Dear Reader，

Think about an 11-year-old child spending her days washing clothes，looking after a baby brother，and doing hart work on the farm．

Think about a little girl．She knows there will not be enough food for dinner，and has no water to drink because it if not clean．She has watched her father．brother and sister lose their lives as the family has no money to send for a doctor．

Hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the facts of life．

Maria would gladly walk to school，but her mother，now alone，really needs her at home．Mafia had to leave school to work for her poor family．

But for five dollars a week，you can help out a child like Maria．Show her that somewhere，someone will help her．Through Save the Children．you can help Maria's mother get better crops（收成）from their farm，and earn the money to buy clothes and things for school．

To help Maria most，your money is to put together with other helpers，so hardworking people can help themselves．Build a school or a hospital，make their farm better，bring in clean water… This is what Save the Children has beer about since l932．

For you there are many returns．You can write letters to each other，get photos，or study reports．Know you are helping and saving another person in the same world as you．That's how Save the Children works．But without you，it can't work．Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village．

It can make such a difference… in her life and yours．

Save the Children

David L Guyer

Chairman

1．Maria's father．brother and sister died because they             ．

A．were too poor to see a doctor                   B．didn't know where to find a doctor

C．didn't have enough food to eat                     D．were too busy to see a doctor

2．This letter mainly tells you to           ．

A．know about poor people                           B．earn some money for poor children

C．show pity to poor people                            D．donate money to help poor children

3．If you try to help a child like Mafia，which of the following can't you get from her?

A．You can often get some pictures from her．

B．You can get more money from her when she grows up．

C．You can often get her letters．

D．You can often be told how she is getting on．

4．This letter most probably appears            ．

A．on TV                 B．in a magazine        C．in a dictionary         D．on the radio

From：Li-Hong @ net. cn	To：jenny@compail.ca
Subject：School term	Date：01/09 6:00 p.m.
Dear Jenny,   Today is my first day of new high school．Many students in our school come from big cities．They bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic   dictionaries．They show off these things to others．What about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things? Li Hong
From：jenny@compail.ca	To：Li-Hong @ net. cn
Subject：Repeat!	Date：01/09 8:00 p.m.
Dear Li Hong． We also bring   these high-tech things when we are back to school．However，we   often work during the holidays，and make money to buy   these things．I think we need these things．We need mobile phones to contact with our friends．We also need CD players to listen to music．Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study too． Jenny

1. 1.

   The word “high-tech” means ____________ in Chinese．

   1. A.
      高质量的
   2. B.
      高品质的
   3. C.
      高科技的
   4. D.
      高价格的
2. 2.

   Where do you probably read these two letters?

   1. A.
      In a magazine
   2. B.
      In a book
   3. C.
      In a guide-book
   4. D.
      On a website
3. 3.

   Li Hong thinks many students like to bring the high-tech things to school because ____________．

   1. A.
      they like to listen to music
   2. B.
      mobile phones are useful for their studies
   3. C.
      they want to show off these things
   4. D.
      they want to contact with their classmates
4. 4.

   Jenny thinks students bring CD players to school because they want to _________．

   1. A.
      make money
   2. B.
      contact with friends
   3. C.
      listen to music
   4. D.
      study well
5. 5.

   From the passage we know that ____________．

   1. A.
      Li Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates
   2. B.
      American students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things
   3. C.
      Chinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech things
   4. D.
      all the high-tech things are useful for the students

阅读理解

“Life is speeding up(加快速度). Everyone is getting unwell.” This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person wrote it.

Inventions can change our lives. But have all these things really improved our lives? Imagine this. You’re doing your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings and the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer is turned off and you lose all your work. How do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives, but they often leave us feeling tired.

One family in England went “back in time” to see what life was like without these inventions. The grandparents, with their daughter and grandsons Ben 10 and Tom 7, spent nine weeks in an old house. They had no computers or mobile phones. The grandmother, Linda, said, “The more things you have, the harder life becomes.” And Ben also noticed that his grandmother had changed. She cooked delicious food for them!

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.The writer uses the quotation(引语) at the beginning to _____.

2.In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions _____.

3.The family chose to spend some time in an old house because _____.

4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

5.The passage is mainly about _____.