题目内容
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you couldn't see. Imagine having to read this page,not with your eyes but with your fingers. How do you feel,then?
With medical knowledge and skills today,twothirds of the world's 42 million blind people should not have to suffer. Unluckily,rich countries have this knowledge,but developing countries do not.
ORBIS is an international charitable (慈善的) organization. Its goal is to help fight blindness all over the world. Inside a DC-8 airplane,there is a teaching hospital with television room and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest technology of helping the blind get sight again here. ORBIS is always trying to keep a closer relation among countries.
ORBIS helps those developing countries by providing sight-saving training. It has taught over 35 ,000 doctors and nurses. They continue to treat thousands of blind people every year. They have traveled around the earth 3 times,visited 76 countries and treated over 20 ,000 blind people. They need your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.
For just $ 38,you can help one person see; for $ 380,10 people can see; $ 1,300 helps train a doctor new skills;and for $ 13,000,you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see a-gain.Your love can help them open their eyes to the world.
() 1. How many blind people should not have to suffer with medical knowledge and skills today?
A. 14 million. B. 42 million.
C. 28 million. D. 200 million.
() 2. A lot of blind people in the world have to suffer because .
A. ORBIS didn't do its best to offer help
B. there is no good medical knowledge and skills
C. some countries can't afford medical knowledge and skills
D. developing countries don't pay much attention to the blind
() 3. According to this passage,ORBIS helps fight blindness by doing the following EXCEPT .
A. writing this kind of articles to ask for help
B. providing sight-saving training
C. treating thousands of blind people every year
D. trying to keep a close relation among countries
() 4. The last paragraph is mainly about .
A. how much a training program for a group of doctors costs
B. why ORBIS needs your help to continue their work
C. who can make thousands of blind people see again
D. what you can do to help blind people open their eyes
() 5. The writer writes this passage in order to .
A. introduce an international charitable organization
B. ask people to give the blind a hand
C. tell how you feel if you lose your eyes for a minute
D. explain why ORBIS helps fight blindness (2015呼和浩特)
9. 1- 5 CCADB
The most interesting festivals around the world
Contents Introduction.......................................... 1 Baby Crying Day .............................. 2 Cheese-rolling Festival ........................ 4 Color Throwing Festival ..................... 6 Fish Swallowing Festival ..................... 8 International Pillow Fight Day ............ 11 International Twins Festival ............... 13 Raincoat Festival .............................. 15 |
Roswell UFO Festival ........................ 16 Tomato Festival .............................. 18 Water Fighting Day ........................... 19 Wife Carrying Festival ........................ 20 World Bodypainting Festival ............... 22 |
International Pillow (枕头) Fight Day International Pillow Fight Day is held every April around the world—from Amsterdam,Buda-pest,to New York. It has been celebrated since 2008. Hundreds of people go out with their pillows hitting each others face,back and chest. People dress up as superheroes and animals,laughing and fighting.
The festival used to be a game to release (释放) energy and stress. Nowadays besides bringing fun,International Pillow Fight Day has become a way to quickly collect pillows for the homeless. In 2014,about 2,000 pillows were collected for the poor in Bronx and Brooklyn.
Rules:Bring your own pillows and don't hit anyone without a pillow or with a camera.
The Guinness World Record:The latest record of the largest pillow fight was set on October 27 ,2013 in Chicago,with 4,500 pillows and 3 ,813 people.
() 1. The International Pillow Fight Day was first celebrated in .
A. 2000 B. 2008
C. 2013 D. 2014
() 2. The latest Guinness World Record of the largest pillow fight was set in
A. Chicago B. Amsterdam
C. Budapest D. New York
() 3. You may read about on the Page 19.
A. Baby Crying Day
B. Color Throwing Festival
C. Water Fighting Day
D. World Bodypainting Festival (2015浙江温州)