Dash of Hope
"Dash" is a symbol which represents everyday we've spent alive on earth. Therefore, how you spend your "dash" is important.
Recently I _________ about a little girl named Hope. After learning more about her life, I couldn't help but feel it was not by coincidence, nor happenstance, that she had been named "Hope". The strong feeling of sympathy and _________ housed in her young heart made a lasting impression on me and countless others. _________ I never had the opportunity to meet her, I wish I had. It seems as though she was wise beyond her tender years and very, very special.
Hope was a twelve-year-old girl who was offered a "wish" in early December 2010 by the "Make-A-Wish" Foundation after being _________ that she had a rare type of bone cancer.
_________ , when she found out that more than 150 children in her area were waiting for their wishes to be granted (实现), she unselfishly used her wish to _________ that those children have their wishes granted. She also asked it to be done by January 16, 2011. Unfortunately, however, the organization informed her that her _________ request could not be granted as the funds (资金) were simply _________ . They calculated that they would need to raise more than one million dollars in thirty days in order to grant her wish. Disappointed,but not _________ , she turned her disappointment into an enthusiasm that inspired caring organizations to take up helping grant the wishes of the other children, and ____________ hers as well. Newspaper columnists and reporters for radio and TV stations shared the story of this caring young girl who had ____________ the hearts of so many and as word spread,the community was challenged. Committees were fanned and schools, corporations and various organizations assisted in ____________ money to help make Hope's dream come true.
Her efforts were not ____________ as they continue to help others, not only physically, but spiritually and emotionally as well. At the gathering to celebrate her life, "A Celebration of Hope" on January 16, 2011, the ____________ was made that they had indeed received donations ____________ more than one million dollars. Her wish had been granted!
【小题1】A.heard | B.thought | C.cared | D.talked |
【小题2】A.reliability | B.preference | C.passion | D.generosity |
【小题3】A.Until | B.Unless | C.Though | D.If |
【小题4】A.recognized | B.informed | C.reminded | D.understood |
【小题5】A.However | B.Therefore | C.Besides | D.Moreover |
【小题6】A.suggest | B.ask | C.arrange | D.order |
【小题7】A.final | B.formal | C.simple | D.noble |
【小题8】A.unbearable | B.unbelievable | C.unavailable | D.uncomfortable |
【小题9】A.discouraged | B.embarrassed | C.excited | D.ashamed |
【小题10】A.vitally | B.eventually | C.apparently | D.instantly |
【小题11】A.touched | B.examined | C.won | D.opened |
【小题12】A.finding | B.spending | C.raising | D.borrowing |
【小题13】A.in return | B.at work | C.in vain | D.in favor |
【小题14】A.proposal | B.decision | C.conclusion | D.announcement |
【小题15】A.totaling | B.adding | C.catching | D.adopting |