In Europe ,many people died during the Second World War ,so at the end of the war ,ther
In Europe ,many people died during the Second World War ,so at the end of the war ,there were many orphans .A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children .His idea was simple .He wanted the orphans to have a home .And he wanted them to have the care and kindness of parents .Gmeiner asked people to give money .With the money ,he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst,Australia .It opened in 1949.This is how the SOS Children’s Village started .The letters SOS are short for “Save Our Souls “,which means “Please help us “.An SOS Children’s Village gives help to orphans.
Hermann Gmeiner’s idea for helping orphans soon spread all over the world .By 1983,there had been seventeen SOS Children’s Villages in the world .China has also built SOS Children’s Villages .Now ,more and more people like to work in the SOS Children’s Villages .
（）1.An orphan is a child（）
A.who has no brothers
B.who has no sisters
C.who has no parents
D.all of the above
（）2.From the story ,we know the money for the SOS Children’s Villages mainly come from （）
A.governments
B.only the rich people
C.the poor people
D.people in general
（）3.Hermann Gmeiner built the first SOS Children’s Village because he wanted（）
A.to get money
B.to be well-known
C.to teach the children how to play SOS
D.the orphans to have a home
（）4.The first SOS Children’s Village opened（）
A.during the Second World War
B.in 1949
C.after 1949
D.in 1983
（）5.Which of the following sentences is right according to the passage?
A.Chind has already built SOS Children’s Villages
B.SOS means “Please give me some money”.
C.The children can live in the SOS Children Villages like their homes,but nobody takes care of them
D.The children have to give a lot of money to the SOS Children’s Villages.