In Europe many people died during the Second ...

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 in1949. This is how the SOS stand for “Save Our Souls.” This means, “Please help us!” An SOS Children’ village gives help to orphans. Hermann Gmeiner’s idea for helping orphans soon spread 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.The SOS Children’s Villages are built for________ first.

A.the children who are poor B.the orphans in Europe

C.the kind women D.people who died in the war.

2.We can conclude from the article that the money for helping the SOS Villages mainly comes from ________ .

A.governments B.special organization

C.people in different countries D.the orphans themselves

3.Which of the following is NOT the work a woman in an SOS Village does for each group of children?

A.She lives with the children and looks after them.

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

C.She cooks meals for children.

D.She teaches the children how to use the computer.

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Experiments of this kind _______in both the U.S. and Europe well before the Second World War started.

A．have conducted                        B．have been conducted

C．had conducted                         D．had been conducted

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Many Jews________to America during the Second world war for their safety.

A．traveled          B．fled              C．settled            D．ran

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1.London was heavily _________(轰炸) during the Second World War.

2.The People’s R___________of China was founded in 1949.

3.When giving a talk, you’re supposed to explain why you are talking to the _________(观众)at the beginning.

4.The twin brothers look very much alike, but they d__________greatly in temper(脾气).

5.The __________(历史的)place of interest receives millions of tourists every year.

6.I think Chinese __________(字) are more difficult to learn than English.

7.At the beginning of each term, our school usually holds an opening c_________in the sports ground.

8.What parents do has a great i__________on their children.

9.This is a　 _________(商业的)center and many people do business in it every day.

10.Things __________(逐渐)improved.

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The story happened during the Second World War. An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun, his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the fights. The old man was very sad. He didn’t have enough food and was often hungry. And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go on living.

It was a very cold winter night. The old man couldn’t go to sleep. He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen. He had to get up and began to run in the room until he lay down on the floor. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.

Once he came to a village, but the villagers were all poor and couldn’t give him anything. He was too hungry to go to another village. He thought hard and found a way. He came to a police station and called out, “Hitler is a foolish pig!”

Out came an old policeman at once. He took the old man into a room, gave him some bread and a cup of tea. Then he said, “Don’t say so in our village, sir!”

“I’m sorry, sir,” said the old man. “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s hometown.” “No, no, sir,” the policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pigs’ hometown!”

1.The old man’s sons joined the army because_________.

A．they were all strong                     B．they loved their country

C．they wanted to be full                    D．they had to do so

2.The old man was sad because _________.

A．his three sons had to join the army

B．his three sons lost their lives during the war

C．he lived in the small town alone

D．he had neither food nor clothes

3.From the passage we can infer that _________.

A．the old policeman would send the old man into prison

B．the old policeman hated Hitler, too

C．the old policeman thought Hitler was better than pigs

D．the old man found a friend at the police station

4.In the old policeman’s opinion, _________.

A．Hitler was more foolish than pigs

B．the old man insulted（侮辱）their hometown

C．the old man had to say sorry to him

D．the old man had to fight with Hitler

5.What would probably be the best title for this passage?

A．An Old Man and His Three Sons            B．Hitler is a Foolish Pig

C．It’s Hitler’s Hometown                 D．It’s Pigs’ Hometown

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It’s Pigs’ Hometown

The story happened during the Second World War. An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun, his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the fights. The old man was very sad. He didn’t have enough food and was often hungry. And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go on living.

It was a very cold winter night. The old man couldn’t go to sleep. He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen. He had to get up and began to run in the room until he lay down on the floor. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.

Once he came to a village, but the villagers were all poor and couldn’t give him anything. He was too hungry to go to another village. He thought hard and found a way. He came to a police station and called out, “Hitler is a foolish pig!”

Out came an old policeman at once. He took the old man into a room, gave him some bread and a cup of tea. Then he said, “Don’t say so in our village, sir!”

“I’m sorry, sir,” said the old man. “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s home town.” “No, no, sir,” the policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pigs’ hometown!”

1.The old man’s son joined the army because ___________

A. they were all strong

B. they loved their country

C. they wanted to be full

D. they had to do so

2.The villagers didn’t give the old man any food because _______.

A. they weren’t kind-hearted

B. his sons were in the army

C. they were also hungry

D. they hated him

3.The policeman thought _______.

A. Hitler was more foolish than pigs

B. the old man insulted(侮辱) their hometown

C. the old man had to say sorry to him

D. the old man had to fight with Hitler

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During the Second World War, it was difficult to travel by plane, because the

seats were needed for important government officials and army officers. Mr Brown worked for the government during the war and he was doing very secret work. Nobody was allowed to know how important he was except very few people. One day he had to fly to London to give a talk to a few top people there, but an important army officer came to the airport at the last minute. Mr Brown’s seat was given to him, so he was not able to fly to the city to give his talk.  When the important army officer reached the city , he found  that the man whose seat he had taken was the one whose talk he had flown to hear.

1.Mr Brown was ___________.

A．an army officer                      B．a bad speaker

C．a government official              D．a public speaker

2.Plane tickets were hard to get for _________.

A．ordinary people              B．government officials

C．army officers                 D．secret workers

3.Mr Brown could not take the plane, because _________.

A．his secret work was discovered.

B．he wanted to change for another plane.

C．his seat was given to an important army officer.

D．he was unable to go by air.

4.What did the army officer discover in the end? ________.

