题目内容
In Europe many people died during the Second World War. So at the end of the war, there were many children who lost their parents.
A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted the children who had no parents to have a home. He wanted them to have the deep love and good care of parents.
Gmeiner had no enough money, so he asked the people to give him some money. With this money he built the first SOS Children's Village at last, in Australia. It was open in 1949 .This is how the SOS Children's Village started. The letters SOS come from “Save our Souls.” The words mean “Please help us!” An SOS Children's Village can give help to the children who need help.
Hermann Gemeiner's idea for helping orphans soon spread(传播) all over the world. By 1983 there were 17 SOS Children's Villages in the world.
Now China has also built many SOS Children's Villages. More and more people like to do something to show their love to the children in the SOS Children's Villages. Do you want to visit an SOS village someday?
SOS Children's _____51____ | |
Who | ____52____built the first SOS Children's Village. |
Why | He built it to give orphans a __53___. |
When | The first SOS Children's Village was open in __54____ |
where | He built it in ____55____. |
Meaning | Orphan means a child who has no ______56_____. |
SOS comes from "save our ____57___",it means "please __58__ us. | |
How 59 was it spread | By 1983 there were ___60___ SOS Children's Villages in the world. |
51.________ 52._______ 53._______ 54._______ 55._______
56.________ 57._______ 58._______ 59._______ 60._______
51.Villages 52. Gmeiner 53. home 54.1949 55. Australia
56. parents 57.souls 58. help 59.widely/fast 60. seventeen
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.
① 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 (厌倦) 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. ②
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.
③ 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.④
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.
【小题1】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.① | B.② | C.③ | D.④ |
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 (伊甸园) on a Friday. Jesus Christ died on a Friday. There were thirteen people at his last supper. In Europe, they kill criminals(罪犯) 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.
根据短文内容,选择正确答案。
1.What is the unlucky number in Japanese?
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?
A.9 |
B.12 |
C.13 |
D.24 |
3.Which of the following is NOT used to prove that Friday or thirteen is unlucky?
A.Adam and Eve. |
B.Jesus Christ’s death. |
C.Jesus Christ’s last supper. |
D.The author’s brother’s marriage date. |
4.When did Europeans kill criminals?
A.On the thirteen every month. |
B.On Fridays of the fifth month every year. |
C.On Fridays. |
D.On the third week of every month. |
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The author was born on the thirteenth. |
B.The author’s elder brother passed his exams on the thirteenth. |
C.The author’s elder brother married on the thirteenth. |
D.Thirteen was a lucky number for the author’s brother. |