Question

【题目】根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。

Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise in 2008. Its purpose is to make sure all children have a c【1】to study better. In 2014, the organization b【2】a new school somewhere every 90 hours. It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa and Asia.

It started when Adam Braun studied in a college. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and a【3】for money on the street. Mr. Braun asked the boy w【4】 he would want, if he could have anything in the world.

“I thought the answer was going to be ‘a house’ or ‘a car’ or ‘a boat’. His answer was ‘a pencil’. So I gave him my pencil and he was very h【5】 and excited. I realized he had never been to s【6】 before, and that was the reality (现实) for 57 million children around the world,” Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance (金融) after he graduated from college, but he n【7】 forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

“We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education, because we have everything necessary already. We are a【8】 to educate every child. So I promised to help create that world,” Braun said.

Mr. Braun has r【9】 money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise School in Laos five years ago. S【10】 then, his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos and Ghana.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】chance

【2】built

【3】asked

【4】what

【5】happy

【6】school

【7】never

【8】able

【9】raised

【10】since

【解析】这篇短文给我们讲述的是Adam Braun先生建立了一个组织，在世界各地建立学校，让每个孩子都能有上学的机会。

【1】句意：它的目的是确保所有的孩子都能有机会学习得更好。chance机会，是一个名词，根据下文We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education, because we have everything necessary already.可知，Braun先生想让每个孩子都有上学的机会。因此这里填chance。

【2】句意：在2014年这个组织每90个小时就在某地方建立一个新的学校。built是build的过去式，根据文意可知，Braun先生建立的组织是在世界各地建立学校，让每个孩子都有上学的机会。句中In 2014是一个过去的时间，故这里填过去式built。

【3】句意：他在印度参观，这时在大街上一个小男孩叫住他，给他要钱。ask问，要求，这里ask for要求得到某物，是一个固定短语。根据文意可知，这里描述的是过去的事情，因此应填过去式asked。

【4】句意：Braun先生问这个小孩如果他能拥有世界上的任何东西，那么他想要什么。what什么，引导一个宾语从句，在从句中作want的宾语。

【5】句意：所以我把我的铅笔给了他，他非常的开心、兴奋。happy开心的，快乐的，是一个形容词。根据上文His answer was ‘a pencil’. So I gave him my pencil…可知，这个男孩想要一支铅笔，Braun先生把自己的铅笔给了他，所以他非常的开心，故填happy，和后面的形容词excited是并列的。

【6】句意：我意识到他以前从来没有上过学，那也是世界上57，000，000孩子们面对的现实。school学校，是一个名词。根据上文的内容可知，那个男孩在大街上要钱，再根据下文Braun先生筹集钱建学校可知，这个男孩没有上过学，故应先school。

【7】句意：Adam Braun毕业后开始从事金融的工作，但是他从来没有忘记那个男孩以及他意识到的问题。never从不，从来没有，是一个否定的意思。根据下文We are a___8___ to educate every child. So I promised to help create that world可知，Braun先生没有忘记他意识到的事情，他想给孩子们建立学校，让他们都能上学。故填never。

【8】句意：我们能够教育每个孩子。able能，会，这里be able to是固定短语，能，会。

【9】句意：Braun先生为他的项目筹集钱。raise筹集，是一个动词。空前has是助动词，这句话使用的是现在完成时态，故这里填过去分词raised。

【10】句意：从那以后，他的组织出钱在老挝和加纳的农村建立了200多个学校。since自从，这里since then是一个固定短语，从那以后。