丛台区永安学校中考英语备考阅读话题练习公益慈善及安全

公益慈善及安全

一、阅读理解（共20小题；共40分）

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Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you couldn't see. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your fingers. How do you feel, then?

With medical knowledge and skills today, two-thirds of the world's 42 million blind people should not have to suffer. Unluckily, rich countries have this knowledge, but developing countries do not.

ORBIS is an international charitable(慈善的) organization. Its goal is to help fight blindness all over the world. Inside a DC-8 airplane, there is a teaching hospital with television room and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest technology of helping the blind get sight again here. ORBIS is always trying to keep a closer relation among countries.

ORBIS helps those developing countries by providing sight-saving training. It has taught over 35,000 doctors and nurses. They continue to treat thousands of blind people every year. They have traveled around the earth 3 times, visited 76 countries and treated over 20,000 blind people. They need your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.

For just $38, you can help one person see; for $380 10 people can see; $1,300 helps train a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your love can help them open their eyes to the world.

1. How many blind people should not have to suffer with medical knowledge and skills today?

A. 14 million.

B. 42 million.

C. 28 million.

D. 200 million.

2. A lot of blind people in the world have to suffer because .

A. ORBIS didn't do its best to offer help B. there is no good medical knowledge and skills

C. some countries can't afford medical knowledge and skills D. developing countries don't pay much attention to the blind

3. According to this passage, ORBIS helps fight blindness by doing the following EXCEPT .

A. writing this kind of articles to ask for help

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B. providing sight-saving training

C. treating thousands of blind people every year D. trying to keep a close relation among countries

4. The last paragraph is mainly about .

A. how much a training program for a group of doctors costs B. why ORBIS needs your help to continue their work C. who can make thousands of blind people see again D. what you can do to help blind people open their eyes

5. The writer writes this passage in order to .

A. introduce an international charitable organization B. ask people to give the blind a hand

C. tell how you feel if you lose your eyes for a minute D. explain why ORBIS helps fight blindness

B

Derreck Kayongo is a businessman from an African country. He moved to the USA in the early 1990s. When he first arrived, he stayed at a hotel in Philadelphia. He noticed that the hotel workers put a new bar(块) of soap in his room every morning, even if he had only used the old bar once. The hotel gave each guest a new bar of soap every day and threw away the used bars. Kayongo was surprised to learn that many other hotels in the USA did the same thing.

He thought that it would be better to collect the used soap and give it to poor people in developing countries. Each year, many children in developing countries die from diseases(疾病) caused by bacteria. People can easily prevent such diseases by washing their hands with soap.

In May, 2009, Kayongo set up an organization called the Global Soap Project. So far, over 600 hotels have joined it. Those hotels collect used bars of soap and send them to the organization. Volunteers divide the soap into different types. They are careful to put bars with the same color and smell together. They heat bars and make them into new ones. Finally, the organization takes the new soap to developing countries and hands it out to people who need it.

Kayongo thinks that the work of the organization is important. It helps to prevent diseases and reduces(减少) waste from hotels.

6. When Derreck Kayongo first arrived in the USA, he found .

A. guests usually took soap home from hotels

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B. workers at hotels bought soap themselves C. hotels there threw away a lot of soap

7. Derreck Kayongo collected soap to .

A. make money

B. help poor people

C. develop a hobby

8. The underlined word \\

A. 食品

B. 尘土

C. 细菌

9. Volunteers before they make new soap.

A. divide the soap into different types B. cut the soap into small pieces C. put the soap into cold water

10. The best title for this passage is \\

A. The Soap Collection

B. The Soap Project

C

Emergencies(紧急情况) don't happen very often. But when they do, you want to get help first. No one wants to spend time looking up the phone numbers. In 1968, the Untied States government wanted one number that people could call for emergencies. They decided that 911 was easy to remember and people could dial it quickly. The very first 911 call was made on February 16, 1968 in Alabama. Today, 911 is used for emergencies in most parts of the United States and many parts of Canada.

Other countries may use other numbers. In Great Britain, it's 959. If you're not sure which emergency number is used in your area, check your phone book. When to call

Never call 911 as a joke or just to see what might happen. The only time you should call 911 is when a person is badly hurt in danger right now! So call when there is a fire, a car accident, or sudden sickness, etc. When in an emergency call

When you dial the 911 operator(接线员), it's always OK to give out your information. Speak slowly and clearly when you explain what's happening. What happened? Where are you? Who needs help? Don't hang up (挂断)!

If you have to call 911, do not hang up until the operator tells you it's OK to do so, That way, you can be sure that the operator has all the information to offer help fast.

C. The Soap Businessman

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