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 in 1949．This is how the SOS stand for“Save Our Souls（灵魂）”An SOS Children's 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 comes 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．What does the under lined part “Save Our Souls” mean?

A．Helping orphans is love．

B．Our lives are in danger．

C．Please help us．

D．There's something wrong with our heads．

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

    A．governments                                           B．special organizations

    C．the orphans themselves                               D．common people

4．What does a woman in an SOS Village do for each group of children?

A．She gives the children a lot of love and kindness．

    B．She lives with each group of children and looks after them．

    C．She cooks the meals for children．

    D．AII the above．

Can you really travel around the world for free? Li Jun．a 17-year-old girl from Shenzhen Foreign Language School，still can't believe her 10-day free training camp in the Alps in Switzerland last month was true!

    But how did she achieve this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

    Last October, a piece of short world news in a newspaper--“Have a chance to see the world，for free”，caught her eyes．When she asked her friends if rite story was real， they laughed at her, for they thought she was day-dreaming．However, Li decided to apply（申请）online the following weekend．

“Opportunity is everywhere．I'd like to keep my eyes open and catch the chance.” she told herself．what happened next was tests on health，hobbies and awareness（意识） of environmental protection．She passed all of them very easily．

    On December 14，Li Jan surprised her friends with an invitation letter from the program，the Pangaea Young Explorer Selection Camp set up by South African explorer Mike Horn．

    On January 11，Li left for Switzerland，with several newly bought ski-suits in her suitcase．Over the next week，she and 15 other teenagers from around the world took part in exciting training and lessons．They took day-trips up the Alps to an altitude（纬度）of 3,200 meters，went sledging（滑雪橇）at night using modern equipment．They were also encouraged to complete difficult journeys up mountains，down hills，and through forests．Because of her performance during the training，Li was chosen as one of the eight young explorers to join Mike Horn in the South Island of New Zealand in May．She will write for the newspaper and share her fun experiences there with readers．

1．How did Li Jun's friends feel when Li told them the news?

A．They were surprised．

B．They didn’t think it was true.

C．They all wanted to get the chance．

D．They had no idea of the news．

2．Why did Li decide to apply on the Internet?

    A．She didn't want to lose the chance．

    B．Her friends encouraged her to do that．

    C．She received an invitation letter from the program．

    D．She wanted to tell her classmates that they were wrong．

3．What is the correct order of the story?

    a．Li got an invitation letter from the program and was trained．

    b．Li read news about seeing the world for free．

    c．Li became one explorer in Mike Horn's team．

    d．Li applied and passed the tests．

A．b—c—a—d                                            B．b—a—d—c   

C．c—d—a—b                                            D．b—d—a—c

4．What kind of girl is Li Jun?

A．She is a girl who likes talking to her friends about everything．

    B．She is a girl who doesn't believe her friends．

    C．She is a girl who likes to seize chances and take adventure．

    D．She is a girl who likes day-dreaming．

One afternoon Mrs. Green's husband wanted to catch the 3：30 flight to London to have an important meeting．She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport．

‘'What happened to you?” asked Mrs. Green．

“Well,” said Mr. Green，”Everything was going fine．I got my ticket，checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate．I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer．I shouted to him and a policeman caught me?”

      “Why did he catch you?’’

“I don't know．” said Mr. Green．”As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me?”

“What did you shout to your friend?”

“All I said was ‘Hi．Jack’．You know that's the usual way we say hello to our friends?”

    “But you don't know the sentence ‘Hi，Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force（武力）．”

1．How was Mr. Green going to London?

2．Why was Mrs. Green surprised?

3．Who did Mr. Green meet when he walked across the runway to the airplane?

4．‘Hi．Jack’ is often used to say hello to somebody, but it also has another meaning．What is it?

INVITATION To A GOINGAM，AYPARTY

  Tuesday,22nd March．2009

Dear Michael and Lisa，

    You're invited to a farewell（告别）party for the “ZHAO FAMILY’S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA”．

Departure（出发）date：29th of March

The best part of our big adventure to Australia will be when we come face-to-face with crocodiles，dolphins，kangaroos and other Australian wild animals．We have always wanted to do this．

Party given by：Mr. and Mrs. Zhao，Zhao Wei and Zhao Ming

    Date：Saturday, 26th March

    Time：2:30 P．m．—6：30 P．m．

    Place：Golden Great Wall Hotel

    Reply by：Friday, 25th March

    Phone：86738626

    Food and drinks will be provided at the party．

    This party is NOT to be missed! We hope to see you there!

1．Who was this invitation sent to?

2．By what date is it necessary to reply to the invitation?

3．What will the Zhao family see most of all on their trip to Australia?

4．Why will the party be held?

The first wild animals taoled（驯服）by humans were dogs．This （A）________in Europe about 10,000 years ago.

    The first “dogs” were like the ones we have now．Maybe they were small wolves（狼）or a type of dog like the Australian dingo（澳洲野狗）．

    These dogs probably came near humans to get some food．Some of their puppies（幼犬）were caught by people and grew up with （B）them．These puppies were quite tame as they grew up.（C）They thought humans were part of their group!

    Humans realized the dogs were very （D）helpful to them in（E） a number of ways．The dogs helped people hunt（打猎）．They could smell and hear danger before people could．They helped keep people（F）________on cold rights．It was fun to have them!

    Over a long time, people were able to keep the dogs for different purposes．Some were for hunting；some for herding（放牧）; and some just for pets．These dogs looked quite different from each other．For example，a German Shepherd looks a lot different from a Yorkshire terrier!

  （G）It is said that世界上有400多种犬．Today．dogs depend on human more than any other animals．

1．在文中（A）和（F）的空白处分别填入一个适当的词语： ________；________

2．在文中（B）和（C）处分别指代：________；________

3．写出划线部分（D）和（E）的同义词或近义词：________；________

4．将文中（G）处划线部分句子译成英语：________________________

5．从文中找出能说明本文中心大意的句子：________________________

Time flew while I was in Sydney．Soon came Christmas．then the New Year．I had（A）________spent the New Year without my family．But this year, I was so far away from them．I missed my parents very much．（B）But l was too busy to make a telephone call to them．Sometimes I thought about what my family was doing．I didn't know（C）他们想念我是否像我一样那么多地想念他们。That afternoon，my school held a New Year party for us．But this made me miss my family even more．In the evening，I couldn't wait to （D）phone my family．（E）________I heard their voice，I begun to cry．I found that I missed them so much．This had been the first time I cried since I （F） arrived in Australia．My homestay mother held me in her arms and told me not to cry．（G）This made me feel better．I was so lucky that I had a good family in Sydney．Now those days in Australia have become the sweetest time in my life．

1．在（A）和（E）填入恰当的词语________；________

2．将划线部分（B）改写为：But I was ______busy ______ I couldn't make a telephone call to them．

3．将划线部分（C）译成英语：________

4．写出划线部分（D）和（F）的同义词或近义词：________；________

5．划线部分（G）指代的是：________________________

假如你是李林，就读于沈阳育人中学。你听说你所在的社区“爱心俱乐部（HelpingHandsClub）”正在吸收新会员，就想加入其中。请先填写下面的表格吧。

-Do you know______ young mall in a red T-shirt?

-Yea，he is______ university student from Hong Kong．

A．a；an              B．the；a                C．the；an                  D．the；the