The Amazing Kids! PenPals Program is a literacy-based (基于讀寫能力的), traditional letter-writing pen pal program, available to all children aged 5-17 worldwide.
At $10 per child, our program is a low-cost and fun way to help your children practice their literacy skills while they are making new friends. Groups of 15 or more receive a 50% discount.
Children love our program because:
●It helps them develop new (and possibly life-long)friendships.
●It allows them to practice the traditional form of letter writing and correspondence.
●They love getting letters in the mail from their pen pals!
Parents love our program because:
●It offers one of the few remaining choices for finding an established, safe and trusted traditional pen pal program to their children.
●It helps strengthen communication and literacy skills taught in their children’s classroom.
●It helps open their children’s eyes to a larger world, and other cultures and traditions outside their own.
●Many parents remember having a pen pal when they were children and want to give their children the same positive, fun learning experience.
●Parents love helping their children find new friends of their own age and gender.
Frequently asked questions
Why is there a fee?
We are a small, all-volunteer non-profit organization, and the fees help cover our cost of running the program.
How did the Amazing Kids! PenPals Program begin?
The program began as a way of reaching out to the children affected by the devastating (毀滅性的) hurricanes of 2005. Our hope was that by matching young hurricane survivors with a new pen pal, we could help them in their recovery from the trauma (創(chuàng)傷) they experienced.
The program is now available to all children worldwide. We continue to welcome teachers, youth groups or agencies who like to work with hurricane survivors.
How does it work?
Amazing Kids! will match students of the same gender and age with other students who may share similar interests and hobbies, based on the information provided on the registration form.
I’ve completed all forms and made my payment. What happens next?
Someone from Amazing Kids! will contact you once a match has been found. You will be asked to call the other parent, teacher or group leader of the pen pal Amazing Kids! has selected. If both adults agree that the pen pal match is a good one, then the students may begin writing to each other. If the match is determined not to be a good one, Amazing Kids! will try and find an alternative match.
小題1:.If a group of twenty children want to join the program, they should pay _____altogether.
A．$50B．$100C．$150D．$200
小題2:.Parents may agree the program helps children_________.
A．travel around the worldB．communicate well with others
C．Meet many famous peopleD．get good marks in exams
小題3: In the beginning the Amazing Kids! PenPals Program was set up for the kids who ______.
A．suffered from the hurricanes
B．were willing to make pen pals
C．were good at writing letters
D．wanted to help hurricane survivors

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:A

試題分析:本文介紹了一項名為“The Amazing Kids!”的兒童活動項目，這項活動針對世界范圍內(nèi)5-17歲的孩子們，而且活動是借助于筆友通信的方式，目的是為了提高孩子們溝通等方面的能力。此外，文章還介紹了這項活動的起源，運行和益處等方面內(nèi)容。
小題1:B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段At $10 per child, 以及Groups of 15 or more receive a 50% discount.可以判斷二十人一組的孩子如果參加這項活動需$100，答案選B，
小題2:B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四部分Parents love our program because: It helps strengthen communication and literacy skills taught in their children’s classroom.可知這項活動可以幫助孩子提高和別人的溝通能力，故答案選B。
小題3:A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中How did the Amazing Kids! PenPals Program begin?部分內(nèi)容The program began as a way of reaching out to the children affected by the devastating (毀滅性的) hurricanes of 2005. 可知這項活動最初是為了幫助受颶風(fēng)災(zāi)害的孩子們，故答案選A。
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