Ⅰ.完形填空
When Leah was 10,she saw a need for change in the world.“People are supposed to show 1 and sympathy,”she says.“But that wasn’t happening.”
Leah decided to 2 her handmade bracelets (手镯) at a local event and asked each person who got one to do a kind deed for someone else.A note 3 to each bracelet said,“Let’s just show other people they are 4 .”
As Leah gave out bracelets, 5 spread.She began to receive bracelet requests worldwide,and to hear from people who’d delivered kind deeds.One person 6 a tired store clerk with sandwiches.Another paid for a stranger’s coffee.“A story that 7 touched my heart was that someone established a homeless camp!” she says.
When Leah couldn’t 8 requests for the bracelets,she began selling wristbands (腕带) with “Kindness Travels” on the outside and “kind” on the inside in 9 languages.
So far,she has sent out 10,000 wristbands.She has 10 a party for kids at a homeless shelter,paid rent for hurricane 11 and more,using the money from wristbands 12 and donations.
Leah hopes to 13 other kids who want to help others.“Just come up with ideas!Never be 14 ,” she says.“Age is just a 15 .You always have the power to do something.”
1.A.pleasure B.patience
C.love D.curiosity
2.A.pick up B.put away
C.show off D.hand out
3.A.compared B.attached
C.opened D.connected
4.A.ignored B.infected
C.valued D.engaged
5.A.word B.passion
C.anxiety D.happiness
6.A.bothered B.surprised
C.upset D.embarrassed
7.A.genuinely B.hardly
C.slightly D.relatively
8.A.deny B.advance
C.meet D.delay
9.A.native B.complex
C.natural D.different
10.A.attended B.organised
C.canceled D.postponed
11.A.victims B.researchers
C.reporters D.observers
12.A.sales B.funds
C.designs D.advertisements
13.A.respect B.contact
C.recommend D.encourage
14.A.mean B.scared
C.content D.proud
15.A.gap B.problem
C.number D.barrier
