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In November of 1995, Leslie was working for the Department of Social Services in North Carolina. Her job is to take children out of dangerous home situations and place them in foster homes (寄养家庭). During her first such task, Leslie saw that the children she had come to pick up were carrying all of their things in plastic bags. They didnt have suitcases (手提箱) for their clothes. Wanting to help these children, Leslie asked her mother if she could have the familys old suitcases to give to them. Leslies 10-year-old sister Abby asked how many foster children there were in the area and found out that there were 300. Most of those children had to carry their things from place to place in plastic bags. Leslies care and the thought of those 300 children made young Abby take action. Abby decided to ask people to give away their old suitcases to these foster children. She began making and hanging posters, speaking at churches, and asking other children for help. But after a few weeks, she had not received any ones. Abby decided to buy some suitcases with her mothers help. Thats how Abby Burnside set up her program, Suitcases for Kids. By March of 1996, Suitcases for Kids had collected and sent 175 suitcases to the foster children. Finally, Abbys efforts were noticed by the media. Her story was in newspapers and magazines and Abby appeared on popular television shows. As the story became known, Abbys local chapter (分支机构) received more and more suitcases, until it collected 4,000 suitcases in 1996. Soon, Abby was traveling to different states to help set up new Suitcases for Kids chapters. By the end of 1996, there were Suitcases for Kids chapters in 19 different states. After two full years, Suitcases for Kids had set up chapters in all 50 states. By its sixth year, the little organization reached international attention, having chapters in more than ten countries. Now thousands of children around the world can carry their things in suitcases instead of plastic bags just because a 10-year-old girl decided one day that she just wanted to help.64. Was Leslies work to help the foster children?65. What did the children use to carry their things at first?66. Why did Abby decide to take action?67. In which year did each state have Abbys chapters?68. What made Abby help the children successfully?Learning to understand your mother well is what you should do. Here are the best tips towards a better relationship with her. They are not necessarily surprising, but they have worked for many people. Try them.Remember your mothers age As children, we often do not think of our mother as having an age. Knowing our mothers age, not just in numbers of years but in terms of her psychological and physical state, often helps us to understand her better.Listen to your mother I have found that sometimes the things that my mother told me long ago are pretty useful. If you respect her point of view, even if you do not share it, it will help your mother feel close to you.Ask your mother about your childhood history If you are lucky enough to have living family, think of your life as a jigsaw puzzle and ask as many questions as you can to put the picture together. Understanding your roots and your childhood can help you know more clearly who you are, as part of a family which you share with your mother. Taking any measure to understand our mother is the topic of how we understand ourselves. We should follow the way of her life. When we are able to accept our motherwith all her failings, we can understand her better and it can also help us to know about our shortcomings. Remember that understanding our mother is really about understanding ourselves.64. Should we learn to understand our mother well?65. What can help us understand our mother better?66. How do we make our mother feel close to us?67. Why do we ask our mother about our childhood history?68. What does the writer want to tell us?八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）Red Ribbon Week is held every year, usually during the last week of October. It started with a police officer named “Kiki” Camarena. He was sent to Mexico in order to investigate(调查) a Mexican drug company and stayed there for four and a half years. His efforts helped put a stop to several major drug making companies. So the bosses wanted to murder the men who brought them down. When Camarena left his office for a lunch date with his wife on February 7, 1985, a car drove up and kidnapped(绑架) him, and a month later he was killed. At that time he was only 37 years old.Shortly after his death, people in Camarenas town began wearing red ribbons in his honor. Then Camarenas high school friend, Henry Lozano, started Camarena Club. Hundreds of people joined the club and promised to be drug-free in order to honor the death of Camarena. And then schools in several states began to join in. Now, at the end of every October, millions of Americans wear red ribbons in memory of “Kiki” Camarena. So, in 1988, the first national Red Ribbon Week was founded in America.Red Ribbon Week has become the largest drug education and prevention organization in the United States. It encourages communities to stand up against drugs and it encourages children to make a promise not to take drugs in their life.64. Is Red Ribbon Week held at the end of October in America?65. How long did “Kiki” Camarena stay in Mexico?66. What did “Kiki” Camarena do there?67. Why do people wear red ribbon during Red Ribbon Week?68. Whats the passage mainly about?So if youre too busy, maybe its time you slowed down and enjoyed a meal with a friend. There has been a new trend（趋势）in food recently getting away from fast food and moving toward “slow food”.For years, the pace of life was increasing for most people. They were too busy to cook. The trouble including buying, preparing and cleaning up after a meal was becoming more bother than it was worth clearly. Luckily, there were smart business people who took the chance to provide a “fast” way to deal with the problem. Almost overnight, you could drop by the supermarket and buy complete meals in packages. All you had to do was to heat it and you could be eating a delicious meal in 5 minutes. Just add salt.Still too slow? OK, just drive your car up to the fast-food restaurant, order your meal and within 2 minutes it will be handed over to you with salt.The problem is health. Fast food has much more oil, salt and empty calories and far less vitamins than food freshly prepared at home. And so, since people have always wanted to live longer and healthier, a small but growing population is choosing not only fresh food, but also organically（有机）grown food food that hasnt been grown with chemical fertilizers（化肥）.Another reason for changes in eating habits is undoubtedly social. Over the centuries, meal times have been used to visit, laugh and learn. That doesnt fit with todays lifestyle and many people are looking for ways to return to that. Goodbye McDonalds.Finally, theres something unique about planning your meal, buying just the right ingredients and seeing something on your table that looks just like the picture in your recipe book. So if youre too busy, maybe its time you slowed down and enjoyed a meal with a