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BEIJING, June 11(Xinhua)一The Red Cross Society of China(RCSC)is planning to spend 2. 5 billion yuan (362. 32 million U. S. dollars)on reconstruction projects(重建工程)in areas hit by the May 12
earthquake.
The money would be the first part to go to reconstruction in quake areas from the donations the
RCSC had received so far, the organization said in a statement(声明)here on Wednesday. About 1. 8
billion yuan would go to the worst hit southwestern Sichuan Province, 460 million yuan to northwestern
Gansu Province and 240 million to Shaanxi Province.
The funds would be spent in building hospitals,schools,houses and quake prevention facilities
(防震设施).
The RCSC would first think of lonely areas and people in need,including orphans(孤儿), the
disabled and elderly who lost family members,the statement said.
So far,the RCSC had received 4. 12 billion yuan of donations and 900 million yuan had been spent
in helping people hit by the earthquake.
The rest of the donations would go to reconstruction projects,the statement said.
1. How much donation has the RCSC received so far?
A. 2. 5 billion yuan
B. 240 million yuan
C. 4. 12 billion yuan
D. 900 million yuan
2. For the reconstruction projects,how much would go to Sichuan Province?
A. 1. 8 billion yuan
B. 460 million yuan
C. 240 million yuan
D. 2. 5 billion yuan
3. Which province was the most seriously hit the May 12 earthquake?
A. Gansu
B. Jiangsu
C. Sichuan
D. Shaanxi
4. The money would first be spent to help_______.
A. orphans,homeless people and the disabled
B. any people in need
C. children and the elderly
D. we don't know