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【题目】Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise in2008. Its p【1】 is to make sure all children can have education. Now the non-profit organization is b【2】 a new school somewhere every 90 hours.It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa,Asia and Latin America.

It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy s【3】 him and asked 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 just happy and e【5】. 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 c【8】 to get a good education, because we have everything necessary already. We are able to educate every child. So I promised to help c【9】 that world .” Braun said.

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】purpose

【2】building

【3】stopped

【4】what

【5】excited

【6】school

【7】never

【8】chance

【9】create

【10】raised

【解析】试题本文介绍了亚当布劳恩和他的Pencils of Promise组织，包括组建的缘起、目的以及重要影响。现在，这个非营利组织每90小时就在非洲新建一所学校，它帮助了超过22000名在非洲、亚洲和拉丁美洲的孩子。

【1】句意：它的目的是确保所有的孩子都能接受教育。its它的，形容词性物主代词需接名词；根据系词is和首字母提示，可知是单数名词，故填purpose。

【2】句意：现在这个非盈利组织每90小时在某处新建一所学校。now现在，用于现在进行时；is+现在分词表示现在进行时结构。根据句意结构和首字母提示，可知填building。

【3】句意：他正在访问印度时，一个男孩拦住他，在街上要钱。本句是when引导的时间状语从句，从句中and连接并列结构，前后时态须一致；根据句意结构和首字母提示，可知填stopped。

【4】句意：布劳恩先生问这个男孩他想要什么，如果他能在世界上拥有任何东西的话。本句是宾语从句，空白处同时做从句动词want的宾语，需用what引导。根据句意结构和首字母提示，可知填what。

【5】句意：于是我把铅笔给了他，他只是高兴和兴奋。and连接并列结构，前后意义一致。根据句意结构和首字母提示，可知填excited。

【6】句意：我意识到他以前从未上学。根据下文and that was the reality for 57 million children around the world.和首字母提示，可知填school。

【7】句意：但他从未忘记过这个男孩和他认识到的问题。but表转折，根据句意结构和首字母提示，可知是从未忘记，故填never。

【8】句意：我们生活在一个每个孩子都有机会接受良好教育的世界里。have a chance to do有机会做某事；根据句意结构和首字母提示，可知填chance。

【9】句意：所以我承诺帮助创造这个世界。help do sth.帮助做某事；根据句意结构和首字母提示，可知填create。

【10】句意：布劳恩先生为他的项目筹集资金。raise money for筹钱，为...筹款；根据句意时态和首字母提示，可知填raised。