题目内容
Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system(神经系统).She was unable to 1. In fact,she could hardly make any 2.Although she believed that she had a 3 chance of recovering,the doctors said that 4,if any,could come back to normal after getting this disease.Having heard this,the little girl was not 5.There,lying in her hospital bed,she 6 that no matter what the doctors said,her going back to school was 7.
She was moved to a specialized health center,and whatever method could be tried was used.Still she would not 8.It seemed that she was 9.The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about 10 that she could make it.Every day Angela would lie there,11 doing her mental exercise.
One day,12 she was imagining her legs moving again,it seemed as though a miracle(奇迹)happened:The bed began to 13!“Look,what I'm doing!Look!I can do it!I moved! I moved!"she 14.
Of course,at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was 15.More importantly,they were running 16 safety.
People were crying,and equipment was 17. You see,it was an earthquake.But don't 18 that to Angela. She has 19 that she did it ,just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she's back in school. You see,to such a person who can 20 the earth,such a disease is a small problem,isn't it?
1.A.see B.hear C.talk D.walk
2.A.progress B.difference C.movement D.achievement
3.A.poor B.good C.little D.special
4.A.few B.all C.some D.most
5.A.satisfied B.delighted C.surprised D.discouraged
6.A.insisted B.sighed C.feared D.promised
7.A.true B.doubtful C.certain D.impossible
8.A.get up B.give up C.turn up D.stand up
9.A.disappointed B.proud C.troubled D.undefeatable
10.A.thinking B.expecting C.pretending D.imagining
11.A.sadly B.madly C.carefully D.faithfully
12.A.as B.since C.after D.before
13A.fly B.move C.roll D.speak
14.A.jumped B.wondered C.screamed D.recovered
15.A.frightened B.pleased C.touched D.encouraged
16A.in B.by C.for D.with
17.A.rising B.falling C.missing D.gathering
18.A.tell B.do C.give D.show
19.A.noticed B.supposed C.believed D.discovered
20.A.push B.shock C.shake D.save
1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.D 11.D 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.C 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.C
The Donkey Mobile Library
It is a bright morning in the Ethiopian countryside. Yohannes walks beside a pair of donkeys that are pulling a two-wheeled cart. They arrive at the agricultural town of Awassa where Yohannes opens the sides of the cart to display, not the usual vegetables or tools, but children’s books. This is the Donkey Mobile Library, the first of its kind in Ethiopia and one of only a few in the world.
Yohannes was born in Ethiopia, North Africa, but trained to be a librarian in the USA and returned to Ethiopia years ago. The cart is full of picture books donated by American libraries, teachers and school children.
Yohannes arranges small painted benches in the shade of the trees, and suddenly Ethiopian children come shouting and racing down every road and path. It’s mobile library day! They circle the bookshelves with great excitement. Until the Donkey Mobile Library began its regular two-monthly visits, many of these children had never seen a book.
“Without books, education is very dull, like food without salt. You can survive but you can’t really come alive,” says Yohannes. “The ability to read is the basis for greater productivity, better health and longer life. Even though the children lack material goods, with books they can imagine a world of possibilities.”
Yohannes first worked in the children’s section of the main library in America. Surrounded by books he had never seen before, he realized how joyful and imaginative children’s literature is. He says, “I always thought of Ethiopia. But how could I bring children’s books to my home country when it had almost no libraries to keep the books in?”
He contacted Jane Kurtz, a writer born in America but brought up in Ethiopia, and together they created the Donkey Mobile Library. The children say that the Library has given them ideas about what they might do in the future. A child called Dareje wants to be a scientist and find a cure for life-threatening diseases. An eleven year-old girl, Fikerte, wants to do research about the moon and discover new facts about outer space. Tamrat, aged 10, comes every time.
“What brings you back here time and time again?” the librarian asks him.
“The stories,” Tamrat replies instantly.
【小题1】How do the children feel when they see the Donkey Mobile Library?
| A.Curious. | B.Surprised. | C.Interested. | D.Excited. |
| A.Ethiopian children have no idea about their future |
| B.Yohannes and Kurtz share similar life experiences |
| C.donkey carts in Awassa usually carry vegetables and tools |
| D.most books in the Donkey Mobile Library were bought in America |
| A.visits the countryside every day | B.benefits Ethiopian children a lot |
| C.was created by Yohannes himself | D.was the first of its kind in the world |
| A.A news report. | B.A book review. | C.A historical story. | D.An advertisement. |