Maria Keller — Teenager Wants Every Kid to Read Indeed!
Books have huge power. Between their pages, readers can be transported to
anywhere imaginable and become just about anyone…or anything. Unluckily, many
children all over the world don’t have chances to read books!
For several years now, Maria Keller, a teenager from America, has been changing
that fact.
When she was 8 years old, Maria already loved reading. She also noticed that
some of her classmates didn’t read as much as she did. When she asked her mother
why that could be, her mother said that they might have no money to buy books. Maria
had never thought of this. She could not believe that some children might not have
bedtime stories read to them. She decided to change this.
With her mother’s help, Maria set up Read Indeed. Read Indeed is a non-profit (非
营利的) organization that is to collect and share books to children in need. During the
early stages of Read Indeed, Maria set the goal to collect and share 1 million books by
the time she was 18. It didn’t take long to reach that goal!
So far, she has collected over 2.4 million books and has sent them to many states
and countries like India, China…She says, “I cannot live without books. As I continue
my task, I have learned that the number of kids who have no books are in the hundreds
of millions. So I just can’t give up, even after reaching my goal of 1 million books.”
She recently set a new goal: to give donations (捐赠) to kids in need in every state
in the United States, and every country in the world. She always pays attention to her
progress on a large map at the warehouse (仓库) where they store and sort books.
1.Where does Maria Keller come from?
A. America. B. India. C. China. D. The UK.
2.With her mother’s help, Maria set up _____ to collect and share books.
A. a bookstore B. a school C. a warehouse D. an organization
3.After reaching her goal of 1 million books, she will _____.
A. stop giving books B. go on with her study
C. read bedtime stories D. go on donating books
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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个
选项中，选择最佳选项。
My sister has always been a good friend to me. Thirteen years ago, she tried to
throw a blue plastic toy at my nose to see if it would hang on my face. Her first try was
unsuccessful. I giggled and laughed at her poor skills. Again, she threw it, and this time
it ________my nose. It hurts a little, but tears rolled down my face. Seeing this, my
mother rushed down the steps and took me to another room. I remember I cried for
hours, not because of the pain but because I was taken away from my sister who was
teaching me how to have _______ .
Growing up, my sister was the person I wanted to be. So I took up _______ in
Grade Three, just like her. I was a reasonably talented player, with the height and the
power to charge up and down the court. But by the middle of the season, I had found
myself _______ it. I didn’t like the girls, the coaches, or the competitiveness of the
game. I usually pretended (假装) to be sick so I couldn’t practise any more.
Finally my mom found this and told me that if I hated it so much, I should stop.
Was she _______ ? I couldn’t stop! My sister _______ gave up anything, and neither
would I. However, when I finished the season hating each and every moment, I knew I
couldn’t continue to play it any more.
I turned to my sister, telling her that the________ of stopping playing basketball
seemed crazy since it was the only thing I could do. I told her I was afraid of my future,
not knowing how to handle the rest of my life and that I needed her advice.
To my 13-year-old self, this seemed like a big problem, but to my 17-year-old sister,
the solution was simple: take a risk. She asked me to keep doing whatever _______ me
although there would be some trouble. So I did. In Grade Eight I succeeded in
basketball tryouts (选拔赛), and playing the part of the queen in the school play and
that brought me lots of fun.
1.A. trained B. hit C. moved D. pulled
2.A. skills B. fun C. respect D. promise
3.A. basketball B. football C. volleyball D. baseball
4.A. fearing B. improving C. hating D. developing
5.A. real B. good C. serious D. strange
6.A. ever B. never C. just D. always
7.A. promise B. power C. idea D. meaning
8.A. interested B. excited C. surprised D. bored
— Do you know _______, Lingling?
— He lives in Beijing now.
A. where Tom lives B. where Tom lived
C. where does Tom live D. where did Tom live
Many passengers _______ by the pilots in the accident on May 14, 2018.
A. save B. are saved C. saved D. were saved
Hurry up, _______ we’ll be late for the first bus.
A. and B. but C. so D. or
