Question

【題目】 “Kids can make a difference.” Craig Kielburger said. When Craig was 12, he_____ 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 _______. 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 ______that with his own life. Laws in his country said that kids must go to school. _______ was free for 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______ 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 _____ money to build schools. Craig hoped that learning would help kids in poor areas live ______.

Today, Craig’s charity has more than one million members in 45 countries. It is ______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 poor communities.

Craig has had a lot of success. ______, he still remembers his unpleasant start in the seventh grade.

“We were _______ by other kids, who said you couldn’t 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】A.expectedB.startedC.inventedD.owned

【2】A.angryB.hopefulC.helplessD.excited

【3】A.matchedB.balancedC.comparedD.marked

【4】A.EducationB.SchoolC.WorkD.Reading

【5】A.programmeB.resourceC.advantageD.quality

【6】A.saveB.storeC.winD.raise

【7】A.betterB.worseC.closerD.surer

【8】A.stillB.almostC.recentlyD.simply

【9】A.IndeedB.HoweverC.FinallyD.Instead

【10】A.encouragedB.satisfied withC.laughed atD.praised

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

這篇文章主要介紹了克雷格·基爾伯格想幫助那些不能上學(xué)的貧困孩子，和他的朋友們決定幫助他們籌集資金來(lái)修建學(xué)�！，F(xiàn)在他的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)在45個(gè)國(guó)家有著超過(guò)一百萬(wàn)的會(huì)員。

【1】句意：當(dāng)克雷格12歲的時(shí)候，他發(fā)起了一個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)幫助全世界的兒童。

expected期待；started開始；invented發(fā)明；owned擁有。根據(jù)“As a result, Craig and some friends started Free The Children.”可知，他創(chuàng)辦了一個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)，故選B。

【2】句意：在7年級(jí)的時(shí)候，他了解到一些讓他生氣的事情。

angry生氣的；hopeful有希望的；helpless無(wú)助的；excited激動(dòng)的。根據(jù)下文“He had no freedom (自由) at all.”可知，一個(gè)6歲的小男孩沒(méi)有自由這是很讓人生氣的，故選A。

【3】句意：克雷格跟自己的生活進(jìn)行了比較。

matched匹配；balanced平衡；compared比較；marked標(biāo)記。根據(jù)“Laws in his country said that kids must go to school.”可知，他將小男孩的生活和自己的生活進(jìn)行了比較，故選C。

【4】句意：上學(xué)對(duì)于所有的孩子來(lái)說(shuō)是免費(fèi)的。

Education教育；School上學(xué)；Work工作；Reading閱讀。根據(jù)“But in some countries school was not free.”可知，在他國(guó)家，教育是免費(fèi)的，故選A。

【5】句意：克雷格想要幫助那些沒(méi)有和他和他朋友一樣優(yōu)勢(shì)的人。

programme項(xiàng)目；resource資源；advantage優(yōu)勢(shì)；quality質(zhì)量。根據(jù)“as he and his friends”可知，是沒(méi)有像他和他朋友那樣有優(yōu)勢(shì)的人，故選C。

【6】句意：克雷格和他的朋友決定“解放兒童”應(yīng)該籌錢去建造學(xué)校。

save節(jié)省；store存儲(chǔ)；win贏得；raise籌集。根據(jù)“money to build schools”可知，是籌錢建造學(xué)校，籌錢raise money，故選D。

【7】句意：克雷格希望學(xué)習(xí)可以幫助貧困地區(qū)的孩子們生活的更好。

better更好；worse更差；closer更接近；surer更確信。我們知道知識(shí)改變命運(yùn)，即學(xué)習(xí)讓他們生活的更好，故選A。

【8】句意：它仍然在不斷壯大。

still仍舊；almost幾乎；recently最近；simply簡(jiǎn)單地。根據(jù)“Today, Craig’s charity has more than one million members in 45 countries.”慈善機(jī)構(gòu)在45個(gè)國(guó)家超過(guò)一百萬(wàn)名會(huì)員，后面是仍然在壯大，故選A。

【9】句意：克雷格已經(jīng)取得了很大的成功，然而他仍然記得在7年級(jí)不愉快的開始。

Indeed事實(shí)上；However然而；Finally最終；Instead。根據(jù)“his unpleasant start”可知，雖然取得很大的成功，但是仍記得那個(gè)不愉快的開始，表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故選B。

【10】句意：我們當(dāng)初被其他的孩子嘲笑，他們說(shuō)我們不會(huì)改變?nèi)魏问隆?/span>

encouraged鼓勵(lì)；satisfied with滿意；laughed at嘲笑；praised表?yè)P(yáng)。根據(jù)“who said you couldn’t change things”可知，那些孩子是在嘲笑他們，故選C。