Not only a popular singer was Yao Beina, but also she was an energetic and warm-hearted angel. She had her corneas(眼角膜) donated to two men who needed them, which helped them see the world clearly again.

Yao was born in a music family on Sept. 26, 1981 in Wuhan. She started to learn the piano at the age of 4, and she sang her first song on the stage when she was 9 years old. Yao did quite well in singing, so she took part in the thirteenth Youth Singing Competition and won the first prize.

She became well-known to the public after making a series of songs for the hit TV drama “The Legend of Zhenhuan” in 2012, and the mandarin version(中文版本) of “Let It Go” from Disney’s “Frozen”. In July 2013, she competed in The Voice of China II and finally got the second place in Na Ying’s team. She had won a lot of music awards before she was famous.

Yao Beina was unfortunate to be diagnosed(诊断) with breast cancer(乳腺癌) and had a successful operation in 2011. Since then, she has fought against the disease for about four years while keeping singing, but sadly she failed. She originally thought of donating all of her organs(器官) to save others’ lives, but failed to do it because of her serious illness.

She’s gone, even though she had never stopped struggling with cancer. Heaven just got another beautiful angel, with her beautiful voice and kindness.

1.Yao Beina had her __________ donated to save others.

A. two corneas B. all organs

C. heart D. kidney

2.Which is TRUE about Yao Beina according to the passage?

A. She started to play the piano at the age of 5.

B. She had great voice and won a lot of awards in music.

C. She was a weak and selfish girl.

D. She won over the breast cancer in the end.

3.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Yao Beina’s family.

B. Yao Beina’s disease.

C. Yao Beina’s teacher.

D. Yao Beina’s art achievements.

Children today would rather read, do housework or even do homework than play outside--- and they get out half as much as their parents did when they were young.

According to a UK study, those growing up during the 1970s and 1980s enjoying more than two hours of outdoor activities each weekday, and nine hours on weekends—whatever the weather is.But their children play outside for just over one hour each weekday, and fewer than five hours on Saturdays and Sundays.

So, the UK started an activity to encourage children to give up 30 minutes of screen time a day to play outdoors.

The Wild Network, born on September 25, 2013, is joined by more than 300 organizations, large or small.It tries to attract children away from television and computer screen and into woods and parks.

It is the biggest ever activity to reconnect children with nature and outdoor activities, and it plans to help improve children’s health.

Suggestions on how to get more time in nature including collecting fruits, camping, watching autumn colour on trees and so on.

This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up.Children in the 1980s were encouraged to do the same by BBC TV show Why Don’t You, which encouraged children to “turn off your TV set, and go to do something less boring instead”.

You can learn more about the activity by visiting Http://www.Projectwildthing.com.

1.We can learn from the second paragraph that _______.

A.today’s children have more free time

B.today’s children spend more time outdoors

C.the parents had more free time when they were young

D.The parents spent more time outdoors when they were young

2.The Wild Network was started to __________.

A.encourage children to spend more time outdoors

B.encourage children to play with their parents outdoors

C.encourage children to spend more time on their studies

D.encourage parents to spend more time with their children

3.What can we learn about the Wild Network?

A.It was set up this year

B.It was the best ever activity

C.Both large organizations or small can join it

D.You can learn about it from the show Why Don’t You

4.Which of the following activities is not mentioned?

A.Camping B.Collecting fruits

C.Bird watching D.Autumn clour watching

5.The underlined part “do the same” can be replaced by _______.

A.start an activity B.play outdoors

C.do homework D.do housework

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