In Europe many people died during the Second

In Europe many people died duringthe Second World War. As a result, at the end of the war there were manyorphans（孤儿）there.A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea wassimple. He wanted orphans to have a home, and he wanted them to have the careand kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to give him some money. With thismoney he built the first SOS Children’sVillage at Imst, in Austria. It opened in1949. This is how the SOS stand for “Save Our Souls（灵魂）.” This means “Please help us!” An SOS Children’ village gives help to orphans.

Hermann Gmeiner’s idea for helping orphans soon spread（传播）all over the world. By1983 there were 170 SOS Children’sVillages in the world. People in many countries give money to help thevillages. Today the children from the first village have grown up. Now some ofthem work in other SOS Children’s Villages.

In SOS Villages orphans live infamily groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest villagehas 40 or 50 houses! Between seven and ten children live in a house. A womanlives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the childrena lot of love and kindness. She cooks meals for them and makes fortable,happy home for them.

Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, theygo out with their friends. But the village gives them a home—sometimes for the first time in their lives.

1.Which of the following came last?

A. People gave Gmeiner some money.  B. There were many orphans at the end of the war

C. Gmeiner built the first SOSChildren’s Village

D. A man called Hermann Gmeinerwanted to help the orphans

2.An orphan is a child    .

A. who has no brother  B. who has no sister  C. who has no parents   D. all of theabove

3.We can conclude（推论）from the article thatthe money for helping the SOS Villages mainly es from       .

A.governments                              B. special organization

C. the orphansthemselves                      D. people in general（大体上）

4.Which of the following can best summarize（总结） the work a woman in anSOS Village does for each group of children?

A. She gives the children a lotof love and kindness  B. She lives with each group of children

C.She cooks meals forchildren                 D. She looks after them