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 in1949. This is how the SOS stand for “Save Our Souls(灵魂).” This means “Please help us!” An SOS Children’ 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 came 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.An orphan is a child     .

A. who has no brother   B. who has no sister  C. who has no parents   D. all of the above

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

A. governments                               B. special organization

C. the orphans themselves                       D. people in general(大体上)

4.Which of the following can best summarize(总结) the work a woman in an SOS Village does for each group of children?

A. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness  B. She lives with each group of children

C. She cooks meals for children                  D. She looks after them

 

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Studying abroad is an amazing experience, especially when you come to Australia as an overseas high school student. You can have a lot of fun here, especially on holidays.

There are many festivals in Australia. The most important one is obviously Christmas. Each year, the summer holidays at every high school last about two months from the beginning of December to February,  which covers the Christmas time. Since it is a long holiday, most overseas students love to fly back to their home countries to spend the time with their fami­lies and friends, but a few students still stay in Australia during the holiday to get part-time jobs. It is quite easy to find a part-time job at Christmas. Students often take part in another major social activity. They go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine. The summer in Australia is from December to February, so going to the beach in December is very popular among Australians.

Easter in March is another important holiday in the year. It actually combines(使结合) “Good Friday” and “Easter Monday”. Almost every shop closes on Good Friday. And people usually go to see Easter Show.

The Chinese New year is not a public holiday in Australia, so every Chinese student still continues to go to school to study and do his or her normal duties.

  1.  in Australia

When does summer begin in Australia?

In  2.

In which season is Christmas in Australia?

In  3.  .

What’s  4.   activity in December in Australia?

  5. to the beach and  6.  sunshine.

What do people do on Good Friday and Easter?

People   7. go shopping, but  8.  go to see Easter show.

What do Chinese students do during the spring festival in Australia?

They   9.   to do their   10.  things.

 

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