When we hear about "the homeless", most of us think of the poor countries. However, it's wrong. The  _______ is that the homeless can be found everywhere. For example, we can see many people living on the streets in a  _______ country like Germany. Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making  _______ for the homeless of Berlin, Germany's capital. They first  _______ in a long and hot summer. They made lots of sandwiches for the homeless when most Germans were  _______ on holiday. However, the Mullers soon realized that food wasn't  _______. "What these people also need is warmth and  _______," says Rita. So they never refused to help the homeless at any time and their home was always  _______ to the people who couldn't face another night on the streets.

The couple soon  _______ all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to  __________ donations (捐赠). Today, over thirty companies donate food and money and a shoe factory  __________ new shoes as well. No matter  __________ Kurt and Rita offer, they receive no payment for their hard work. Rita says, "We feel like parents, and parents shouldn't __________ money for helping their children." Though they often get  __________, they say they will continue with their work because they like the feeling of making a __________ in the world. And their love for the homeless has made many people in Germany give their hands to those who need help.

1.A.result B.truth C.theme D.idea

2.A.traditional B.poor C.famous D.rich

3.A.clothes B.houses C.meals D.shoes

4.A.began B.met C.called D.left

5.A.alone B.away C.almost D.always

6.A.enough B.necessary C.helpful D.expensive

7.A.laughing B.working C.sleeping D.caring

8.A.open B.crowded C.noisy D.peaceful

9.A.brought B.wasted C.had D.spent

10.A.pay for B.ask for C.look up D.take away

11.A.offers B.produces C.designs D.sells

12.A.how many B.how far C.how much D.how long

13.A.borrow B.raise C.save D.expect

14.A.surprised B.excited C.tired D.nervous

15.A.plan B.difference C.decision D.rule

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is a lovely song for children, but it has two misunderstandings (误解). First, stars aren’t little. Some may be Earth-sized, but most are bigger than Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system (太阳系). Second, they don’t twinkle; they shine. And the brightness and color of the light from each star provide information about its temperature, size and even its age. viewing the stars from Earth is a bit like looking at them through a water filter (过滤器) because the air is thick compared to the emptiness of space. What is more, air is always moving, so starlight appears to be moving, too. The air also makes stars appear dimmer (暗淡的) than they would be if we could see them from space.

If you stop and look at the sky carefully on a dark and moonless night, it’s easy to find color differences among stars. The color of a star is a signal of its surface temperature. The hottest stars are blue, and the next hottest are white. Yellow stars like the sun are next, while red stars are the coolest of the visible (可见的) stars. Many red stars are so dim that people can’t see them at all, and some stars hardly send out any light at all. One reason that stars different in brightness is that hotter stars produce more energy than cooler ones, but another important reason is that some are much bigger than others.

Some stars appear brighter to humans simply because they’re closer. Astronomers rank (排列) the brightness of stars which are seen from Earth by giving them a name known as magnitude (光度) ---the smaller the magnitude, the brighter the object. They have also designed a number that ranks stars according to how bright they are when compared to each other. With a magnitude of minus 26.7, the sun is the brightest object in the sky.

1.From the song quite familiar to children, the writer wants to prove that .

A.most stars are smaller than Jupiter

B.Jupiter is bigger and brighter than Earth

C.stars are very large and always shine brightly

D.starlight’s brightness and color are the signs of its temperature

2.Magnitude is designed to see .

A.how far a star is from Earth

B.how bright a star is compared to other stars

C.how far a star is from other stars

D.how bright a star is seen from Earth

3.Which is the best title of this passage?

A.What do stars look like?

B.Which song do children like best?

C.How to view the stars from Earth?

D.Why are many stars so dim at night?

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