After growing up in the foster care system (寄...

After growing up in the foster care system (寄养制度), Shante Elliott is working to help others come out of it. Shante Elliott is no _________ to the foster care system. _________, it was a system Elliott once moved around. She was forced to change schools, because she had to _________ with different homes over and over again before she finally _________ a long-term family at the age of 13.

After such a(n) _________ start in life, Elliott became the first member of her family to graduate from college. She _________ a foundation (基金会). She made use of her personal _________ to help others within the foster care system.

Elliott knows the teenagers in the foster care system face _________. “Often, these teenagers are not _________ as children but as adults,” said she. “Most __________ want to adopt a baby child.” Finding a long-term family is still what foster children __________ most. And for those who age out of the system without finding those forever homes, there are __________ challenges to face. These kids are at greater __________ of homelessness, health problems and dropping out of school, all of which can make them __________ more difficulties.

Elliott wants to see that shame __________. It’s a reality that Elliott wants to help others. The need for protection, love, chance and safety has no __________ limit. If more teenagers were adopted, youth would have more __________ results after foster care. And it’s why Elliott has devoted much of her life to __________ these kids and cleaning out the __________ that may prevent themselves from getting a chance.

Although she feels good about the work she is doing, she said she wanted to do more. “I am interested in creating a long-term __________ for children in the foster care system,’’ said Elliott.

1.A.relative B.stranger C.neighbour D.designer

2.A.Actually B.Finally C.Gradually D.Usually

3.A.share B.talk C.debate D.live

4.A.attacked B.lost C.found D.praised

5.A.swift B.difficult C.important D.practical

6.A.judged B.explored C.charged D.created

7.A.experience B.beauty C.forecast D.humor

8.A.competitions B.calculation C.disaster D.challenges

9.A.employed B.remembered C.treated D.described

10.A.organizations B.families C.adults D.managers

11.A.agree B.need C.hate D.learn

12.A.reliable B.national C.additional D.rare

13.A.performance B.practice C.risk D.request

14.A.face B.stop C.ignore D.admit

15.A.begin B.continue C.keep D.end

16.A.culture B.wealth C.interest D.age

17.A.unfair B.successful C.cheerful D.useless

18.A.disturbing B.punishing C.helping D.following

19.A.shame B.pain C.fear D.anger

20.A.change B.design C.show D.company

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After living in Paris for 50 years, he returned to the small town ______ he grow up as a child.

A. which　　 B. that

C. when　　 D. where

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Children need a lot to grow up, but ________ they need love and care.

A．above all          B．in all             C．at all             D．after all

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Children need a lot to grow up, but ________ they need love and care.

A．above all　　 B．in all　　 C．at all　　 D．after all

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When I was 16 years old and in foster care in Tennessee, people told me I was unadoptable. But I desperately wanted a family. I sought the help of a judge, even the commissioner of the Department of Children’s Services, and was adopted just a week before my 18th birthday.

We have a lot to be grateful for and this holiday season let’s not forget about the more than 415,000 youth in foster care especially older youth. These youth are the most likely to get overlooked for adoption, but they shouldn’t be. They need and deserve a family just as much as young children do. Making an older youth a part of your family can bring just as much a joy as adopting a baby or a younger child—without all the diapers and potty training.

My adoption was life changing and probably the best thing that ever happened to me. I still remember the first gift my parents gave to me. It was a Mickey Mouse key chain with a key to their home. They told me that no matter what happened they would always love me and I’d always have a place to come home to. This is our 17th Thanksgiving together...

My first Thanksgiving with my family was a little overwhelming with lots of extended family including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. However, it’s when I realized that I would never have to spend another holiday alone and that was truly an amazing feeling.

I was always eager to spend time with my little sister, Beth. She was six when I joined the family. My dad always says he knew we were really sisters, and I was no longer a guest in the house when Beth and I had our first fight. Today, she’s one of my best friends, and I’m her biggest cheerleader.

There were also bittersweet Thanksgivings. One we spent in my mom’s hospital room. It was there that she helped me plan my wedding but passed away three weeks before the ceremony. My dad walked me down the aisle, and my sister was my maid of honor. Because of our bond, we were able to support each other through that challenging time and that’s what family is for—the good and bad times.

It’s nice having my dad and sister to share holidays and special occasions. But they’re even more important when it comes to the little things—like having someone to share my bad day with, celebrate my promotion at work, or help me think through a difficult decision. It’s in these moments that I just can’t imagine being alone in the world.

I’m so glad that I didn’t listen to those people who said I was unadoptable, I’d never find a family, and that I was putting myself out there for rejection. It’s a risk for older foster youth to consider adoption. It’s an opportunity to be rejected once again. But it’s a risk they should take because life doesn’t end at 18. It’s really just beginning.

If you know someone who might consider adopting an older teen, please share my story -- and have him or her think of my family. They didn’t get to see my first steps or watch me be a pilgrim in my second grade Thanksgiving play. But they taught me so many things about life, and were there to watch me walk across the stage when I graduated from college and law school and accompanied me to the White House last year as I was honored for my work helping foster youth.

