These days，it is easier for us to travel to other countries than ever before．However，there is a big difficulty that most of us   1    when we meet people in other countries—we cannot communicate with them．There are   2   where English is still not spoken，though it is the most widely known language．So，wouldn't it be   3   if there was one language that could be understood by anyone anywhere in the world?

Esperanto that was created in 1887 may be the world's  4  truly international language．In fact，although   5   artificial（人造的）languages have been already created，only Esperanto has had much success．Its learners say that it is about four times   6    to learn than other languages．Spelling and pronunciation are both easy，too．For example，it does not have silent __7_ like the “h” in “honest”．If you   8   a word，you can spell it without any difficulty．The grammar is also as simple as possible：only sixteen basic   9   ，no irregular verbs（不規(guī)則動(dòng)詞），only six verb endings．

In short，Esperanto should be attractive（有吸引力的）as a language to learn，  10   there is a problem：how many people have met anyone who can really speak it? Anyway，we hope that some day one language can be mastered easily by anyone．

1．A．need                      B．miss                    C．face                       D．touch

2．A．offices                     B．schools                 C．cities                     D．places

3．A．safe                     B．nice                     C．funny                    D．difficult

4．A．first                     B．a(chǎn)nother                  C．last                        D．other

5．A．little                 B．a(chǎn) little                    C．few                       D．a(chǎn) few

6．A．better                      B．easier                    C．slower                    D．shorter

7．A．marks                     B．parts                    C．words                    D．letters

8．A．hear                     B．see                      C．watch                    D．notice

9．A．subjects                   B．sentences                      C．rules                      D．lessons

10．A．a(chǎn)nd                       B．but                      C．so                         D．because

補(bǔ)全對(duì)話

A．Because I'm afraid of dogs I ran as fast as I could.

B．I've remembered I was bitten（咬）by a dog.

C．No. But it's important for us to learn it in our everyday life.

D．What's wrong with you?

E．I fell off a tall tree though my mother told me not to climb too high.

F．Are you badly hurt?

G．Then take him to see a doctor. Do you remember?

（T: Teacher S: Students）

T: Hello, boys and girls. This class we'll learn some knowledge about first aid.

S: Why? Is there an accident?

T: 1 Now who wants to tell me an accident you had before?

S: Me.

T: What was wrong with you?

S: 2 .

T: Bad luck! Please listen and remember if someone is hurt, you shouldn't move him at once. You should telephone 120 first and wait until the ambulance comes. Who had another accident?

S: 3 .

T: Really? How terrible! Where did it bite you?

S: My left leg.

T: How did it happen?

S: Last year I was walking on the road when I saw a dog. 4 The dog saw me running. then it ran after me and bit me on my left leg.

T: Oh, poor boy! Here I want to tell you that if a person is bitten by an animal, wash the wound（傷口）with cold running water first. 5 .

S: Yes, we do.

T: OK. This class we know something about first aid. We can save ourselves and other people's lives when accidents happen. Class is over, bye!

S: Bye!

In England，if people need some help，they can go to Help the Aged，Shelter，Child Line，Weight Watchers and Relate for help．Help the Aged helps old people．Shelter helps the people with no place to live in．Child Line is a telephone help-line for children to call when they have problems．Weight Watchers helps fat people to be thinner and Relate helps people with problems when they can't get on well with（與……相處得好） others．

In universities（大學(xué)），students have their own counselors．Jan Murray is such a woman．She works in a university as a counselor．Students can come and see her if they need help．I asked her when her office was open and what kinds of problems students had．

“In my office，I'm here on any day during the week，and the other person is here in the evenings and on weekends．Students can find either of us in the office at any time．There's also an emergency telephone number at night．”

“People come to me with all kinds of problems．A lot of them are worried about their lessons and exams．Some worry about their money．Some need help with finding bedrooms．Sometimes they are ill and they want to talk about seeing doctors．The biggest problem is that though（雖然）universities are wonderful and interesting places，a lot of students find it difficult to make friends．They miss their families and friends and feel lost in this new place．My work is to listen and try to understand what they're feeling．But of course I also give them some ideas when it's needed．”

“I've had a visit from a young student today．I asked him what the matter was．He told me that he was lonely and unhappy（not happy）．He asked me if（是否）other students felt the same and he asked me where he could go to meet people．”

1．Mrs. Hill is about sixty．Now she wants some help．She can go to ____________．

2．Look at the four people．Who should often go to Weight Watchers？ _____________

A．         B．           C．            D．

3．You can find Jan Murray in her office ___________________．

4．In Universities, when students meet some problems, they usually go to see the __________. 5．Students feel it difficult to make friends because _______________________________．