Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn’t have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave ﹩10,000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.
Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each ﹩200 a month. The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a report each year on the children’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,” he said. “Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn’t know anything about their life.” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very, very happy, ”he said. “And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”
【小题1】Jack has sent them each ﹩200 a month to help some poor children ________.

A.only in WashingtonB.only in England
C.only in AfricaD.around the world
【小题2】Jack learned about the children’s progress by ________.
A.visiting them each otherB.getting a report each year
C.staying with themD.talking to them in English
【小题3】The underlined words “for a good cause” means ________ in Chinese.
A.施舍B.行善C.优惠D.赏赐
【小题4】The money Jack gave the children wasn’t used for the children’s ________.
A.clothingB.medicineC.studyD.playing
【小题5】What’s the main idea of the story?
A.Help others, and you’ll feel happy
B.It’s necessary to write letters to poor children
C.Live a simple life., and you can give others help
D.It’s the most important to help the children in Africa

Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body. You don’t want to work, and you stay in bed, feeling very sad.
What makes us ill? It is germs(细菌). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can’t find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a mi­croscope(显微镜). They are very very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.
Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
Germs can be found not only in water but also in air and dust(灰尘). If you cut your finger, if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut(割开处), some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body, and you would have pain everywhere.
【小题1】Which of the following is true?

A.If things are very very small, they are germs.
B.If things can’t be seen, they must be germs.
C.Germs are only in dirty water.
D.Germs are everywhere around us.
【小题2】Why don’t your parents let you drink dirty water?
A.You haven’t looked at it carefully.
B.Water can’t be drunk in this way.
C.There must be lots of germs in it.
D.Water will make you ill.
【小题3】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Germs may make us ill.
B.Germs are in dirty water.
C.Don’t drink dirty water.
D.Take care of your fingers.

Li Ruyan, 13 and his classmates in Shanghai did something special last summer. They worked in groups with traffic police at different crossroads in the city. Holding small red flags, the students helped keep order and stopped people from jaywalking(乱穿马路).
As part of the school project. Li’s school has encouraged its students to do more community(社区)work.
After the half day of exhausting work Li told himself not to jaywalk anymore.
“I think through community work we get to help others and, more importantly, we grow a sense of responsibility(责任感),” he said.
Community service is an important part of education for teenagers around the world. In the US and Canada, high school students need to finish 40 hours of community service before graduation. For those Americans who have finished 1,400 hours of community work, they can be awarded nearly $ 5, 000(33, 000 yuan).
Chinese students today do more community work, too. For example, starting from 2010, Sichuan high school students have been asked to do 10 days of community work. It will become part of their school grade.
Qian Lijun, 16, and her classmates in Suzhou, Jiangsu went to a local elder care home this winter. They put Spring Festival couplets (对联) on the walls and cheered up the people living there.
Li Xiaotian, 15, of Anshan said he used to clear flyers (小广告) from telephone poles (电线杆) with his classmates. They brought tools, towels and buckets and worked for three hours under the summer sun. “It was tiring, but seeing the clean poles without ugly ads — we really felt proud,” he said.
【小题1】What was the special thing Li Ruyan did last summer?

A.He joined a special group of Class13.
B.He become a policeman.
C.He helped the traffic police at a crossroad.
D.He stopped people from talking.
【小题2】From this passage we know that _______.
A.Li Ruyan’s school is in the middle of a big city.
B.Li Ruyan and his classmates do some community work every day.
C.Ruyan and his classmates often hold small flags when they cross the roads.
D.Ruyan and his classmates think it is good for them to do some community work.
【小题3】Community service _______.
A.has become a very important part of education only in China.
B.is very important in school education in some foreign countries.
C.is the only part of the school project for teenagers around the world.
D.needs students to finish at least 1,000 hours of community work.
【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The students in Shanghai helped people to keep the traffic rules.
B.The students in Suzhou visited the old people’s home.
C.The students in Anshan cleaned the walls under the summer sun.
D.The students in Sichuan sent Spring Festival couplets to the old people.
【小题5】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Community service helps students grow a sense of responsibility.
B.Through community work students get to help others and learn something.
C.Students are now encouraged to do more community work in many school in China.
D.Students will be awarded much money for doing more community work in Canada and the US.

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