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Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft lip(唇裂) in the world. Children with these conditions have terrible problems with eating, drinking and speaking. What is more, one in ten of them die before their first birthday. The luckier ones live, but they are often rejected by friends and sometimes even by their own families.
In developed countries, simple surgical operations(外科手术) can correct most of these mouth problems and allow children to live normal lives. However, in underdeveloped ones, the operations are too expensive for ordinary people and there are not enough doctors who can do the operation.
In 1981, American doctor Bill Magee and his wife Kathy, a nurse, went to the Philippines to do some cleft lip surgery. However, it was a short trip and there was no time to help all the children who needed surgery. They felt terribly guilty. When they got home, they started a new charity.
They called it Operation Smile.
Now Operation Smile works in more than 30 countries. Thousands of volunteers give their time and skills to provide free cleft lip surgery for the children who need it most. The charity also provides medical equipment and trains local doctors to do the surgery themselves. In this way, the results of an Operation Smile visit continue long into the future.
When an international group of doctors and nurses travels to a country, two middle school students go there too. The students chosen are often familiar with the work of Operation Smile. They have also done a lot of fundraising in their local area. Their trip is a fantastic way to experience a completely different culture and help change people's lives forever.
(
C
) 1. What do children born with cleft lips suffer?
A. They will lose life at one year old.
B. They have problems with thinking.
C. They have difficulty in drinking.
D. They will never be able to smile.
(
A
) 2. Why CANNOT cleft lip surgery be done in underdeveloped countries?
① Because the operations there are too expensive.
② Because the doctors there are not skilled enough.
③ Because the local government doesn't allow.
④ Because the patients there don't want to have operations.
A. ①②
B. ③④
C. ①③
D. ②④
(
A
) 3. The underlined word "They" in paragraph 3 refers to .
A. Bill Magee and his wife Kathy
B. the children with cleft lips
C. volunteers for Operation Smile
D. local doctors and nurses
(
C
) 4. What quality can best describe the volunteers working for Operation Smile?
A. Creative.
B. Honest.
C. Devoted.
D. Careful.
