20．A man in Pakistan is now working to help children get an education．When he was a child.he did not——青夏教育精英家教网——

20．A man in Pakistan is now working to help children get an education．When he was a child，he did not go to school because he was too poor．
It is reported that Pakistan has 25million children who do not go to school．That is the secondhighest number in the world．Only Nigeria has more．Many Pakistani children must work to support their families．
Mohammad Ayub was once one of those children．He is now a firefighter．He also manages a small school．VOA recently visited the school in the capital Islamabad．
Ayub started with just one student in 1982．He saw a boy cleaning cars for days．He asked him，"Why don't you go to school？"The boy answered that his parents were dead and he had to work to help support his five brothers and three sisters．
Ayub was also an orphan and he，too，had to work to help support his five brothers and three sisters．He said，"When my father died，everyone who came to the funeral said they were sorry，but no one helped．"He sold newspapers and did other work to earn enough money to pay school fees for his brothers and sisters．
Ayub wanted to help the young boy who washed cars，but he did not have enough money to pay the boy's school fees．

Today，Ayub teaches many children at his school in a public park．Some of the children attend other schools in the morning，but come to Ayub in the afternoon to get help with their homework．
Ayub has helped a large number of poor children since he began teaching．Many of them come from very poor areas near the park．
Ayub said，"I used to argue with kids who worked'Why are you washing someone's dishes or their clothes？Why don't you study？'"
One of the children he advised to attend classes was Farhat Abbas．Ayub found him working with his friends about 12years ago．"He followed us back home．He told our parents he wanted to teach us and asked them to send us to his school，"Abbas said．
Today，Abbas is taking classes at a college and is helping Ayub．
Many children are out of school，and those who do attend classes often get a poor education．Information gathered by an organization shows half of all Pakistani children in the 5th grade do not understand basic mathematics and cannot read a story in their language．
A group in Islamabad reports Pakistan spends less on education than any other country in South Asia．

42．Ayub did all the following things to help the poor children EXCEPTC．
A．managing a small school
B．teaching the poor children
C．taking classes at a college
D．visiting the children's parents
43．Which sentence can be put in the empty box in the passage？A
A．So he offered to teach him．
B．So he asked his parents to help him．
C．So he gave up his idea．
D．So he forced him to go to school．
44．Which is the right time order of what happened in the passage？D
a．Ayub began to teach the poor children in his school．
b．Ayub's school in the capital Islamabad was visited by VOA．
c．Ayub advised Abbas's parents to send him to his school．
d．Ayub worked to pay school fees for his brothers and sisters．
e．Ayub saw a boy cleaning cars for days and decided to help him．
A．a-b-e-d-e
B．b-c-d-a-e
C．d-a-e-c-b
D．d-e-a-c-b
45．From the passage，which are the best words to describe Ayub？B
A．hard-working and honest
B．kind-hearted and helpful
C．creative and confident
D．humorous and popular．

19．There are fifty states in the United States．The largest in population is California，the largest in area is Alaska．Alaska is the smallest in population and Rhode Island is the smallest in size．The oldest states are the ones along the Atlantic coast．The newest states are Alaska and Hawaii．Alaska is also the coldest state．California and Florida are the warmer．Henry and his family live in Seattle，a big city，on the Pacific coast．But Los Angeles and San Francisco，also on the Pacific coast，are larger than Seattle．Henry's cousin，Susan，lives in New York．It is the largest city in the United States．Thousands of people visit New York each year．The most important city in the United States is Washington，D．C．It is the capital，but it is much smaller than New York．

51．How many states are there in the U．S．A．？C
A．Five
B．Forty-Five．
C．Fifty
D．Fifteen．
52．Which state is the largest in population？A
A．California．
B．Rhode-Island．
C．Alaska
D．Los Angeles．
53．Which state is the coldest，the newest，and the smallest in population？D
A．Rhode Island．
B．Seattle．
C．San Francisco．
D．Alaska．
54．Which of the following is true？C
A．The oldest states are the ones along the Pacific coast．
B．Washington is the most important and the largest city．
C．New York is the largest city in the United States．
D．Henry's cousin lives in the Seattle．
55．Why is Washington，D．C．the most important American city？BecauseD．
A．it is the largest city
B．it is the largest in population
C．it is the most beautiful city
D．it is the capital of the United States．

18．I would rather _____ English than ______ words．（　　）

	A．	reading； write		B．	read； writing
	C．	read； write		D．	reading； writing

17．The boy writes ________．（　　）

16．A：Ben，you look worded．
B：Yes，Ms．Paula．（71）E
A：You said you liked English．What's the problem？
B：I can't get the pronunciation right．
A：Well，why don't you borrow the teacher's tapes？（72）F
B：Sounds great．（73）D．
A：You can write the new words in your notebook and study them at any time．
B：That might really help!Thanks．
A：Can you understand when people talk to you？
B：No，not always．（74）A．
A：Why don't you join an English club to practice speaking English？The English club meets on Tuesday and Friday．
B：I will go．The only other problem I have is that I don't get much writing practice．
A：Maybe you should find a pen friend．
B：（75）BThanks，Ms．Paula．

