“任务型阅读＋书面表达”组合练(四)
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Ⅰ.任务型阅读
Child sponsorship moves beyond the basics
One of the most popular forms of charitable giving in use today is child sponsorship as witnessed by the fact that just one of the leading child sponsorship charities currently has over 1 million individual child sponsors worldwide. Despite this huge level of support, it is not generally understood exactly what child sponsorship actually involves.
Most people tend to assume that one's chosen charity arranges for sponsors to be matched up with an underprivileged child in one of the poorer underdeveloped countries. The idea is that you essentially take a child under your wing and act almost like a fairy godmother or father until he or she attains adulthood and can stand on his or her own two feet.
To a large extent, this is a pretty accurate impression. New sponsors are matched with individual children and can typically choose which country, which sex and which age group they would prefer. They then exchange photos and letters on a regular basis. This obviously helps the sponsors to see at first­hand how their donations are benefiting the children.
The sponsorship itself costs approximately ￡15 per month and many donators choose to sponsor more than one child at once. One common wrong impression about these regular donations is that they go direct to the child's parents or guardian in order to pay for essentials such as food or education. In reality, some of the longest established child sponsorship charities have found that this is largely ineffective and can cause anger among other children in the community who might not be so fortunate.
Instead, some of the largest charities prefer to poor total donations and carry out larger schemes to assist the whole community. Nor are all the funds diverted (分配使用) towards obvious short term relief like providing food, water and basic healthcare. There is a strong e
mphasis on self­help and personal development so that future generations will be self­sustaining and not so reliant on outside assistance.
To this end, sponsors will often find their donations finding their way into things like training courses to teach teenagers how to farm, small grants (补助金) for business start­ups and introducing the concept of village­based savings and loan organizations.
There is no doubt that the top sponsorship charities have been active for so long in many countries that they are now taking a leading role in aiding the overall welfare of children and ensuring that they are not exposed to discrimination and abuse.
Child sponsorship moves beyond the basics
Passage outline
Supporting details
Current
(1)________
of child
sponsorship
◇Child sponsorship has enjoyed great popularity and huge support.
◇What it actually involves is not quite (2)________ to the general public.
xposedA usual
practice of
child sponsorship
◇Donators help them until they grow up and can (3)________ themselves.
◇The charity (4)________ the underprivileged children with sponsors according to their preference.
◇Sponsors keep in (5)________ with the children to know what's going on with the donation.
◇Donations go to the children's parents or guardians to pay for essentials, which proves (6)________．
A new
practice of
child sponsorship
◇Charities (7)________ larger schemes covering the whole community by gathering the individual donations.
◇The schemes include training teenagers, (8)________ their business start­ups and developing their financial awareness.
◇It (9)________ personal development and independence for future generations by focusing on larger schemes.
Conclusion
◇Thanks to the (10)________ efforts of child sponsorship, the overall welfare and the rights of children are guaranteed.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍慈善事业对贫困儿童资助的情况。
1．situation/state　信息概括题。根据右表内容和第一段的阐述可确定答案。
2．clear/familiar/known　信息转换题。 根据第一段最后一句中的“it is not generally understood exactly”可知。
3．support　信息转换题。 根据第二段最后一句中的“until he or she attains adulthood and can stand on his or her own two feet”可知。
4．matches　信息查题。根据第二段第一句“Most people tend to ... sponsors to be matched up with an underprivileged child in one of the poorer underdeveloped countries.”可知。
5．contact/touch　信息转换题。根据第三段第三句“They then exchange photos and letters on a regular basis.”可知。
6．ineffective　信息查题。根据第四段最后一句中的“In reality, some of the longest established child sponsorship charities have found that this is largely ineffective”可知。
7．undertake/conduct/perform　信息转换题。根据第五段第一句“Instead, some of the largest charities prefer to poor total donations and carry out larger schemes to assist the whole community.”可知，carry out＝undertake＝conduct＝perform，意为“实施，开展，进行”。
8．funding/financing　信息转换题。 根据第六段中的“... things like training courses to teach teenagers how to farm, small grants (补助金) for business start­ups and introducing the concept of village­based savings and loan organizations.”可知。
9．emphasizes/highlights/underlines/stresses　信息转换题。根据第五段第三句“There is a strong emphasis ... and not so reliant on outside assistance.”可知。
10．consistent/continuous/constant　信息概括题。 根据最后一段内容可知，这些组织在一直不断地努力帮助贫困儿童。
Ⅱ.书面表达
(2019·南京模拟)请认真阅读下面图表和文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
Today,  China is witnessing an unprecedented return of graduates and talents who have studied or worked abroad in the nation's history.
The growing figure is the outcome of China's rise in the world.  As China continues to achieve rapid progress in its economy and society, especially in the field of science and technology,  the country is like a magnet(磁铁)that strongly appeals to Chinese graduates, researchers and scientists abroad. For many overseas returnees who just graduated or started their career abroad for a few years, their main reason for coming back is that they don't want to miss the golden opportunity.  For the researchers and  scientists  who  have  made  outstanding  achievements abroad, they are coming back because they are able to participate in more and more significant scientific research projects and are more likely to make scientific breakthroughs in China.

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