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  Can you imagine an 11-year-old child spends her day in washing clothes,taking care of her mother and struggling with heavy farm work?

  This girl knows there will not be enough food for dinner.She can't fill her stomach with water because it's polluted.She has to take care of her mother.Her little brother and sister dies of disease one after another because the family could not afford a doctor.

  Hard to believe? For Maria Pastora,these are the facts of life.

  Maria would gladly walk miles to school,but her mother,now alone,needs her badly at home.Chances(可能性) are Maria will grow up illiterate ndline.Her future? In many ways,unlucky.

  But for just 52 pennies a day,you can sponsor a child like Mafia.Show her that in somewhere,someone cares about her plight(苦境). Through“Save the Children”programme,you can help Maria's mother get the tools and guidance(指导) to turn their poor half-acre into a source of good food;earn the money she needs to buy clothing and school things for Maria.So hard-working people can help themselves.

  To help Maria most,the money from sponsors can be used to build a school or a hospital,to reclaim(开垦) land and bring in clean water.This is what “Save the Children”has been about since 1932.

  Give a hand to a child who needs help.That is how “Save the Children” works.But without you.it can't work.Please take a moment now to fill out and post the receipt(回单) below to help a child like Maria and her village.

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

(1)

The above is most probably______.

  A.an instruction  B.a news report

  C.a notice D.a magazine advertisement

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(2)

From the passage we can infer that______.

  A.Maria is in danger of falling ill

  B.Maria's mother needs her help very much

  C.Maria's life is familiar to us

  D.Maria's home isn't far from the school

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(3)

What do you guess the underlined word“illiterate”means?

  A.unlucky  B.uneducated C.happy D.cultured

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(4)

Which of the following isn't the main objective(目的)of“Save the Children”?

  A.To improve the living conditions of the children in plight.

  B.To let the children in plight live on the money from sponsors.

  C.To help children like Maria escape from sufferings.

  D.To help the people in plight make a better living by themselves.

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Dear Reader,

Think about an 11-year-old child spending her days washing clothes,looking after a baby brother,and doing hart work on the farm.

Think about a little girl.She knows there will not be enough food for dinner,and has no water to drink because it if not clean.She has watched her father.brother and sister lose their lives as the family has no money to send for a doctor.

Hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the facts of life.

Maria would gladly walk to school,but her mother,now alone,really needs her at home.Mafia had to leave school to work for her poor family.

But for five dollars a week,you can help out a child like Maria.Show her that somewhere,someone will help her.Through Save the Children.you can help Maria's mother get better crops(收成)from their farm,and earn the money to buy clothes and things for school.

To help Maria most,your money is to put together with other helpers,so hardworking people can help themselves.Build a school or a hospital,make their farm better,bring in clean water… This is what Save the Children has beer about since l932.

For you there are many returns.You can write letters to each other,get photos,or study reports.Know you are helping and saving another person in the same world as you.That's how Save the Children works.But without you,it can't work.Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village.

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

Save the Children

David L Guyer

Chairman

1.Maria's father.brother and sister died because they             

A.were too poor to see a doctor                   B.didn't know where to find a doctor

C.didn't have enough food to eat                     D.were too busy to see a doctor

2.This letter mainly tells you to           

A.know about poor people                           B.earn some money for poor children

C.show pity to poor people                            D.donate money to help poor children

3.If you try to help a child like Mafia,which of the following can't you get from her?

A.You can often get some pictures from her.

B.You can get more money from her when she grows up.

C.You can often get her letters.

D.You can often be told how she is getting on.

4.This letter most probably appears            

A.on TV                 B.in a magazine        C.in a dictionary         D.on the radio

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