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(知识) and skills today, two thirds of the world's 42 million blind people need not have to suffer(受苦).Unluckily, rich countries have this knowledge, but developing countries do not.
ORBIS is an international charitable organization(慈善组织)．Its goal is to help fight blindness all over the world. Inside a DC8 airplane, there is a teaching hospital with television rooms and classrooms. Experts(专家) teach doctors the latest technology（技术） of helping the blind get sight(视力) 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（治疗）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 you can bring sight to 10 people；$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 again. Your love can help them open their eyes to the world.
根据短文内容填空。 countries have the knowledge of helping blind people.
ORBIS' goal is to _______.
ORBIS has taught doctors and nurses.
We can bring with $380 .
If we give money to ORBIS, we can help blind people to the world.
In a chatting room on the Internet, some children are talking about what they like to do at school. Flying Fish: I think music is my favourite. I like listening to many beautiful English songs. I need to feel relaxed after a day’s work. So I often listen to my favourite music after supper.
Singing Bird: I like music, too. But I only listen to Chinese songs. I also like drawing. Maybe I can be a great painter (画家) when I grow up. I also like reading. Reading makes me clever.
Jumping Tiger: I don’t like music or drawing. They are a waste(浪费) of time, I think. I am a good basketball player. I can help our school team win. Don’t you think it’s cool?
Running football: I am not a good basketball player. But I play football well. Playing football makes me strong. I feel great when I am on the football field. I spend half an hour a day playing football.
Swimming Cat: I am not like many other boys. I don’t like sports very much. I just think reading is my favourite. I can learn a lot from books. I spend an hour reading books every day.What does Jumping Tiger think is cool?
| A．Music. | B．Basketball. |
| C．Football. | D．Drawing |
Who likes reading books?
| A．Flying Fish | B．Sing Bird. |
| C．Swimming Cat. | D．Swimming Cat and Singing Bird. |
How long does Running Football play football every day?
| A．Half an hour. | B．More than 3 hours. |
| C．Seven hours. | D．One hour. |
What’s the Chinese for underlined word “relaxed”?
| A．劳累 | B．忧郁 | C．放松 | D．紧张 |
Which is not mentioned?
| A．Sports. | B．Art. |
| C．Chinese songs. | D．TV. |
阅读理解（共15分，每小题1分）
Hi, I’m Sandy. I come from America. I have long hair. I like listening to music and singing. I don’t like sports. I often call my friends at the weekend.
My name is Jack. My Chinese name is Chen Tao. My eyes are not very good, so I often wear a pair of glasses. I enjoy playing computer games and swimming. I like making friends and I have a Chinese friend.
Hello, everyone. I’m Luo Wei. I’m from China. My hair is short. I love running and pets. And I have a lovely dog.
My name is Daniel. I come from England. I’m good at Maths. I often help my classmates with their Maths. I’m not very tall. I like playing computer games on the Internet. Would you like to be my friend? Please write e-mails to me.Jack’s eyes are not good, so he.
| A．likes playing computer games. |
| B．doesn’t like sports |
| C．often wears a pair of glasses. |
| D．often calls his friends at the weekend. |
What does Daniel often help his classmates with?
| A．Chinese. | B．English. | C．Maths. | D．Sports. |
Who enjoys computer games?
| A．Daniel and Chen Tao. | B．Jack and LuoWei. |
| C．Luo Wei and Daniel. | D．Sandy and Jack. |
What does Luo Wei like?
| A．listening to music. | B．Swimming. |
| C．Running. | D．Singing. |
You can Daniel to make friends with him.
| A．write letters to |
| B．play computer games with |
| C．chat on the phone with |
| D．write e-mails to |
One day a man saw a lady on the road. Her car broke down and she needed help.
The man stopped his car and said: “I’m here to help you. You can call me Bryan Anderson.” After he fixed the car, the lady wanted to pay him.
But Bryan said no. He said if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the help he or she needed.
A few miles down the road the lady went into a small cafe. The waitress came over. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant (怀孕的), but she never let it change her attitude (态度) when she served (服务) her.