I look forward to many more Thanksgivings with my family, and I’m eternally thankful they chose me to be a part of their family.

1.What contributes to the author’s feeling that she can’t imagine being alone in the world.

A. The family’s giving the author a Mickey Mouse as a gift.

B. The author’s spending her Thanksgiving with her extended family for 17 years.

C. The mother’s failing to attend the author’s wedding ceremony for her severe disease.

D. The family’s always sharing happiness and sorrow with her.

2.What does adoption for older youth really mean

A. It means not living alone any longer.

B. It means being taken good care of by others.

C. It means being successful in career.

D. It means being loved and a sense of belonging.

3.The underlined sentence “It’s an opportunity to be rejected once again.” in Paragraph 8 means that _________.

A. older teens take the opportunity to be adopted

B. older teens are less likely to be adopted

C. older teens create the opportunity to be adopted

D. older teens are in danger of being adopted

4.What’s the author’s main purpose of writing the passage

A. To express her appreciation for her family.

B. To show sympathy to the unadoptable older youth.

C. To appeal to more people to adopt the older youth.

D. To persuade the readers not to believe others’ words.

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Inspiration

“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my ______ took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was ______ to more, my interests in the world of dance ______ varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a ______ in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a ______; I became a member of the company ______ back to 1925.

As I look back on that day now, it surely ______ any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief ______ I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually _____ to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely ______. I remember shaking with excitement.

Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of ______. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to ______ up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme ______ to detail (细节) and stress on practice that set us ______. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals ______ a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new ______ of the words “hard work.” What I thought was my physical ______ were pushed much further than I thought ______. I learned to make each performance better than the last.

Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great ______ of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a ______ that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.

1.A. hobby　　 B. plan　　 C. word　　 D. dream

2.A. connected　　 B. expanded　　 C. extended　　 D. exposed

3.A. rarely　　 B. certainly　　 C. probably　　 D. consistently

4.A. director　　 B. trainer　　 C. dancer　　 D. leader

5.A. symbol　　 B. memory　　 C. reality　　 D. truth

6.A. bouncing　　 B. tracking　　 C. turning　　 D. dating

7.A. adds　　 B. lacks　　 C. makes　　 D. brings

8.A. while　　 B. since　　 C. until　　 D. when

9.A. expected　　 B. cared　　 C. asked　　 D. decided

10.A. motivated　　 B. astonished　　 C. convinced　　 D. relaxed

11.A. advantages　　 B. profits　　 C. challenges　　 D. adventures

12.A. pick　　 B. mix　　 C. build　　 D. put

13.A. attention　　 B. association　　 C. attraction　　 D. adaptation

14.A. back　　 B. aside　　 C. off　　 D. apart

15.A. with　　 B. by　　 C. over　　 D. beyond

16.A. function　　 B. expression　　 C. meaning　　 D. usage

17.A. problems　　 B. boundaries　　 C. barriers　　 D. efforts

18.A. necessary　　 B. perfect　　 C. proper　　 D. possible

19.A. honor　　 B. talent　　 C. potential　　 D. responsibility

20.A. victory　　 B. tradition　　 C. trend　　 D. desire

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A 16-year-old in foster care has finally found a home. His adoption caseworker (社会工作者), who has known him since he was 7, will become his adoptive mother this month.

In October 2013, Davion Only spoke in front of a church congregation (会众) in St. Petersburg, Florida, and made an _________ for adoption. He had recently learned that his　 _________　 mother, who’d been in jail since Only was born, had died. He had spent years bouncing between foster homes. “My name is Davion and I’ve been in foster care since I was born,” he said. “I know God hasn’t given up on me, so I’m not giving up either.”

The_________ plea (恳求) went viral, and Only’s foster agency_________ calls from more than 10,000 people, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Only _________　 traveling to Ohio to live with a minister’s family. But after Only got into a physical _________ with one of his older would-be siblings (兄弟姐妹), the minister and his wife changed their minds.

Back in Florida, Only passed through four different _________ homes over the next year, until he called Connie Going, his adoption caseworker, to make a special 　 _________ .

Only had known Going for nearly ten years, and had asked every year if she would adopt him but she always 　 _________ . “I always believed there was a better family than us out there,” Going tells Yahoo Parenting. “He _________　 so much in this world.”

But this past July, when Only called and asked again if she might adopt him, Going says something felt 　 _________　 . “In adoption there is a ‘claiming moment,’ when you know someone is your child. When he called me to ask, in that moment, I just knew,” she says. “When he asked me, my heart felt this _________ and I just knew he was my son.”

So Going, 52, invited Only to start spending time _________ the rest of her family — the other four children who she also adopted out of foster care. _________　 , Going managed to rent a bigger home, got a lawyer, and started adoption _________　 .

Only will officially join Going’s family on April 22, when the adoption 　 _________　 . “Today, I am feeling blessed and honored by being chosen to be the parent to all my children,” she says. “I work every day on being the best parent I can to them, to be patient and creative so that I can _________ all their needs.”

