Question

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

An 8-year-old Miami boy, Joshua Williams, is president of his own non-profit organization---Joshua’s Save the World. His organization provides food and clothes for p1.     people and families in Miami and the neighboring areas.

Joshua has r  2.    thousands of dollars for his organization. He started to help the hungry when he was just 5. He was in his mother’s car when they passed a beggar. Joshua asked his mother to stop so that he could give him $20. “It’s my pocket m 3. . I want to help him, Mum,” Joshua recalled. One year later, he created his organization with the help of his mother and Francine Hanna, a local businesswoman. “He just thought that was what he wanted to do,” his mother said. “And there was nothing that could s  4.   him.”

The organization now provides clothing, furniture and food for the poor people in America. At the same time, Joshua never misses a c 5.   to ask other people to follow what he did whether at church or on the streets. Earl Laird l  6.  his job two years ago and hasn’t managed to get a n  7.   one. Without money, he can’t p  8.   for the flat and has to live on the street. He depends on food from Joshua’s Save the World. “Joshua is an angel (天使) from God,” he said.

Joshua has won Miami’s “Do the Right Thing” award and the “Kids Who Care” competition, which awarded him a $1,000 note. Even though he has a  9. done a lot, he said that his mission (使命)to provide for the poor is f 10.   from finished. “I want to get a team together,” Joshua said. “I want my team to go out and give food to people who have a need for it. I want to spread love to countries in Africa.”

Answer

1.poor

2.raised

3.money

4.stop

5.chance

6.lost

7.new

8.pay

9.already

10.far

【解析】

试题分析：文中讲了一个叫Joshua Williams的8岁男孩，建立了自己的非盈利性组织—Joshua’s Save the World，这个组织旨在为迈阿密及其周边的穷人和家庭提供食物和衣服。

1.句意：他的组织为迈阿密及其周边的穷人和家庭提供食物和衣服。根据句意及首字母所以填poor。

2.句意：Joshua 已经为组织筹集到了几千元钱。“筹集”此空应填raised。

3.句意：这是我自己兜的钱，我想帮助他。根据句意及首字母应填money。

4.句意：没有事情可以阻止他。“阻止”此空应填stop。

5.句意：Joshua 从不错过请求别人跟随他做这件事的机会。根据句意及首字母此空填chance。

6.句意：Earl Laird 两年前失了业到现在还没能够找到一个新的。“失业”此空应填lost。

7.句意：Earl Laird 两年前失了业到现在还没能够找到一个新的。新的应填new。

8.句意：没有钱他就不能为楼房付钱，只好住在街道上。根据句意及首字母应填pay。

9.句意：即使他已经做了很多……，根据句意及首字母此空应填already。

10.句意：他说他为穷人提供帮助的使命远远没有结束。根据句意及首字母此空应填far。

考点：短文填空