Ma Yan is not really a writer. But this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. “Ma Yan’s Diary” tells us about Ma’s life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. But she is brave and has a strong desire（欲望）to go to school.
Her mother gave her diary to a French reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjisshu in 2001. Now, it has been published（出版） in France Italy, Germany, Japan and China.
Ma is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to leave school twice. When she had to stop going to school the first time, her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school but her two brothers could stay.
“I want to study,” Ma wrote in her diary. “Why can boys study but girls can’t? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever.”
Ma loves school so much because she wants to have a better life.
“My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge. Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don’t want that kind of life,” Ma said.
After her story became known, many French student sent money to her. Ma’s dream is the same as ever. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. “Then , I can find poor kids like me and help them, ” she said.
【小题1】Which of the following can describe Ma Yan’s character（性格）best?

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1.US singer and actress Whitney Huston was found    ▲    (die) in her bathroom on Feb 13th, 2012.

2.Mother Teresa spent all her time she could    ▲    (care)for the poor.

3.I didn’t want to be treated    ▲    (different) from anyone else.

4.Ricky will always remember the    ▲    (please) trip to Hong Kong Disneyland he had last summer.

5.Recently the drought is serious in the    ▲    (south) part of China.

6.Tian’anmen Square is the biggest square in the world and is often    ▲    (fill) with tourists.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。

My family went to a restaurant for dinner one night. When we were walking to the restaurant from our car, a girl about my age and her mother c     1.     towards us. They asked if we had any m     2.      .My mom asked where they were l    3.     . The girl said there were six of them staying in an o    4.     black car. My mom gave them a few dollars. Then she sent me inside the restaurant w    5.     my dad and my three sisters. H    6.    ,my mom didn’t come. Later, I found out that she had gone h    7.     and put all the food in our cupboard into a few bags. Then she brought that food over to the car and gave the bags to the poor f   8.    . I wasn’t there when that part happened, yet I can i     9.    the joy on their faces. After painting this picture in my mind, I understood w    10.    my mom had done what she did that night. I will never forget this lesson in kindness from my mom.

Almost every child in cities has the chance to go to school, but not all children in the countries are so lucky.

There is a girl called Xiao Fang. She is eight years old and lives in a small village in Guangxi. When she was young, she wanted to go to school. But she could not, because her family was too poor to afford the school fees for her, so her parents had to keep her at home. Instead of studying, Xiao Fang worked in the fields with her parents every day. Then Project Hope heard about Xiao Fang. It agreed to help Xiao Fang to go to school. Her wish of study came true, and now she is studying in a school.

Unluckily there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can join in Project Hope and help these children. You know all the good work needs money. Project Hope needs your help.

If you give Project Hope￥300 each year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year. With more money, Project Hope can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books. Let’s help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life.

1.________________ can go to school.

A. Almost every child in the world       

B. Almost every child in China

C. Almost every child in big cities       

D. Almost every child in small villages

2.Xiao Fang didn’t go to school when she was young because_________.

A. her family was too poor             

B. she didn’t like to go to school

C. there was too much work for her to do  

D. she could learn nothing at school

3.With ￥300, _________.

A. one child can go to school for nine years   

B. a new school can be built

C. many children can go to school       

D. a child can go to school for a whole year

4.Project Hope helped Xiao Fang because__________.

A. she went to ask for help            

B. it heard about her

C. she knew someone working there     

D. she wrote a letter to the newspaper

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Project Hope helps the poor children to go to school.  

B. Project Hope helps to build new schools.

C. Project Hope helps schools to buy desks, chairs, books, etc.  

 D. All the above.