A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online "Bucket List" of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, l5, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “I’ve been fighting cancer for almost four years and now l know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn't look like I'm going to win this one," she wrote.
For her list, the teenager took inspiration from the 2007 film "The Bucket List", in which two terminally ill (患绝症的) men, played by Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, draw up a list of things they wish to do before they die.
On her list, at the site www. alicepyne. blogspot. com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor (骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
“Oh dear, and I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!" she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. " Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me."
Pyne, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, revealed (透露) that Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also joined forces with the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell register.
1.What happened after Alice Pyne wrote her "Bucket List"?
A. The media called on people to help her.
B. People sent gifts to her from all over the world.
C.A lot of people offered to donate bone marrow to her.
D. People around the world sent messages to support her.
2.Alice Pyne wrote her "Bucket List" to ____________________.
A. express her last few wishes
B. say goodbye to a few friends
C. give comfort to two terminally ill men
D. catch people's attention
3.It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Alice Pyne ______________________.
A. is unaware of her own conditions
B. is calm to know that death is approaching
C. is very sad to know that she will die
D. is still quite confident in fighting against cancer
4.Which of the following is NOT on Alice Pyne's "Bucket List"?
A. To meet a boy.
B. To get a cool computer.
C. To swim with sharks.
D. To ask people to donate bone marrow.
5.Take That will arrange to _______________________.
A. invite Pyne to join the band
B. help Pyne in any possible way
C. donate money to Pyne
D. meet Pyne in person
My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to if there was any sign of it on our end.
The always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be . We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids and . Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.
By Christmas Eve we finally had to the fact that the package was lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I the door, a man was standing there.
“I this is yours.” he said, holding a package. Just then I that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “ I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this stranger for taking so much trouble to this gift to us on Christmas Day, and thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.
The real gift that holiday season was the new to my sister who lives far away from us. Now there’s one gift I never want to give back!
1.A．booked B．decorated C． listed D．mailed
2.A．appointment B．deadline C．holiday D．party
3.A．year B．morning C．week D．month
4.A．pick out B．take out C．figure out D．find out
5.A．complaint B．conversation C．discussion D．quarrel
6.A．chatting B．arguing C．kidding D．scolding
7.A．gifts B．secrets C．husbands D．clothing
8.A．food B．time C．achievement D．money
9.A．consider B．ignore C．accept D．study
10.A．hardly B．simply C．mostly D．suddenly
11.A．restaurant B．office C．house D．class
12.A．terrible B．outstanding C．big D．missing
13.A．opened B．locked C．left D．watched
14.A．understand B．forget C．know D．believe
15.A．expected B．dreamed C．realized D．remembered
16.A．because B．but C．or D．so
17.A．generous B．honest C．polite D．kind
18.A．show B．present C．return D．offer
19.A．silently B．carefully C．gently D．actually
20.A．combination B．guide C．recognition D．closeness
----What was it that caused the party to be put off? ----______________ the invitation.
A. Because Tom delayed sending B. Tom delayed to send
C. That Tom delayed sending D. Tom delaying sending
When I opened the door, I found my father ________ in his chair, completely _______ in a magazine.
A. seated; absorbing
B. seating; being absorbed
C. seating; absorbed
D. seated; absorbed
Bob, who is senior to me _______ two years, treated me ______ a movie.
A. by; to B. for; to
C. by; with D. to; with
----All the building materials have been washed away.
----So I have heard. But there was no sign ____ a heavy rain was on the way last night.
A. when B. that C. which D. if
