题目内容
The 2007 Special Olympics (特奥会)World Summer Games ended in Shanghai a week ago. This two-week sports meeting is full of love and caring(关爱) , because 40,000 volunteers(志愿者)(70%of them are college students )and more than 100,000 workers, family members in the city served for (为…服务) the people from more than 160 countries.
The Special Olympics gives hope to the people who have mental illness( 智障) - 10 million in China and 170 million all over the world .
Many of these volunteers spent their time during the National Day holiday week traveling across the city, working 12-hours a day. China (with 1,200 members) gets more gold medals than any other country. But the most important for the Special Olympics is to join the games, a spirit of courage, sharing, skill and joy, not get metals. This spirit will encourage millions of people to be strong in their lives. This spirit will also teach people to show more respect and care to the people who have mental illness.
The Special Olympics have also provided people from Shanghai with a chance to show their new look.
The 2007 Special Olympics was a great success. It is at least as important as the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
(China Daily 10/20/2007 page4)
1. ---What of the above(A, B, C, D) is the 2007 Special Olympics Games’ symbol(会标)？
---_________.
A B C D
2. When did the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games end?
A. Oct.1,2007 B. Oct.27,2007 C. Oct.11,2007 D. Oct.20,2007
3. How many countries join the 2007 Special Olympics Games?
A. More than 160. B. More than 170. C. 40,000. D. 120.
4. What is the most important for the Special Olympics?
A. To get more metals. B. To break records.
C. The spirit of courage, sharing, skill and joy. D. Both A and B.
ACAC
| Faye Wong and her husband Li Yapeng started the Yan Ran Angel Foundation for harelipped(兔唇的) children three years ago. It was named after their daughter. Its purpose is to help children under 14 to cure their harelips. The couple donated one million yuan (about $ 133,000) to start the organization. |
| Cong Fei was born in a poor family. He became a successful singer in Shenzhen. He helped 178 poor students and disabled people for more than 10 years. Before he died of an illness at the age of 37 in 2006, he decided to donate his cornea(角膜) to people with eye diseases. He helped six people see the world. |
| Guan Mucun has donated money to Project Hope to help poor students finish primary education. Thirty of these poor students have already finished high school with her support. Guan has also helped with charity work for environment protection, HIV/AIDS prevention, blood donation and “Mother Water”. Guan had an unlucky childhood: her mother died when she was only 10. years old. With the help of the government and her neighbors, she grew up and was successful as a famous singer. |
| Action star Jackie Chan is a wholehearted supporter of charities including UNICEF, Operation Smile and his own Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation. In 2007, he used much of his spare time to visit the farthest parts of China on his Dragon’s Heart Charity Missions.The Dragon’s Heart Foundation aims to meet the needs of poor children and the elderly in the hardest-to-reach areas of the country. Chan has made several trips to these poor villages, bringing warm clothing, wheelchairs and school supplies, and helping to build schools. |
| A．Harelipped children under 14. | B．All disabled children. |
| C．All disabled children under 14. | D．All harelipped children. |
| A．Faye Wong and Li Yapeng don’t like their daughter. |
| B．More than 7 people’s eyes were cured thanks to Cong Fei’s Cornea. |
| C．Guan Mucun was once helped by the government and her neighbors. |
| D．Jackie Chan didn’t have chance to visit the people he helped. |
| A．Chinese charity work. |
| B．Charity work of some Chinese artists. |
| C．Some famous Chinese artists. |
| D．Organizations started by Chinese artists. |
Traditionally, the President is the highest-pad public employee. A salary of $ 400,000, along with other benefits, is paid to the President annually. But President Obama’s income for 2008 was far more than that, according to the White House.
