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For John and Amy, birthdays have always been a big deal—a welcome excuse to celebrate life. When their son, Alex, three in 2005, they invited 20 friends to a nearby park. Not long after that the were brainstorming ways to teach Alex about giving to 1 . “We wanted to do something that would have a(n) on our community（社區(qū)）, and that our young child could in. We started wondering what fortunate kids do on their birthdays. The next day, we called a local shelter, and learnt that children typically didn’t do to celebrate at all. No cake. No gifts. No party.” The couple said.

Several weeks later, threw a party at the for the children who had birthdays that month. They decorated, served cake, and danced with 50 kids. Alex helped presents.

22 that first party, the couple have turned their simple idea Birthday Blessings, a non-profit that hosts monthly parties at 10 shelters.

To date, Birthday Blessings (birthdayblessings.org.) has thrown more than 500 at different shelters and handed out 22,000 party to nearly 4,000 homeless children in and around their community.

Birthday Blessings is entirely by volunteers. The charity（慈善）will take almost anything — toys, clothing, candy, baby items— it’s not used. “These kids never get anything new.” John said, “It makes a big to them psychologically.”

Being “part of this labor love” is making an impression on their son Alex. On his seventh birthday, his grandparents sent a check. it, the first thing he said was that he wanted to give half to the birthday kids.

1.A. turned B. grew C. came D. got

2.A. shelters B. neighbors C. friends D. couple

3.A. the other B. another C. others D. each other

4.A. impression B. influence C. permission D. limitation

5.A. participate B. take C. bring D. move

6.A. fairly B. less C. rather D. more

7.A. penniless B. jobless C. homeless D. hopeless

8.A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something

9.A. Alex B. John C. Amy D. the family

10.A. shelter B. church C. school D. community

11.A. make out B. pass out C. show out D. leave out

12.A. Before B. Until C. After D. Since

13.A. into B. down C. out D. off

14.A. birthdays B. parties C. presents D. donations

15.A. cakes B. honors C. favors D. surprises

16.A. continued B. undertaken C. operated D. performed

17.A. as far as B. as soon as C. as simple as D. as long as

18.A. difference B. surprise C. benefit D. advantage

19.A. never B. always C. hardly D. already

20.A. Realizing B. Saving C. Opening D. Folding

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述一對夫婦為了教育兒子，為收容所的孩子舉辦生日派對，并且持續(xù)這種善舉，使得這種善舉最后為慈善機構(gòu)所辦理，成為一種慣例。

1. their son, Alex, three in 2005當(dāng)他們的兒子，艾利克斯，在2005年變成三歲時，多用turn…表示長成多少歲，故選A

2. were brainstorming ways to teach Alex about…應(yīng)該是這對夫妻突發(fā)奇想一些方法來教艾利克斯，故選D

3. Alex about giving to . others泛指其他人，故選C

4. wanted to do something that would have a(n) on our community（社區(qū)），我們想要做一些對我們社區(qū)有影響的事，故選B

5. young child could in. participate in 固定短語，參與，另根據(jù)句意，夫婦倆希望自己的孩子也能參與，故選A

6. A公平的B較少的C相當(dāng)?shù)腄更多的，根據(jù)句子We started wondering what fortunate kids do on their birthdays夫婦倆想找一些事，即對社區(qū)有利又可以讓自己的孩子參與，因此他們就在考慮孩子在生日生做的較少的事情是什么，故選B

7. called a local shelter, and learnt that children我們給當(dāng)?shù)匾粋�收容所打電話，既然是收容所，應(yīng)該都是無家可歸的人，故選C

8. that children typically didn’t do to celebrate at all.，既然是無家可歸的孩子，那么應(yīng)該是什么都沒有做來慶祝生日，前面有否定詞，應(yīng)用anything表示全盤否定，故選B

9. weeks later, threw a party，這對夫婦了解到收容所的孩子從來沒有慶祝過生日后，就舉辦了一個派對，用這個家庭更好，故選D

10. weeks later, threw a party at the for the children who had birthdays that month.他們是為收容所的孩子舉辦派對，應(yīng)是在收容所舉辦派對，故選A

11. decorated, served cake, and danced with 50 kids. Alex helped presents.他們裝扮，吃蛋糕，并和50個孩子跳舞，艾利克斯幫忙分發(fā)禮物，故選B

12. that first party, the couple have turned their simple idea Birthday Blessings, a non-profit that hosts monthly parties at 10 shelters.自從第一個派對后，這對夫婦就將這個想法延續(xù)了下去，在10個收容所每月舉辦派對，故選D

13. couple have turned their simple idea Birthday Blessings，turn into把…變成，這對夫婦把他們簡單的想法變成了生日祝福，故選A

14. Blessings (birthdayblessings.org.) has thrown more than 500 at different shelters前文說這對夫婦是在收容所舉辦派對，本句應(yīng)是生日祝福已經(jīng)在不同的收容所舉辦了500多個派對，故選B

15. out 22,000 party to nearly 4,000 homeless children。 party favor一般是指派對禮物，故選C

16. Blessings is entirely by volunteers. The charity（慈善）will take almost anything生日祝福完全被志愿者操作，故選C

17. charity（慈善）will take almost anything — toys, clothing, candy, baby items— it’s not used.慈善將會負責(zé)每件事，玩具、衣服、糖果、嬰兒用品，只要沒有被用過，故選D

18. kids never get anything new.” John said, “It makes a big to them psychologically. Make a difference固定短語，有影響，這對他們心理來說有很大影響，故選A

19. “part of this labor love” is making an impression on their son Alex成為這個活動的一部分對他們的兒子艾利克斯已經(jīng)留下一定影響，故選D

20. his seventh birthday, his grandparents sent a check. it, the first thing he said was that he wanted to give half to the birthday kids.在他7歲生日時，他的祖父母給了他一張支票，打開它，他說的第一件事就是他想給一半給過生日的孩子，，故選C

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