A senior United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children’s welfare(福利).

A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF’s operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China “can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily.”

　　China’s child population makes up one-fifth of the world’s total. “The reason behind the tremendous(巨大的) achievement is China’s long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society,” he said.

　　“What’s more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need.” The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing.

　　The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks(小吃), sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a “Share the Sunshine” party, as a prelude(前奏) to celebrations to mark the Children’s Day.

　　The Beijing children’s Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children.

　　A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency(机构) spends 400—500 yuan a month for an average orphan. An average Chinese workers earned 440 yuan a month during the first quarter this year.

　　Gu Xiaojin, deputy secretary-general of the China Youth Development Foundation(CYDF), said people from all walks of life have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children.

　　She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which calls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling.

　　By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment(建立) of 2, 074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms.

　　Three “Hope Stars” also attended the party. They were model teenagers chosen among students who are economically supported by the Project Hope to further their nine-year compulsory(义务) studies in the poverty-stricken regions. They will be torchbearers(火炬接力者) for the Chinese Team for the up coming Atlanta Olympic Games this year.

1. Children can grow healthily and happily as long as _______.

A. parents take good care of them both at home and in society

B. the whole society care for children as well as their parents

C. Schools and teachers pay much attention to the growth of children

D. Chinese people always give special attention to children who are in special need

2. Every year the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home spends _______ on the orphans

A. 1, 920, 000 yuan 　　　　　 　　B. 2, 160, 000 yuan

C. Over 2, 400, 000 yuan 　　　　　D. 2, 200, 000 yuan or so

3. CYDF collected 700 million yuan with the purpose of _______.

A. reducing dropouts

B. helping homeless orphans

C. supporting the Chinese Team for the coming Atlanta Olympic Games

D. establishing 2, 074 Hope primary schools all over the country

4. We can infer from the text that _______.

A. Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each.

　　B. All the children in the poverty-stricken regions of China are too poor to go to school.

　　C. Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned (关心) about the growth of the younger generation.

　　D. With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China.

5. It is possible that this passage was written in _______.

A. 1992 　　　　B. 1996 　　　　C. 1998 　　　　D. 2000

       A senior United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children’s welfare(福利).

A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF’s operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China “can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily.”

　　China’s child population makes up one-fifth of the world’s total. “The reason behind the tremendous(巨大的) achievement is China’s long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society,” he said.

　　“What’s more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need.” The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing.

　　The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks(小吃), sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a “Share the Sunshine” party, as a prelude(前奏) to celebrations to mark the Children’s Day.

　　The Beijing children’s Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children.

　　A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency(机构) spends 400―500 yuan a month for an average orphan. An average Chinese workers earned 440 yuan a month during the first quarter this year.

　　Gu Xiaojin, deputy secretary-general of the China Youth Development Foundation(CYDF), said people from all walks of life have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children.

　　She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which calls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling.

　　By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment(建立) of 2, 074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms.

　　Three “Hope Stars” also attended the party. They were model teenagers chosen among students who are economically supported by the Project Hope to further their nine-year compulsory(义务) studies in the poverty-stricken regions. They will be torchbearers(火炬接力者) for the Chinese Team for the up coming Atlanta Olympic Games this year.

56. Children can grow healthily and happily as long as _______.

A. parents take good care of them both at home and in society

B. the whole society care for children as well as their parents

C. Schools and teachers pay much attention to the growth of children

D. Chinese people always give special attention to children who are in special need

57. Every year the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home spends _______ on the orphans

A. 1, 920, 000 yuan 　　　　　 　　B. 2, 160, 000 yuan

C. Over 2, 400, 000 yuan 　　　　　D. 2, 200, 000 yuan or so

58. CYDF collected 700 million yuan with the purpose of _______.

A. reducing dropouts

B. helping homeless orphans

C. supporting the Chinese Team for the coming Atlanta Olympic Games

D. establishing 2, 074 Hope primary schools all over the country

59. We can infer from the text that _______.

A. Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each.

　　B. All the children in the poverty-stricken regions of China are too poor to go to school.

　　C. Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned (关心) about the growth of the younger generation.

　　D. With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China.

60. It is possible that this passage was written in _______.

A. 1992 　　　　B. 1996 　　　　C. 1998 　　　　D. 2000

阅读理解。

　　In the near future some parts of the world may soon have a new kind of television. It is called high definition television or H-D-T-V. The main difference between H-D-T-V and normal television is the picture. It is more clear and detailed (明细). This is because H-D-T-V has many more points and lines that make a television image (图像). Every colour television picture contains thousands of red, green and blue points, They all come together as an image in the eye of the person

watching. The points are organized in lines that go across the television screen. There are more than 500 lines in a normal television. H-D-T-V has two times as many. To get this clear picture, you must have a big screen. Experts say people using a small screen will see little difference.

　　H-D-T-V also has clear sound. It is like the sound on a compact disc player (激光电唱机), or CD. All these improvements make H-D-T-V very costly. One kind in Japan now sells for more than 20 000 dollars. In the future, the cost is expected to be about 2 000 dollars. A major problem with H-D-T-V is its broadcast signal. The signal is bigger than for normal, because it carries more electronic in formation.

1．The main difference between an H-D-T-V and a normal television is ________.

