Born in a fishing village in Japan, Fujiyama, 25, recalls a childhood dominated by health concerns. Doctors told his parents that he had a hole in his heart and “they didn’t think I had a lot longer to live”. But during a later visit to the doctor, his family learned the hole had closed. “Somehow I was cured and I became a normal kid,” Fujiyama says. “And I had a second chance.”
During his second year at the University of Mary Washington, he volunteered in Honduras with a campus group and was struck by the extreme poverty he saw—barefoot children collecting cans and sleeping in the streets. Fujiyama realized he could help give other children their own second chance.
Today, his organization, Students Helping Honduras, brings education and community projects to children and families in need.
He started by telling his friends about his experience and collecting spare change at his two campus jobs. “When I had my very first meeting, only two people showed up,” he says. “I knew I had to keep fighting.” He persuaded his younger sister, Cosmo, to join the cause. “She’s dynamite,.” He says. “When she talks in front of a crowd, she can move mountains. Knowing that she was behind it, I knew I could do anything.” Since 2006, the siblings organization has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 to fund projects, including the construction of two schools and the establishment of scholarships to help young women attend college.
Fujiyama says students are deeply committed to the organization. They raise money and then travel to Honduras to help building houses. While Fujiyama spends his summers in Honduras working alongside volunteers, he spends a large portion of the year on the road visiting colleges to raise funds. Cosmo Fujiyama, 23, lives in Honduras full time to coordinate(协调)the group’s building efforts on the ground.
Students Helping Honduras is working with community members of Siete de Abril to build a new village. Many of the families lost their belongings in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A lot of them didn’t have access to clean water or health care, and they didn’t have a school. Fujiyama’s group helped build 44 homes in the village named “Sunshine Village”. The organization is also raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library.
【小题1】At the beginning of his organization, ________.

A.Fujiyama was supported by many friendsB.things didn’t go on smoothly
C.Fujiyama had little idea of HondurasD.many famous people joined in
【小题2】We can infer that Fujiyama is a _______ man.
A.diligentB.meanC.sympatheticD.cheerful
【小题3】The underlined word “siblings’” can be replaced by __________.
A.brothers’B.brother and sister’sC.friends’D.couple’s
【小题4】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.Help the people in need
B.Students lend a hand in America
C.Fujiyama helps build “Sunshine Village”
D.Fujiyama gives poor people in Honduras a second chance

My husband and son took a New York-to-Milwaukee flight that was supposed to leave Friday at 11:29 am. The flight boarded after 4 pm and didn’t leave the gate until 4:40, and half an hour later the pilot announced it would be another hour until takeoff. At that point a Jewish family, worried about violating the Sabbath (安息日), asked to get off. Going back to the gate cost the plane its place in line for takeoff, and the flight was eventually cancelled. Was the airline right to grant that request?

M. W, Norwalk, CONN.

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Situations like that can bring out the worst in people. But despite the increasing resentment(怨恨) of a plane full of people, the pilot tried to do the right thing. He went out of his way to satisfy one family’s urgent need. He should not have done so.

Passengers bought tickets in the belief that the airline’s primary goal was to get them to their destination as close to the schedule as possible. Once they got on the plane and the doors are locked, it’s not correct to announce that the rules have changed and that a personal (as opposed to medical) emergency —no matter how urgent — might take precedence(优先).

That would be just as true if turning back to the gate had merely cost a few minutes rather than doomed the flight entirely, since on a plane, even a slight delay can spread outward, from the people in the cabin to those meeting them to the passengers waiting to board the plane for the next leg of its journey and so on. It would also be true if the personal emergency were not religious — if someone suddenly realized she’d made a professional mistake that might cost her millions, and she had to race back to the office to fix it.

If a religious practice does nothing to harm others, then airlines should make a reasonable effort to accommodate it. Though that family has every right to observe the Sabbath, it has no right to enlist an airplane full of captive bystanders to help them do so. By boarding a flight on a Friday afternoon, the family knowingly risked running into trouble. The risk was theirs alone to bear.

1.M. W. wrote the letter to ask whether ______.

A.Any religious passenger has the right to ask the pilot to take off

B.The airline has the right to cancel the flight without any reason

C.A flight should meet any passenger’s need despite others’ benefit

D.A plane which has left the gate should give up taking off

2.What do we know from the reply letter?

A.The pilot did the right thing in spite of the fierce resentment.

B.The plane should turn back if anyone aboard is seriously ill.

C.Anybody who has boarded has no chance to get off the plane.

D.Any flight shouldn’t change its schedule no matter what has happened.

3.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Turning back to the gate usually takes a plane quite a long time.

B.Nobody should take precedence to require the plane to turn back to the gate.

C.Even if it had taken a few minutes it was not right to turn back to the gate.

D.It was OK if turning back to the gate hadn’t caused the flight to be cancelled.

4.The author of the reply letter thinks that _________.

