题目内容
Day after day Mary Feldman saw teens stand about outside her office at the King Street Palace, an entertainment enter in Charleston. She knew they attended a nearby middle school and were 1 from class again.
Feldman believed that if someone didn’t 2 out to these teenagers, they would soon lose all 3 in school. So one afternoon she went outside to 4 with them.
“I asked what 5 them,” she says, “Their responses were always the 6 :music, art and sports.” The 42- year – old business woman 7 a music program would be a great way to keep 8 kids interested in learning.
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Local businesses came to her 13 . In four months they’d donated about $15,000— 14 to bring in Billy Branch, a great blues harmonica(乐器)player, who had 15 a similar program in Chicago schools. During Branch’s three week after school class in Charleston, 16 listened to music and learned to write and perform the blues 17 . “We needed skilled musicians who wanted to 18 the traditional younger people,” Feldman says.
The next year Feldman increased the numbers of blues. Now 19 5,000 middle and elementary school students in a dozen cities 20 the country take part in it.
1.A.separating B.telling C.hearing D.Escaping
2.A.come B.get C.pick D.reach
3.A.interest B.happiness C.trust D.strength
4.A.play B.compare C.speak D.meet
5.A.reminds B.excites C.satisfies D.impresses
6.A.various B.same C.clear D.right
7.A.knew B.thought C.realized D.said
8.A.bored B.funny C.disappointed D.surprised
9.A.plan B.promise C.thought D.help
10.A.music B.musicians C.sports D.businessmen
11.A.took B.suggested C.liked D.hated
12.A.courage B.efforts C.money D.level
13.A.sight B.way C.scene D.rescue
14.A.enough B.sure C.about D.pleased
15.A.started B.seen C.donated D.learned
16.A.people B.musicians C.actors D.students
17.A.themselves B.for them C.all the time D.by chance
18.A.add up B.carry out C.pass on D.get through
19.A.some B.even C.rather D.just
20.A.outside B.with C.across D.of
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More Than I Had Dreamed Of
From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I always 36 my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader.
Years flew by, and soon I was able to participate in the elections, 37 I would win. But the reality struck that I hadn’t had a chance. I wasn’t pretty. Girls across the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it 38 to win a school election. I was 39 .
As I cried in my room that evening, I 40 took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming. I decided that I would 41 elections again in my final year at school—and I would win.
I recognized that my 42 had a lot of things in their favor. What were the 43 that would work in my favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest 44 was the faith I had. I would not allow my 45 appearance to hold me back from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I 46 my election plans a whole year in advance.
I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to 47 them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, 48 I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantage. In order to learn how to present a great election 49 , I also attended a course on effective public speaking.
The day after the election, when the principal(校长) announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students 50 . That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was 51 theirs.
Suddenly, I realized that I had 52 much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people 53 the way. I had won the 54 and love of my school-mates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and 55 their day.
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