题目内容
6. Many believe that a bad home e________________ can affect a child's growth.
6. environment
4. 中国是世界上经常发生沙尘暴的国家之一。
China is one of the places in the world______________________________ .
Millions of families around the world have been giv?en a helping hand out of poverty by micro-credits. These very small loans, usually less than US $ 200, have ena?bled the very poorest people to set up or expand busines?ses and become self-sufficient.
The micro-credit movement started with Professor Muhammad Yunus, who founded the Grarneen Bank in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus, who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, used his own money to set up a bank to benefit the poorest people in Bangladesh―families living on less than US $ 1 a day. There are now hundreds of organizations around the world following his blueprint to help people escape from poverty.
So how does the system work? Local Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) make contact with families and offer loans, usually to women, to enable them to start or expand a business. These are very poor people who would not normally be able to get credit, but as no col?lateral (抵押品)is required they can get micro-credits. They pay back the loan on a weekly basis, over six months to a year.
A crucial aspect to the success of the micro-credit system is that receivers get local support. The MFIs educate local communities about ways to improve their
lives, and offer practical support as well as collecting weekly loans payments. They encourage people to help each other, so that the whole community can pull itself out of poverty. MFIs may also help with literacy and health problems.
Micro-credits are mainly given to women. Experi?ence has shown that women are more motivated to improve their children's lives and will spend the money they make on better nutrition and schooling for their children. This may be the first chance they've had to contribute financially to the family, and their status in the home and the local community is raised.
The micro-credit system is not charity. The payments are fixed-term loans and interest is charged. The costs of making such small loans, collecting them and giving personal support are high. This is reflected in the interest rates, which range from 15 to 35 per cent. Despite this, the repayment rate is very high, between 95 and 98 per cent, showing that micro-credit clients re?ally value this opportunity to leave poverty behind.
5. Micro-credits are offered to the poorest people around the world in order to A. make profits out of the poor
B. support poor people out of poverty
C. establish more micro-credit institutions
D. promote the development of world economy
6. Why are bank loans mainly made to women?
A. Because they make more financial contribution to the family.
B. Because they hold higher status in the home and community.
C. Because they are more reliable and likely to repay the loan.
D. Because they are more likely to spend the profits on their children.
7. The high repayment rate of the loan suggests that
A. people do hope to take advantage of the loan to get out of poverty
B. it is easy to make money with the aid of micro?credits
C. micro-credits are very popular with poor families
D. most micro-credit clients keep their promises well
8. The passage is most probably taken from the
section of a magazine.
A. Health B. Business
C. Finance D. Education
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（a )，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：i.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Dear George,
It's been a week before we left your family and we are now back home. Thank you very much for showing them around your city and providing us for the wonderful meals.
After we said goodbye to you， we went to Washington D. C. ， which we stayed for three days. My brother was so much fond of the museums there that he begged my parents to staying another couple of day. However, my fa?ther had to return to work on Monday so we fly back last Saturday afternoon. It was really a nice experience.
If you'd like to make trip to our city some day, I will be more than happier to be your guide.
Yours, Li Hua
单词拼写
1. Our newly designed ships can _______ (重新利用)98% of the shipping building materials.
3.这个男孩在听，但我不知道他能理解多少。
4.Some glasses got_____________________(break) when we were moving.
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增：力口、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\)划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修；改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起），不计分。
Volunteers wanted
The Voluntary Service Club of our school will set up on March 25th. The main purpose of it is to call on and organize students to serve for society better and de?velop their ability to cooperate to others. The volunteers are required to work at weekends to visit the elderly in the nursing homes in our city, keep public places clean and offer some guidances to the passengers in some sta?tions and so on. The students which are healthy, pa?tience, warm-hearted and willing to help others are wel?come to join the club. Whether you are interested and want to become a member of it, please sent your appli?cation to the Students' Union before March 15th. The office of the Students' Union will contact the choosing candidates for a interview in a few days.
March 8th The Students' Union
根据句意使用恰当的词填空（注意：填人的单词数量不得多于3个）
1.The weather of Beijing is colder than______________of Guangzhou.