A．Sometimes I just don't understand what people are saying．
B．That's a funny way to practice writing．
C．Do you have any trouble in grammar？
D．But what about the new words？
E．I'm having trouble learning English．
F．You can listen to them at home after school．
G．What do you think is the best way to learn English？

became most of listening to famous what about

A：I know that George Gershwin is a great American composer，but that's all I know about him．Can you tell me something more about him？
B：Yes，he's very （57）famous not only in the USA，but also in many other countries in the world．He composed music，and he also wrote songs．
A：He could also write songs？That's interesting．Do you enjoy （58）listeningto his songs？
B：Yes．My favourite is Our Love Is Here to Stay．It is one of his best songs，but also one of his last songs．
A：Oh，what is his most famous work？
B：Well，he wrote a lot，and （59）mostof them are popular．Many people think An American in Paris is his best work for orchestra．
A：And （60）whatabout Gershwin's life？
B：He was born in New York in 1898．By the age of fourteen，he had taken piano lessons with five teachers and had learned to play better than all of them．At the age of fifteen，Getshwin left school and took a job in a music company．
A：Did he continue to write until he died？
B：Yes，he did．In the summer of 1937，while working in Hollywood，he （61）became ill and died of cancer at the age of thirty-nine．
A：That's sad．

Dear Mr．Smith，
I am pleased to hear from you and I am writing to tell you something about our school．You are right． Quite a few changes have（71）takenplace in the past few years．（72）On one side of the road there is a new classroom building．There are thirty-six （73）classrooms in it．My classroom is on the second floor，On the other side，the left side used to（74）bethe playground．now stands another new building-our （75）library．In it there are all（76）kinds of books，newspapers and magazines．The playground is now in（77）frontof the school．We have also planted a lot of （78）trees in and around the school．So far，we have had over five hundred different trees on schoolyard．We are（79）tryingour best to make our school more and more beautiful．I hope you can come and see the changes in our school yourself some （80）day．
Best wishes．
Yours，
Eric．

Have you ever ridden a Ferris wheel lately？Can you imagine the flying feeling as you are pulled up to the top and then moved down to the bottom quickly again？
Ferris wheel
Today a Ferris wheel is usually 40 to 60 feet tall．That seems very high when you are on the top looking down．But the first Ferris wheel was 264 feet high-taller than a twenty-story building!Can you imagine the view from the top of that？
The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893World's Fair in Chicago．The people who planned the fair were looking for an attraction that would bring people to Chicago．George Ferris handed a drawing of a giant wheel that people could ride on．At first everyone laughed at his strange idea．But Mr．Ferris did not give up，and finally the idea was accepted．The ride opened in June of 1893．
Today's Ferris wheels have 12to 16seats，which each carry 2or 3people．But that first one had 36enclosed cars，each holding 60passengers．When filled，it carried 2，160people．During that summer in Chicago，about 1.5million people rode the Ferris wheel．
After the fair the ride was moved to a nearby amusement park built especially to show off the wheel．In 1904，it was moved again-to St．Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition．After the fair there，the wheel stood unused．In 1906it was finally sold to a company for scrap metal （废铁）．
Luckily a Chicago bridge builder，W．E．Sullivan，figured out how to make a smaller Ferris wheel that could easily be taken apart and put together．In 1906he started the company that still makes many of the Ferris wheels used today．
But，whenever you ride one，remember that it all began with George Ferris's strange idea!

61．How tall is a Ferris wheel today？Usually 40 to 60 feet tall．
62．What was the first Ferris wheel built for？For the 1893 World's Fair．
63．What did people think of Ferris's idea at first？Strange．
64．How many people rode the first Ferris wheel during the summer in 1893？About 1.5 million people．
65．Compared with today's Ferris wheels，what was the first Ferris wheel like？It was much higher and could carry more people．．

The 4Smallest Countries In The World

Nauru-21km²
Located east of Australia，Nauru is the smallest island country in the world．It is also a country with the most overweight people in the world，with 97% of its men and 93% of women being overweight．

Tuvalu-26km²
Located in the Pacific Ocean，west of Australia．There are about 10，000people，with 8km of roads，and only 1hospital on the main island．Since it's a difficult place to get to，in 2010，only about 2，000visitors came to Tuvalu

Vatican-0.44km²The world's smallest country is the Vatican，also known as the Holy See．This country fits within the Italian capital city of Rome．It is also home to the biggest church in the world-St．Peter's Basilica，and holds some of the most important art works．

Monaco-2km²Located on the French Riviera，Monaco is home to the largest number of rich people per capita in the world．With a population of over 36，000，Monaco is the world's most densely （密集地） populated country．People there are mostly French-speaking．The most popular event is the Formula 1race，held there every year．

41．Which is the smallest island country？A
A．Nauru．
B．Tuvalu．
C．Vatican．
D．Monaco．
42．What's the area of Vatican？C
A.21km²．
B.26km²．
C.0.44km²．
D.2km²．
43．Which of the following about Monaco is TRUE？D
A．It's the world's smallest country．
B．It's the most difficult place to get to．
C．It has the most overweight people in the world．
D．It's the world's most densely populated country．

11．选出与句中划线部分意义最接近的解释，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内．
She worked day and night to get the first in the English speaking competition．And at last her work paid．（　　）

	A．	she failed		B．	she got lots of money
	C．	she succeeded		D．	she was the last

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