Every evening, 15-year-old Rashida returns home from school, changes out of her uniform, and rushes to a neighboring farm to help her mother harvest vegetables. Her father is disabled, so the modest profit the two of them earn must cover food, clothing and other necessities for all seven children and their parents. Despite having precious little time to study, Rashida is one of the top students at her junior secondary school. But with so much responsibility on her small shoulders, she admits that it is sometimes hard for her to imagine a more promising future.

Last year, Rashida was invited to join 155 other girls at Camfed Ghana’s first Girls’ Career Camp, a program designed to inspire girls growing up in the country’s Northern Region to dream big, and to support them to pursue those dreams. “We organized this camp because we wanted to let girls know that even if they are struggling with poverty, their lives will not be defined by limitations,” says Dolores Dickson, Camfed Ghana’s Executive Director.

Over the course of five days, the camp led the junior and secondary school students through a range of experiences and career opportunities that were entirely new to them. Dr. Agnes Apusiga, a lecturer from the University of Development Studies, ran the workshop on goal-setting and career choices, describing the universities and training colleges in Ghana that could help them achieve their dreams. Participants then visited the University for Development Studies, where they toured the medical school and science labs. Another highlight was a workshop at the computer lab at Tamale Secondary School. Many of the girls had studied information technology from a book but had never before seen a computer.

“When the girls arrived at camp, they were not ambitious, because they didn’t have any idea what the world held for them,” says Eugenia Ayagiba, Project Officer with Camfed Ghana. “Many had scarcely traveled beyond their own villages.”

“I think the most important thing that happened at the camp is that we opened a window of hope for a group of girls coming from backgrounds of poverty,” says Eugenia. For Rashida, who has been laughed at in the past by her schoolmates because of her father’s disability, the experience was important. “She told one of the camp mentors(辅导员) that when she is at school, she often feels like a misfit, and she prefers to keep to herself,” says Eugenia. “But at the camp, it was different. She made friends with girls who have similar struggles. She took part in every single activity, every single game. On the last day, she said to her mentor, ‘The camp has challenged me to study hard. Now I see that there is light at the end of the tunnel.’

1.How many are there in Rashida’s family?

A.Seven B.Eight C.Nine D.Ten

2.Why did the camp lead the students to visit universities and training colleges?

A.To show they are better than their schools

B.To encourage them to get good education.

C.To show them what they are like

D.To get them to touch the advanced equipment there

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A.Rashida has become friends with her mentors

B.Rashida’s mentors has encouraged her a lot.

C.Rashida was sad because of her father’s disability.

D.Rashida has had her new dream since the camp

4.The best title of the passage is ___________.

A.Poor Girls in Ghana B.Girls’ Career Camp

C.Camfed Ghana D.Students in Ghana Dream Big

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It was 1952 and my father was away at war, leaving my mother and me behind to face hardship alone. I was ten. My mother was a ________ and worked at the local clinic a few blocks from where we lived.

The bell rang and ________of Christmas were the only thing on my mind. I raced home. The apartment was empty and a note was ________ to the refrigerator. My mother was working a double shift and ________ me instructions for the day. We had planned on making Christmas biscuits ________ , but my mother________ it.

I carefully ________through mother’s closet, finding most of the ________ for Christmas wrapped in linen cloth, all but one toy, a model airplane. I was still ________ at my mother and I threw the airplane onto the floor, breaking one of its wings. I stood ________ . How was I going to explain this? Then I heard my mother coming through the door. I ________ to my room.

After telling my mother the horrible________, I did not hear my mother ________ me. She just told me to follow her. Climbing the steps without catching our ________ , we entered the clinic. There in a bed was a boy who looked very sick.

“He is going to die, Danny,” my mother told me, “________ today, maybe tomorrow. He loves planes. I knew his mother could not ________ to buy him one. So I did. I count my blessings every night and think of this boy and how ________ I am that you are not in that bed.”

The ________ cut hard and sharp in my heart. The tears ________ down my face and I was so guilty. I ran home as fast as I could and into my room where I ________ myself to sleep.