A spokesperson for Eckerd, Only’s foster agency, told the Tampa Bay Times they were _________ with the new development. “We are truly thrilled that Davion has been united with his forever family.“

While Going is waiting for the newest _________ to her family to become official in the eyes of the law, she says Only is already her child. “I want him to know he is _________ loved for who he is, the way he is,” she says. “The changes he chooses to make in his life, and the choices, are his to make. As a family we will be there through it all, the good and the bad for our lifetime. He is home.”

1.A. apology　　　　　　 B．compensation　 C．appeal　　　　 　　 D．call

2.A. biological　　　　 B．botanic　　　 　　 C．adoptive　　 　 　 D．adaptive

3.A. delighting　　 　 B．satisfying　　 　 C. annoying　　 　 D．heartbreaking

4.A. received　　　　 B．accepted　　 　　 C．made　　 　　　 　 D．answered

5.A. avoided　　 　　　　 B．started　　　　　 C．gave up　　 　 　　 D．ended up

6.A. quarrel　　 　　　 　 B．experiment　　 C．examination　 　 D．fight

7.A. permanent　　 　　 B．full-time　　 　 C．rich　　 　　　 D．temporary

8.A. question　　 　　　 B．request　　 　 　 C．order　　 　 　　 D．resolution

9.A. determined　 　　 B．hesitated　　 　 C．involved　　 　 　 D．devoted

10.A. declares　　 　　 B．develops　　 　　 C．discovers　　　　 D.　 deserves

11.A. different　　 　　 B．the same　 　　 　 C．surprising　　 　 D．disappointing

12.A. force　　　 　　 　 B．courage　　 　　 C．ache　　 　　　 D．energy

13.A. on　　 　　　　　　 B．with　　　 　　 　　 C．in　　　 　　　　 D．to

14.A. Particularly　　 B．Constantly　 　 　 C．Previously　　 　 D．Eventually

15.A. performances　　 B．procedures　　 　 C．persuasion　　　 D． production

16.A. goes across　　 B．goes about　　 　 C．goes through　　 D．goes down

17.A. refuse　　　 　　　 B．ignore　　　 　　　 C．meet　　　　　　 D．neglect

18.A. pleased　　 　　 B．angry　　 　　　　 C.disappointed　　 D． enthusiastic

19.A. burden　　 　　　 B．brother　　 　　 　 C．addition　　　　 D．trouble

20.A. unconditionally B．conditionally　　 C．partly　　　　 　 D．amazingly

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Police in America have stepped up 1. (they) search for a fifteen-year-old boy called Justin Foster, 2. went missing three days ago in Dover. Witnesses said they saw Justin walking home. Kelly, his sister, said that a bright light woke her up and 3. she once mistook it for the light of the4. (fill) moon. She saw a large spaceship 5. (fly) outside the window. And Justin 6. (shout) then and she hasn’t seen him since. When asked about the 7. (possible) that Justin was taken by 8.(alien), Detective Sam Peterson taking charge of the case said they9.(look) into it and wouldn’t give up 10. they found out the truth.

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Where did Jane grow up?

A.In Sweden. B.In Switzerland. C.In the US.

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Growing up in the mountainous Sierra de Penamayor, in Asturias, northen Spain, Aladino Montes had been shooting deer ever since he was a child, but his life as a hunter came to an abrupt end 10 years ago, when he met Bambi, an adorable deer that has remained by his side ever since. Aladino has never shot an animal since.

53-year-old Aladino recalls driving through the mountains in his little jeep, ten years ago, when he saw a couple of cows being followed by a skinny little deer. Deer don’t usually hang out with cows, so he approached the animals for a closer look. That’s when he noticed that the deer had several wounds and would have probably died without proper medical care. He put the injured animal in his car and drove back to his house when he nursed it back to health. But instead of running back towards the forests, the deer stayed by Aladino’s side. They’ve been best friends ever since.

He always loved animals, but his father had taught him to hunt deer as a child. He did it for food, not sports, but ever since he adopted Bambi, he hasn’t shot a single animal.

Aladino’s cabin sits at 1,140 meters above sea level, offering tourists a beautiful view of the surrounding mountainside. On clear days, one can see all of central Asturias all the way to Gijon, but most people don’t travel to Les Praeres for the view, they come to see Bambi, the friendly deer.

Sometimes, Bambi will elk straight into the bar in search of Aladino and leave everyone with their mouth open, or even let people pet her. But she’s always most comfortable at the side of her rescuer. She’s so relaxed around him that she makes other deer feel safe as well.

1.What does the underlined word “abrupt” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. Quick.　　 B. Happy.

C. Sudden.　　 D. Slow.

2.What made Aladino give up hunting?

A. The kind cows.　　 B. His kind-hearted nature.

C. The deer’s bad conditions.　　 D. His rescue of the wounded deer.

3.What do you know about the little deer Bambi now?

A. It is a tourist attraction.　　 B. It is doing nothing.

C. It is a symbol of friendship.　　 D. It is living under the natural state.

4.What does the deer Bambi like to do best?

A. Go to the bar.　　 B. Stay around Aladino.

C. Let people pet her.　　 D. Attract other deer to some near.

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