A.It’s right for the plane to turn back to the gate to save a passenger’s treasure

B.The Jewish family should give up observing the Sabbath after boarding

C.The biggest problem of turning back is to bring trouble to the pilot

D.The Jewish family had better avoid boarding on Friday afternoon

 

完形填空(共15题,每题1分,计15分)

Five years ago, when it was time for my cousin to start college, my 75-year-old grandfather, Rex, decided to do the same. He went to    1 , taking classes twice a week until his death last summer.

As a student, my grandfather spent countless hours in his office   2    and completing assignments. Although he was twice as    3     as his professors, he loved going. He said,“You can never  4    too much, no matter how old you are.”He loved everything about school. Learning new things was truly his passion.

My grandfather’s will to learn was a great   5    for me to do my best in school. We were always     6    with each other, trying to bring home the better grade.

When he turned 80 and still had a full head of hair, my grandfather felt like he could take on the       7   . He felt like he could beat the unstoppable no matter what came in his way---whether it was his continuing with cancer     8  a tough professor.

Some people look to Superman or Batman as their   9   , but my grandfather will forever be my hero, the      10   who always came to my rescue. My grandfather was made the hall of fame(名人堂) at his high school as one of the school’s most successful football players. When I did some research I   11 that his nickname was Atlas. In Greek mythology(神话), Atlas held the heavens on his shoulders. For my grandfather’s football team, he was  12 Atlas, holding the team together. He was my Atlas too, as the foundation of our family.

In my times of need he was always there to    13     me and celebrate my accomplishments. I could count on him to help me out and stand by me. The strength he  14    with me will continue to hold me up as I forever keep his memory    15   in my heart and mind.

1.

A.college

B.party

C.hospital

D.cinema

 

2.

A.teaching

B.talking

C.studying

D.playing

 

3.

A.tall

B.new

C.thin

D.old

 

4.

A.pay

B.know

C.think

D.work

 

5.

A.example

B.exercise

C.method

D.friend

 

6.

A.fighting

B.joking

C.competing

D.arguing

 

7.

A.world

B.country

C.city

D.class

 

8.

A.and

B.or

C.so

D.but

 

9.

A.hero

B.student

C.professor

D.grandfather

 

10.

A.other

B.only

C.one

D.same

 

11.

A.realized

B.remembered

C.discovered

D.recognized

 

12.

A.my

B.his

C.their

D.our

 

13.

A.surprise

B.supply

C.warm

D.support

 

14.

A.enjoyed

B.shared

C.afforded

D.kept

 

15.

A.alive

B.awake

C.alone

D.asleep

 

Born in a fishing village in Japan, Fujiyama, 25, recalls a childhood dominated by health concerns. Doctors told his parents that he had a hole in his heart and “they didn’t think I had a lot longer to live”. But during a later visit to the doctor, his family learned the hole had closed. “Somehow I was cured and I became a normal kid,” Fujiyama says. “And I had a second chance.”
During his second year at the University of Mary Washington, he volunteered in Honduras with a campus group and was struck by the extreme poverty he saw—barefoot children collecting cans and sleeping in the streets. Fujiyama realized he could help give other children their own second chance.
Today, his organization, Students Helping Honduras, brings education and community projects to children and families in need.
He started by telling his friends about his experience and collecting spare change at his two campus jobs. “When I had my very first meeting, only two people showed up,” he says. “I knew I had to keep fighting.” He persuaded his younger sister, Cosmo, to join the cause. “She’s dynamite,.” He says. “When she talks in front of a crowd, she can move mountains. Knowing that she was behind it, I knew I could do anything.” Since 2006, the siblings’ organization has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 to fund projects, including the construction of two schools and the establishment of scholarships to help young women attend college.
Fujiyama says students are deeply committed to the organization. They raise money and then travel to Honduras to help building houses. While Fujiyama spends his summers in Honduras working alongside volunteers, he spends a large portion of the year on the road visiting colleges to raise funds. Cosmo Fujiyama, 23, lives in Honduras full time to coordinate(协调)the group’s building efforts on the ground.
Students Helping Honduras is working with community members of Siete de Abril to build a new village. Many of the families lost their belongings in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A lot of them didn’t have access to clean water or health care, and they didn’t have a school. Fujiyama’s group helped build 44 homes in the village named “Sunshine Village”. The organization is also raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library.

  1. 1.

    At the beginning of his organization, ________.

    1. A.
      Fujiyama was supported by many friends
    2. B.
      things didn’t go on smoothly
    3. C.
      Fujiyama had little idea of Honduras
    4. D.
      many famous people joined in
  2. 2.

    We can infer that Fujiyama is a _______ man.

    1. A.
      diligent
    2. B.
      mean
    3. C.
      sympathetic
    4. D.
      cheerful
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “siblings’ ” can be replaced by __________.

    1. A.
      brothers’
    2. B.
      brother and sister’s
    3. C.
      friends’
    4. D.
      couple’s
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Help the people in need
    2. B.
      Students lend a hand in America
    3. C.
      Fujiyama helps build “Sunshine Village”
    4. D.
      Fujiyama gives poor people in Honduras a second chance

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