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A young mother in China is selling her breast milk on the street to raise money for her sick daughter’s medical bills.

In the video, the mother and her husband explain they need to raise at least 100,000 yuan for one of their children, who is seriously ill. Her husband explains that the couple owe the hospital “hundreds of thousands of yuan” and “the doctor said that once she’s cured, we should prepare to pay at least 100,000 yuan”. It has been viewed more than 2.4 million times and has had more than 5,000 comments since it was shared on China’s social media platform Sina Weibo.

The reaction online has been mostly sympathetic, with people sharing the phrase “sell milk, save girl”. Users asked passers-by to “give money to them”, with some saying they would donate to help the couple if they saw the parents on the street. And one comment with more than 3,000 likes reads, “Once people in the lowest level of society become seriously ill, they don’t even have basic rights.”

But some users were less sympathetic, with one person criticized the decision to sell breast milk as “a rude way of asking for help”. Another added, “Everybody can understand that you are helpless and hoping to receive aid, but how can you keep your dignity if you have to sell milk?” But one person criticized the negative comments, saying, “This is the love of the most helpless parents. Those who are saying dirty things online should think that if this was your child, would you care about maintaining face or your child’s life?”

1.The couple sell breast milk and raise money to _____.

A buy a house

B buy some food

C save their daughter

D save the environment

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段A young mother in China is selling her breast milk on the street to raise money for her sick daughter’s medical bills.可知夫妻俩卖母乳是为了筹钱给女儿看病，故选C。

2.What does the underlined word “donate” mean in Chinese?

A 救治.

B 谴责.

C 同情.

D 捐钱.

解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据前面的give money to them和后面的to help the couple可知donate应该是捐钱的意思，故选D。

3.What can we learn from the third paragraph?

A The couple raised much money because of the kindness of the netizens.

B Seriously ill poor people might die because of lack of money.

C The mother has a lot of breast milk because she has two daughters.

D Many people think it is just OK for poor people to have no right.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句Once people in the lowest level of society become seriously ill, they don’t even have basic rights.可知处于极度贫困状态的人一旦生大病就没有基本的权利，结合整篇文章可知夫妻俩如果筹不够钱，女儿将无钱看病，就会死掉，因此这里的基本权利指的是生存权，因此可以推断穷人生大病将可能因为无钱医治而死亡，故选B。

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A All poor people should get free medical care.

B Any parent would choose to sell breast milk for money.

C Some people think it rude to ask for help in that way.

D Maintaining face is much more important than life.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第四段第一句But some users were less sympathetic, with one person criticized the decision to sell breast milk as “a rude way of asking for help”可知有的人认为这种卖奶求助的方式很粗鲁，故选C。

5.In which column of a newspaper can you find this passage?

A Life.

B Medical.

C Science.

D Education.

解析：选A。推理判断题。根据文章内容一对夫妻为了筹钱给女儿治病卖奶引发争议可知这应该属于生活类文章，文中只提及筹钱是为了治病，但是如何治疗等并不是本文重点，因此不能归为医疗类，故选A。