Give water, save lives
A bottle of water may not seem like much to you, but thousands of bottles will be of great help for people who live in drought-hit(遭受旱灾) areas in China.
Since last autumn, there has been very little rain in Southwest China. Some places, especially in Yunnan . Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, have experienced a serious drought. Crops (庄稼) died, the land cracked, and wells (井) and rivers dried up. More than 20 million people are having difficulty in finding safe drinking water.
After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by giving water, money and other things.
Last week, every member of the Communist Youth League (共青团员) and Young Pioneers(少先队员) were encouraged to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit areas. Students in primary schools and middle schools quickly joined the activity. In Yuhua Primary School in Xi' an, 900 students bought over 1,000 bottles of water with their pocket money. They also wrote their wishes on the bottles.
The serious drought has also made students realize the importance of saving water.
Students from Nanshan Middle School in Huizhou in Guangdong went on the street to tell people to take part in water-saving activities.
“I've heard that some children in drought-hit areas don' t have enough drinking water. They have to drink muddy ( 含有泥土的 ) water. I feel really sad about that," said one student. “I decide to take a shower twice a week instead of every day to save water.”he said.
【小题1】Why did a serious drought happen in Southwest China?  
___________________________________________________________________________                     【小题2】What does the underlined (划线的) word "cracked" probably mean in Chinese?
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【小题3】What did people do after learning about the drought?
                                                                  
【小题4】Is a bottle of water helpful for the people in drought-hit areas?
                                                                              
【小题5】What can you learn from the passage?                                     

Here is a 2-way student exchange. Fred, 19 , spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred knew little German when he arrived. But after 2 months of studying, the language became easy for him. School was very different from what he had looked forward to and it was much harder. Students stood up politely when the teacher came into the room. They took 14 subjects while American students usually took 6 in the US.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law(法律) . All the children had to do their activities with their family. Fred also missed having a car. In Germany, you should walk to go out to have a good time.
At the same time, in America, Mike was forming his own ideas. He says,’ American schools are too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot in Germany , we do nothing except study. Here we take part in many other activities.
Differences between American school life and German school life
Items
American students
German students
Class rules
They don’t have to stand up when their teacher come in
They have to __【小题1】___ up and show respect(尊敬) to their __【小题2】___
____【小题3】___life
They do their own things alone.
They have to listen to their __【小题4】__
School ___【小题5】___
They have six and they are very easy for them
They have 14, but the lessons are much more _【小题6】__
Going out
They can _【小题7】__ cars
They have to ___【小题8】___ all the way
School activities
They have____【小题9】__ other activities
They have to ___【小题10】__ hard all the time.
A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had   16  to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well   17  it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted. Then on the morning of his graduation(毕业),he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how   18  he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.   19 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible(圣经)with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his  20  to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible? ” He then rushed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very   21 in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family.  22  that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him   23 that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a phone telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take care of the things that his father left him. When he began to search through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible,   24   as he had left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag(标牌)dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the    25   of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN FULL”. Sadness and regret(悔恨)filled his heart.            
【小题1】
A.expectedB.believedC.enjoyedD.felt
【小题2】
A.affordB.spendC.costD.pay
【小题3】
A.excitedB.proudC.angryD.anxious
【小题4】
A.InterestedB.TiredC.SurprisedD.Relaxed
【小题5】
A.handB.headC.voiceD.sound
【小题6】
A.carefulB.helpfulC.wonderfulD.successful
【小题7】
A.WantingB.SuggestingC.NoticingD.Realizing
【小题8】
A.onB.sinceC.afterD.from
【小题9】
A.justB.onlyC.alwaysD.already
【小题10】
A.placeB.dateC.testD.name

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