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 stand for“Save Our Souls（灵魂）”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 have 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 village has 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 meals for them and makes comfortable, 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．But the village gives them a home—sometimes for the first time in their lives．

1．Which of the following comes 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．

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

2．What does the under lined part “Save Our Souls” mean?

A．Helping orphans is love．

B．Our lives are in danger．

C．Please help us．

D．There's something wrong with our heads．

3．We can conclude（推论）from the article that the money for helping the SOS Villages mainly comes from_________．

    A．governments                                           B．special organizations

    C．the orphans themselves                               D．common people

4．What does a woman in an SOS Village do for each group of children?

A．She gives the children a lot of love and kindness．

    B．She lives with each group of children and looks after them．

    C．She cooks the meals for children．

    D．AII the above．

▲Hong Kong’s pop star Kelly Chart will have a concert in Hong Kong this month．She has been working on it for two years．She will dance with a group of 40 dancers．Chan is going

to wear a dress with many diamonds（钻石）on it． 

▲Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, 17-year-old，won the. tennis match on Saturday．She

 beat an American．Player She won match twice in a week．She also did well-in South Korea

（韩国）．

▲More than 9,000，000 American children have health problems because they are too fat．An American medical group reposed this last week，The group said children should，eat less fast food  and soft drinks（不含酒精的饮料）．And schools should have more sports for all students，not just for best players

▲The illness called H1N1 flu（流感）is every here in some countries．It has killed lots of  people and caused more people to fall ill. Government officials（政府富员） ask people to  wash hands carefully and stay at home．They have also closed sonic schools and museums  and advised people to stay away from public places．

1．Kelly Chan is going．to_________．

A．have a concert                                         B．have a party

C．write a report                                           D．make a dress

2．The player from_________ won the tennis match on Saturday  

A．Japan                  B．Russia                 C．America               D．South Korea

3．The American medical group reported Nat________ 

A．children should not have too much soft drinks 

B．a lot of parents in America have health problems

C．most children do plenty of sports to keep healthy

D．school should have more activities for the best players

4．The underlined word “They” in the last paragraph means

A．sick people                                           B．schools and museums

C．parents                                               D．government officials（官员）

5．We Can learn from the passage that_____________ ．

A．Kelley Chan has been a singer for over two years．

B．The American player did best in the tennis match．

C．Kelley Chan has been ready（准备）for the concert well．

D．The H1 N1 flu caused American children's problems

I have an American friend．Her name is Lily．This is a picture of her new school．Look! There are six floors（层）in the teaching building．There are fifteen classrooms on every floor．In the school，there are 3,200 students and 300 teachers．The teachers’ offices are behind the classrooms．The dining hall is next to the teaching building．Lily often has lunch there．After lunch she often has a talk with her friends．In front of the dining hall is a library．It’s a good place to read books．
Lily gets to school at 7:40 a.m．The first class begins at 8:00 a.m．She has four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon．There is a big gym behind the dining hall．After school，Lily likes going swimming there．
The school is big and nice，and Lily likes it very much．

1. 1.

   How many classrooms are there in the teaching building?

   1. A.
      Sixty．
   2. B.
      Seventy．
   3. C.
      Eighty．
   4. D.
      Ninety．
2. 2.

   What does Lily like doing after school?

   1. A.
      Playing basketball．
   2. B.
      Going swimming．
   3. C.
      Talking with her friends．
   4. D.
      Reading books．
3. 3.

   Where is the school library?

   1. A.
      It’s behind the classrooms．
   2. B.
      It’s next to the offices．
   3. C.
      It’s in front of the dining hall．
   4. D.
      It’s behind the dining hall．
4. 4.

   What does the word“begin”mean in Chinese?

   1. A.
      开始
   2. B.
      结束
   3. C.
      休息
   4. D.
      计划
5. 5.

   What’s the best title（标题）of the passage?

   1. A.
      My American Friend
   2. B.
      Lily’s Good Friends
   3. C.
      My Favorite School
   4. D.
      Lily’s New School