Question

There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl      big eyes. Her big eyes are       us her dream: I wish to     ! In China, there are still many girls and boys    her. They want to go to school, but their families are too  _. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to    the money for all the children. So the parents often ask   7  to stay at home, and boys to go to school. 

      Now they needn't       the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places.

  They don't have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government to make their life     . Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is      great.

1.A. with          B. on           C. to             D. in

2.A. saying        B. telling       C. speaking        D. talking

3.A. go to work  B. go to bed      C. go to school     D. go home

4.A. are           B. look         C. look like        D. like

5.A.poor        B. busy          C. comfortable     D. rich

6.A. pay            B. take         C. buy            D. lend

7.A. teachers      B. girls         C. boys           D. all the children

8.A. look up       B. turn on       C. worry about     D. make sure

9.A. better         B. shorter       C. longer          D. worse

10.A. not           B. never        C. hardly          D. really

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文通过一张大眼睛的女孩，期盼上学的照片引出全文，报道在贫困地区有许多孩子不能去上学，有的因为孩子多，家庭经济不好，因此他们只让男孩上学，让女孩待在家中。不久，在农村所有的孩子们能免费上学了，对于这个消息，所有的家庭都非常高兴。

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考点：新闻报道类阅读。