Do you know more and more Chinese artists have made regular donations to charity or put their efforts(努力) into charity work in China? Here let’s know some of them.
Faye Wong and her husband Li Yapeng started the Yan Ran Angel Foundation(基金会) for harelipped(兔唇的) children three years ago. It was named after their daughter. Its purpose is to help children under 14 to cure their harelips. The couple donated one million yuan (about $ 133,000) to start the organization.
Cong Fei was born in a poor family. He became a successful singer in Shenzhen. He helped 178 poor students and disabled people for more than 10 years. Before he died of an illness at the age of 37 in 2006, he decided to donate his cornea(角膜) to people with eye problems. He helped six people see the world.
Guan Mucun has donated money to Project Hope to help poor students finish primary education. Thirty of these poor students have already finished high school with her support. Guan has also helped with charity work for environment protection, HIV/AIDS prevention, blood donation and “Mother Water”.
Guan had an unlucky childhood: her mother died when she was only 10 years old. With the help of the government and her neighbours, she grew up and was successful as a famous singer.
Action star Jackie Chan is a wholehearted supporter of charities including UNICEF, Operation Smile and his own Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation. In 2007, he used much of his spare time to visit the farthest parts of China on his Dragon’s Heart Charity Missions. The Dragon’s Heart Foundation aims to meet the needs of poor children and the elderly in the hardest-to-reach areas of the country. Chan has made several trips to these poor villages, bringing warm clothing, wheelchairs and school supplies, and helping to build schools.
1. Who can get help from the Yan Ran Angel Foundation?| A．Harelipped children under 14. | B．All disabled children. |
| C．All disabled children under 14. | D．All harelipped children. |
| A．Faye Wong and Li Yapeng don’t like their daughter. |
| B．More than 7 people’s eyes were cured thanks to Cong Fei’s Cornea. |
| C．Guan Mucun was once helped by the government and her neighbours. |
| D．Jackie Chan didn’t have chance to visit the people he helped. |
| A．Chinese charity work. |
| B．Charity work of some Chinese artists. |
| C．Some famous Chinese artists. |
| D．Organizations started by Chinese artists. |
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【推荐1】One day, a rich boy bought a magic mirror (魔镜). When he got home, he looked in the mirror. His face looked sad. He tried to smile and make funny faces. His face looked still sad. Then he did many happy things, but his face always looked sad. "Oh, what a terrible mirror! It doesn't work!" he said angrily.
The next day, on his way to buy some chocolate, he saw a little girl crying sadly. The rich boy went up to her and asked what had happened. The little girl said she couldn't find her parents. "Don't worry. I'll help you," the rich boy said. So they went to look for them together. Finally, they found her parents. They were so thankful for his help. After the rich boy arrived home, he looked in the mirror as usual. To his surprise, his face looked very happy. The boy understood the magic of the mirror. The mirror could show the true feelings of its owner. This was true-the rich boy had helped that little girl, so he felt really happy.
1. The boy's face always looked ________ in the mirror on the first day.| A．happy | B．sad | C．terrible | D．funny |
| A．a little boy | B．a little girl | C．a little dog | D．a little cat |
| A．lost his parents |
| B．bought a new mirror |
| C．helped the little girl find her parents |
| D．bought a mirror for the little girl |
| A．brave | B．foolish | C．clever | D．helpful |
I bought a new car. My old car was still in good condition and worth $1, 500 at least at the used-car market.
I have a co-worker, Tom. He is a great worker. He has no enough money for a new car and has been looking at used cars. So I asked him how much he was looking to spend on a car. He thought about $300 to $500. So I told him I’d sell him my old one for $300.
My mom, who I work with, asked if I had any luck selling my old car. I told her I planned to sell it to our co-worker Tom for $300.
She started crying. She told me how glad she was that she had brought up a selfless（无私的） kid who would help someone out so much. She told me to give it to him for free and that she would pay me $1,500. I didn’t expect her to say so at all and of course I didn’t take her money either. I want to help more people like my mother does.
1. The writer got a new car because his old car was broken.2. Tom isn’t able to spend too much on a car.
3. The mother felt happy when she knew her son was going to sell his old car.
4. The mother is very kind.
5. The writer got some money from his mother.
【推荐3】If your heart is touched by the homeless people on the streets, here are some ways for you to choose to help them out.
Volunteer:
Respect: One of the most moving ways to help the homeless is to show them respect.
Give: This is another great way to help. However, don’t give money to the homeless directly. Money is sometimes used to buy alcohol (酒) by them.
