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(2017﹒江苏南京)"Kids can make a difference." Craig Kielburger said. When Craig was 12, he s1. a group that has helped kids all over the world.
How did Craig get started? In the seventh grade he learned something that made him a2.. A 6-year-old boy in Pakistan was sent to work in a factory. The boy could not go to school. He could not even play. He had no freedom (自由) at all.
Craig c3. that with his own life. Laws in his country said that kids must go to school. E4. was free to all kids. But in some countries school was not free. Children from poor families went to work instead of to school.
Craig wanted to help those who didn’t have the same a5. as he and his friends. As a result, Craig and some friends started Free The Children.
Craig and his friends decided that Free The Children should r6. money to build schools. Craig hoped that learning would help kids in poverty (贫困) live b7..
Today, Craig’s charity has more than one million members in 45 countries. It is s8. going strong. The money they have raised has done many good things. It has helped build more than 500 schools around the world. It also pays for health care in p9. communities.
Craig has had a lot of success. However, he still remembers his unpleasant start in the seventh grade.
"We were laughed at by other kids, who said you c10. change things," he says. Still, Craig didn’t give up. Now he wants more kids to help. "Go to freethechildren.com. Bring it to your teachers," he says. "As you gain more confidence, friends will join you. It just gets easier."
1.started 2.angry 3.compared 4.Education 5.advantages 6.raise 7.better 8.still 9.poor 10.couldn’t 【解析】本篇文章难度适中,主要讲述克雷格想帮助那些不能上学的孩子,他和他的朋友筹钱建学校,希望能让这些孩子有美好的未来。 1.句意“当克雷...Spring Festival It falls on the first day of the first lunar month. On the eve of the festival, the whole family get together for a big dinner. People stay up to eat dumplings at midnight for good luck and health. People light fireworks(爆竹), too.
Tomb-Sweeping Day It is also called Qingming. It comes on April 4th or 5th. It is a day for the living to show love and respect to dead friends and relatives. People will sweep the tombs(坟墓), put meat, vegetables, wine in front of the tombs.
Mid-Autumn Festival It’s on the 15th of the eighth lunar month. People enjoy the "Lady in the Moon" at night. Mooncakes are the traditional food. People eat them for family reunion(团圆) and happiness.
Lantern Festival It comes on the 15th of the first lunar month. It marks the end of the Spring Festival. On this day, people eat yuanxiao for good luck. Special activities include the display of lanterns and riddle solving.
Dragon Boat Festival It’s on the 5th of the fifth lunar month. It’s for the great poet Qu Yuan. People gather to watch the colorful "Dragon Boat Races". People eat zongzi on this day.
Festival | What people do |
Spring Festival | It falls on the first day of the first lunar month. People stay up to eat 1. at midnight for good luck and health. |
Tomb-Sweeping Day | It comes on April 4th or 5th. People will 2. the tombs, put meat, vegetables, wine in front of the tombs. |
Mid-Autumn Festival | It’s on the 15th of the 3. lunar month. People eat mooncakes for family reunion and happiness. |
4. | It comes on the 15th of the first lunar month. On this day, people eat yuanxiao for good luck. |
Dragon Boat Festival | It’s on the fifth of the 5. lunar month. People eat zongzi on this day. |