Question

 How many dolls can you stuff (塞进) into a spare room? The 1      2,300―comes from America's Gali Little and Katie Bauman,both 11,and Katie's 9-year-old sister,Sarah. They 2       because they just did it.

The girls weren't trying to 3        it into the Guinness Book of World Records. They wanted to 4        children who lost so much during 5        Katrina and Rita.

  "My mom and I were 6        the news and I saw a lot of children,and 7       of them had any possessions ... I thought they might 8       a doll to hold onto and to tell secrets to ,"Gali said.

Gali       9 her idea of collecting dolls with Katie and Sarah,who are friends 10        neighbors,and the project was under 11        The girls got their schools involved as dropoff sites. They also collected 12        in their neighborhood.

  The girls were very 13        with their success. "I thought we would get only about 100 dolls,"Sarah said.

  When the threeweek 14        is over,the dolls are shipped to a charity group. It will then 15        the toys to children still in 16        in hurricanehit areas.

  How do the girls feel about kids having new 17        friends to hold onto because of their actions? "Proud," the three said with one 18       .

  This story has a 19       ending in more than one way. Not only will thousands of kids be 20        new dolls,but Gali's mom now also has her spare room back.

(   ) 1. A. number   B. answer   C. doubt   D. question

(   ) 2. A. know   B. guess   C. find   D. check

(   ) 3. A. got   B. keep   C. put   D. make

(   ) 4. A. supply   B. help   C. please   D. entertain

(   ) 5. A. earthquakes   B. floods   C. hurricances   D. storms

(   ) 6. A. writing   B. watching   C. hearing   D. reporting

(   ) 7. A. none   B. some   C. most   D. many

(   ) 8. A. get   B. buy   C. like   D. collect

(   ) 9. A. shared   B. exchanged   C. formed   D. discovered

(   ) 10. A. other than   B. instead of   C. as well as   D. rather than

(   ) 11. A. work   B. way   C. direction   D. discussion

(   ) 12. A. clothes   B. books   C. money   D. toys

(   ) 13. A. strict   B. surprised   C. satisfied   D. careful

(   ) 14. A. collection   B. sale   C. benefit   D. rescue

(   ) 15. A. take   B. sell   C. deliver   D. return

(   ) 16. A. despair   B. shelters   C. rags   D. shock

(   ) 17. A. interesting   B. familiar   C. strange   D. special

(   ) 18. A. hope   B. smile   C. look   D. voice

(   ) 19. A. happy   B. smooth   C. complete   D. fair

(   ) 20. A. sharing   B. buying   C. making   D. getting

Answer 1

1. B前面的是问题，后面是"答案"。

2. A她们因为做过，因此知道答案。

3. D make it是固定用法，当"成功"讲。

4. B三个女孩想帮助遭受颶风袭击地区的儿童。

5. C后文有提示，遭受飓风袭击的。

6. B后面有她们"看到"孩子们情况的提示，因此此处是在电视上看到的新闻。

7. A由于颶风袭击，他们失去了所有的财产，因此选none符合逻辑。

8. C此处是女孩们的推测：他们也许喜欢有玩具玩。

9.A此处是把自己的注意告诉了其他的两个女孩，因此用shared。

10. C她们既是朋友也是邻居。

11. B under way表示"开始，开展"之意。

12. D由上文可知，她们收集的是玩具。

13. B她们没有想到会收集这么多的玩具，因此感到吃惊。

14. A此处指她们三个星期的收集玩具活动。

15. C慈善机构会把玩具"发送"给灾区儿童。

16. B 遭受飓风袭击后，孩子们仍旧在"避难处"。

17. D玩具应该是儿童的特殊朋友。

18. D三个女孩异口同声地说,她们感到非常自豪。

19. A从下文看，女孩们终于实现了自己的心愿，母亲又把占用的房间要了回来，因此是个令人"高兴"的结局。

20. D几千个孩子能"得到"玩具。