Leslie Morissette’s son, Graham, was 6 years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia. Throughout Graham’s ______ in the hospital, Graham connected with everyone he met, from elderly patients to younger children. “He would lend other sick children his toys or act silly to make them laugh.” Morissette said. “Graham’s special spirit is what kept me going. He gave me the energy and the ______ to fight with him.” In 1997, when he was 8 years old, Graham passed away.

______ by how Graham lived his life caring about others, Morissette ______ the nonprofit Grahamtastic Connection in his honor. The organization provides free technology - including computers, iPads, and robots - to children ______ cancer and other serious illnesses.

One of the major goals of Morissette’s work is to ______ kids to their classrooms, which really helps them continue their education despite hospitalizations and days missed from school.

The robots “transport” children right into the classroom in real time. They can operate the robots right from their hospital bed or home. If a child is unable to attend school, they can ______ log on to their tablet or laptop and call in to the robot. They can walk up and down the school paths. They can go to lunch with their friends. The real magic happens between classes, when they’re walking down the hallway with their friends, by robots, ______ their weekend and their favorite foods and other things. It’s great technology that really gives children the feeling of control, when their world is maybe ______ control.

“Every time I can help a child in need, I feel ______ Graham is smiling down.” Morissette said, “I believe that Graham’s love lives on in the work that I do. And I’m proud and privileged to be able to do it in his honor.”

1.A.surgery B.treatment C.vacation D.rest

2.A.focus B.strength C.resource D.attention

3.A.Confused B.Depressed C.Inspired D.Worried

4.A.left B.visited C.benefited D.founded

5.A.causing B.curing C.battling D.preventing

6.A.connect B.force C.invite D.throw

7.A.hardly B.accidentally C.simply D.luckily

8.A.talking about B.putting off C.depending on D.thinking of

9.A.under B.within C.away from D.out of

10.A.even if B.as though C.in case D.so that

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A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she had to do and wanted to_______. She felt tired for fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came.

Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into the pans(锅)and boiled it. When the water was boiling, in the first pan he put some carrots, in the second he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. he boiled them for a few minutes _______ any words.

The girl closed her mouth, too. And she waited unhappily not knowing _______ her father was doing that. After about 20 minutes, her father turned off the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that the coffee was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter, he asked, “What do you see?” “Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she answered.

Her father told her to close her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take eggs and break them. Then, she got boiled and hard eggs._______, the father asked her to smell the coffee. “What’s the meaning, Father?” He _______ that each one had the same unlucky experience, but each had a different reaction(反应). The strong and hard carrots had become soft and _______ after being boiled in the boiling water. The eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special and it changed the water. “Who are you?” asked her father, “When bad luck knocks at your door, what’s your reaction? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?’

1.A.look up B.give up C.grow up D.put up

2.A.about B.in C.without D.with

3.A.what B.how C.why D.when

4.A.However B.In addition C.At last D.At first

5.A.explained B.examined C.denied D.expressed

6.A.delicious B.sweet C.healthy D.weak

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