The Red Cross is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help．A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood，a woman in Mexico who has been injured in an accident and a family in India that has lost their home in an unusual storm may all be helped by the Red Cross．

The Red Cross has a goal of trying to help people in health trouble，and（A） it can be found in almost every country around the world．

The idea of setting up an organization to（B）______the sick and the wounded during a war started with Jean Henri Duman from Switzerland，（C）______won the Nobel Prize of Peace in 1901．In 1859，he saw how people were suffering in a war in Italy（D）他想要帮助所有受伤的人，paying no attention to which side they were fighting for．So he started the Red Cross．It protects prisoners of war，the sick，the wounded（E）as well as other citizens during a war．

Today the Red Cross in the world provides a large number of services for the public．（F）such as helping people in need and providing blood．

1．将划线部分（A）改写为：______can______ it in almost every country around the world．

2．在文中（B）和（C）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：__________;__________

3．将划线部分（D）译成英语：_________________

4．写出划线部分（E）和（F）的同义词或近义词：_____________；____________

5．写出能说明本文中心大意的主题句：________________

Clara Barton was a small woman. As a nurse, she took care of thousands of soldiers. She    46    the American Red Cross.

Clara Barton was born into a farm family    47    Massachusetts, America in 1821. As a child, she wanted to help others. She    48    injured (受伤的) pets.

For most of Clara’s early years, her brothers and sisters    49    her at home. She was always trying to learn new things.

First, she worked as a teacher. Later, she worked as a clerk in Washington DC.    50    the Civil War started, she wanted to help the soldiers. So she became a    51    . She took care of soldiers, made food for them, and did many other things. People    52    her “The Angel of the Battlefield”.

Later, she went to Europe. There, she came to know the International Red Cross. When she    53    to America, she worked to start a Red Cross in the U.S.A. She gave many    54    and talked to people in the government. At last, she started the American Red Cross. She and the people of the American Red Cross    55    many people in all kinds of trouble. 

Clara Barton died in 1912. But today people all over the world still remember this great woman.

46. A. helped                    B. started                  C. forgot

47. A. of                        B. on                     C. in

48. A. worried about              B. looked after              C. kept away from

49. A. taught                    B. dismissed                C. expected

50. A. Until                     B. Before                  C. When

51. A. nurse                     B. worker                   B. reporter

52. A. gave                      B. sent                     C. called

53. A. left                       B. returned                  C.

54. A.                          B. speeches

55. A. supply                    B. invite                     C. help

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He may be still young, but he may surprise you! If you ask around, many would say that Jay Chou has become the real king of the1.m___ world. As a child, Jay Chou was never good at his2.l___, and when he didn’t get into any college, a lot of people said that he would not have a good3.f___. His mum always 4.w___ about his future, but he never did. Growing up in a single-parent family, Jay 5.f___ lonely. Without many friends, he had a habit of daydreaming, dreaming into his world of music. So how did Jay get into music? 6.A___ the age of three, he started to learn to 7.p___ the piano. His mother always 8.m___ sure he practiced hard. Later, he started out as a song writer.

Jay’s songs are very moving. His9.s___ “Dad, I am back”, is about a broken family. “I heard that after war（战争） there is peace（和平）. Why do I always see my dad beating my mum? Since I was 10.y___, you have told me to learn from you, use you as a model. So much pretense（虚伪）. How do you expect me to be like you!”