If you use your heart, you will always find something to do for the homeless.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、 内容完整。
| A．So let’s start from a small thing now. |
| B．I used to join such an organization in Brazil. |
| C．Instead, give them food or clothes in great need. |
| D．Look into their eyes, talk to them with care, and value them as a person. |
| E．The most popular way to help the homeless is to join an organization to be a volunteer. |
【推荐1】There live a couple（夫妻）named Smith. Mr. Smith usually gets up late in the morning. He cannot get up himself. So Mrs. Smith always wakes him up, or he is often late for work.
One day, they had a quarrel. They were both very angry and did not speak to each other any more. When it was late in the evening, Mr. Smith gave his wife a piece of paper. He wrote on it “ Wake me up at 7:00 in the morning.” Then without a word, he went to sleep. Mrs. Smith looked at this piece of paper and said nothing.
The next morning, when Mr. Smith woke up, it was already 8:30. He was late! He got up and put on his clothes as quickly as he could without having breakfast. Before he went out, he found another piece of paper. It was put on the table. He saw “It’s seven o’clock now.” This piece of paper was written by his wife Mrs. Smith.
1. Mr Smith may ________ if Mrs. Smith doesn’t wake him up.| A．be late for work | B．get angry | C．sleep all day | D．eat nothing |
| A．谈话 | B．吵架 | C．会议 | D．演讲 |
| A．he thought it was special | B．Mrs Smith asked him to do so |
| C．he had a cold and couldn’t speak | D．he didn’t want to speak to Mrs Smith |
| A．before 7: 00 | B．at 7:00 | C．after 7:00 | D．at 9:30 |
| A．Yes, she did. | B．No, she did not. | C．Yes, she had a lot. | D．We do not know. |
| A．half an hour | B．one hour | C．one and a half hours | D．about three hours |
【推荐2】During my primary school years, I went to school with Tiffany every day. We spent many happy moments but I used to compare my mom with her mom.
Tiffany’s mom was nice and kind. She always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food. Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admired Tiffany.
I always complained to my mom, “Tiffany’s mom will give her that! I wish she were my mom.” Every time, my mom would calmly say “Poor Tiffany”. I couldn’t understand her. “She shouldn’t be feeling sorry for Tiffany!” I thought. “She should be feeling sorry for me.”
One day, I couldn’t help saying to Mom, “Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her?” I cried. My mom sat down next to me and said softly. “Dear Anne, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught.” She continued, “Anne, I have taught you useful lessons by not giving you everything you want. You’ll know how to be yourself and save money, but she won’t. You’ll understand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she won’t. Life lessons are more important than modern clothes and delicious food.”
It took some time, but I finally understood my mom’s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.
1. What did Anne use to do during the primary school years?| A．Go to school happily. |
| B．Compare her mom with Tiffany’s. |
| C．Make friends with Tiffany’s mom. |
| A．Tiffany had a lot of money. |
| B．Tiffany was good at schoolwork. |
| C．Tiffany was popular among classmates. |
| A．Tiffany was not rich. |
| B．She wanted Anne to help Tiffany. |
| C．Tiffany’s mother gave her too much. |
| A．By explaining to her softly. |
| B．By not giving her everything she wanted. |
| C．By making her work hard day and night to get the things. |
| A．Anne is thankful to her mother. |
| B．Anne is rich and successful now. |
| C．Life lessons are as important as money. |
【推荐3】In his lowest days when few people bought his records, Taiwan singer Steve Chou lived alone in Canada and did little. One day, he passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.
"My heart tells me that music is the thing I truly want to do, not for fame (名誉) or money," Chou said. That's how we luckily have such a music genius, who has since then composed (作曲) lots of hits for the pop music charts (排行榜).
"Sometimes we need to get close to nature to look deeply into our souls and see what we really want to follow," he said.
Recently he has made public his latest work Lovers Genesis. In this album he explores human relationships In the Internet age. ''Technology itself is a good thing, but it depends on how you're going to use it," is Chou's advice to teenagers.
Chou often gets his music ideas from trips. He has traveled to many places around the world and believes that learning a country's language is the fastest way of experiencing the culture behind it.
Chou has worked hard on learning English to push forward his music career. He has flown to the UK to attend months-long English training schools three times. There he lives with local families and practices daily conversations.
"So I could easily read the English instructions on recording machines and communicate with the local music producers," said Chou, "The music reviews of the US or British singers that I appreciate could help me learn and grow with them."
1. Which of the following about Steve Chou is the correct order?a. He made public his work Lovers Genesis.
b. He passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.
c. He composed lots of hits for the pop music charts.
d. Few people bought his records.
| A．abcd | B．dbca | C．acbd | D．dacb |
| A．Because he wants to live in the UK. |
| B．Because his record company asks him to. |
| C．Because he wants to sell his album in the UK. |
| D．Because he thinks it will be helpful for his music career. |
| A．taking trips gives him some ideas of music |
| B．what we really want to follow is the most important |
| C．music is a thing that can bring him fame and money |
| D．in Internet age, technology itself is not a bad thing |
| A．Kind and helpful. | B．Proud and confident |
| C．Active and hard-working. | D．Calm and disappointed. |
Ye Xiaogang is known as one of the most famous modern Chinese composers.
