考研《英语一》定州市2023年巅峰冲刺试卷含解析.docVIP

考研《英语一》定州市2023年巅峰冲刺试卷 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) On Dyec. 13, 2014, Nubia Wilson turned 16. But instead of? 1 with an exciting Sweet 16 birthday party, the California teen devoted this milestone to? 2 the lives of orphans in Ethiopia. Through several summers of volunteer work at an Ethiopia orphanage, Nubia learned firsthand the severe poverty so many children? 3 . In an email to The Huffington Post, Nubia said that she was? 4 struck by the children’s lack of access to? 5 — their school only went through the fourth grade. Over the course of her volunteer work, Nubia became interested in one? 6 , Hermela. She writes: Out of the many students in the kindergarten class, Hermela became? 7 and attached to me to a point where it was becoming? 8 for both of us to leave each other. She is now in the second grade. The thought of Hermela not being able to have her meal and? 9 education after the fourth grade became? 10 and I knew I had to do something. That’s when Nubia decided that she didn’t want a traditional Sweet 16. ? 11 , she wanted to use the money her parents would have spent on a party to establish? 12 grade class for Hermela and other kids. “The money could provide a(n)? 13 solution that will serve for many years compared to the one-day? 14 of my party,”Nubia wrote to Huffpost Live. In short, I want Hermela to continue? 15 . ” After telling friends and family her? 16 , Nubia set up a(n)? 17 page “Keep Hermela Smiling” on CrowdRise. Her? 18 will raise funds for the Fregenet Foundation, which funds education and community services in Ethiopia. So far, Nubia has? 19 ＄2,781 of her ＄10,000 goal. Nubia says that her parents have been extremely? 20 ; they’re selling most of their Ethiopian artifacts to help raise funds. Nubia’s birthday may not have