Dear Reader,
Imagine an 11-year old girl whose days are often spent washing clothes, looking after a baby, working hard in the field.
Imagine a little girl who knows there will not be enough food for dinner, who can’t fill her stomach with water because it’s polluted, and who has watched life slip away from her father, little brother and sister because the family is too poor to see a doctor.
Is it hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the real life.
Maria would gladly walk miles to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. If Maria grows up without any schooling, what will be her future?
But for just 52 pennies a day, you can sponsor a child like Maria. Through “Save the Children”, you can help Maria’s mother get the tools and ways she needs to turn their poor food into a good dinner and the money she needs to buy clothes and school things for Maria.
To help Maria most, your money is put together with that of other sponsors, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school, a hospital…bring in clean water. This is what “Save the Children” has been about since 1932.
For you there are many rewards. Have the chance to write to or hear from your sponsored child. Receive photos or progress reports. Know you are reaching out to another person. Not with a handout(施舍物), but a “handup”. That’s how “Save the Children” works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment now to fill in and post the form below to help a child like Maria and her village.
It can make such a difference in her life and yours.
【小题1】We can most probably read the letter in __________.

A.somebody’s diary B.a newspaper
C.a progress reportD.a storybook
【小题2】From the passage, we can infer (推断)that _________
A.Maria is an 11-year-old girl.
B.Maria’s family is very poor.
C.Maria has to do a lot of hard work.
D.Maria is hoping to get schooling.
【小题3】What is “Save the Children”?
A.An organization to help poor children go to school.
B.An office of the government to collect money.
C.A program shown at theatres to help the poor.
D.A group who works for children in poor places.
【小题4】The underlined word “sponsor” means “__________” in Chinese.
A.回报B.资助     C.感恩    D.抢救
【小题5】What does the last sentence in the letter mean?
A.If Maria goes to school, you will be rewarded.
B.What you give is more than what you take.
C.Both Maria’s life and yours will change a lot.
D.Marie and you can help each other at school.

Dear Reader,

Imagine an 11-year old girl whose days are often spent washing clothes, looking after a baby, working hard in the field.

Imagine a little girl who knows there will not be enough food for dinner, who can’t fill her stomach with water because it’s polluted, and who has watched life slip away from her father, little brother and sister because the family is too poor to see a doctor.

Is it hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the real life.

Maria would gladly walk miles to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. If Maria grows up without any schooling, what will be her future?

But for just 52 pennies a day, you can sponsor a child like Maria. Through “Save the Children”, you can help Maria’s mother get the tools and ways she needs to turn their poor food into a good dinner and the money she needs to buy clothes and school things for Maria.

To help Maria most, your money is put together with that of other sponsors, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school, a hospital…bring in clean water. This is what “Save the Children” has been about since 1932.

For you there are many rewards. Have the chance to write to or hear from your sponsored child. Receive photos or progress reports. Know you are reaching out to another person. Not with a handout(施舍物), but a “handup”. That’s how “Save the Children” works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment now to fill in and post the form below to help a child like Maria and her village.

It can make such a difference in her life and yours.

1.We can most probably read the letter in __________.

A.somebody’s diary                      B.a newspaper

C.a progress report                       D.a storybook

2.From the passage, we can infer (推断)that _________

A.Maria is an 11-year-old girl.

B.Maria’s family is very poor.

C.Maria has to do a lot of hard work.

D.Maria is hoping to get schooling.

3.What is “Save the Children”?

A.An organization to help poor children go to school.

B.An office of the government to collect money.

C.A program shown at theatres to help the poor.

D.A group who works for children in poor places.

4.The underlined word “sponsor” means “__________” in Chinese.

A.回报             B.资助         C.感恩          D.抢救

5.What does the last sentence in the letter mean?

A.If Maria goes to school, you will be rewarded.

B.What you give is more than what you take.

C.Both Maria’s life and yours will change a lot.

D.Marie and you can help each other at school.

 

Long long ago, a young man found a spring of delicious clean water while he was going through the desert. He brought some back to the oldest man in his village, who had been his teacher before. After a four-day journey he sent the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village happily. The next day, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It went bad because it had stayed in the old leather container(皮革容器) for so many days in such hot weather. The student asked his teacher why he pretended(假装) to like the awful water. The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for love and kindness. And nothing could be sweeter than these."

