20 million yuan in quake aid

The Chinese Red Cross Foundation (CRCF) received a donation of 20 million yuan for earthquake disaster relief from Shanxi Liansheng Group, a private energy corporation. The fund will be used for tents, clothes and strengthening medical cared services.

Real estate donations

       Domestic and foreign real estate（房地产）companies’ donations to earthquake-stricken areas exceeded（超过）255 million yuan by May 15, according to house. china. cn, a leading property website in China. The companies included CaitaLand, SohoChina, Greenland, New World and Poly Property. In addition to cash, the donations included vans, rescue equipment, tents and medicine.

Color of charity

The Chinese Red Cross Foundation (CRCF) launched a nationwide “Chinese Red” charitable program recently, which is to inspire domestic and foreign enterprises to design a red-colored or packaged product and donate a part of the profits of the product to CRCF for medical care improvements in rural China. Businesses including Microsoft MSN, Glanze and Gome have signed contracts to take part in the program.

Clean water

The US-based water processing company Pentair Water has donated water processing facilities worth about 300,000 yuan to charities in western China. The water processing facilities donated by Pentair can produce directly drinkable water. These facilities will be given to poor schools in western China. Pentair says it will continue to support public charity projects to provide more Chinese children with access to clean fresh water.

Established in 1966, the company has become one of the largest water processing equipment manufacturers in the world and its global business revenues reached $3.4 billion in 2007.

51. All the messages are about ________.

A. donations in quake aid

B. charity work

C. earthquake disaster relief

D. environment protection

52. What’s the aim of the programme “Chinese Red”?

A. To raise more money for medical care improvements in rural China.

B. To design more red-coloured or packaged products.

C. To bring in more profits.

D. To help open more domestic and foreign enterprises.

53. In which message do the donations include rescue equipment, tents and medicine?

A. 20 million yuan in quake aid

B. Real estate donations

C. Color of charity

D. Clean water

54. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The website “house. china. cn” is the largest property website in China.

B. Shanxi Liansheng Group is an energy corporation attached to CRCF.

C. Pentair Water has been the largest water processing equipment manufacturers for 50 years.

D. The water processing facilities donated by Pentair Water can produce directly drinkable water.

Doctors recommended that a modern hospital __________.

A. being built                B. be built               C. should build          D. build

It was the third time that I __________ of the changes of the timetable.

A. had informed            B. has informed             C. had been informed  D. has been informed

You should remember the cause and avoid it the next time you __________ the same situation.

A. come out                 B. come about            C. come up                   D.come across

It took her a while to adjust to __________ alone after the divorce.

A. live                          B. living                        C. have lived                 D. being lived

Easton, you will go to prison where you will have time to __________ your own activities which brought you there.

A. reflect in                  B. consider on        C. consider in        D. reflect on

He began to take political science __________ only when he left school.

A. strictly                            B. carefully                   C. seriously                  D. truly

So before I go any further I want to thank you very much for inviting me to __________ this important conference.

A. participate in                    B. join to        C. take part                   D. attend to

If you keep on eating too much, losing weight is __________.

A. out of question         B. out of the question     C. in question              D.beyond question      

So difficult __________ it to adapt to the academic requirements of a Western university that I determined to take a preparation course.  

A. I have felt                B. have I felt                 C. did I feel                  D. I did feel