2020-2021学年福建省厦门双十中学高一上学期-第一次月考-英语试卷-(解析版).docx

精品word可编辑 精品word可编辑 精品word可编辑 2021-2021 上学期 第一次月考 厦门双十中学 高一 一、阅读理解 A Dont ignore the difference teenagers can make. Jonny Thomas, 14, Florida When Jonny Michael Thomas decided to honor his friend and classmate Elizabeth Buckley, who died from cancer, he remembered how much she loved peacocks (孔雀). He wanted to build a life-sized peacock fountain in Elizabeths favorite park in the city. He thought it could be a place for people to relax and be inspired. Jonny raised $52,000 to build the fountain. Barrett England, 13, Utah The wheels began to turn for Barrett England when he heard about Karma Bike shop, a place where young people can earn a free bike by reading and performing community service. Barrett visited Karmas owner with his idea: He would collect and repair used bikes and donate them to the shop. He expected to get about 10 donated bikes. In the end, Barrett received 39. Zachary Blohm, 15, Wisconsin The 25-year-old playground at an elementary school near Milwaukee, Wis., was so small that only 70 of its 575 students could play on it at a time. Thats when Zachary Blohm saved the day. He and some volunteers build a huge playground. To raise money, Zac planned T-shirt and bake sales (烤饼义卖), sold tickets and more. He held monthly money-raising events for more than a year. Overall, he collected $130,000--- enough to finish his project. Jack Zimmerman, 16, New Jersey For some people, finding a meal is as simple as opening the refrigerator. For more than 366,000 hungry kids in New Jersey, its not that easy. That fact didnt sit well with Jack Zimmerman, who organized a drive to reduce childhood hunger in his state. His goal: create 40,000 packaged meals that could be donated to those in need. On game day, Jack and his volunteers started their work. After the final count, the team had packaged 47,124 meals- -- well above Jacks goal. 21. The peacock fountain was built in a park _. A. to encourage people B. for the love of animals C. in memory of a teenager D. to cur