Mardy, a special education teacher, wanted to build a playground for kids with disabilities. She knew it wouldn’t long to arouse（引起）interest in the project. But she expected that a third of the town would their sleeves to bring her vision to life!
“A lot of learning comes through play,” said Mardy, “But my students (with special needs) are too often left out because playgrounds will stop wheelchairs dead in their tracks.”
The city committee to mark out a piece of land for the playground.
The Kiwanis Club came through with $7,000 and that’s the grassroots movement really got started. Soon small businesses were giving some money. The local Pieper Foundation to donate half of the remaining $170,000 balance.
Finally Mardy a considerable sum of money that could the construction materials. And what Mardy was 500 volunteers work six 12-hour days.
On the first day of the construction, a lot of people came. Two women heard about the on the way to work and took the day to help. A couple drove the tool truck. Families brought pieces of wood for the fence and bricks for walkways.
“It was truly a(n) week, you know,” said Mardy very proudly. with construction experience became organizers. Those who could power tools formed a separate group. One team served donated from local churches, and another organized activities for children of volunteers.
Today the playground is one of most 3 destination in the area. There’s a rocking ship, a climbing wall, high and low rings, and monkey bars. All children play shoulder to shoulder on the same playground having whether they are able-bodied or disabled. It’s what Mardy imagined. You’ll love it.
A．release B．update C．take D．spare
A．always B．never C．even D．still
A．roll up B．bring up C．keep off D．cut off
A．dishonest B．disabled C．unpleasant D．unknown
A．reasonable B．convenient C．suitable D．traditional
A．failed B．agreed C．demanded D．expected
A．why B．where C．what D．when
A．refused B．demanded C．offered D．required
A．spent B．made C．raised D．saved
A．distribute B．cover C．import D．cost
A．needed B．predicted C．implied D．committed
A．business B．discussion C．experience D．project
A．away B．out C．off D．down
A．interesting B．attracting C．inviting D．amazing
A．Youths B．Children C．Volunteers D．Students
A．afford B．operate C．carry D．donate
A．meals B．fruits C．coffee D．water
A．complex B．casual C．permanent D．popular
A．fun B．money C．materials D．tracks
A．exactly B．accurately C．properly D．barely
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye：Queen City Casket Company．“What is it?” I wondered．I 36 it over．There，in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 37 . Immediately my mind traveled 38 many years．
I was nine years old, walking down the cold，wet streets of Springfield，with a bag of magazines on my shoulder．On my 39 that day．I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader，had always taken me there to ask his workers 40 they wanted any magazines．
Shaking off the 41 like a wet dog．I entered Mr. Rader’s office．After a quick glance ,he 42 me over to the fire-place．Noticing the 43 in the top of my 44 ，he said，“Come with me!”，pulling me into his pickup 45 ．we pulled to a stop before a shoe store．Inside，a salesman 46 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 47 seen．I 48 about 10 feet tall when I got up 49 them．“We’d like a pair of new socks too．” Mr Rader said．
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 50 ，wrote something on it, and handed it to me．With 51 eyes，I read，“Do to others as you would have them do to you．” He said affectionately(深情地)，“Jimmy，I want you to 52 I love you”．
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 53 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 54 ．With people like Mr Rader in the world，there was hope，kindness and love，and that would always make a 55 ．
A．read B．thought C．turned D．passed
A．address B．1ist C．message D．information
A．forward B．so C．ahead D．back
A．return B．rounds C．trip D．arrival
A．if only B．how C．whether D．why
A．dust B．sweat C．tail D．rain
A．led B．followed C．watched D．carried
A．hole B．mud C．water D．cover
A．magazine B．shoe C．sock D．bag
A．truck B．factory C．home D．store
A．dressed B．fitted C．showed D．comforted
A．ever B．already C．never D．hardly
A．appeared B．seemed C．looked D．felt
A．for B．with C．on D．in
A．pen B．paper C．card D．notebook
A．tearful B．unbelievable C．curious. D．puzzled
A．admit B．know C．consider D．express
A．sensed B．received C．lost D．gained
A．mistaken B．fight C．all right D．possible
A．deal B．fortune C．choice D．difference
Every country had its heroes. The heroes are the people that nation and especially the young people 21_____ . If you get a list of the 22 _____of a nation, it will tell you the potential (潜力）of the nation.
