"What are you busy with yourself, Mom?" the girl of six years old asked her mother. 　　
    "Making dinner for the neighbor aunt." 　　
    "Why?" 　　
    "Because the other day the aunt l(1) her dear daughter in the earthquake and is so sad now. We must take g(2)
care of her these days." 　　
    "Why n(3) our care?" 　　
    "Because from then on the aunt can't do what she liked to along with her daughter. Making dinner and doing
housework are also becoming so d(4). I don't know what to do. My dear, can you come up with an i(5) to make
the aunt feel better?" 　　
    All of a sudden, the girl went to the neighbor's house and k(6) at the door. 　　
    "What can I do for you?"asked the neighbor. 　　
    "I h(7) my mother say you're very sad without your daughter…" The girl handed the band-aid (创可贴)
tightly h(8) in her hand to the neighbor. 　　
    Tears ran down from the neighbor's eyes. She took the girl in her a(9) and said, "Thank you. Your band-aid
will h(10)."
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6.                 7.                 8.                9.                 10.             

    Ethiopian children are crazy about football but few of them have f ootballs of their own. They have to play
with a paper football. 　　
    Like all children, they find time to play but they also have to do a lot of work. Some children have to help
their parents look after younger brothers or sisters from the age of five. Many young boys have to look after
animals and the girls have to help their mothers carry water. 　　
    At present only one third of small children go to primary school because there are so many children and so
few schools. The classes have to be very large. In one school I went to there were 90 children in a class! 　　
    Traditionally the Ethiopians do not eat many vegetables. This is very bad for children, so many schools have
their own garden where youngsters can grow their own vegetables. 　　
    There is no public transport, so children have to walk to school. One child I spoke to had to walk for even
six hours! Many walk for two or three hours. But the Ethiopians love going to school because they know how
important education is. 　　
    The Ethiopian government wants more children to go to school, and organizations like UNICEF are helping
them. Many of the children want to be doctors and they will have to work hard but they know that they are
Ethiopia's hope for the future. 　　
    Ethiopia  n. 埃塞俄比亚　　
    UNICEF = United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund 　　
1. Do Ethiopian children like playing football? 
                                                                                                    　　
2. How many Ethiopian children can go to primary school? 　
                                                                                                    　
3. What is Ethiopians' bad eating habit? 　　
                                                                                                   
4. Who are helping Ethiopian children to get education? 　
                                                                                                    　
5. What can you learn about Ethiopia from the passage?