I never knew how amazing it would feel to help a family 4,560 miles away from my home. I never knew how great an effect I could have on that single family.

From the moment I walked into French class, I knew almost instantly that I belonged there. My teacher, Madame Weiser, is a kind and caring woman, and is the person who started the interest within me to help a family abroad, no matter how many miles apart.

Back in 2011, my teacher traveled as a tourist to Maxi, a country settled in West Africa with a large French-speaking population. She didn’t expect to adopt an entire family, but fate had other plans. Madame met a nice man named Monsieur Diarra, a driver who had shown her the way through the dry lands of Mali.

Mali is now a war-torn country and unsafe for tourists to visit, leaving little work for taxi drivers. Madame Weiser realized how Monsieur Driarra’s family struggled on a daily basis, for he had a wife and four children to support as well as their grandmother, so she made a final decision to send the family as much money as she could raise every month.

Now, three years later, Madame Weiser has still kept up her fund, collecting money from family and friends as well as students to support the cause. It has become more than just my teacher donating to her adopted family abroad.

As president of French Club at my high school and a French Honor Society member, I decided that our club should work to raise money for the family in need. By washing cars, we raised over $1,000.

From my experience, I’ve learned that making an effort is worth more than anything. Its effect is priceless!

1. Why do taxi drivers have difficulty finding work in Mali?

A. People don’t like taking a taxi.

B. Tourists visiting Mali are few.

C. Mali is very unsafe for them.

D. Public transport is enough.

2. What does the underlined expression “the cause” refer to?

A. Teaching Trench in West Africa.

B. Looking for jobs for the drivers in Mali.

C. Helping the homeless as much as possible.

D. Donating money to the adopted family abroad.

3. What did the writer think of her experience?

A. Boring B. Puzzling

C. Satisfying. D. Relaxing.

4. What is the best title of this passage?

A. The Love for Africa. B. A Kind Foreign Driver.

C. My Helpful Teacher D. My Unforgettable Class

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A.The Asian male elephant is the largest animal in the world.

B.The population of Asian male elephants with ivory varies by district.

C.The Asian elephant has two “fingers” on the lips of the long trunk.

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D. on the hillsides with grasses and trees

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B. That Asian elephants originally ranged more widely.

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D. That there was too much killing in the last century.

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a.the diet habit

b. the social structure

c. the life circle

d. the physical description

e. the skin color

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進(jìn)入高考復(fù)習(xí)緊張階段，為幫助中學(xué)生健康成長(zhǎng)，學(xué)校英文報(bào)開(kāi)辟了“HEART-TO-HEART”專欄。假設(shè)你是該欄目的編輯Mike，收到一封署名為Worried的求助信。信中該同學(xué)向你訴說(shuō)了自己的困擾：近日由于壓力很大，經(jīng)常發(fā)脾氣，使正常的學(xué)習(xí)和生活受到了影響。請(qǐng)用英文給該同學(xué)寫一封回信。

內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：

1．表示理解并給予安慰；

2．提出建議并說(shuō)明理由: 向朋友傾訴， 加強(qiáng)戶外運(yùn)動(dòng)， 保持積極心態(tài)等。

注意：

1．詞數(shù)100左右；

2．信中不能出現(xiàn)與本人相關(guān)的信息；

3．信的開(kāi)頭與結(jié)尾已為你擬好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

參考詞匯：lose one's temper 發(fā)脾氣

Hi, Worried,

I'm sorry to know that you're having such a bad time at the moment.

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Yours,

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