Britain’s smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper reported in May.
The newspaper said the six-year-old girl’s parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.
The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former(前任的)teacher retired and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary(中等的)school. The new teacher, Ms. Puckey was to start teaching the girl and reopen(再次打开)the school.
But the girl’s mother is keeping her daughter at home.
“I was not pleased with the new teacher,”the mother said. “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms. Puckey got the job, my child would not be going to school.”
The school lies on an island off the northeast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television, and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.
【小题1】The reading is about          .
A.the smallest school that was closed down
B.the only pupil in the smallest school
C.the new teacher and her teaching
D.the old teacher who just retired
【小题2】“Turn up”in the reading means “        ”。
A.pass an examB.go to school
C.pay moneyD.hand in homework
【小题3】From the reading we can know that the school          .
A.is too far for the students
B.does not have enough teachers
C.does not have many pupils
D.is new but small
【小题4】Before the school was closed down,          .
A.the girl’s mother wanted to teach her daughter at home
B.the only pupil had to move to a secondary school
C.a famous newspaper had written something about it
D.the girl’s mother had a talk with the former teacher
【小题5】The reading does not say but we can infer          .
A.the girl’s mother had only one child
B.the new teacher was not kind to the girl
C.the old teacher was fit to teach the girl
D.the parents were unhappy with the school
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K.L. Rothey, 71, from the United States, a retired lawyer ?
Rothey has given himself the Chinese name of Luqi or “roadside beggar(乞丐)”. In his eyes, beggars are doing important work collecting rubbish. What they do is not dirty. Littering the street is, he adds.?
Rothey first visited China in 1984 and soon he became interested in Chinese culture. Married to a Chinese calligrapher (书法家), he lived in Huangshi, Hubei Province.?
Many people know him because he often shows up in the street collecting rubbish. “Huangshi is my home so I hope it becomes cleaner and more beautiful,” says Rothey. He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities, including Wuhan.?
Rothey says he’ll continue collecting rubbish, as long as he is able to.?
Jill Robinson, 50, from Britain, founder(创立者)and CEO of Animals Asia Foundation.
She has been working for nearly 20 years to stop people from getting the bile(胆汁)from moon bears for use in traditional medicine.?
She began working for the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Hong Kong in the mid-1980s. A business trip to a bear farm in the mainland in 1993 changed her life. She saw so many moon bears killed by people. That made her cry. She said she would be back to set them free.?
In 1998, she set up the Animal Foundation. In July 2000, the foundation agreed to free 500 farmed moon bears. In 2002, the Moon Bear Rescue(救援)Center was set up in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan.?
Now, bear farms have been stopped in the area of two-thirds of China. “As much as we rescue them, they rescue us. These bears rescue us every single day and they teach us to be better people,” Robinson says.?
任务:请阅读上面短文,根据短文内容完成下面表格中的有关信息。?
Name 
  K.L.Rothey  
Jill Robinson
Nationality
  77. 
  British
Age 
71
50
Events
He first visited China in 1984 and became interested in Chinese culture.?
He often 78.       in the streets in Huangshi.?
He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities.
She began working for the International Fund for Animal Welfare in the mid-1980s.
?79.               in the mainland changed her life in 1993.?
She set up the Animal Foundation in 1998.
In 2002, the Moon Bear Rescue Center was set up in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan.
The two passages are about two foreigners who have helped improve Chinese lives with their contributions(贡献).We should 80.           them and do what we can to protect the environment.

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