Alyson is an 8-year-old girl from Kansas. Maurine is a 9-year-old girl from a village called Bartabwa in Kenya. It might not seem as if the girls have much in common. But when they met at a dinner several years ago, in Kansas, they became friends at once.
The dinner was hosted by the group World Vision International. In some parts of the world, people must walk several miles each day to collect water from a stream (小溪) or another water source. Often the water is polluted. World Vision International builds wells (井) and rain catchers in these communities.
Alyson was at the dinner because her family supports World Vision International. Maurine was there because her village had been without clean water. World Vision International solved that by building a water station there. Alyson was influenced by Maurine. “People helped Maurine so she could have clean water, and kids are dying because they don’t have it.” Alyson says, “I want to help.”
Races are one way World Vision International raises money to pay for its water projects. Runners promise to run a race, often a 26-mile marathon or 13-mile half marathon. They ask people to support them by giving away money to World Vision International.
Alyson decided to run the 2017 Kansas City Half Marathon for World Vision International. She’d raised $20,000. She was the youngest person in the history of World Vision International to raise more than $10,000 at a time. In 2018 she ran again ... and raised $36,000. Alyson and Maurine still keep in touch. Last year, Maurine went to the US and they met up in Chicago. But Alyson’s work is not finished. “My purpose is for every kid to have clean water,” she says.
1. Where did the two girls become friends?| A．In Bartabwa. | B．In Kansas. | C．In Chicago. | D．In Kenya. |
| A．By building wells. | B．By building a water station. |
| C．By building rain catchers. | D．By collecting water from a stream. |
| A．By dinner. | B．By friendship. | C．By race. | D．By bus. |
| A．$36,000. | B．$46,000. | C．$56,000. | D．$66,000. |
| A．Run for Clean Water. | B．Run for Bartabwa. |
| C．Run for Maurine. | D．Run for WWF. |
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| A．Hot and dry. | B．Hot and wet. | C．Cold and wet. | D．Cold and dry. |
| A．The money it raised will be used to protect Tai Shek Lake. |
| B．It took place on a weekend at the end of September. |
| C．More than two hundred people joined in it. |
| D．It was popular among young people. |
| A．give advice | B．say thanks | C．ask for help | D．show a result |
【推荐2】Conor Grennan was unwilling (不情愿的) to be a volunteer. The 29-year-old American was not sure if (是否) he had the skills or a strong feeling for it.
However, he went to work for children in Nepal. His first thought was to make people impressed (给……深刻的印象).
“I thought that if I volunteered just once, I could retell the story over and over.” Grennan said.
When he opened the gate of the Little Prince Children’s Home, he was faced by the excited children.
The young American ended up caring for 18 children. He later discovered that they were trafficked (被拐卖的) children. So he walked through the mountains with great difficulty to find the kid’s families, “I stated walking with photos of the kids.” he told the Reuters reporter. “I would show up in villages and show photographs around. I went with 24 photos, and I found 24 families.”
At the same time, he put his heart into Nepalese culture.
Grennan said, “Volunteering is the single best way to see how the rest of the world lives.”
He also encourages others to do what he had done. He believes that volunteering needs only making decisions to show up.
Grennan’s fight against children-trafficking has changed him. His book, Little Prince, came out last week.
1. Which is NOT True according to the passage?| A．Conor Grennan was an American. |
| B．Conor Grennan was 29 years old. |
| C．Conor Grennan was willing to be a volunteer at first. |
| A．18 children were ill a bed |
| B．the children there felt excited |
| C．he decided to give up his job |
| A．found the kids’ families easily |
| B．was good at taking pictures |
| C．wrote the book Little Prince |
| A．Volunteer Changes a Lot |
| B．Volunteers Is with the Kids |
| C．Volunteer Becomes a Writer |
“Purple cat, looking at me,” a boy read. Herman Cruise listened and said in an exciting voice, “
But Herman is not an English teacher at Middle Township School.
It all started when Herman tried to kill his time between shifts(轮班). He noticed a child in a classroom. He wanted to read, but failed.