The lady finished her meal and paid with a $100 bill. The waitress went to get the change. When she came back, she found the lady had gone and left a note on a piece of paper: “You don’t owe (欠) me anything. Somebody once helped me the way I’m helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let the love end with you.”
Under the paper were four more $100 bills.
The waitress was moved. She really needed the money, as the baby would soon arrive. Then she called her husband: “Everything will be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.”What happened to the lady?
| A．She met a bad guy on her way to a cafe. |
| B．Her car stopped working on the road. |
| C．She helped a man to fix his broken car. |
| D．Her friend asked her to pay his money back. |
How did the man ask the lady to thank him?
| A．He said she could pay him back next time. |
| B．He didn’t ask her to do anything. |
| C．He asked her to help people in need. |
| D．He asked her to help his wife. |
What did the lady do in the cafe?
| A．She told her story to the pregnant waitress. |
| B．She helped the pregnant waitress lay the table. |
| C．She taught the pregnant waitress how to help others. |
| D．She left the kind waitress a good tip. |
What does the writer want to tell us with this story?
| A．The best way to pay back kindness is to pass it on. |
| B．The best way to make friends is to help him or her. |
| C．Everybody should be ready to give a helping hand. |
| D．Everybody should know how to help others in the right way. |
Every student in Australia(澳大利亚)must wear their school uniforms when they are at school．There are many kinds of uniforms such as suits，dresses，shorts，skirts，shirts，T-shirts and so on．
Class usually begins at 8：00 a．m．in most Australian schools，and sometimes it begins at 10：00 a．m．You needn’t go to class with your schoolbag，you can put it in your own cabinet(书桌)and only take a few books．There are many subjects：English，Maths，Biology，Geography，History，Physics，Chemistry(化学)，Music，Computer，PE，Chinese Drama and so on．In a computer class，each student sits at a table and does their work．They are very quiet．The teacher goes around them to give directions(说明)to them．One class is about two hours．At noon all the students have lunch at school．Their lunch is sandwiches and some fruit．
In the afternoon there’s only one class．School ends at 3：30 P．m．Some students can swim or play ball games until 5：30 P．m．Then they must go home．They seldom do homework，even the students in Grade Eleven．This is the school life of the Students in Australia．In a computer class，each student is very_________．
| A．quiet | B．noisy | C．happy | D．sad， |
When is school over in Australia?
| A．At 5：30 P．m | B．At 3：30 P．m |
| C．At 4：00 P．m | D．At 5：00 P．m． |
Which sentence is RIGHT?
| A．The students go to class with their schoolbags． |
| B．One class is about one hour． |
| C．The students always have much homework． |
| D．The students don’t often do homework． |
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。（共10小题，每小题1.5分，计15分）
When I was in primary school, I got into a big argument (争吵) with a boy in my class. I forgot what the argument was about, but I will never forget the lesson I learned that day.
I thought that I was right and he was wrong – and he thought that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson.
In the middle of her desk was a large, round ball. I could clearly see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the ball was. “White,” he answered.uShe brought us to the front of the class and asked him to stand on one side of her desk and me on the other.
I couldn’t believe he said the ball was white, when it was obviously (明显地) black! Another argument started between us, this time about the color of the ball.
The teacher told us to change places and then asked me what color the ball was. I answered: “White.”
It was a ball with two differently colored sides, and from his side it was white. Only from my side it was black.
Sometimes we need to look at problems from the other person’s view in order to truly understand his or her perspective (观点).What happened to the writer in the beginning?
| A．She fought with a boy in her class. |
| B．She didn’t get along with boys. |
| C．She had a big argument with a boy. |
| D．A boy tried to teach her a lesson. |
When in the boy’s place, the writer changed her answer because _____.
| A．the boy changed his answer too |
| B．the ball had two differently colored sides |
| C．she wanted to say sorry to the boy |
| D．the teacher said the boy was right |
What lesson can we learn from the story?
| A．Put yourself into others’ shoes. |
| B．Seeing is not always believing. |
| C．Nobody can always be right. |
| D．Different people have different opinions. |