Mr. Henry lived in a small village with high mountains all around it．All day he worked on his farm and never went to the city．Sometimes he went to the town which is not far away to buy something，but he always walked there and never took a bus or a train．His wife died after his only daughter was born．When the girl，Ann，grew up，she left her father and went to college．Four years later Ann passed all her examinations and found work in a hospital in the capital．As she was busy，she had no time to go back to see her father．But she missed her father very much．Do she wrote to his father and asked him to come to the capital．

When Mr. Henry heard from his daughter，he was quite happy and was soon ready to set off．The next day，as soon as he got to the station，he rang Ann up and told her the train he would take．At eight in the morning the train arrived at the Capital Station．Mr. Henry had spent about sixteen hours on the train．As soon as he got off，he saw his daughter standing there to meet him．Ann ran up to him and found that her father looked pale．

"What's the matter with you，Dad?" Ann asked in surprise．"Do you feel unwell?"

"Nothing，" answered Mr. Henry．"I'm just not used to sitting backwards （背朝前） in the train．""Oh，dear，" laughed the girl．"Why didn't you exchange seats with the man opposite to you? " "How can I do that'?" answered Mr. Henry．"No man sat opposite to me!"

1．Mr. Henry was_________

A．a worker           B．a driver             C．a farmer

2．Ann's mother died_________

A．before she was born       B．after she was born C．when she grew up

3．Mr. Henry always went to the town on foot because_________

A．the town was near to his village

B．he had no money to take a bus

C．he was afraid to take a bus

4．Ann didn't go back home because_________

A．she didn't want to

B．sire was too busy to go home

C．she didn't miss her father

5．Mr. Henry didn't exchange seats because_________

A．there was no man opposite to him

B．he had fallen asleep on the train

C．he hadn't known he had been able to do so

In Europe many people died during the Second World War. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans（孤儿）there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted orphans to have a home, and he wanted them to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to give him some money. With this money he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst, in Austria. It opened in1949. This is how the SOS stand for “Save Our Souls（灵魂）.” This means “Please help us!” An SOS Children’ village gives help to orphans.
Hermann Gmeiner’s idea for helping orphans soon spread（传播）all over the world. By 1983 there were 170 SOS Children’s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first village have grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children’s Villages.
In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest village has 40 or 50 houses! Between seven and ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks meals for them and makes comfortable, happy home for them.
Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, they go out with their friends. But the village gives them a home—sometimes for the first time in their lives.
【小题1】Which of the following came last?

In Europe many people died during the Second World War. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans（孤儿）there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted orphans to have a home, and he wanted them to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to give him some money. With this money he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst, in Austria. It opened in1949. This is how the SOS stand for “Save Our Souls（灵魂）.” This means “Please help us!” An SOS Children’ village gives help to orphans.

Hermann Gmeiner’s idea for helping orphans soon spread（传播）all over the world. By 1983 there were 170 SOS Children’s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first village have grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children’s Villages.

In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest village has 40 or 50 houses! Between seven and ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks meals for them and makes comfortable, happy home for them.

Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, they go out with their friends. But the village gives them a home—sometimes for the first time in their lives.

1.Which of the following came last?

A. People gave Gmeiner some money.   B. There were many orphans at the end of the war

C. Gmeiner built the first SOS Children’s Village

D. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help the orphans

2.An orphan is a child     .

A. who has no brother   B. who has no sister  C. who has no parents   D. all of the above

3.We can conclude（推论）from the article that the money for helping the SOS Villages mainly comes from       .

A. governments                               B. special organization

C. the orphans themselves                       D. people in general（大体上）

4.Which of the following can best summarize（总结） the work a woman in an SOS Village does for each group of children?

A. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness  B. She lives with each group of children

C. She cooks meals for children                  D. She looks after them