If today in America ’ you ask the high school students to list their heroes their 23____ would probably divide into three groups. rHie first group of heroes would be the rock stars—the people 24 _____with rock music. There is no doubt that such people do have talent (天才）but one 25_____ if one should hold up rock stars as model. The rock stars too often are mixed with drugs and their personal life isnot all that — 26 ____ . The rock stars are rich and wear the latest fashion styles (时装）.However oneshould 27 _____more in a hero than such things as 28______ and fine clothes.
A second type of heroes for the American youth are sports stars. Again you have a person who has a great talent in one area_ 29 _____. However, too often the personal life of the sports star is a bit 30_____. Too frequently drugs and drinking are a part of 31_____ of the sports stars.
A third group of heroes are TV or movie stars. These people may have lots of 32___ ，talent and are quite handsome. However ’ the personal life of too many actors is quite sad and should not be held up as a 33____ for young people.
Today，the rock stars，the sportsmen and the actors 34____ have become the models of the youth in America. Really,do you hear a young person say that his 35____ is a doctor, a teacher or a scientist? These people are not 36____ and do not wear fashionable clothes. However, they are 37____ people who work hard to make the world a better place for everyone.
What is really sad is that the young try to 38____ their heroes. They like to wear the same clothes as theirs, if the heroes of today for the American youth are 39 ____only to rock stars, sportsmen and actors, the future does not look too 40_____ .
A．dislike B．admire C．hate D．satisfy
A．doctors B．soldiers C．teachers D．heroes
A．choice B．conclusion C．answer D．questions
A．interested B．connected C．excited D．pleased
A．wants B．hopes C．wonders D．expects
A．bad B．simple C．silent D．good
A．gather B．spend C．put D．be after
A．paper B．money C．food D．book
A．sports B．music C．movie D．teaching
A．regular B．disorder C．happy D．hard
A．sports B．life C．clothes D．talent
A．teaching B．running C．acting D．pretending
A．model B．example C．lessor D．education
A．both B．each C．all D．none
A．parent B．husband C．wife D．hero
A．rich B．poor C．healthy D．kind
A．stupid B．talented C．terrible D．weak
A．persuade B．praise C．remember D．follow
A．enough B．limited C．powerful D．great
A．bright B．usual C．necessary D．important
Edith Cavell was born on December 4, 1865, in England. When she left school, she became a teacher. Edith soon found that she had a 36 for nursing(护理), so she completed her training 37 any problem. In 1907, a doctor invited Edith to open a 38 school for nurses in Belgium(比利时).
In August 1914, Germany invaded Belgium. By then, the training school had become a Red Cross hospital. It required its nurses to care for injured soldiers from every country---even 39 soldiers. .
German forces (军队) went through Belgium to France. British soldiers were 40 with the French, trying to 41 the Germans out of France. But they didn’t 42 . As a result, many British and French soldiers would be caught. But some of them found their 43 to Edith’s training school. There, she took care of them and 44 them from the German forces. Then she heard some 45 people were willing to help the soldiers escape. Together they organized travels for the soldiers out of Belgium to Holland, which was a safe country during the whole war.
In august 1915, the German government discovered 46 was happening at Edith’s training school. Edith was 47 for helping about two hundred British and French 48 escape. Early on October 12, 1915, Edith Cavell was 49 . She died for her country, but she believed that she had only been a nurse trying to do her 50 . History will remember her for ever.
A．story B．talent C．hope D．taste
A．without B．for C．except D．over
A．singing B．teaching C．learning D．training
A．nation B．child C．street D．enemy
A．meeting B．fighting C．competing D．arguing
A．refuse B．talk C．keep D．task
A．succeed B．remember C．miss D．join
A．cause B．reply C．key D．way
A．hid B．knew C．stopped D．prevent
A．famous B．honest C．brave D．poor
A．that B．What C．whom D．which
A．driven B．thanked C．beaten D．caught
A．soldiers B．nurses C．teachers D．travelers
A．killed B．punished C．educated D．shocked
A．homework B．business C．dream D．duty
Lisa Reid lost her sight(视力) because of cancer ten years ago, but a knock on the head has given it back. The 24-year-old lady has 36 part of her sight after being knocked on the head. Eleven days ago, Miss Reid 37 down to kiss her guide dog good night, but accidentally(意外地) hit her head on a coffee table. 38 she woke up the next morning, she could see for the first time in 10 years.
