At age 19, Yohannes Gehregeoris borrowed a soft-cover romance novel entitled Love Kitten that changed his life forever. Born in rural Ethiopia to an uneducated cattle merchant who _______ his son’s education, Gebregeorgis had seen a few books in school. But it was the experience of having a book of his own that sparked a lifelong _______.
Today, at 56, Gebregeorgis is _______ libraries and literacy programs to connect Ethiopian children with books. “Most Ethiopian children have only _______ to textbooks in the classroom,” says Gebregeorgis. “Books children read _______ of school, those are the spices of education.”
Forced to _______ Ethiopia to the United States as a political refugee in 1981, Gebregeorgis finally _______ himself through university, receiving a graduate degree _______ library science. He took a _______ at the San Francisco Childhren’s Library in 1985. There, he realized the ________ children’s books could have on a child’s sense of wonder and vision.
“Children could imagine everything from books — ________ to other cultures, to other people, to other children, and to the universe ________,” recalls Gebregeorgis. “It gives them hope and pleasure. It gives them everything that they cannot ________ get in regular textbooks.” ________ Gebregeorgis found that there were none in Amharic, the primary language of Ethiopia. When the library __________ $1, 200 for the purchase of Ethiopian books, Gebregeorgis was ________ to find any.
So he wrote one and founded Ethiopia Reads in 1988. The nonprofit ________ his efforts to bring children’s libraries to Ethiopia. In 2002, Gebregeorgis ________ his job and his home and returned to Ethiopia. Then he opened the Shola Children’s Library on the first floor of his home.
Reading storybooks to children who have no access to television or computers, Gebregeorgis believes that literacy and education will ________ his poor homeland affected by AIDS. “With literate children there is no ________ as to how much we can do.”
1.A.decided on B.insisted on C.counted on D.acted on
2.A.appointment B.judgement C.encouragement D.commitment
3.A.establishing B.constructing C.assessing D.distributing
4.A.avenue B.admission C.access D.approach
5.A.inside B.beside C.offside D.outside
6.A.flee B.abandon C.escape D.withdraw
7.A.get B.pull C.put D.push
8.A.at B.in C.on D.from
9.A.session B.assembly C.post D.course
10.A.effort B.impact C.impression D.assumption
11.A.contradictions B.combinations C.compositions D.connections
12.A.at ease B.at large C.at random D.at length
13.A.somewhat B.furthermore C.otherwise D.therefore
14.A.But B.For C.And D.Or
15.A.anticipated B.allocated C.assigned D.accommodated
16.A.unconscious B.unlike C.unwilling D.unable
17.A.financed B.owed C.invested D.purchased
18.A.sacrificed B.resigned C.left D.deserted
19.A.contribute B.liberate C.promote D.reform
20.A.prevention B.barrier C.ban D.limit
— I’m afraid I can only make a small contribution this time.
—______. We really appreciate your assistance.
A.Every little helps
B.It’s better to give than to receive
C.The more, the better
D.The best things come in small packages
The Chinese government has made it clear________ it tries to achieve in space science in the next 5 years.
A.how B.that C.what D.which
We make no restrictions on the kinds of films we show — ________ a film’s quality meets our standards, we include it.
A.so that B.no matter how C.except that D.as long as
As performers, we can’t stand still. We have to ________ the changing market and the demands of the audience.
A.drop off B.adapt to C.split up D.seek for
Many college students are willing to work in Western China after graduation ________, poor and backward as it is, more opportunities of employment are available.
A.where B.when C.that D.which
