The Spring Bud Project was organized by the China Children and Teenagers’ Fund(CCTF), under the leadership( 领导) of the All China Women’s Federation(联合会). The fund was started by Madam Zhou Jiebing, who donated 1 million Hong Kong dollars.
The purpose of the Spring Bud Project is to raise the quality of women’s education and ability from childhood. It has tried a lot to raise funds both at home and abroad and its aim is to help dropout girls in China’s poor, rural areas return to school.
In the past ten years, more than 10 million children in China have left schools because their families are too poor, and 70% of these dropouts are girls. In fact, girls’ education has become one of the most difficult problems in China. The CCTF wants to help hundreds of thousands of girls return to school, so it set up the Spring Bud Project.
Thanks to donations from so many people and organizations, by the end of 2009, the Spring Bud Project had raised 800 million yuan in total, built more than 1,000 Spring Bud schools, aided more than 2 million girls to return to school and provided technical training for more than 400,000 girls.What is the Spring Bud Project organized by?
How many poor girls have left school in the last ten years in China?
What may the underlined word “dropout” mean in Chinese?
Can you think of another way of saying “thanks to” ? What is it?
What did the Spring Bud Project spend the donations doing?
If we find a bird nest (巢), we will have a good place of watching and knowing about birds. Birds sit on eggs and take care of their babies from April to June. Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest, parents often go to look for food and come back in several minutes. So it is good to watch birds. When we watch birds, we'd better hide ourselves in a close place to the nest, and it's better to use binoculars (双筒望远镜).
But how do we make a bird nest? A good bird nest must be very fine, strong, thick and comfortable. If you want to make one, please follow these:
a) Each nest must have six boards (木板) for its cover and floor, for its left and right sides, and for its front and back sides. Don't make the boards too slippery (滑的).
b) Dig a small hole in the front of the nest as a "door". The "door" is big enough so birds can fly in or out easily.
c) Make sure the rainwater can't go into the nest.
d) One piece of the board should be easy to open.
e) Don't forget to colour the nest.We need ______ near a bird nest if we want to watch and know about birds.
| A．a good place | B．some trees | C．to sit on eggs | D．to make a bird net |
When we're watching birds, we have to ______.
| A．look after the birds more often | B．use the binoculars to catch the birds |
| C．hide ourselves to make the birds do everything as usual | D．catch the birds at last |
We should leave a hole in the front of the nest so that ______ easily.
| A．we can clean the nest | B．birds can fly in or out |
| C．we can hang it | D．we can make it |
According to the text, we can make a bird nest like Picture ______ with the boards.
Stephen used to work in a company. Unfortunately (不幸地), he got serious heart disease（疾病）. He couldn't work for a long time. Thinking he could still do something for others, he decided to be a volunteer at a Children's Hospital. Stephen loved children very much. With his love, he did his job well. Sometimes he lost his children. They died. At that time, he would tell these sad parents that he would soon be with their children in heaven (天堂) and he would take care of them. His words seemed to help those parents.
There was a girl who could not walk because of a disease. She couldn't do anything and she was very sad. What was worse, the doctors said that they could do little for her. Stephen decided to try to help her. He started visiting her, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He put the brush in his mouth and began to draw. He didn't use his hands at all. Only his head would move. He always told her that she could do anything she wanted.
At last she began to draw with her mouth. She and Stephen became friends. By and by, the little girl was getting better and better. She was allowed to leave the hospital. One day. to Stephen's great surprise, she walked to see him on her own feet! She gave him a picture she had drawn. At the top, it read: “Thank you for helping me walk. It's all because of your love.”
Love can sometimes be more powerful than doctors and medicines. Love makes our world more beautiful and colorful.