The White House recently published the tax returns (纳税申报单)of Obama and Vice –president Joe Biden. Tax returns are reports of tax that a person has to pay. They often include income information used to calculate the tax. In the US, people whose incomes are over a certain amount have to file tax returns(纳税申报)every year. The tax returns of government officials are open to the public. This transparency helps to prevent corruption(腐败)。
From Obama’s tax returns , we can see that the President and first lady President’s two books Dreams From My Father and The Audacity of Hope(《无畏的梦想》). The two books, published in 1995 and 2006,are very popular and have been on the bestseller(畅销书)list for a long time.
The Obama’s income is down from 2007,when they made ＄4.2 million. However, that is still far more than former US President George Bush earned, who reported a total of ＄719,274 for his final year. The Obamas’ income also greatly exceeded(超出)that of Biden, who reported a family income of ＄2269,256.That’s about a tenth of what the Obamas earned. As Vice-president, Biden earns a salary of ＄220,000.US families earn an average income of about ＄50,000.
The Obama’s tax returns also show that together, the President and his wife paid about ＄933,000 in taxes. They gave $172,050 —nearly 6.5 percent of their earnings —to different charity groups. In the US, if a person gives his money to churches and non-profit(非盈利)organizations, the law reduces his or her taxes. This is one reason why rich people in the US like to give money to charity.
【小题1】_______had the highest income in 2008.
| A．Obama | B．Biden | C．Bush | D．George |
| A．$400,000 | B．$2,660,000 | C．$4,200,000 | D．$719,274 |
| A．Everybody |
| B．Wealthy people |
| C．Government officials |
| D．People whose incomes are over a certain amount. |
| A．10 | B．6.5 | C．9.7 | D．4.3 |
| A．Because it can help to prevent corruption |
| B．Because it can make government officials well-known to the public. |
| C．Because it can help government officials to get more money. |
| D．Because the government wants them to pay more taxes to the public. |
| A．he will be praised by the people |
| B．he will pay fewer taxes |
| C．he will be free of taxes |
| D．he will get some extra money from the government. |
Do you know more and more Chinese artists have made regular donations to charity or put their efforts(努力) into charity work in China? Here let's know some of them.
Faye Wong and her husband Li Yapeng started the Yan Ran Angel Foundation(基金会) for harelipped(兔唇的) children three years ago. It was named after their daughter. Its purpose is to help children under 14 to cure their harelips. The couple donated one million yuan (about $ 133,000) to start the organization.
Cong Fei was born in a poor family. He became a successful singer in Shenzhen. He helped 178 poor students and disabled people for more than 10 years. Before he died of an illness at the age of 37 in 2006, he decided to donate his cornea(角膜) to people with eye problems. He helped six people see the world.
Guan Mucun has donated money to Project Hope to help poor students finish primary education. Thirty of these poor students have already finished high school with her support. Guan has also helped with charity work for environment protection, HIV/AIDS prevention, blood donation and "Mother Water".
Guan had an unlucky childhood: her mother died when she was only 10 years old. With the help of the government and her neighbours, she grew up and was successful as a famous singer.
Action star Jackie Chan is a wholehearted supporter of charities including UNICEF, Operation Smile and his own Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation. In 2007, he used much of his spare time to visit the farthest parts of China on his Dragon's Heart Charity Missions. The Dragon's Heart Foundation aims to meet the needs of poor children and the elderly in the hardest-to-reach areas of the country. Chan has made several trips to these poor villages, bringing warm clothing, wheelchairs and school supplies, and helping to build schools.
【小题1】Who can get help from the Yan Ran Angel Foundation?
| A．Harelipped children under 14. | B．All disabled children. |
| C．All disabled children under 14. | D．All harelipped children. |
| A．Faye Wong and Li Yapeng don't like their daughter. |
| B．More than 7 people's eyes were cured thanks to Cong Fei's Cornea. |
| C．Guan Mucun was once helped by the government and her neighbours. |
| D．Jackie Chan didn't have chance to visit the people he helped. |
| A．Chinese charity work. |
| B．Charity work of some Chinese artists. |
| C．Some famous Chinese artists, |
| D．Organizations started by Chinese artists. |