Kim Stemple was a special-education teacher In 2012, she found herself ________ to an IV (静脉注射) in a Boston hospital being ________ for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed with, including lupus (狼疮) The normally lively Stemple was ________ getting upset a lot. And then a friend gave her a ________.
Before she got too sick to ________, Stemple had been a marathon runner. The medal came from a racing ________ who had just finished a half marathon in Las Vegas and hoped the present would ________ a kind of similar pick-me-up (提神剂). It worked like a(n) ________ —and then some.
After Stemple ________ the medal from her hospital IV pole, other patients said they wanted medals too. That got Stemple ________. “A medal is a simple way to give a(n) ________ message,” she told pilotonline. com. And so was born her ________, We Finish Together, which collects medals from ________ —runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners—and donates them to all sorts of people in ________.
Receivers have included hospital patients, people of homeless shelters, and old soldiers. Part of the process is ________ with the donators writing a personalized ________ on the ribbon (缎带). “This gives them a connection to someone,” says Stemple. “If they receive a medal, they will know someone ________.”
Can a simple medal really make a ________? Yes, says Joan Musarra, who develops pulmonary fibrosis (肺纤维). “I opened my package containing my new medal and the notes of positive, warm thoughts. I was ________,” she wrote to Stemple. “At that moment, I was sitting on my sofa breathing through an oxygen tube because my lungs have become so worse. It means so much to me to feel that I am not ________.”
1.A.agreed B.invited C.tied D.preferred
2.A.prepared B.treated C.answered D.waited
3.A.naturally B.gradually C.regularly D.personally
4.A.pill B.suggestion C.way D.medal
5.A.exercise B.pack C.rise D.reward
6.A.judge B.guide C.partner D.inspector
7.A.change for B.serve as C.join in D.attach to
8.A.charm B.flag C.advertisement D.style
9.A.arose B.hung C.brought D.lay
10.A.wondering B.calculating C.thinking D.relieving
11.A.actual B.frequent C.reliable D.positive
12.A.health B.charity C.power D.reality
13.A.strangers B.athletes C.millionaires D.natives
14.A.addition B.cash C.need D.return
15.A.decorated B.replaced C.provided D.concerned
16.A.sign B.bill C.title D.note
17.A.cares B.agrees C.recovers D.deserves
18.A.hit B.difference C.promise D.beginning
19.A.attracted B.settled C.touched D.frightened
20.A.upset B.hopeless C.painful D.alone
—You grow bananas, and we are responsible for the sales of them.
—OK, ________.
A.Wait and see B.That’s a bargain C.Seeing is believing D.Easier said than done
With the development of the country, the people ________ village I taught before have lived a happy life.
A.from which B.whose C.in whose D.who
Mrs. Black found her husband ________ a tall building and ________ very worried.
A.entering; looked B.enter; looked C.entering; looking D.enter; looking
—Hello, may I know how much you ________ for your services?
—Well, the first costs $ 100 while the other two are free.
A.charge B.stand C.hunt D.ask
The manager of the company told us that very little use was ________ the waste in the past.
A.concerned about B.made of C.sorted out D.dealt with