1.A. saleswoman B. surgeon C. teacher D. clerk

2.A. thoughts B. memories C. desires D. hopes

3.A. written B. found C. attached D. sent

4.A. reminded B. provided C. saved D. left

5.A. alone B. soon C. together D. immediately

6.A. ruined B. refused C. forgot D. challenged

7.A. walked B. hunted C. broke D. got

8.A. toys B. gifts C. clothes D. supplies

9.A. anxious B. pleased C. mad D. eager

10.A. awake B. happy C. wild D. frozen

11.A. raced B. removed C. struggled D. wandered

12.A. note B. idea C. truth D. message

13.A. quarrel with B. shout at C. worry about D. cheer up

14.A. calmness B. sweat C. rest D. breath

15.A. Possibly B. Certainly C. Properly D. Regularly

16.A. encourage B. persuade C. afford D. force

17.A. wonderful B. grateful C. hopeful D. helpful

18.A. scolds B. comments C. phrases D. words

19.A. floated B. dropped C. slowed D. rolled

20.A. cried B. made C. turned D. moved

Ireland,Japan,China scientists share the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine.William Campbell,Satoshi Omura and Tu Youyou jointly won the prize for their work against diseases,the award-giving body said on Monday.

Tu Youyou, a scientist at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, has no postgraduate degree. She has never studied or done research abroad. She is neither a member of the Chi­nese Academy of Sciences nor the Chinese Academy of Engineering. However, the 81-year-old phar­macologist has become the first scientist on the Chinese mainland to win a Lasker Award, the medical prize of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.

The Lasker Awards have existed since 1945. Tu was presented the 2011 Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award on September 23. She discovered a drug called artemisinin . The drug is now widely used against malaria .

Tu and her colleagues joined a government project to find a new malaria drug in the late 1960s during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76). They made 380 herbal extracts from 200 potential recipes. The recipes came from traditional Chinese medical books. The team then tested them on malaria-infected mice. Finally Tu became interested in an extract of the plant qinghao, or sweet wormwood .

According to an ancient Chinese medicine book, qinghao was once used to treat malaria. However, the extract they made in the lab didn't work well. Maybe, thought Tu, the effective ingredient in qinghao was destroyed by high temperatures. Therefore, Tu tried to make the extract with an ether which has a much lower boiling point than water.

In 1971, after more than 190 failures, Tu finally got an extract that was 100 percent effective against the malaria para­sites .The extract was called qinghaosu, later renamed artemisinin.

According to a statement on the Lasker Foundation website, during the past four decades, Tu's drug has saved millions of lives. It is especially important for children in the poorest and least developed parts of the world. However, not many people knew of the scientist until she won the Lasker Award this month.

Lasker Awards are known as "America's Nobels" for the reason that in the last two decades, 28 Lasker Prize winners have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize, and 80 since 1945, according to Xinhua News Agency.

" The discovery of artemisinin is a gift to mankind from traditional Chinese medicine," Tu said when she received the a-ward. "Continuous exploration and development of traditional medicine will, without doubt, bring more medicines to the world.

1.What can we infer from the second paragraph?

A. It is unnecessary to study abroad as a scientific researcher.

B. Chinese medicine used not to be recognized in Western countries.

C. Tu achieved great things although she didn't have an impressive background.

D. Tu is the first female scientist to win a Lasker Award.

2.In the process of discovering artemisinin, Tu _________.

A. began with a private project

B. succeeded during the first experiments

C. faced many different opinions

D. made extracts in a creative way

3.Why is artemisinin especially important for children from poor countries?

A. It is a very cheap medicine and easy for them to get hold of.

B. They believe in the effect of Chinese medicine.

C. There are no other cures for malaria.

D. It has the fewest side effects for children.

4.According to the article, the Lasker Awards _________.

A. are more influential than Nobel Prizes in the medical field

B. are awarded to those who have made great medical achievements

C. are awarded to more Americans than people from any other country

D. are usually awarded to scientists who are not famous in their field

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