“His action really touched me a lot at that time,” Miss Byron said. “Now Mr Herman is the most popular ‘teacher’ among the students. Every day, they ask me, ‘
Herman Cruise really loved the activity. “I don’t care how many children will come. As long as I’m still healthy, I’m going to read with the children together,” he said.
| A．Can I read with Mr Herman? |
| B．You are getting better at this! |
| C．In fact, he is not a teacher at all. |
| D．So Herman decided to offer help. |
| E．Can I play games with Mr Herman? |
| F．Herman still enjoys driving students to school and back home. |
【推荐1】Rick was a young boy who was angry at everything around him. To calm Rick own, his mom came home with paper and pens.
“Whenever you feel bad about something, draw it instead of getting angry.”
Though not that happy, Rick gave it a try. After creating many pictures, he took his artwork to his mom.
“Tell me, Rick. What are these pictures about?”
“The first is about how some kids show off their new clothes. The next is about my teacher who always tells me about how I’m doing things wrong:And the last picture is about how one of my schoolmates said I should change my attitude (态度). They all make me so angry.”
Rick’s mom took Rick by her side and told him, “Don’t you see, Rick? You’re getting so angry but you never try to understand why.” Then she explained carefully, “All the people you were angry at did nothing wrong. The kids were showing off their good clothes but never laughed at you for being poor. Your teacher scolded you but that was because you caused trouble in class. And your schoolmate was only trying to help you correct your mistakes.”
“Next time you get angry, take a deep breath and walk away for a couple of seconds. And when you come back, talk to the person you’re angry at. You might calm down in this way.”
Rick took his mom’s advice and became less angry. He even started to feel happy around other children.
1. Why did the mom give Rick paper and pens?| A．To celebrate Rick’s birthday. | B．To improve Rick’s picture skills. |
| C．To help Rick deal with being angry. | D．To learn from great artworks. |
| A．围观 | B．炫耀 | C．售卖 | D．暴露 |
| A．The kids actually dislike Rick’s clothes. |
| B．The teacher didn’t treat her son fairly. |
| C．The classmates should change their attitude. |
| D．Her son didn’t have a clear understanding of it. |
| A．Take exercise with other kids. | B．Don’t make mistakes. |
| C．Take a deep breath and walk away. | D．Don’t cause trouble in the class |
| A．Seeing things in a different way | B．Truth behind our fear |
| C．Hard work brings happiness | D．How to make a right decision |
【推荐2】A friend of mine comes to America. One day he goes to a cafeteria(自助餐厅) to have lunch. He sits down at a table and waits for someone to take his order.
He waits for about half an hour. Nobody comes. “Maybe they are too busy, ” he says to himself. So he waits for another half an hour. Still nobody comes. He is very hungry and angry. At the time, a woman sits beside him and begins to eat.
“How do you get your food?” my friend asks.
“Walk along the line there, pick out(挑选) the food you want, and pay at the end,” the woman answers. “It’s very easy. ”
“From that meal I understand life in America, ” the friend tells me. “Life is like a cafeteria here. If you move your body and use your head, you can get anything you want. But if you just sit and wait, nobody will bring anything to you.”
1. My friend goes to the cafeteria to ________.| A．have breakfast | B．have lunch | C．have supper | D．have a rest |
| A．half an hour | B．one hour | C．one and a half hours | D．two hours |
| A．A woman. | B．A boy. | C．A girl. | D．A mart. |
| A．we must move our body and use our head |
| B．we can just sit and wait |
| C．we have to go to America |
| D．we should go to a cafeteria |
【推荐3】Some people have a very poor sense（感觉）of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I never dared ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk round in circle and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone asks me the way somewhere, I would say, “Sorry, I am a stranger here.”
Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.
When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!
1. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 2?| A．有目的地 | B．碰巧 | C．错误地 | D．匆忙地 |
| A．Because the writer is afraid of giving people wrong directions. |
| B．Because the writer doesn’t want to tell strangers. |
| C．Because the writer has no time. |
| D．Because the writer is a stranger here. |
| A．lives | B．studies | C．works | D．teaches |
| A．困惑的 | B．尴尬的 | C．激动的 | D．拮据的 |
| A．The writer is too shy to give others directions. |
| B．The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer. |
| C．The writer never got lost when she was young. |
| D．The writer has a very poor sense of directions. |
