It was 6:00 on a Monday morning. With his books in his bag, 13-year-old James Mwangi was on his way to school, the Mcedo-Beijing school in a slum（贫民窟）in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi (肯尼亚首都内罗毕). This school was built in 2001 with the help of China, for children from poor families.
After getting to school, Mwangi went straight to his class to do his class work. It is usual that pupils in this school prepare for their lessons before the teacher comes.
To study in the school was once a dream for the poor boy.His mother made a living by washing clothes for others. Some days she took home nothing, and some days she could get about $ 3 — it was hardly enough to buy them a full meal for a day.
Before joining the Mcedo-Beijing school, Mwangi was at home with his seven brothers, collecting garbage (垃圾). The school is giving these children hope for the future by providing a chance to get education.
“For me, education is the best gift,” said Mwangi.
任务一：根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题。
1. How old was Mwangi?
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2. Which country helped build Mwangi’s school?
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3. How did Mwangi’s mother make a living?
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任务二：把短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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任务三：请给短文拟一个恰当的标题。
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The earth is our home. We must take care of it. Life today is easier than it was_______years ago, but it has brought some new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution（污染）. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even_______it. Man has polluted the_______.The more people, the more pollution.Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so_______people. When the land was used up (用光), the river was not clean in a place,man went to_______place. Now man is slowly polluting the whole world_______pollution is still the most serious, it’s bad for_______things in the world.Many countries don’t le t people burn_______for air in houses and factories in the city. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of_______pollution. It’s caused by heavy traffic. People say it’s________to ride bikes. When you are________, there is no pollution. But even in developed countries, most people don’t go to work by bike. It’s not________bikes are expen sive or people are tired if they ride to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. So more people________their bikes and go to work by cars, then things are getting________We should have special roads only for bikes and make it________difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bikes.
1.A.hundred B.hundredsof C.hundredof D.hundreds
2.A.listen B.listento C.hearof D.hear
3.A.moon B.star C.earth D.sun
4.A.lot B.little C.many D.much
5.A.others B.the others C.the other D.another
6.A.Air B.Food C.Water D.Noise
7.A.life B.live C.living D.lives
8.
A.something bad B.bad something
C.something good D.good something
9.A.water B.air C.noise D.white
10.A.least B.best C.most D.worst
11.A.driving B.biked C.riding D.ridden
12.A.why B.because C.what D.how
13.A.puton B.lookat C.putaway D.lookup
14.
A.better and better B.more and more
C.worse and worse D.bigger and bigger
15.A.quite B.such C.very D.so
A paper-making factory was ____ near the river. It has badly polluted the river water.
A. set out B. grew up C. set up D. fixed up
The weather here is so pleasant that________visitors will come here for their holidays in winter.
A.the number of B.a great number of C.the great number of D.numbers of
—China is a great country with 5,000 years________ history.
—Yes, it’s three years ________I went to China last time. I want to go there again.
A.in; since B.of; since C.in; until D.of; until
—We will make a trip to Hainan Island next weekend. Will you go with us?
—No, I can’t _______ it at present.
A. save B. offer C. afford D. accept
