Taking part in charity is not just for grown- up people. Children can do it too! Melvin Sheppard, 14, an American student, has done charity work for eight years. He has also encouraged his classmates to join him.

Melvin studies at William Allen Middle School in Philadelphia. Recently, he collected $1,500 by himself and $487 from his classmates to donate to Cooper University Hospital.

Melvin was born nine weeks premature (早产) in Cooper University Hospital, weighing 2.6kg. His father told him how Cooper saved his life, so he felt thankful to the hospital.

Melvin's classmates joined him as soon as they found out about his kind behavior. Their teacher, Michael Berner, also held a class with them about helping others. “It wasn’t really about the money,” Berner said. “It was about the face that they were doing something good.”

“It is great, helping someone that I know,” said Jordan, Melvin's classmate. Melvin's neighbors also helped out.

Since Melvin was 8, he and his parents have given money to Cooper University Hospital every year. This year, Gary E. Stahl, the head of Cooper's division of neonatology (新生儿科), went to Melvin's school to accept the money.

The money goes to a part of the hospital that helps about 500 young patients every year. “When they leave, we call them graduates,” Stahl said, “We are pleased when our graduates and their families do well, like Melvin and his family.”  

1.How old was Melvin when he started to do charity work?

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2.What caused Melvin to raise money for Cooper University Hospital? 

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3.Did Melvin's teacher and classmates think his behavior was kind?

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4. How many young patients get help every year?

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5.What can we learn from Melvin?

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单词拼写 (本大题共10分，每小题1分)
(A) 根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. There are two ________ (child) in my family.
2. The lovely room is the  ________ (twin), not their parents’.
3. These newspapers are yours and those ones are ________ (we).
4. There are some ________ (America) coming to our school every year..
5. The supermarket isn’t closed now. It is ________ (closed).
(B) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。
6. ---How many ________ (堂兄弟) do you have?     ---I have three.
7. The students in our school are all ________ and helpful (有礼貌的).
8. The boy in a white ________ ( 衬衫) is my cousin Andy.
9. The little children like to play  ________ (模型)  planes in the playground.
10. Jiangyin has many ________ (图书馆). Many people like to borrow books from them.

单词拼写 (本大题共10分，每小题1分)

(A) 根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. There are two ________ (child) in my family.

2. The lovely room is the  ________ (twin), not their parents’.

3. These newspapers are yours and those ones are ________ (we).

4. There are some ________ (America) coming to our school every year..

5. The supermarket isn’t closed now. It is ________ (closed).

(B) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

6. ---How many ________ (堂兄弟) do you have?     ---I have three.

7. The students in our school are all ________ and helpful (有礼貌的).

8. The boy in a white ________ ( 衬衫) is my cousin Andy.

9. The little children like to play  ________ (模型)  planes in the playground.

10. Jiangyin has many ________ (图书馆). Many people like to borrow books from them.

动词填空

1.The teacher seems ________ (know) everything about it. We’d better tell her ourselves.

2.The keyboard is used in many ways, including _______ (type).

3.If he _______ (not be) busy tomorrow, he’ll phone you.

4.Floods _______ (wash) away thousands of houses in China every year.

5.There _______ (be) a football match in our school this weekend, isn’t there?

6.Can’t you see the boy _________ (lie) on the grass? Yes.

7.______ Sandy ______ (practice) the piano from 7:00 to 8:00 last night?

8.While we were having lunch, it _______ (start) to rain.

9.We’d better _______ (not climb) the tall tree. It’s too dangerous.

10.I won’t see the film tonight because I ________ (see) it twice.