小卷速测(五) 完形+阅读B+D
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Ⅰ. 完形填空
Jean lived in a small town in America. She always wanted to help others when she was young. At the age of 5, she 1 a group named Locks of Love. It uses hair donations(捐献)to make wigs(假发)for children who have lost their hair 2 cancer or other illnesses. Jean then asked her mother to cut her long hair and send it to the 3 .
At 8, she learnt that other children had no clean water in Africa, and she was 4 . When her school began raising money to build wells there, she asked her parents to 5 holding her birthday party. Also, she asked her friends each to 6 $9 to the project in Africa instead of giving her birthday presents.
One year later, it was her 7 birthday on June 12. She made a birthday page on the Internet with a goal of $300. 8 Jean was able to raise only $200. This made her a little sad.
Unluckily, Jean was 9 hurt in an accident after eight days. That was terrible 10 to her friends. They wanted to find some ways of showing support to her. More and more friends began donating on her birthday page. Donations passed her $300 goal quickly and kept 11 .
When it was 12 that she would never come back to life, her parents donated her organs(器官)to other children. They also donated her 13 a final time to Locks of Love.
More money was being raised. The total donations 14 reached $100,000, then $300,000. So far more than $850,000 has been raised from all over the 15 , including donations from the Africans who are moved by the little American girl.
( )1.A.heard from B.worked out C.learnt about D.listened to
( )2.A.because of B.instead of C.according to D.thanks to
( )3.A.children B.group C.school D.donations
( )4.A.bored B.excited C.shocked D.pleased
( )5.A.start B.keep C.continue D.stop
( )6.A.give up B.give out C.give away D.give off
( )7.A.eleventh B.ninth C.thirteenth D.eighth
( )8.A.So B.Then C.But D.Or
( )9.A.really B.hardly C.nearly D.badly
( )10.A.information B.message C.thing D.news
( )11.A.raising B.appearing C.rising D.developing
( )12.A.bright B.sorry C.real D.clear
( )13.A.money B.hair C.clothes D.heart
( )14.A.finally B.soon C.right D.slowly
( )15.A.city B.country C.state D.world
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
Passage 1 [2020·原创]
I traveled through Southeast Asia for a few months many years ago, and as a minimalist(极简主义者), I carried only what I really needed. I had reduced my backpack down to only essentials.
It was laundry day in the mid-sized Indonesian city I happened to be in, meaning I was down to my last shirt, the least flattering shirt of my seven-day collection: a ratty conference T-shirt of a well-known American company I'd worn a hundred times. It was a shirt I didn't feel particularly flattering in, so I tried to stay indoors and used it as an opportunity to have a quiet, indoor day.
I hadn't thought anything of the shirt until a young Indonesian man staying at my guest house saw me and immediately took notice of the logo of my ratty shirt. He was fascinated by it!“Where did you get this shirt? Did you go to this conference? I love this company! I wish I could buy this here in Indonesia.” I was moved by the idea that something I found so useless and unflattering could be valued so much by someone else. Without giving it another thought, I took off the ratty old shirt and gave it to him on the spot, leaving me shamelessly shirtless for the rest of laundry day, but content that I had found a better owner for my shirt.
A month later, I was still traveling, with six shirts instead of seven, yet still rich in my items and with a fuller heart.
