（A）
Fourth-grader, Sarah Haycox, made it her mission to right a wrong. And in doing so, she has shown the world what one 1 person, with passion, can do.
One day, when 2 by an athletic field near her school, Sarah noticed a small 3 with the name Edwin T. Pratt and the year 1930 - 1969 on it. She 4 who he was and what he did.
After some 5 , she learned that he was a civil rights leader who had done many good things to 6 others. Sadly, he was 7 just because someone disagreed with what he was doing.
Feeling that the small memorial was 8 big enough for a man who had so much 9 on others, Sarah 10 to do something!
There was a new 11 going up nearby for young kids. She found out who were 12 the buil
ding project and asked them if it could be named after Mr. Pratt. Through great efforts, her vision came to reality! Almost 10 years after his death, Edwin Pratt’s life and impact will be celebrated as the name of the new school.
Most kids simply had walked by the memorial without thinking about who Mr. Pratt was. But Sarah had the 13 to learn more, the vision to imagine something better and the courage to 14 her idea. Her amazing actions have 15 many other young people around the world.
1．A．honest B．young C．clever D．shy
2．A．walking B．running C．riding D．driving
3．A．museum B．church C．board D．memorial
4．A．forgot B．realized C．wondered D．explained
5．A．discussion B．research C．practice D．thought
6．A．teach B．rescue C．help D．repay
7．A．killed B．punished C．blamed D．arrested
8．A．rarely B．simply C．merely D．hardly
9．A．impact B．impression C．reflection D．dependence
10．A．stopped B．decided C．happened D．announced
11．A．library B．theatre C．school D．hospital
12．A．in need of B．in search of C．in favour of D．in charge of
13．A．curiosity B．confidence C．chance D．energy
14．A．prove B．change C．present D．pursue
15．A．astonished B．inspired C．attracted D．protected
（B）
Eric Catalano fills in the blanks left empty by surgery or accidents.
Mark Bertram, 6, lost the tips of two 1 at work in 2018 when his hand was 2 in a fan belt. After countless 3 and physical therapy (物理疗法), Bertram decided to improve his condition by asking Eric Catalano, a tattoo artist, to create fingernail tattoos. “Plastic surgery gave me no hope,” he says. “So I looked for other 4 .” The idea made everyone in the studio laugh—until they 5 the final result. “The tattoos blend in rather than 6 . My mood suddenly changed,” Catalano 7 . “Like magic, everything turned from 8 to ‘wow’.”
When Catalano 9 a photo of the tattoos, a pair of fingernails that looked so 10 , no one could believe their eyes. He had no idea the 11 would eventually be viewed by millions of people around the world.
The wide-spread photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical tattooing. Now people with life-changing scars come to visit him. Using flesh-toned inks and a needle, Catalano 12 his customers' view of themselves.
While Catalano 13 $ 100 per regular tattoo, he created paramedical tattoos for free. “ 14 , it doesn’t make sense,” Catalano says. “But every time I see that emotion from my 15 , I'm 100 percent sure this is something that I can’t stop doing.”
1．A．fingers B．fingernails C．arms D．shoulders
2．A．absorbed B．placed C．trapped D．folded
3．A．checkups B．surgeries C．adjustments D．battles
4．A．doctors B．hospitals C．options D．suggestions
5．A．considered B．confirmed C．denied D．witnessed
6．A．wear away B．stand out C．come out D．go away
7．A．recalls B．argues C．announces D．reminds
8．A．strange B．special C．funny D．curious
9．A．took B．printed C．copied D．posted
10．A．real B．different C．lovely D．ordinary
11．A．comment B．image C．creation D．reaction
12．A．defends B．assesses C．supports D．transforms
13．A．charges 备战高考B．spends C．donates D．raises
14．A．Gradually B．Basically C．Financially D．Consequently
15．A．colleagues B．customers C．friends D．patients
（C）
Two years ago, my friend and I were at college. With his birthday quickly approaching, he came to me with an unusual 1 : instead of receiving presents, he wanted to do some acts of kindness.
I was 2 for such an idea. Giving instead of taking for the birthday was really difficult. I asked him how he could come up with such a 3 idea. He told me about a TED talk he had watched on generosity, which had inspired him. So we started to 4 creative things we could do.
Our university employed some security guards to 5 its students. They have to work 6 , keeping watch on every corner throughout the university. For the most part it's a thankless job as most people grow 7 to seeing the guards all around and eventually barely notice their 8 , let alone acknowledge their efforts. How could we show them our appreciation?
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