As many as 4 out of every 1,000 infants born today have permanent hearing loss. When parents learn that their child has hearing loss, they are faced with many difficult decisions. These decisions can include choosing therapies and schools, as well as finding financial help for hearing aids or cochlear implants (人工耳蜗).

Help Me Hear Foundation is a public charity that gives the gift of hearing to deaf children from families existing on very low incomes around the world. The foundation offers life-changing services for impoverished families, and provides real help for children with hearing impairment who may otherwise be left behind in schools or society due to their lack of hearing.

Help Me Hear Foundation believes that a child’s first years of development are critical. Being able to hear is vital to human, and Help Me Hear Foundation seeks to provide a positive lasting impression on society through its programs. Help Me Hear Foundation has many goals, including relieving the burden on communities with hearing-impaired infants and children, and strengthening the social structure of families and neighborhoods.

Recipients of Help Me Hear Foundation’s benefits receive state-of-the-art hearing devices that otherwise would cost thousands of dollars per child over the course of their lifetime. The Foundation raises money through donations for hearing aids and cochlear implants, which saves recipients and their families on average over $50,000 on related expenses.

The Foundation tries to be a transparent charity, and wants to be a catalyst for allowing deaf and hearing-impaired children to develop in a typical fashion alongside their peers.

Needy families can obtain information on specific services, and find out about deafness education by visiting the Help Me Hear Foundation’s website. The website offers helpful information on how hearing aids work, and how hearing aids ease many of the learning and language challenges that hearing-impaired children deal with on a daily basis.

1.Help Me Hear Foundation was probably set up to _____.

A. build schools for deaf children

B. research deaf children’s behavior

C. protect deaf children from being ignored

D. offer real help to poor deaf children

2.We learn from the text that _____.

A. the local government is in charge of the foundation

B. the work of the foundation depends on donations

C. even blind children can turn to the foundation

D. poor deaf African children cannot get help from the foundation

3.Visit the foundation’s website, and you will learn about _____.

A. the function of hearing aids

B. the specific services the foundation needs

C. the challenges that children face every day

D. the prices of a variety of hearing aids

4.For whom is the text most probably written?

A. Poor parents who have deaf children.

B. Doctors who want to improve skills.

C. Students who cannot see the blackboard clearly.

D. Teachers who have deaf children in their class.

5. The author writes the text mainly to _____.

A. tell how to avoid permanent hearing loss

B. explain how hard a life deaf children live

C. introduce Help Me Hear Foundation

D. advise people to give money to Help Me Hear Foundation

If boy wizard Harry Potter uses his magic to capture (迷住) the hearts of millions of teenagers, high school students Gabriella and Troy have charmed American boys and girls with their stories of campus life.

They are the leading characters in High School Musical, a series of hugely successful films in the US. The sequel (续集), High School Musical 3, came out on October 24 and has topped the American box office for two straight weeks.

The show has everything attractive to teenagers — dancing, catchy music, puppy love and good looks. The story starts when high school basketball star Troy and brainy Gabriella — two teenagers who are worlds apart — meet during the winter break. At a karaoke contest they discover their love for singing and an interest in each other. When school starts, Troy finds out that Gabriella is the new girl at his school.

Eager to find the magic they had during karaoke, Troy and Gabriella decide to audition (试镜) for the school’s upcoming musical. This angers the school’s drama queen Sharpay. However, they overcome difficulties and become the leading actors.

But the story doesn’t end there. High School Musical 2 follows their adventures over summer vacation when Sharpay tires to break up Troy and Gabriella. In the latest sequel, high-school seniors are facing the possibilities of being separated from each other as they go off in different directions when graduating from high school.

Joined by the rest of their friends, Troy and Gabriella stage a musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about the future.

“The success of the High School Musical films shows Disney’s long-term efforts to attract youngsters for whom Mickey Mouse seems to babyish,” wrote New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff. “For the time being, the movie has made fictional high school students as recognizable as that 79-year-old mouse.”

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Boy wizard — Harry Potter.

B. High school students Gabriella and Troy.

C. A successful show — High School Musical.

D. Disney’s long-term efforts.

2.How many films are there in this series of films?

A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.

3.What can you learn from the words “two teenagers who are worlds apart”?

A. They live far away from each other.

B. They used to know each other well.

C. They have a big difference between each other.

D. They study at different schools.

4.What happens in High School Musical 2, according to the passage?

A. Troy and Gabriella audition for a school musical.

B. Troy and Gabriella meet at a karaoke contest.

C. Troy and Gabriella graduate from high school.

D. Sharpay tries to break up Troy and Gabriella.

5.What does New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff mean?

A. High School Musical is possibly more attractive to youngsters.

B. The high school students don’t like Mickey Mouse.

C. Mickey Mouse is more attractive to youngsters.

D. Mickey Mouse is too old to be recognized by youngsters.

Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They'll say, "This is my fate. I cannot change it.”

1. . You don’t have to suffer needlessly. Your fate depends on you, not on any other outside factors

We want to be happy and live our life to the fullest, but we have to do our share of making the effort to live the life of our dreams.

2. You just don' t sit around and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky. You have to get off the couch, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone ( unless it contributes to your success), and get your mind and body to work I

If your life is not meant the way you want it to be, don't just say: "Our time will come. " or 3. " Don' t expect your luck to change, unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don' t just regard it as a temporary setback; but use it as feedback. Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It' s not enough to think positive; you also have to act positive.

If someone' s life is in trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine? Of course not! 4.

So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to DO your best. In other words, don't just stand (or sit) there. 5.

A. I think so.

B. Of course not.

C. You'd better let it be.

D. Things will get better someday.

E. Do something to improve your life.

F. Remember that you harvest what you sow.

G. You've got to do anything you can to save the person.

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