Rachel lived outside Seattle and always wanted to help others when young. At age 5, she learned about an organization named Locks of Love which hair donations to make wigs (假发) for children who have their own hair because of cancer or other diseases. Rachel then asked to have her long hair and sent to it.
Then when she was 8, her school began money to build wells in Africa. When she learned that other children had no clean , Rachel was shocked. So she asked her parents to holding her birthday party. In place of , she asked her friends to $9 each to the project in Africa.
Rachel’s ninth birthday was on June 12, and she had a birthday page on the Internet with a goal of $300. , Rachel was able to raise only $220 — which had left her just a bit .
On July 20, Rachel was injured in a traffic accident. That was a terrible shock to her friends, who wanted to find some way of showing . They began donating on Rachel’s birthday page. Donations her $300 goal quickly, and kept rising.
When it was that Rachel would never recover, her parents donated her hair a final time to Locks of Love, and her organs (器官) to other children. Word about Rachel’s story. More was being raised. The total donations soon topped $100,000, then $300,000. others, I was also moved and donated. Until now more than $850,000 has been raised from all over the world, donations from Africans moved by the little American girl who their continent.
1.A. uses B. sellsC. buys D. borrows
2.A. washed B. wornC. lost D. pulled
3.A. tied B. cutC. brushedD. dried
4.A. raising B. spendingC. wasting D. earning
5.A. air B. paper C. room D. water
6.A. stop B. enjoy C. practise D. start
7.A. time B. hair C. games D. presents
8.A. serve B. oweC. give D. award
9.A. put up B. set up C. picked upD. backed up
10.A. Besides B. So C. However D. Therefore
11.A. excited B. relaxed C. tired D. disappointed
12.A. unluckily B. uncertainly C. impossibly D. unfairly
13.A. courage B. support C. interest D. power
14.A. established B. found C. passed D. allowed
15.A. possible B. clear C. necessary D. proper
16.A. disappeared B. changed C. ended D. spread
17.A. evidence B. money C. advice D. doubt
18.A. From B. Like C. For D. Without
19.A. saving B. sending C. including D. costing
20.A. cared about B. looked for C. belonged to D. relied on
--If we don’t do our best to reduce pollution, man’s history won’t last long.
--_________.
A. It’s OK B. You are absolutely right
C. That’s all right D. Mind your own business
He likes sports, ________ I’d rather play games on computers.
A. as B. while
C. howeverD. even if
________ he is the last man I wanted to see, I did my best to help him.
A. As B. Now that
C. AlthoughD. However
He tried his best to solve the problem, ________ difficult it was.
A. however B. no matter
C. whatever D. although
Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, ________ made one of the Chinese people’s long-held dreams come true.
A. it B. that
C. what D. which