People have flown kites in Japan for more than 1,000 years. There are different kinds of kites there.Some look like bats(蝙蝠);others look like birds. Most have pictures on them.There are many interesting stories about kites in Japan.One story tells about a thief(小偷)who used a kite.He wanted to steal(偷)the gold(金子)from the top of a high tower.The thief and his friends made a large kite.One dark windy night he caught hold of the kite.His friends raised(使升高)it into the air.Then they moved the kite near the top of the tower.The thief was able to steal the gold.Another story tells about a father and a son.They were in trouble on an island near Japan.The father made a large kite.His son flew in it back to Japan.

The young men of Japan have kite matches.When the kites are flying, the match starts.The young men try to break each other’s kite strings(细绳). The last kite left in the sky is the winner.

1.Most kites in Japan________.

A. look nice with pictures B. are very small

C. look like hats D. are very large

2.In the kite match the young men try to________.

A. make their kites fly high

B. draw beautiful pictures on their kites

C. make very large kites themselves

D. stop each other’s kites from flying in the sky

3.The father in the passage made a large kite to help his son to________.

A. fly over the sea B. fly over the island

C. return home D. steal gold

4.The passage mainly(主要地)tells us________.

A. something about the kites in Japan

B. how a kite match starts

C. how to fly kites

D. what the kites look like

Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less . Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with your eyes closed . Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips .

With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world’s 42 million blind should not have to suffer. Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not .

ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world’s only flying teaching eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide. Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there. Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries.

ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs. ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year. ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is China so far. For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them. At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province. ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.

For just US$38, you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your money can open their eyes to the world. Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.

1.The first paragraph is intended to __________ .

A. direct the public’s attention to the blind

B. advise the public to lead a simple life

C. introduce a new way of reading

D. encourage the public to use imagination

2.ORBIS aims to help the blind by __________ .

A. teaching medical students

B. setting up non-profit organizations

C. running flying hospitals globally

D. training doctors and nurses

3.What can be the best title for the passage ?

A. ORBIS in China

B. ORBIS Flying Hospital

C. Sight-saving Techniques

D. Fighting Blindness

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