He learned to play the piano at the age of four. His father was a composer who wrote a lot of music for films. But when his father was sent to a farm to work. Ye was only 11 at that time.
Ye had to work on another farm for a year before entering a factory. He worked in the factory for six years until he was 22.
The workers in the factory were friendly and helped him a lot, but he could not play the piano any more. No matter how hard he worked on the farm or in the factory, he never left music. He just waited for chances. He dreamed of becoming a pianist.
When Ye could play the piano again, he practiced hard every day in order to go to the Central Conservatory of Music in 1978, but the school would not recruit（招收）piano students that year. In the end, Ye chose composition as his major（专业）although he was not familiar with it.
In 1980, he studied at Cambridge University. Then he went to a famous school of music in the US in 1987 to take more courses.
As a famous composer in China, Ye worked for many organizations. He wrote many symphonies（交响乐）. He also wrote film and TV music which traditional composers hardly ever worked on.
1. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?| A．Ye Xiaogang didn’t get along well with the workers in the factory. |
| B．Ye Xiaogang often practiced playing the piano after work. |
| C．Ye Xiaogang never gave up his dream. |
| D．Ye Xiaogang wanted to be a composer. |
| A．Because the school was more famous for the major of composition. |
| B．Because his father wanted him to study composition. |
| C．Because he was more familiar with composition. |
| D．Because the school wouldn’t recruit piano students that year. |
| A．He never worked on the farm. |
| B．He used to study in the UK and the US. |
| C．He hardly ever wrote film and TV music. |
| D．He mainly worked tor schools instead of other organizations. |
| A．the experiences of a famous musician | B．how to learn the piano |
| C．the history of a famous music school | D．how to write music |
【推荐2】Leonardo da Vinci (莱奥纳多·达·芬奇) was famous artist who was born in Italy. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modern life. Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced and used in war. Besides, Leonardo spent days thinking about how to save time. He developed ideas for something like cutting machines.
Leonardo was strange man. He never ate meat. That was very unusual in those times (时代). He never published (发表) scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like usual writing in a mirror, starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left side.
Only a few of his paintings are left today. Many paintings were not finished because he thought they were not perfect.
Leonardo was talented and creative. He was regarded as one of the most intelligent men in the world.
1. What’s Leonardo’s status (身份) besides an artist?| A．An actor. | B．A worker. |
| C．A farmer. | D．An inventor. |
| A．The cutting machine. | B．The machine gun. |
| C．The air conditioner. | D．The washing machine. |
| A．He never ate meat. |
| B．He never published scientific discoveries. |
| C．He used mirror writing. |
| D．He hated war. |
| A．Because many paintings were not finished. |
| B．Because many paintings were lost in war. |
| C．Because he burnt most of his paintings. |
| D．Because he had no time to paint. |
| A．Famous but not great. | B．Great but not famous. |
| C．Intelligent but not usual. | D．Talented but not strange. |
【推荐3】Charles Schulz is a famous cartoonist. He is the creator of Snoopy and Peanuts cartoons.
Charles was born on November 26, 1922. He was very smart. Art was his favourite subject in school. He wished one day he could publish some drawings in books.
When Charles was 13, his family gave him a black and white dog named Spike. Charles drew a picture of Spike and sent it to a magazine. And soon the company published it. When Charles was in high school, he had a good friend called Charlie Brown. Charles drew a funny little boy. He decided to name his cartoon boy Charlie Brown after his friend.
Charles put his best cartoons together and sent them to a company in New York. It was not long before the company sent Charles a note saying they were very interested in his works. The new cartoon was called Peanuts. Soon he created many characters such as Lucy, Pig Pen, Sally and Snoopy. In 1950, Peanuts appeared in newspapers in the US and Canada. Charles won the Reuben Award in 1955 and 1964. He also won an Emmy Award. Charles Schulz died on February 12, 2000. He passed away in his sleep during the night before his last cartoon story came out. Charles Schulz spent his life working on cartoons and brightened the world with happiness by doing this.
1. How old was Charles Schulz when he died?| A．56. | B．68. | C．78. | D．88. |
| A．Nemo | B．Snoopy | C．Pig Pen | D．Charlie Brown |
| A．Spike was a white and yellow dog. |
| B．Charles won the Reuben Award in 1955. |
| C．Charles met Charlie Brown in primary school. |
| D．Charles's first picture was published in a newspaper. |
| A．Charles Schulz and his cartoons | B．Charles Schulz's family |
| C．the development of Peanuts cartoons | D．Charles Schulz's best friend |