Stephen died a few days after the girl gave him the picture.Stephen couldn't work for a long time because he______________.
| A．lost his job | B．got serious heart disease |
| C．decided to be a volunteer at a Children's Hospital. | D．was busy helping others |
How did Stephen help the little girl in the hospital?
| A．By visiting her. | B．By bringing her a lot of presents. |
| C．By offering his love. | D．By drawing a lot of pictures for her. |
Why did Stephen only move his head when he was drawing a picture?
| A．Because he wanted to show how well he could draw. |
| B．Because he could only move his head. |
| C．Because the little girl liked him to do so. |
| D．Because he wanted to show the girl everything was possible. |
Which is the best title of the passage?
| A．The girl's disease | B．Stephen's work |
| C．How the girl was saved | D．Love is more powerful |
Come to Austria (奥地利)
Soll is a village in the mountains western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20 °Cto 25 °Cin the daytime, but much cooler by evening.
Enjoy Thailand!
When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating just outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40℃ at noon.
Visit Hawaii!
Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24°C to 26°C by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening. If you go to Bangkok, you can ______.
| A．climb mountains | B．enjoy the scenery to the forests |
| C．live in the Post Hotel | D．buy fruits while sitting in your boat |
______ is one way to prevent the strong sunshine in Bangkok.
| A．Going to the sandy beaches | B．Wearing a hat |
| C．Climbing up the mountains | D．Staying in the forests |
According to (根据) the advertisements, we know that ______.
| A．the hottest travel place is Soll |
| B．maybe it often rains in the centre of Kauai |
| C．the Floating Market is in the middle of Bangkok |
| D．the Post Hotel in Austria is clean but the price is high |
There is a girl of 15, who has set up a company of her own. Her name is Wendy Wong. She1 the business two years ago. She has already__2___several successful computer games. They are so ___3___that over half a million games are __4__out every year. Now all of her family work in her business, and she is _5_ at school.
She gets up early in the morning, and then has a __6__ with her family about the _7__over breakfast. Every day during weekdays, she goes to school in her own car with a _8_, for she is not old enough.
She enjoys her school, but some of the work is too___9__for her to feel __10_. She usually gets “A” grades in all her__11_, so the other students often asks her for__12_.
She finishes her homework in half an hour_13_ her driver takes her home. After dinner, she goes to her office and__14__ to work on her computer, writing games until 2a.m. She does not usually need so much __15__ as other children.
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Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? You can’t think of anyone else when you hear people read Confucius’ 2,500–year–old words: “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. All think but no study makes people lazy. ”
September 28th was Confucius’ birthday. He was born in the Kingdom of Lu(鲁国), in today’s Shandong Province. Chinese look upon Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. He had about 3,000 students. For more than 2,500 years, Confucius’ ideas have been around in people’s everyday lives. Now they have gone far into Western countries and South Asia. People can still hear them today.
Why are his ideas so popular? They help not only in everyday life but also in society(社会). Confucius’ most important ideas are kindness and good manners. Confucius said young people should take care of the old. People should give up thinking of themselves and work for others. As a great teacher, Confucius said that all should go to school if they wanted to learn.
Some of Confucius’ popular words are “A kind person should care others” and “Be strict with yourself, but be kind to others.” People use his ideas to help themselves and society. Now, more than 100 internet web sites are teaching people about Confucius and his ideas.
“Kindness and honesty are the best values(价值) of the world today, ” said 79–year–old Kong Fanjin who is studying Confucius.Confucius was.
| A．born on September 28th, 3000 years ago |
| B．born in the in the Kingdom of Chu |
| C．taught students in today’s Shandong Province |
| D．not only a greatest teacher but also a greatest thinker |
Why are Confucius’ ideas so popular?
| A．They are about money and power. |
| B．They help people themselves and the society. |
| C．They are about different customs and manners. |
| D．They only help people deal with everyday life. |
The underline word “them” in the second paragraph refers to.
| A．the greatest teacher and thinker | B．Confucius’ students |
| C．people in Western countries and South Asia | D．Confucius’ ideas |
Which of the following is NOT Confucius’ idea?
| A．People should get education. |
| B．The young should take care of the old. |
| C．Be strict with others, but be kind to yourself. |
| D．All thinking but no study makes people lazy. |