How much pocket money do you get from your parents every month—200 yuan? Some may need more to buy birthday presents, fast food lunches, ice cream or cartoon (动画) books.

But for Zhou Li, 30 yuan a month is enough. The only thing she buys is lunch—1.5 yuan each day. “My favorite is fried potato slices and rice,” said Zhou, “meat is too expensive for me.”

Zhou, 14, is a Junior 1 student at Hongzhi Experimental School in Beijing. Her parents are migrant workers (外来务工人员). They came to Beijing from a village in Luohe of Henan two years ago. Her father now works as a cleaner and earns 500 yuan every month. Her mother has no job.

Every day, Zhou gets up at 5: 30 a.m. and rides 20 minutes to school. She studies hard, and even reads books during breaktime. Her favorite subject is computer.“I’m learning typing now. I hope to be the fastest in my class.”said Zhou. Like many teens, Zhou has a lot of homework. It usually takes her at least one hour to do it every day. But that is not all her work. She helps her mom cook. On weekends, she helps wash clothes.“I could cook when I was eight. Father said sometimes I cooked better than mom!”

Zhou said she wanted to be a doctor when she grew up.“I watched TV and found that there were many people with AIDS in Henan. Some are kids. They need help.”said Zhou. But she is afraid of having to leave school.“I hope I will always be in school,” said Zhou. “Dad works hard to make money. I promise him I will study hard to be a good student at present and a good doctor in the future.”

1.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The girl’s parents are both cleaners.

B. Her parents gave her 30 yuan to buy books.

C. She goes to school by bike.

D. Now she types fastest in her class.

2.Zhou Li spends _____ on her homework every day.

A.20 minutes B. at least one hour

C. half an hour D. two hours

3.The best title of the passage should be “_____”.

A. A Girl from a Village B. A Hard but Hopeful Life

C. How to Spend Pocket Money D.A Girl’s School Life

 

John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington, and he inherited(继承)$1,000,000 when he was 23. He didn't feel happy at all. His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn't tell any of his friends and gave$100,000 of his money to a charity(慈善团体) that helped poor children to live better lives. Today he is 36,he still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier.

Up to now John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, $200 a month for each. The money is used to afford the children’s education, food, medical care and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.

Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting."When I met her, I felt very happy," he said," I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. It brought me closer to the child .I will do everything I can to help those children in need.” he added.

1.What does John Brown do?

A.A boss. B.A teacher.

C. An office worker. D. An artist.

2.Which of the following sentence is true?

A.John lives a rich life.

B.John is from Canada.

C.John had to look for his first job like his college friends.

D.John give $100 000 to a charity that helped poor children.

3.How much does John Brown offer the 15 children a month?

A.$200 B.$500

C.$1000 D.$3000

4.Children can use the money to pay for the following except .

A. education B. leisure activities

C. food and clothing D. medical care

 

A very important world problem is the growth of population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 6,500,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. ①The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but is the rate (速度) of the growth. It is about 1.63% every year after the number of dead people has been taken away.

To give you some ideas of the birth rate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second, four babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! ②You can not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is ③growing faster and faster. So it goes on, hour after hour. In one day, people have to find food for over 350,000 mouths more.

This great growth of population will make a big problem by the year 2010—there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people on the earth! So this is one of the biggest problems that you are going to meet in your life.

根据短文内容,完成下列各题。

1.What’s one of the important world problems today according to the passage?

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2.将文中①处画线的句子翻译成汉语。

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3.将画线句子②改为意思相同的句子。

You speak slowly you can’t keep up with the birth rate.

4.写出与划线部分③意思相同的单词。

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5.From the passage, how many new babies are there to be born in a minute?

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