Living in a new era of high technology, more people choose to ask for help by using crowd funding (众筹) online. Some people think it’s convenient and people can get help in time when they are in trouble. There are some other people refusing to donate money in this way. They don’t think the money can be used properly. The following are what some people think about the new way of donating money.

Jackson

Thanks to the crowd funding, I have a chance to succeed in starting a company. About three years ago, I got help from almost eighty thousand strangers. With the money raised from them, my dream to have my own company came true. Next year, my workmates and I plan to donate some of my money to other people in need if the company goes well.

Maria

I often do volunteer work in my free time. I’ve been volunteering for nearly six years. But I am unfamiliar with how crowd funding works. I don’t think I have time and energy to check whether the online information about the people is true. So I never use crowd funding. I prefer to help people in my neighborhood.

Jean

Everyone in my family was upset and lost hope when they knew I had a serious illness. I was really thankful to the nurse who told us to try to raise money with help of crowd funding. At first, my parents thought it was unbelievable and impossible to get the money. When they realized they had no choice but to carry out the nurse’s advice, they tried and got the money for my operation. I will try my best to work harder and repay the helpers’ love to me.

1.Who are more likely to get help from crowd funding?

A.People who are in danger. B.Patients who need money badly.

C.People who want to make more money. D.People who want to be rich.

2.Who helped Jackson when he wanted to start a company?

A.His workmates.

B.The volunteers.

C.Many strangers.

D.We don’t know.

3.What does the underlined word “unfamiliar” mean in Chinese?

A.陌生的

B.赞成的

C.羞愧的

D.反感的

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Jackson wants to donate all his money to other people in need.

B.Maria has been a volunteer in her neighborhood for nearly six years.

C.A nurse helped Jean work out her crowd funding plan.

D.Nearly all the people think they can get help at once when they are in trouble.

Late one afternoon in December, my wife, Stacy, and I returned home to find something white in front of our door. It was like fallen snow, but it was strange to see snow in our area. It was a white cat.

“Where did you come from?” I asked him. The cat was friendly, and allowed us to come nearer to him. “Look! He has no collar(项圈),” Stacy said. “Perhaps he’s a homeless cat.” I hated to think of this little cat staying out in the cold. Stacy and I looked at each other. I knew we were thinking the same. We had a new cat, an early Christmas gift. We already had seven cats, so we had everything to make our new cat feel right at home.

The next day, when we got home from work, a white cat was waiting for us at the door. “Oh, no!” Stacy said. “The cat got out!” “What’s going on?” I asked and picked him up. “OK, we’ll get you inside.” When I opened the door, I was shocked—there was another white cat sitting on the floor. It was the white cat that we found yesterday. I looked at the cat in my arms, then back at the one on the floor. They looked the same. When I let him down, the second cat ran to the other. They played with each other like old friends. “They must be brothers!” Stacy said.

At last, they became members of our family. Kris and Kringle, our Christmas angels .

1.The man and his wife decided to keep the first white cat when they__________.

A.offered a new collar to him B.saw the snow falling outside

C.found him at the door at first D.guessed he didn’t have an owner

2.What can we learn about the man and his wife from Paragraph 2?

A.They didn’t like cats in the past. B.They were good at taking care of cats.

C.They wouldn’t buy any Christmas gifts. D.They tried to find a new home for the cat.

3.Why was the man shocked?

A.He found he got a new cat again. B.The first cat got out of the house.

C.There was only one cat at home. D.The two new cats knew him.

4.How many cats did they have at home at last?

A.Seven. B.Eight. C.Nine. D.Ten.

For years, Peter Smith was disturbed by the memory of an accident that caused the death of one of his ___________, Oliver. After that, his wife left him and he ___________ his job. But suddenly the news about him_______. his wife came back and he found a new job.

One day he told me_______ had changed his life. “After the accident, I thought that nobody could forgive what I had done. The thought of my mistake _________ my smile. It put a _______ between my wife and me.Then I had a/an _______ visit from the person I was afraid most to see—the mother of the classmate who died. “Years ago,” she said, “ I found it in my heart to have forgiven you. So did Oliver and your friends.” She paused, and then said_______ “Peter, you are the one who hasn’t forgiven_______.” I looked into her eyes and found kindness. For the first time in my life I felt worthy to love and be loved.”

It is lucky of Peter to get forgiveness of his __________. But forgiving doesn’t mean denying(否认) what happened. Instead, it means __________them honestly, realistically.

Can a person be all-forgiving and still be human? A scientist spent four years in a prison camp(集中营) of Germany. His parents, his younger sister and elder brother were killed by Nazi. He has every reason to__________. Yet he is filled with a love of life that he passes on to everyone who knows him. In his book, he said “In the beginning, I was filled with hated. __________ I realized that in hating I had become my own__________. Unless you forgive, you cannot love. And without love, life has no meaning.” Forgiveness is truly the saving grace, which gives the people who make mistakes a chance to__________them.

1.A.teachers B.classmates C.workers D.officers

2.A.got B.left C.lost D.took

3.A.started B.changed C.worked D.went

4.A.what B.how C.which D.why

5.A.took away B.put away C.gave away D.threw away

6.A.bridge B.house C.wall D.door

7.A.unusual B.surprising C.unexpected D.friendly

8.A.seriously B.carefully C.directly D.sadly

9.A.myself B.himself C.yourself D.herself

10.A.excuses B.mistakes C.failures D.lessons

11.A.facing B.seeing C.finding D.receiving

12.A.forget B.forgive C.hate D.kill

13.A.Yet B.Only C.Still D.Then

14.A.classmate B.enemy C.friend D.teacher

15.A.avoid B.correct C.improve D.cure

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