the hand-eye coordination（协调）needed in hunting.
Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much.
Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it—some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.
Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.
小题1: Through playing hide-and-seek, children are expected to learn to ________.

A．be a team leader	B．obey the basic rules
C．act as a grown-up	D．predict possible danger

小题2:The underlined part in Paragraph 2 most probably means that games can________.

A．describe life in an exciting way

B．turn real-life experiences into a play

C．make learning life skills more interesting

D．change people’s views of sporting events

小题3:According to the passage, why is winning Olympic medals so encouraging?

A．It inspires people’s deep love for the country.

B．It proves the exceptional skills of the winners.

C．It helps the country out of natural disasters.

D．It earns the winners fame and fortune.

小题4:Iribarne’s goal of forming the foundation is to _______.

A．bring fun to poor kids

B．provide soccer balls for children

C．give poor kids a chance for a better life

D．appeal to soccer players to help poor kids

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案