Bringing water to Liberians
Destinee Whitaker was in the fourth grade when she first knew millions of people in Liberia(利比里亚)didn't have clean water. “It made me feel _______ ,” the girl said. “Not everyone had what I had. Water, you know, is something you _______ manage without.”
After Whitaker entered high school, she did some research on the problem carefully. She really wanted to _______ something. One day after school, she talked to her classmates about the problem. They decided to raise money to buy water purification (水质净化)systems for people in need.
Together, Whitaker and her classmates thought about _______ to raise money. They organized(组织) a game where students bought tickets to guess how many pieces of candy there were inside a jar(罐子).In only a few weeks' time, they raised $ 800.
Whitaker then tried to _______ an organization that could deliver (递送) the water purification systems to Liberia. She connected with Joseph Sackor. Sackor runs an organization that provides medical services for Liberians.
“When I heard Whitaker's story,” Sackor said, “I was really surprised. I was moved that a girl of her age would think about other people's _______ that way” Sackor said that in Liberia, many young children died because they had to drink dirty water. Some students stay away from school because their parents cannot afford to buy them bottled water. Whitaker's water purification systems will _______ make a difference in their lives.
And this is not the end of the story. Whitaker says she will _______ working with Sackor. She wants to find more ways to help people in need.
1. | A.interested | B.surprised | C.thirsty | D.angry |
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2. | A.mustn't | B.can't | C.shouldn't | D.needn't |
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4. | A.reasons | B.tasks | C.ways | D.jobs |
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5. | A.find | B.join | C.follow | D.check |
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6. | A.suggestions | B.country | C.lives | D.future |
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7. | A.recently | B.hardly | C.suddenly | D.immediately |
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8. | A.start | B.avoid | C.keep | D.enjoy |
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