河北省石家庄市复兴中学人教版高中英语选修八Unit2Cloning（3）限时练

选修八Unit2时间45分班级姓名小组第一号成绩:I.单词抄写P98,三英一汉（共40分）II.完形填空，共（60分，每道题3分）

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5.阅读理解Difficult timesoften bringout thebest inpeople.And thiswas thecase forbasketball starYao Ming,who hosteda televisionshow inShanghai thatraised US$300,000to helpresearchers finda cure forSARS.Fundraising,or charity,is anact ofgoodwill towardsothers.Charities in the Westhavemore flexibleways.Look ata typicalday forRuth,a wealthywoman in the UK,for example.Ruthwakes upin themorning andcollects herpost.There，s aletter addressedto herwith apicture ofahalfdead,beaten horse.It，s froma charityasking Ruthto donatemoney tosave theanimals.Thedoor bellrings andthere,on Ruthsdoorstep,is anold womanasking for money to help theaged.Sheturns onthe television,hears sadmusic andsees apicture ofa wideeyedchild dyingof hungerinAfrica withan appealformoneyto helpthe child.Ruth thengoes shoppingfor adress towear tothatevening，s largeparty forthe richand famous.The ticketcost hera smallfortune,but shedoesn，t mindbecause mostof themoney isgoing to a charitythat fightsAIDS.She feelsgood aboutgoingbecause sheshelping thesick.Within fiveminutes ofwalking downthe street,Ruth haspassed acharityshop.She doesn，t stopbecause shedoesnt thinkshe，d finda suitabledress there一its fullofold,secondhand clothes.But,many otherpeople enterand buyall sortsof bargains.Edna,a littleoldlady,looks afterthe shop.Any profitit hasmade goestoacancer charity.Now thatshe hasretired,she hasplenty ofspare timeto offerher servicesfor free.For people like YaoMing,Ruth andEdna,charity is a virtuethat holds the sameimportance inlifeas faithand hope.As youlook backon yourlife,the momentsthat standout arethe momentswhen you havedone thingsfor others,“said Scottishauthor HenryDrummond.

1.Which ofthe followingis NOTmentioned inthe storyas away offundraisingA.Charity partyB.Charity postC.Charity TVprogram D.Charity forbeggars.

2.What doesthe word“raise”inthefirst paragraphmeanA.Collect togetherB.DonateC.Increase D.Bring tosomeone sattention.

3.We caninfer fromthe passagethat.A.YaoMingdonated US$300,000tohelpresearchers findacurefor SARSB.Edna maynot bea richlady butshe iswilling todo somethingfor othersC.Ruth leadsa busylife andshe feelsvery tiredD.Ruth isangry becauseso manypeople askher formoney everyday

4.What，sthewriter，s attitudetowards charityA.The writerthinks itssomething onlypeoplelikeRuth canafford todoB.The writerjust wantsto informus ofthe differentways topractice charityC.The writerthinks it，savirtue andadmires thepeople whopractice itD.The writerdoesn，t makeit clearinthestory

5.The underlinedpart inthe lastparagraph probablymeans that.A.when youlook backsometimes,you needstand outB.whenyouwant todo somethingfor others,you needstand outC.the momentyou standout,you cando somethingfor othersD.what impressespeople deeplyis whatthey havedone forothers。