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I started to love running at a young age. I loved to race my father and my sister around the backyard. I wished I could run in the Olympics and win lots of medals.
One day my mother 41 an advertisement for a race in a newspaper. “Would you be 42 in taking part in this race ? ” she asked me, pointing to the advertisement.
“Yes, of course.” I answered.
I ____43___ the next few days practicing for my big race. My sister set up a table in the backyard so she could offer me water and 44 me.
On the day of the race, just before the race , my father said to me , “ Don’t 45 up all your energy(能量)at the beginning of the race. You need to have energy ___46____ you can run much faster at the end. ”
The race ____47___ . Following Dad’ s words, I didn’t run as fast as I could. Then the other runners started 48 me, which made me feel nervous. I began to feel tired, and I started slowing down and breathing __49__ .
Just at that moment I heard, “ __50___, Kelly! You can do it ! Don’t give up . keep running!” Out of the comer of my eye I saw Dad running beside me around the outside or the track .
I took a deep breath and tried my best to 51 on running. I didn’t win the race. I came fifth, but I 52 like a winner. I tried my best, and I hadn’t given up.
Later, as I thought about the race, I felt thankful that my dad had _53__ left my side. He always encourages(鼓励) me when I __54___ giving up. He runs along side me through my life. I’ll remember my dad’s words forever, “Never give up. You can be a winner even if you 55 .”
( )41.A. met B. Found C. got D. saw
( )42.A. surprised B. excited C. interested D. worried
( )43.A. spend B. cost C. paid D. took
( )44.A. see B. watch C. date D. time
( )45.A. keep B. get C. use D.put
( )46.A. because B. so C. since D. but
( )47.A. began B. finished C. reached D. stopped
( )48.A. pushing B. pulling C. passing D. kicking
( )49.A. easier B. harder C. shorter D. longer
( )50.A. Come down B. Come on C. Come out D. Come back
( )51.A. go B. get C. turn D. put
( )52. A. looked B. felt C. ran D. sounded
( )53. A. already B. yet C. once D. never
( )54.A. think over B. keep on C. feel like D. decide on
( )55.A. fail B. lose C. drop D. win
41~45 DCABC 46~50 BACBB 51~55 AACCB
However, he went to work at an orphanage(孤儿院) in Nepal. His first thought was to make people impressed.
"I thought that if I volunteered just once. I could retell the story over and over," Grennan said in a Huffington Post article.
However, his three-month stay it the orphanage turned into in unusual experience. It was 2004 and Grennan had given up his job to begin a year-long around-the-world trip, His first three months were spent in Nepal.
When he arrived in the village, he knew nothing about the children or the local culture. When he opened the gate of the Little Princes Children's Home, he was faced by the excited children.
The young American ended up caring for 18 children. He later discovered that they were trafficked(被拐卖的)children. So he walked through the mountains with great difficulty to find the kids' families, "I started walking with photos of the kids." he told the Reuters reporter. "I would show up in villages and show photographs around. I went with 24 photos, and I found 24 families."
At the same time, he put his heart into Nepalese culture.
Grennan said, “Volunteering is the single best way to see how the rest of the world lives.”
He also encouraged others to do what he had done. He believes that volunteering needs only making decisions to show up.
Grennan's fight against child-trafficking has changed him. His book, Little Prince, came out last week.
【小题1】At first, Grennan simply wanted to _______by volunteering in Nepal.
A.write travel stories | B.learn the skills |
C.help the kids there | D.impress people |
A.18 children were ill in bed | B.the children there felt excited |
C.he decided to give up his job | D.he’d lived in Nepal for a year |
A.found the kids’ families easily | B.was good at taking pictures |
C.wrote the book Little Princes | D.asked others to go to Nepal |
A.Volunteer changes a lot | B.Volunteer is with the kids |
C.Volunteer becomes a writer | D.Volunteer travels in Nepal |
I will never forget the year when I was 12.My mother told us that we would not get Christmas gifts because there was not enough money .I felt sad and thought, ”What shall I say when the other kids ask me about my gifts?” I started to hope the Christmas wouldn’t come that year. Just then three women came to our house with gifts for all of us. For me,they brought a doll .I felt so happy.
Years later, my life changed a lot. So one Christmas, I wanted to do something special. I asked forty friends to help me. We visited 125 orphans(孤儿)to come to our Christmas party. For every child, we prepared a beautiful gift.
Finally the moment came. I called out,” One, two, three. Open your gifts!” As the children opened their boxes, the whole room was full of their bright smiles. The feeling I got from that Christmas so long ago came again.
【小题1】___gave the writer a Christmas gift when she was 12.
A.Nobody | B.Her mother | C.Three women | D.An old man |
A.the writer didn’t get Christmas gifts any more. |
B.the writer became rich. |
C.the writer didn’t like Christmas gifts at all. |
D.the writer hoped to help more orphans. |
A.sad | B.bored | C.tired | D.happy |
A.The writer’s family was very poor when she was a child. |
B.The writer wanted to do something special for the old people at Christmas. |
C.The three women taught the writer how to help others. |
D.The writer and her friends invited 125 orphans to come to the Christmas party. |
A.A special Christmas |
B.How to choose Christmas gifts. |
C.Three kind women. |
D.My first Christmas. |
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There is a saying “Time is life and when the lazy man kills time, he kills1..”But today I did a 2.thing to waste a lot of time. This morning, after I had breakfast 3.. I watched TV. But it was too boring. Then I started to 4. computer games. When I 5. I should study hard for my coming English and math 6.. Four hours had passed, what should I do? I didn’t have enough time. Mum knew this and 7. me, “It’s not 8.to be worried now. The only thing you can do is to do it at once. Don’t play again.” I think Mom is right. I should be the 9.of time and can’t make time 10.away from me.