2.　　　 An orphan is a child ______.

A.　 who has no brother　　　　　　　　 B. who has no sister

C.　 who has no parents　　　　　　　　 D. all of the above

1.　　　 Which of the following came last?

A.　　　 People gave Gmeiner some money.

B.　　　 There were many orphans at the end of the war.

C.　　　 Gmeiner built the first SOS Children’s Village with the money people gave him.

D.　　　 A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help the orphans.

5. The writer wants to tell us _____.

A. how to use our arms or legs

B. how to read and write strong arms and good memories

C. how to have a good memory

D. how to learn from the people

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　　 In Europe many people died during the Second World War. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans(孤儿) there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted orphans to have a home, and he wanted them to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to give him some money. With this money he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst, in Austria. It opened in 1949. This is how the SOS Children’s Village started. The letters SOS stand for “Save Our Souls(灵魂).” This means “Please help us!”. An SOS Children’s Village gives help to orphans.

　　 Hermann Gmeiner’s idea for helping orphans soon spread(传播) all over the world. By 1983 there were 170 SOS Children’s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first village are grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children’s Villages.

　　 In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest villages have 40 or 50 houses! Between seven and ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks for them and makes comfortable(舒适的), happy home for them.

　　 Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, they go out with their friends and they go into town. But the village fives them a home-sometimes for the first time in their lives.

4. Few people know that it is only ____if a friend has a poor memory.

A. his own fault　　 B. his parents' fault　 C. his teachers' fault D. his grandmother's fault

3. Which of the following is true?

　A. Your memory works in the different say as your arms or legs.

　B. Your memory, like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.

　C. Don't learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory.

　D. A good memory comes from less practice.

2. If you do mot use your arms or legs for some time, _____.

　A. you can't use them any more　 B. they will become stronger

　C. they become weak but they slowly become string again

　D. they become weak and won't become strong until you use them again

1. Someone can't have a good memory if _____.

　A. he can't read or write B. he doesn't use his memory

　C. his parents haven't a good memory D. he doesn't use his arms or legs for some time

5. At last, Bill _________.

A. decided to buy a new pair of shoes.　 B. left the park sadly.

C. thought he's more lucky than the girl in the wheelchair.

D. didn't know what to do with his old shoes.

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　　 If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory(记忆)works in the same way.

　　 When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance(机会) to become strong.

　　 If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know hat it is his own fault(过错). But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember thing, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised.

　　 So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.

4. In the park, Bill saw a girl ____________.

A. without feet.　 B. without hands C. walking slowly　 D. looking down at his shoes.

3. Bill didn't go home at once ___________.

A. because his mother was at work.

B. because his mother wouldn't give him any money.

C. because he wanted to sit on the grass in the park.

D. because he didn't want to give his mother any trouble.