For ??12 you can equip an entire classroom in Burkina Faso, for ??31 you can equip a school football team in Sierra Leone and for ??68 you can support the whole education of a Haitian schoolgirl.

The educational presents are the latest way on the trend of charitable(慈善的)giving for Christmas. Plan UK, an international children's charity, has made its gift list focusing on helping the world's poorest countries to improve their education conditions.

"Every year we rack our brains for the perfect present and too often end up with yet another pair of socks or a useless ornament," said Marie Staunton, Plan UK's chief executive.

"This year we are offering people in the UK the chance to give twice. Buying an alternative gift for a loved one could likely save the life of some of the world's poorest children."

Plan UK is working on projects in specific countries, such as Burkina Faso, which is one of the poorest countries in the world and has a primary school enrolment rate(入學(xué)率)of just 36%. A present of ??12 will help equip a classroom in Burkina Faso with chairs, desks, books and pencils.

The educational presents are the latest addition to a list of other charitable presents, including vaccinations(接種)and clean water systems.

Football strips for schoolchildren in Sierra Leone are designed to help the children have fun while continuing with the psychological healing process following the country's civil war. The ??31 gift will supply the team strip, a football and a whistle to a school in Sierra Leone.

Oxfam offers similar gifts. Its Back to School kits for five pupils is a bestseller in a catalogue(目錄)which includes the ??24 Christmas goat, the ??30 lavatory and ??12 for school dinners for up to 200 children.

The first paragraph is written to tell us________.

   A. the great differences between the rich and the poor.

   B. the general conditions of education in poor countries.

   C. the difficulty in getting good education in poor countries.

   D. the great meaning of a little money to children in poor countries.

The underlined phrase “rack our brains” means _____in the third paragraph.

A. cause physical or mental hurt

B. think very hard

C. improve our intelligence

D. make full use of

Which of the following is Right according to the passage?

   A. Plan UK is working on educational projects all over the world.

   B. The sufferings brought by war still have side effects on the children in Sierra Leone.

   C. The educational Christmas presents have been given to the children for many years.

   D. Its Back to School kits for five pupils is a bestselling book.

The title for the passage would probably be ______.

   A. A new way of Christmas shopping   

B. Give a helping hand to poor children

C. Buy a child an education this Christmas

D. Plan UK, an international children's charity

【小題1】D

【小題2】B

【小題3】B

【小題4】C


解析:

【小題1】 推理判斷題。分析第一段內(nèi)容可知,數(shù)量很少的錢在幫助貧困國(guó)家的兒童接受教育方面意義重大。

【小題2】 猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)上下語境可以判斷,人們每年圣誕節(jié)為給孩子買禮物絞盡腦汁, 傷透了腦筋。

【小題3】正誤判斷題。由倒數(shù)第二段可知, 塞拉利昂的兒童應(yīng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)帶來的心靈創(chuàng)傷還沒有愈合, 對(duì)他們的發(fā)展仍然有負(fù)面影響。由此可以判斷B項(xiàng)符合文意。A(in specific countries);C(the latest addition)  D(是一套服務(wù)項(xiàng)目,不是暢銷書)。

【小題4】 主旨大意題。通讀全文可知, 文章講了一個(gè)慈善機(jī)構(gòu)Plan UK號(hào)召人們通過購(gòu)買特殊的圣誕禮物來捐助世界上最貧窮國(guó)家的兒童來改善自身的教育狀況的問題, 故C項(xiàng)符合文章主題。

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