A．He had taken a very important person’s seat.

B．Mr Brown’s talk was important

C．Mr Brown didn’t do important secret work

D．Mr Brown was a kind person.

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Many people all over the world speak English as their second language and it is not too much to say that it has become an international language.

Studying English can make life fun. It enables you to watch American movies, read English books and listen to English songs. Moreover, as English is an international language, you will be able to communicate with foreigners when you are on a trip abroad. Traveling will be more interesting that way.

It is a good idea to make friends with foreigners. In my opinion, it is the best way to improve your English. In addition, it will bring you a lot of fun and enlarge your view of the world. If you make friends with a native speaker, you can practice your spoken English more often, and then you can communicate with people around the world. Most importantly, you can also become familiar with the customs and know how people live in foreign countries.

There are some people who are afraid to make friends with foreigners, because they are not confident about their English. However, many foreigners do not care about grammar. They will get your key words in the sentence and know the whole meaning. Therefore, it is unnecessary to be afraid; just go ahead.

English is of great use to us that we should all learn it.

1.What is the best way to improve our English according to the text?

A. Reading English books.　　 B. Making friends with foreigners.

C. Listening to English songs.　　 D. Watching American movies.

2.The most important benefit of making friends with native speakers is that 　　　　 .

A. it can make our traveling easy

B. it can bring us lots of fun

C. we can learn different cultures

D. we can correct mistakes we made before

3.What does the author advise English learners to do in the end?

A. To study English hard.

B. To express clearly what they mean.

C. To say the key words when speaking.

D. To make friends with native speakers confidently.

4.What can we infer from the text?

A. English has been becoming so useful in our daily life.

B. People can’t make foreign friends if they can’t speak English.

C. People are afraid of making foreign friends because of their shyness.

D. All people throughout the world speak English as their second language.

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If there’s one memory Anna wanted to keep from her experiences during the Second World War, it was her son, Andrzej. Anna, 89, lost touch with him when she was forced to leave her native Poland and sent to a labor camp in Austria more than 60 years ago. Now, 64, Andrzej hugged his mother at the air port, who had been waiting for him.

Andrzej searched for his mother for more than 50 years, almost giving up. But his mother made the first phone call. Unluckily, he wrote down his mother’s phone number wrong and spent another month trying to reach her again. When he did, the two talked regularly on the phone for two months to break down the language barrier. Anna can hardly speak Polish over the years and Andrzej doesn’t speak English.

After the war, Anna could not find her son and went to Italy, finally ending up in Great Britain, the US, then Canada 45 years ago. She used the Internet to track her son, making phone calls with no luck. Meanwhile Andrzej contacted the Polish Red Cross last year to help in his search.

At last, they locate each other at the same time. Andrzej will spend a month with his mother in Britain.

1.Andrzej was about _______ years old when his mother left him for Austria 60 years ago.

A．eight

B．six

C．four

D．two

2.Where did they meet for the first time after 60 years separation?

A．In Britain

B．In Italy

C．In Poland

D．In Canada

3.Andrzej delayed a month to phone his mother because________.

A．he had to learn English first

B．he put down a wrong number

C．he needed some time to prove the news

D．he just couldn’t believe the news at first

4.The best title for the passage would be ________

A．The story of Anna and her son Andrzej

B．The war separated the families for 60 years

C．Anna suffered a great deal from the war

D．Mother reunited with son after 60 years.

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A young Jewish girl begins a diary just as World War II is about to break out in Europe. She records the details of her daily life, but more than that. Eventually, the diary comes to a heartbreaking end with the girl shot to death by the Nazis. However, it’s not the story of Anne Frank. This is Renia’s Diary, a journal that was hidden for years in a safe box. Now it’s coming to light with the help of Renia’s sister and niece.

For a long time, Elizabeth didn’t even know that her older sister Renia had kept a diary as a teenager in Poland. Then suddenly one day in the 50s, Elizabeth got the diary and started to read it. She was totally stunned and couldn’t get very far. “It was too painful to read it,” Elizabeth recalls. “I just put it in the basement and didn’t think about it.”

Alexandra, Elizabeth’s daughter, grew up knowing about the locked diary. As Alexandra got older, she was more interested in it. “If I could read this diary, maybe I’ll explore some things from the past,” she thought.

She got the diary from its hiding place. When she read it, Alexandra was shocked. “It’s the description of a wonderful girl who showed great courage in terrible times. My aunt’s world comes to life as the diary shifts between a teenage girl’s daily life and the war.”

Elizabeth and her daughter Alexandra are excited that the diary will be published. “It is a story that needs to be heard now more than ever. We should never repeat the same types of racism(种族主义) and hate that lead to violence,” Alexandra says.

1.Why was Renia’s Dairy unknown to the world for so many years?

A.The story is not as famous as Anne Frank’s.

B.It was lost in the war and no one found it.

C.Alexandra was afraid to read it.

D.Renia’s sister kept it a secret.

2.What does the underlined word “stunned” mean in Paragraph 2?

A.Embarrassed. B.Bored.

C.Excited. D.Shocked.

3.Why was Alexandra so interested in Renia’s Diary?

A.She was curious about her aunt’s experience.

B.She wanted to comfort her mother.

C.She planned to publish her aunt’s dairy.

D.She decided to prove how strong Renia was.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.A girl fighting against the racism and hate

B.Renia’s Diary is to come to light

C.Discovering the history of a Jewish family

D.A Jewish family in World War II

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