We were driving along the village of Simdara. I  36  to my right and saw an old shelter 20 meters from the side of the road that appeared to be filled with  37 .

“Would you mind  38 ?”  I asked the driver Waris. “I think there is a(n)  39 .”

Waris laughed. “No, Greg, that’s actually a public toilet,” explained Waris and he kept  40 .

“But why are there so many kids? What are they doing there? We need to  41 ,” I insisted. The word caught Waris  42  and he stopped the car.

When we reached the shelter, to my surprise, it was  43  a toilet—or at least it had been at one time. The roof was gone now, and the four toilet pits (坑) had been  44  with old boards. There were 25 children between 4 and 5 years old, one  45 , and a wooden board against the wall.

Though having a tough learning environment, the students are quite  46  to chat with us about their class and curriculum (课程). After about ten minutes, the teacher  47  if we might like to see “the rest of the school”. We  48  and followed her up the hill.

Just over the top of the hill, there was an old tent. It was very  49  inside because nearly 100 students were packed like sardines (沙丁鱼). These students were a little  50  , fourth-, and sixth-graders, and all of them were sitting on the ground.  51  the teacher, they were doing extremely well —  52  most of them had no books, paper or even pencils.

We were forced to  53  to catch our plane. We were all  54  and decided to collect money to build a school for these children who had a hunger for  55 .

1.	A．looked B．stuck C．led D．referred

 

2.	A．plants B．animals C．children D．birds

 

3.	A．chatting B．stopping C．learning D．competing

 

4.	A．toilet B．church C．office D．school

 

5.	A．talking B．driving C．sleeping D．walking

 

6.	A．find out B．watch out C．give up D．break up

 

7.	A．memory B．attention C．breath D．fortune

 

8.	A．easily B．never C．hardly D．really

 

9.	A．changed B．covered C．marked D．separated

 

10.	A．waiter B．cleaner C．teacher D．doctor

 

11.	A．happy B．upset C．puzzled D．nervous

 

12.	A．knew B．asked C．decided D．heard

 

13.	A．laughed B．nodded C．refused D．clapped

 

14.	A．bright B．fancy C．crowded D．comfortable

 

15.	A．hungrier B．lazier C．older D．braver

 

16.	A．According to B．Because of C．In praise of D．In honor of

 

17.	A．if B．although C．when D．unless

 

18.	A．work B．rest C．stay D．leave

 

19.	A．satisfied B．moved C．accepted D．greeted

 

20.	A．food B．energy C．knowledge D．truth

 

Thousands of Poles gathered in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on Saturday to lay flowers and light candles ______ Polish President Lech Saczynski and some of Poland's key civilian and military leaders______ in a plane crash in western Russia.

A．in honor of; killed	B．in memory of ;killing
C．in praise of ; to kill	D．in spite of; kill

 

The company was named Gates Hall ______ a man named James Gates.

A．in need of         B．in search of        C．in praise of        D．in memory of

 

Born into a poor family，two of the Durers' children still had a dream for art，but they knew their father could not afford to send either of them to the academy(院校)．

After discussions，the two boys finally agreed to toss a coin．The loser would go to the nearby mines and support his brother while he attended the academy．Then，when the winner completed his studies，he would support the other brother，either with sales of his art work or，if necessary，by working in the mines．So they tossed a coin．Albrecht Durer won the toss and went to Nuremberg．Albert went to the dangerous mines and financed his brother，whose work at the academy was almost an immediate success，and by graduation，he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his works．

When the Durer family held a dinner to celebrate Albrecht's homecoming， Albrecht drank a toast to his brother，“Now，Albert，it is your turn to go to Nuremberg and follow your dream，and I will take care of you．”

Albert wiped the tears from his cheeks，glanced at the faces he loved，and said softly，“No，brother．It is too late for me．Look….look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been broken at least once，and lately I have been suffering from arthritis(关节炎)so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast，much 1ess make lines on canvas(画布)with a pen or a brush．No，brother …for me it is too 1ate．”

Therefore，Albrecht took pains to draw his brother’s injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward．The entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and named it “The Praying Hands”．

1.The passage is mainly about

A．the early life of Albrecht Durer

B．the story behind “The Praying Hands”

C．the sacrifice Albrecht made for his brother

D．a young man showing his talent through effort

2.According to the two brothers’ agreement，．

A．they let the coin decide who would go to the academy first

B．the winner would work at the academy in exchange for the loser’s help

C．the loser would go to the mines and earn money to pay for his own education

D．the winner would work in the mines after graduation in return for the loser's support

3.Albert refused his brother’s offer because．

A．he was too old to learn drawing

B．he suffered an accident.

C．he was not used to holding a pen or brush

D．his hands were out of shape as a result of hard work

4.The artist created the masterpiece “The Praying Hands”

A．to show kindness to his poor brother

B．to encourage people to realize their dreams

C．in praise of his brother’s sacrifice and love

D．in honor of his brother as a symbol of working people

 

He wrote some poems ________ the people who gave their lives for the liberation of the country.

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