1. (2023八下·义乌月考) 阅读理解

①"Believe in yourself.""It's okay to be different."

②These are a few of the encouraging messages that callers can hear when they call the PepToc Hotline(热线). It is part of an art project created by teachers Jessica Martin and Asherah Weiss with students at West Side School in California. The hotline took off after it started. People called from around the world.

③This was a surprise. "At first, we wanted this project to be just for our little town," Martin said. The town had been through a hard time because of the wildfires and the pandemic. But her students were tough and stayed happy.

④The PepToc project has two parts. One part is inspirational(鼓舞人心的)posters. Students put them up around town. There were more than 150 posters. "Kids just ran with it," Weiss says. The other part ispep talks(激励的话). Martin invited kids to record these pep talks for the telephone hotline. In its first several weeks, the hotline got millions of calls.

⑤"People need something to make them feel good in these difficult times," Darin Juric told TIME for Kids. He is a student who took part in the project. Martin agrees. "It really does just take a few words of kindness to spread(传播) joy around the world," she says.

1. （1） From the passage, we can know the hotline ____________.

   A . has been put into use for many years           B . spreads encouraging messages to callers C . was created by three teachers and their students    D . was expected to help students around the world at first
3. （2） How do we understand the underlined part "the hotline took off"?

   A . The hotline had a hard time. B . The hotline quickly got popular. C . The hotline changed people's lives. D . The hotline got help from around the world.
5. （3） What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

   A . What the PepToc was made up of . B . What Weiss thinks of the PepToc. C . Why the PepToc was set up. D . Why kids recorded pep talks for the PepToc.
7. （4） What can we know from the passage?

   A . It is not easy to record pep talks.     B . Little words can make a big difference. C . Everyone should take part in this project.   D . This hotline can only be used during the pandemic.