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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the music.

The purpose of this concert is to (1) money for children in Africa. Every day (2) children in Africa die because they have diseases or have not enough (3) . There are two main reasons. First, there are no jobs for the children's parents, so they have no money to buy food or (4) . Second, the governments in many African countries do not have the money to take care of poor people.

Most African countries are poor. The land is not good for (5) food and the weather is also bad for farming. The organization we are trying to help, the Feed Africa Fund, _(6) a lot of money every year on food for poor people in Africa. The money comes (7) people like you kind, generous people who do not want to see children die form hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to (8) a family of four for three days.

How much do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little (9) on your own food so that you have a few dollars for The Feed Africa Fund.

Ladies and gentlemen, we will now take a (10) . Please be generous. Thank you.

阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案 。
It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn't think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies   1  at my desk, a pale woman and four children．
"Are you all   2  ?" I asked．
"Yes," she said weakly and lowered her head．
But when they were asked to talk about their problems, things got a little  3 . Two of the children had headaches, but there was no  4  body language of holding the head.; two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The   5  complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it．
Something was wrong. I didn't say anything but   6 that it might be a little while   7  a doctor could see her. She  8 , "Take your time; it's warm in here．" 
Then, I checked their chart. No address—they were homeless. The waiting room was warm. 
I went back to the nurses' station and mentioned we had a   9  family in the waiting room. The nurses went into action immediately, much as we do when there's a   10  emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency． 
We were all   11  a free meal on Christmas Day, so we claimed that meal and prepared a big dinner for our guests .We needed presents. We  12  from different departments candies, fruits and other things  13 that could be presents. Our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be  14  on Christmas．
Later, as the family walked to the door to  15  , the four-year-old boy came running back, gave me a hug and whispered．"Thanks for being our angels today."

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)（12分）

Last year, over 11,000 abandoned dogs were put down by government dogcatchers. Why? Because there was too little kennel space to keep them. Hong Kong Dog Rescue (HKDR) is a charity that rescues and finds homes for unwanted dogs. It’s a huge task and if this ? had received more support last year, fewer dogs would have been put down.

To support the efforts of HKDR, the Social Service Club held a fun festival last weekend. ‘We hoped the festival would raise money and also raise people’s awareness of the point of abandoned pets,’ said Louise Wong, the club president.

The club organized stalls ? ? second-hand clothes, delicious homemade cupcakes and even the fashions to keep pet dogs warm in the winter. Although there were fewer stalls than last year, ? items were sold. Louise explained that this was because prices were not set too high this year.

The festival also ? performances by the school choir and the hip hop group HK Boys. The crowd was extremely excited, and some members of the ? ? said there was too much noise to hear the performers. Louise admitted that everyone would have been able to hear if there had been better sound equipment.

The most interesting part of the day was the dance challenge, with contestants(选手) showing off some amazing moves. This year there were more contestants than last year. According to Louise, that was because the prizes, including G. E.M. concert tickets, were better. ?? , this year’s fun festival was a big success. It raised far more money than last year: a record HK$12,000. And the festival also raised joy among the special guests – some of our four legged friends from HKDR!

1.A. team????????????? ??? B. group????????????? ??? C. club????????????? ???? D. organization

2.A. selling????????????? B. buying????????????? C. offering????????????? D. delivering

3.A. few????????????? ??? B. fewer????????????? ??? C. many????????????? ???? D. many more

4.A. put off?? B. put on????????????? C. put out????????????? D. put up?????????????

5.A. family????????????? B. band????????????? ??? C. audience????????????? D. community

6.A. Faithfully????????????? B. Generally????????????? C. Importantly????????????? D. Recently

My young daughter and I were flying to Miami for holiday. The plane was totally    36   . We couldn’t get seats together and were separated by the aisle. I asked two men if they would like to change 37   with us, so that we could be together. They 38    .

At the same time, a mother 39     three children also had the same problem as us. The mother 40     her baby, but her young son and his older brother were separated from her. She was very concerned about the boys sitting with 41  . She was very worried, but 42    helped her. Suddenly a man said, “I think we can help you.” Then he and his group managed to make enough space for the 43     .

My young daughter, however, was afraid of not being next to a window or her mom. I told her I couldn’t do anything; we had to sit 44    we were. Amazingly, the man sitting next to me turned to me and said he really liked the seat near the aisle, so we changed seats and continued our trip 45    .

Would that man give us his seat if the others hadn’t done so for the mom and her children? I don’t know. Perhaps kindness is contagious.

1.A. crowded      B. uncomfortable   C. full     D. noisy

2.A. money       B. seats           C. minds    D. ideas

3.A. agreed       B. refused         C waited   D. nodded

4.A. with         B. except          C. next to    D. besides

5.A. held         B. raised          C. carried    D. brought

6.A. friends       B.waitresses       C.strangers   D.relatives

7.A. somebody    B. anybody        C. everybody  D. nobody

8.A. family       B. home           C. house     D. team

9.A. that         B. what            C. where     D. when

10.A. sadly        B. hurriedly        C. slowly    D. happily

Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车).
A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons, but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. They could all travel together.
Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. Their children sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats, the van can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
【小题1】From the passage, a van is also called ____________.