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 p people and families in Miami and the neighboring areas.
Joshua has r 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
. 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
him.”
The organization now provides clothing, furniture and food for the poor people in America. At the same time, Joshua never misses a c to ask other people to follow what he did whether at church or on the streets. Earl Laird l
his job two years ago and hasn’t managed to get a n
one. Without money, he can’t p
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 done a lot, he said that his mission (使命)to provide for the poor is f
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.”
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Water is the ______ of all the things we eat and drink. Not many people understand this but ______ true. The human body can go without ______for a long time. We’ve got many examples for this. Yet two _____three days without water can usually make people ______. Man can’t live ______ water. A lot of people don’t understand how ______ water the human body needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough, ______in very hot weather. Our body has mostly water, about 65% to 75%. That is to say, most of our body ______ water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. _____ we don’t drink some water, we won’t have enough water. And if we don’t have enough water, we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.
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完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I’ve finally become a big brother! It was quite an exciting day, but something happened while Mum was going to give a birth in the delivery room(产房). I was waiting the delivery room when a came up to me and asked in a soft voice, “ Hello, I your leg. Could you please tell me how it has influenced you?” Her question got me thinking. I got my man-made leg doctors had to amputate(cut off ) my left leg after a road accident. Not many people have asked me my life is going without the leg. Then, the lady dropped her and looked at the floor and said, “My son just had an accident and the doctor says he has to have his leg cut off. ”
I felt sad for her and wanted to something to cheer her up. In my mind, I for the right words to say. After what seemed like a long time, finally I said, “Auntie, your son won’t have a . He’ll feel different but you can teach him that difference is special.” I told how Mum always encouraged me to continue learning and to be independent. I also said that I had learned to do many things that other ‘ ’ people might find difficult. I’ve swum, cycled and even taken part in marathons.
The lady smiled and thanked me. As she waved goodbye to me, I heard my newborn sister in the delivery room! I thought to myself: What an unusual day, with an unusual question from a .
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Robby was 11 years old when his mother sent him to have his first piano lesson. I always think that a good learner should begin at his age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano. So I him as a student.
Robby didn’t have a basic of music, but he tried very hard. However, he continued and at the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say, “My mom is going to hear me play some day.”But it seemed . He didn’t have a natural ability for music.
One day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. He told me that his mom had been sick and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still .
He asked if he could take part in my concert (音乐会) and I .
The night of the concert came. The concert hall was with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then, Robby came on stage (舞台). Loudly and clearly he said that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next. His danced on the keys.
He played so well that everyone was on his feet, clapping (鼓掌) excitedly. In tears (眼泪), I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How could you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, the fact is that she had a serious blood disease and passed away this morning. And well… she was born , so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play. I wanted to make special and show her I could do it! My mother’s dream came true at last.”
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完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Rick goes to Boston for a meeting. The meeting is in Prince’s Building on Street, and Rick wants to be there on time. However, it is Rick’s time to visit the city, so he doesn’t know his around. When he sees an old couple sitting a bench, he goes up to ask for direction. The couple kindly tell Rick to the underground and to get off at Prince Station. Rick follows their direction, gets at Prince Station and walks east for two blocks. An hour later, he is disappointed(失望的) to that he is on 41st Street, not 44th Street. The old couple misheard(听错) him and gave him the direction. Another hour later, when a policeman takes back, he sees the old couple again. They are still on the bench, right in front of Prince’s Building. What bad luck Rick has!
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完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to get my which was parked at my office three streets away.
My friends that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I promised that I’d be very . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she stayed with another friend who needed help her baby.
I walked out of the hotel and started making my way to the car. At the crossing, a van stopped and a man came out with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right me and told me he’d escort (护送) me. Although I refused, he insisted that he would.
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was . When we got to the car-park, I thanked him and he went away. I did not get his name and can recognize (认出) him now. Did he stop for me? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I noticed two Indian workers in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the working place near my home. I went out and passed them my , telling them they should take and keep it. They were surprised by my action. They were very grateful to me, probably why a stranger was offering such kindness. I was so relaxed and happy that day.
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