We were driving along the village of Simdara. I
36 to my right and saw an old shelter 20 meters from the side of the road that appeared to be filled with
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“Would you mind
38 ?” I asked the driver Waris. “I think there is a(n)
39 .”
Waris laughed. “No, Greg, that’s actually a public toilet,” explained Waris and he kept
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“But why are there so many kids? What are they doing there? We need to
41 ,” I insisted. The word caught Waris
42 and he stopped the car.
When we reached the shelter, to my surprise, it was
43 a toilet—or at least it had been at one time. The roof was gone now, and the four toilet
pits (坑) had been
44 with old boards. There were 25 children between 4 and 5 years old, one
45 , and a wooden board against the wall.
Though having a tough learning environment, the students are quite
46 to chat with us about their class and
curriculum (课程). After about ten minutes, the teacher
47 if we might like to see “the rest of the school”. We
48 and followed her up the hill.
Just over the top of the hill, there was an old tent. It was very
49 inside because nearly 100 students were packed like
sardines (沙丁鱼). These students were a little
50 , fourth-, and sixth-graders, and all of them were sitting on the ground.
51 the teacher, they were doing extremely well —
52 most of them had no books, paper or even pencils.
We were forced to
53 to catch our plane. We were all
54 and decided to collect money to build a school for these children who had a hunger for
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| 小题1: | | A．looked | B．stuck | C．led | D．referred |
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| 小题2: | | A．plants | B．animals | C．children | D．birds |
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| 小题3: | | A．chatting | B．stopping | C．learning | D．competing |
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| 小题4: | | A．toilet | B．church | C．office | D．school |
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| 小题5: | | A．talking | B．driving | C．sleeping | D．walking |
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| 小题6: | | A．find out | B．watch out | C．give up | D．break up |
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| 小题7: | | A．memory | B．attention | C．breath | D．fortune |
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| 小题8: | | A．easily | B．never | C．hardly | D．really |
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| 小题9: | | A．changed | B．covered | C．marked | D．separated |
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| 小题10: | | A．waiter | B．cleaner | C．teacher | D．doctor |
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| 小题11: | | A．happy | B．upset | C．puzzled | D．nervous |
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| 小题12: | | A．knew | B．asked | C．decided | D．heard |
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| 小题13: | | A．laughed | B．nodded | C．refused | D．clapped |
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| 小题14: | | A．bright | B．fancy | C．crowded | D．comfortable |
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| 小题15: | | A．hungrier | B．lazier | C．older | D．braver |
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| 小题16: | | A．According to | B．Because of | C．In praise of | D．In honor of |
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| 小题17: | | A．if | B．although | C．when | D．unless |
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| 小题18: | | A．work | B．rest | C．stay | D．leave |
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| 小题19: | | A．satisfied | B．moved | C．accepted | D．greeted |
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| 小题20: | | A．food | B．energy | C．knowledge | D．truth |
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面远中缘稍略长于近中缘