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In Europe many people died during the Second World War£®As a result£¬at the end of the war there were many orphans£¨¹Â¶ù£©there£®A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children£®His idea was simple£®He wanted orphans to have a home£¬and he wanted them to have the care and kindness of parents£®Gmeiner asked people to give him some money£®With this money he built the first SOS Children's Village at Imst£¬in Austria£®It opened in 1949£®This is how the SOS stand for¡°Save Our Souls£¨Áé»ê£©¡±An SOS Children's Village gives help to orphans£®
Hermann Gmeiner's idea for helping orphans soon spread£¨´«²¥£©all over the world£®By 1983 there were 170 SOS Children's Villages in the world£®People in many countries give money to help the villages£®Today the children from the first village have grown up£®Now some of them work in other SOS Children's Villages£®
In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups£®There are several houses in each village£®The biggest village has 40 or 50 houses! Between seven and ten children live in a house£®A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them£®She gives the children a lot of love and kindness£®She cooks meals for them and makes comfortable, happy home for them£®
Of course£¬the children don't spend all their time in the village£®They go to school£»they go out with their friends£®But the village gives them a home¡ªsometimes for the first time in their lives£®
1£®Which of the following comes last?
A£®People gave Gmeiner some money£®
B£®There were many orphans at the end of the war£®
C£®Gmeiner built the first SOS Children's Village£®
D£®A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help the orphans£®
2£®What does the under lined part ¡°Save Our Souls¡± mean?
A£®Helping orphans is love£®
B£®Our lives are in danger£®
C£®Please help us£®
D£®There's something wrong with our heads£®
3£®We can conclude£¨ÍÆÂÛ£©from the article that the money for helping the SOS Villages mainly comes from_________£®
A£®governments B£®special organizations
C£®the orphans themselves D£®common people
4£®What does a woman in an SOS Village do for each group of children?
A£®She gives the children a lot of love and kindness£®
B£®She lives with each group of children and looks after them£®
C£®She cooks the meals for children£®
D£®AII the above£®
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In China, many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities, because the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn¡¯t much work there. Services such as hospital and transport are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.
¢Ù But in the big cities of Europe like London or Paris, people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of (Ñá¾ë) the noise and the dirt of the city, and they are tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don¡¯t want to live in the cities any more. They want a house with a garden in the countryside, and breathe the fresh air there. ¢Ú
So they move out of the cities. Some don¡¯t go very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities. Other people move to the real countryside with sheep, cows and green fields. There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.
¢Û After two or three years, many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don¡¯t make so much money and there isn¡¯t much work to do. People in the countryside are very different and aren¡¯t always very friendly.¢Ü
So quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. ¡°It¡¯s wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights.¡± they say.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿Which is NOT the reason for people moving to the cities in China?
| A£®The countryside is much poorer than the city. |
| B£®People in the countryside have nothing to eat. |
| C£®People in the countryside don¡¯t have much work to do. |
| D£®Services in cities are better than those in the countryside. |
| A£®they hope to find good jobs |
| B£®they are tired of living in the city |
| C£®they can make more money |
| D£®they like to feed sheep and cows |
| A£®¢Ù | B£®¢Ú | C£®¢Û | D£®¢Ü |
| A£®a happy life in the countryside |
| B£®living in the city |
| C£®moving out or moving back |
| D£®living in the countryside |
In some countries, the most common unlucky number is thirteen. People don¡¯t like to live in a house that is number 13. People don¡¯t like to have parties with thirteen people. People don¡¯t like to do important things on the thirteenth of the month. Also, when you add the Japanese unlucky numbers together---nine and four ---they make thirteen.
There aren¡¯t many business meetings on the thirteenth of the month especially when the thirteenth is on a Friday. Friday is always unlucky. Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden (ÒÁµéÔ°) on a Friday. Jesus Christ died on a Friday. There were thirteen people at his last supper. In Europe, they kill criminals(×ï·¸) on Fridays.
For some people, unlucky numbers do the opposite things. My elder brother was born on the thirteenth. He passed his exams on the thirteenth. He married on the thirteenth. He became a pilot on the thirteenth. It was always a lucky number for him.
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1.What is the unlucky number in Japanese?
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A£®Thirteen |
B£®Nine |
C£®Four |
D£®Nine and four |
2.Generally speaking, how many days are there in a year on which people don¡¯t want to hold business meetings?
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A£®9 |
B£®12 |
C£®13 |
D£®24 |
3.Which of the following is NOT used to prove that Friday or thirteen is unlucky?
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A£®Adam and Eve. |
B£®Jesus Christ¡¯s death. |
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C£®Jesus Christ¡¯s last supper. |
D£®The author¡¯s brother¡¯s marriage date. |
4.When did Europeans kill criminals?
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A£®On the thirteen every month. |
B£®On Fridays of the fifth month every year. |
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C£®On Fridays. |
D£®On the third week of every month. |
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
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A£®The author was born on the thirteenth. |
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B£®The author¡¯s elder brother passed his exams on the thirteenth. |
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C£®The author¡¯s elder brother married on the thirteenth. |
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D£®Thirteen was a lucky number for the author¡¯s brother. |