[　　]

A．that the picture of normal TV is normal

B．that H-D-T-V is new and good

C．that H-D-T-V is so new that not all parts of the world have got it at present

D．that the picture of an H-D-T-V is more clear and detailed

2．A colour TV image is ________.

[　　]

A．made up of thousands of red, green and blue points

B．formed by the above-mentioned red, green and blue points which are organized in lines that go across the TV screen

C．a black-and-white picture

D．both A and B

3．An H-D-T-V has ________ lines.

[　　]

4．If you want to get a clear and detailed picture from an H-D-T-V, you ________.

[　　]

A．must have the bigger signal for H-D-T-V

B．have to get a big screen

C．should have a compact disc player

D．both A and B

5．According to the passage, which of the following is right?

[　　]

A．The H-D-T-V sets are not popular now because they are too expensive for most people.

B．The signal for an H-D-T-V is not bigger than that for the normal TV.

C．In the future an H-D-T-V will cost 10 times as much as it costs now.

D．In the future an H-D-T-V will be cheaper only because 2 000 dollars will be just equal to 20 000 dollars.

阅读理解。

　　In the near future some parts of the world may soon have a new kind of television. It is called high definition television or H-D-T-V. The main difference between H-D-T-V and normal television is the picture. It is more clear and detailed (明细). This is because H-D-T-V has many more points and lines that make a television image (图像). Every colour television picture contains thousands of red, green and blue points, They all come together as an image in the eye of the person

watching. The points are organized in lines that go across the television screen. There are more than 500 lines in a normal television. H-D-T-V has two times as many. To get this clear picture, you must have a big screen. Experts say people using a small screen will see little difference.

　　H-D-T-V also has clear sound. It is like the sound on a compact disc player (激光电唱机), or CD. All these improvements make H-D-T-V very costly. One kind in Japan now sells for more than 20 000 dollars. In the future, the cost is expected to be about 2 000 dollars. A major problem with H-D-T-V is its broadcast signal. The signal is bigger than for normal, because it carries more electronic in formation.

(1) The main difference between an H-D-T-V and a normal television is ________.

[　　]

A．that the picture of normal TV is normal

B．that H-D-T-V is new and good

C．that H-D-T-V is so new that not all parts of the world have got it at present

D．that the picture of an H-D-T-V is more clear and detailed

(2) A colour TV image is ________.

[　　]

A．made up of thousands of red, green and blue points

B．formed by the above-mentioned red, green and blue points which are organized in lines that go across the TV screen

C．a black-and-white picture

D．both A and B

(3) An H-D-T-V has ________ lines.

[　　]

(4) If you want to get a clear and detailed picture from an H-D-T-V, you ________.

[　　]

A．must have the bigger signal for H-D-T-V

B．have to get a big screen

C．should have a compact disc player

D．both A and B

(5) According to the passage, which of the following is right?

[　　]

A．The H-D-T-V sets are not popular now because they are too expensive for most people.

B．The signal for an H-D-T-V is not bigger than that for the normal TV.

C．In the future an H-D-T-V will cost 10 times as much as it costs now.

D．In the future an H-D-T-V will be cheaper only because 2 000 dollars will be just equal to 20 000 dollars.

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　　This summer vacation,Xiaokai,a high school student in Guangzhou,planned to spend his time surfing the Internet,playing basketball and watching TV.
　　But Xiaokai's parents tried to make him read some classics at home.In their yees,reading the classics would do his son much more good than other activities.
　　Though his room was full of the classic books,he had just finished reading one of them,The Old Man and the Sea.
　　"I picked up the book just because it was not very thick,"he said."Nothing impressed me at all after reading."
　　Xiaokai is not alone in today's China.Now most of the teenagers are fond of reading martial arts stories,cartoons and popular magazines.Theose classics cannot get them interested at all.
　　Parents areworrying about this phenomenon(现象).They always tell their chilren to read the classsics,which is supposed to help their children improve their academic studies.
　　Ms Li made a classics reading plan for her daughter,but her daughter refused to carry it away.She just finished less than 10 pages of the Dream of Red Chamber(阁楼) during the whole summer vacation. Ms Li sighed,"What's wrong with the children today?"
　　It is the same with teachers.One middle school Chinese teacher once prepared a chart(图表) of Interpersonal relationship in the best-known novel Dream of Red Chamber for his students. They were asked to remember how the characters are related to each other while preparing for the final exam.
　　To improve the situation in which the fastfood culture (快餐文化) seems to be winning over teenagers,parents are expected to understand their children's interests, and guide them to read the books instead of forcing them,according to some experts.It is not necessary for the kids to read the classics in their childhood.They can read classics after having their own life experience.
　　64.Xiaokai read only one classic book because _______.
　　A.he didn't have more
　　B.he wasn't interested in the classics
　　C.it took him a lot of time
　　D.he just acted on his parents' advice
　　65.When the writer says"Xiaokai is not alone",she means that ________.
　　A.many others don't like classics either
　　B.some parents and teachers support Xiaokai
　　C.Xiaokai is not the family's only child
　　D.Xiaokai often reads together with others
　　66.Which belong,or belongs,to the fastfood culture according to the article?
　　A.The old Man and the Sea.
　　B.The Dream of Red Chamber.
　　C.Martial arts stories.
　　D.The books filling up Xiaokai's room.
　　67.Who would be more likely to stand on the side of that Chinese teacher?
　　A.The students.    B.The parents.      C.The experts.     D.The writer.