“I could 39 believe it. It’s amazing,” she said. The cancer that stole Miss Reid’s sight was diagnosed(诊断) 13 years ago. Doctors gave her a five percent 40 of survival after discovering she had brain cancer. An operation(手术) to excide the tumor(切除肿瘤) was 41 , but it damaged her eyes and had a bad effect 42 her sight.
Miss Reid was blind at 14, and her eyes were only able to notice 43 and dark.. “I had lost hope and thought that everything was against me,” she said.
Now Miss Reid has recovered 80 percent of the sight in her left eye, but her color vision(色觉) is 44 . The eye expert has no 45 for her recovery because he has never seen a similar case(病例).
After Miss Reid recovered her sight on November 17, she 46 it a secret at the beginning, but later in the day she called her 47 and over the telephone read the health warning on a cigarette package(盒) to her mum. “Lisa 48 me and said‘there’s been a change; listen to this’,” said Louise Reid, Miss Reid’s mother. “Then she started reading to me. I was surprised.” Unsure whether her sight would last（持续), Miss Reid waited 49 the next day before 49 her walking stick and spreading the good news. She couldn’t wait to celebrate it with her family and friends.
A．returned B．recovered C．damaged D．examined
A．bent B．stood C．lay D．jumped
A．Before B．While C．When D．Since
A．always B．almost C．hardly D．simply
A．danger B．chance C．ability D．sign
A．wrong B．successful C．difficult D．expensive
A．on B．up C．to D．of
A．light B．color C．night D．white
A．wild B．weak C．wrong D．sick
A．explanation B．description C．purpose D．excuse
A．allowed B．hid C．kept D．protected
A．doctor B．mother C．friend D．boss
A．emailed B．warned C．showed D．rang
A．till B．on C．in D．off
A．throwing away B．sending away C．handing out D．running out
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One 36 they arrived to find the schoolhouse full of flames. They dragged the 37 little boy out of the flaming building more dead than alive. He had major 38 over the lower half of his body.
From his bed the horribly(可怕地) burned little boy heard the 39 telling his mother that her son would 40 die for the terrible fire which had devastated(毁坏) the lower half of his body. 41 the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his mind that he would 42 and he succeeded. When the 43 danger was past, he again heard that 44 the fire had destroyed so much flesh, it would almost be 45 if he had died.
Once more, he would not be a cripple(跛者). He would walk. But 46 from the waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just 47 there, all but life-less. Back from the hospital, every day his mother would massages(按摩) his little legs, but there was no 48 .
One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the 49 to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he 50 himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, 51 his legs behind him. He worked his way to the white 52 .
With great effort, he 53 himself up on the fence. Then, he began dragging himself along the fence, 54 that he would walk. He started to do this every day.
Finally through the daily massages and his iron determination, he did 55 the ability to stand up, then to walk by himself and then to run. This determined young man, Dr Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!
A．afternoon B．evening C．noon D．morning
A．senseless B．hardworking C．dead D．sleepy
A．wounds B．injuries C．burns D．cuts
A．father B．classmates C．doctor D．friends
A．hardly B．possibly C．rarely D．surely
A．And B．But C．So D．Even
A．deserve B．live C．fail D．escape
A．deadly B．little C．worthy D．risky
A．when B．until C．unless D．since
A．better B．worse C．sadder D．most
A．unluckily B．suddenly C．finally D．strangely
A．moved B．shook C．hung D．waited
A．feeling B．touch C．pain D．control
A．street B．school C．yard D．shop
A．stood B．threw C．hid D．lifted
A．driving B．pushing C．dragging D．moving
A．fence B．wall C．houses D．door
A．walked B．raised C．remained D．kept
A．satisfied B．surprised C．puzzled D．determined
A．start B．develop C．experience D．attempt
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