  I think we understand this lesson best when we receive small gifts of love from very young kids. Whether it's a slice of bread or a piece of colored paper, the natural and right response(反应) is to show our thanks and happiness because we get love from the gift.

  To show our thanks doesn't always come naturally. Unfortunately, most children and many adults only see the thing itself. They never feel the meaning of the thing. We should tell ourselves and teach our children about showing thanks and happiness to the persons who give the gifts from their hearts because gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.

1.Where did the young man find the water?

A.In a spring.        B.In a river.          C.In a lake.          D.In a village.

2.How long did the water stay in the old leather container?

A.Six days.          B.Five days.          C.Four days.         D.Three days.

3.What does the word “replied” mean?

A.smiled            B.cried             C.answered         D.got angry

4.According to the passage, what is the right response when we get gifts from others?

A.We eat it up at once.

B.We only see the thing itself.

C.We think about the meaning of the bread.

D.We usually show our thanks and happiness naturally.

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

A.We should never receive anything from others.

B.We should show thanks and happiness when we get the gifts from the heart.

C.We should pretend to love the things given by others all the time.

D.We should give gifts from our hearts.

 

In the Caucasus region(高加索地区), nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100th birthday, and many don’t stop at 100! By comparison, in America only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these Caucasus people aren’t alone. The Pakistani Hunzas, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains, and the Vilcabambans of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador seem to share the secret of long life too.

  These peoples remain healthy in body and spirit despite the passage of time. While many older persons in industrial societies become weak and ill in their 60s and 70s, some Caucasus people aged 110-140, work in the fields beside their great-great-grandchildren. Even the idea of aging is foreign to them. When asked, “At what age does youth end?” most of these old people had no answer. Several replied, “Well, perhaps at age 80.” The very youngest estimate was age 60.

  What accounts for this ability to survive (live) to such old age, and to survive so well? First of all, hard physical work is a way of life for all of these long-lived peoples. They began their long days of physical labor as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr. Rustam is 142 years of age. He remembers his life experience: the Crimean War of 1854; the Turkish War of 1878; the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. His wife is 116 years old. They have been married for 90 years. Mr. Rustam has no plan of retiring from his life as a farmer. “Why? What else would I do?” he asks. Oh, he’s slowed down a bit. Now he might quit (stop working) for the day after 6 hours in the field instead of 10.

  All these people get healthful rewards from the environment in which they work. They all come from mountainous regions. They live and work at elevations(海拔)of 5,000 to 12, 000 feet(1,660 to 4,000meters) above sea level. The air has less oxygen and is pollution-free. This reduced oxygen environment makes the heart and blood vessel(血管)system stronger.

  Another factor(因素)that may lead to the good health of these people is their isolation. To a great extent, they are separated from the pressure(压力)and worries of industrial society.

  Inherited(遗传的) factors also play some role. Most of the longest-lived peoples had parents and grandparents who also reached very old age. Good family genes may, therefore, be one factor in living longer.

  Finally, although these three groups don’t eat exactly the same foods, their diets are similar. All of them eat little animal meat. Their diets are full of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cheese and milk. They never eat more food than their bodies need.

  It is clear that isolation from urban pressure and pollution, clean mountain air, daily hard work, moderate diets, good genes, and a youthful approach to life all lead to the health and remarkable long life of all these people.

1. What is the main idea of this article?

A.Cause and effect of long-lived life.

B.People in the world enjoying a longer life.

C.Factors leading to the health and long life of people.

D.A description of several societies where people living a long life.

2. “The idea of aging is foreign to them” means that _________.

A.they don’t care much about their age

B.they have no idea of how old they are

C.they won’t say anything about their age until they are asked to

D.the idea of getting old has never come into their mind

3. How do you think the writer feels about these long-lived people?

A.He is much impressed with them.

B.He doesn’t care a bit about them.

C.He hopes that they will live a still longer life.

D.He doesn’t think their life is full of pressure and worries.

 

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