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Dear Reader,
Imagine an 11-year old girl whose days are often spent washing clothes, looking after a baby, working hard in the field.
Imagine a little girl who knows there will not be enough food for dinner, who can’t fill her stomach with water because it’s polluted, and who has watched life slip away from her father, little brother and sister because the family is too poor to see a doctor.
Is it hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the real life.
Maria would gladly walk miles to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. If Maria grows up without any schooling, what will be her future?
But for just 52 pennies a day, you can sponsor a child like Maria. Through “Save the Children”, you can help Maria’s mother get the tools and ways she needs to turn their poor food into a good dinner and the money she needs to buy clothes and school things for Maria.
To help Maria most, your money is put together with that of other sponsors, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school, a hospital…bring in clean water. This is what “Save the Children” has been about since 1932.
For you there are many rewards. Have the chance to write to or hear from your sponsored child. Receive photos or progress reports. Know you are reaching out to another person. Not with a handout(施舍物), but a “handup”. That’s how “Save the Children” works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment now to fill in and post the form below to help a child like Maria and her village.
It can make such a difference in her life and yours.
【小題1】We can most probably read the letter in __________.

A．somebody’s diary	B．a newspaper
C．a progress report	D．a storybook

【小題2】From the passage, we can infer （推斷）that _________

A．Maria is an 11-year-old girl.

B．Maria’s family is very poor.

C．Maria has to do a lot of hard work.

D．Maria is hoping to get schooling.

【小題3】What is “Save the Children”?

A．An organization to help poor children go to school.

B．An office of the government to collect money.

C．A program shown at theatres to help the poor.

D．A group who works for children in poor places.

【小題4】The underlined word “sponsor” means “__________” in Chinese.

A．回報

B．資助

C．感恩

D．搶救

【小題5】What does the last sentence in the letter mean?

A．If Maria goes to school, you will be rewarded.

B．What you give is more than what you take.

C．Both Maria’s life and yours will change a lot.

D．Marie and you can help each other at school.

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：這是封信來自一個貧困兒童的發展報告。告訴我們世界上還有很多生活貧困的兒童及他們的家庭，號召我們伸出援助之手，這樣會讓你我的生活有很大的不同。
【小題1】根據最后一段Receive photos or progress reports. 及上文描述，可知本文主要介紹了一些貧困孩子及他們的家庭的生活狀況，號召我們伸出援助之手。故選C。
【小題2】根據短文第四段描述，可知瑪利亞家的生活非常貧困，故選B。
【小題3】根據短文后三段描述，可知這是一個救助貧困地區的孩子們的一個慈善組織。故選D。
【小題4】聯系前一句，But for just 52 pennies a day,每天只要52便士，可知此處指的是，你就能資助一個像瑪利亞一樣的孩子。故選B。
【小題5】根據短文描述，可知只要我們都能伸出援助之手，向瑪利亞這樣的貧困孩子的生活就會改變很多，我們的生活也將因之有很大的不同。故選C。
考點：關于一個發展報告的應用文閱讀
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