(2021年山东模拟卷一)
Growing up in Kenya was amazing because I learned so much, though the poverty and lack of resources were sometimes frustrating.I knew I didn’t have much, but I was __1__.
There was only one thing I wasn’t happy with: education.I wanted to go to high school and university.I had the __2__, the will and the grades, but I didn’t have the resources.Even basic things like food, water and shelter weren’t readily available.Young people in poverty have little or no __3__ to high schools and universities.Where I lived, it was __4__ unless someone helped.When I left primary school, I was in the same __5__ as many other poor disadvantaged youth.__6__, during that year, a charitable high school for girls, Starehe Girls Centre, was __7__ and I received a scholarship.Today, I am on record as being the first student to be enrolled in this school.
In 2006, my school __8__ The Global Give Back Circle, a not-for-profit organization for __9__ disadvantaged girls to complete their education and gain __10__ skills.After graduating from high school, I was given access to a nine-month IT course.__11__, its give-back attitude had taught us to not only care about ourselves but other people.With this in mind, 10 of us created a website called “Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up”.Through this educational website, aimed at networking 10,000 African girls worldwide, all sisters commit to sending information to their villages.This can be to __12__ financial freedom, advanced information __13__ to health issues and provide knowledge about social networking behavior.
“Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up is only __14__ to those girls who can access the Internet, which highlights the huge challenge in narrowing the divide between the haves and have-nots.But our plan is that these girls will __15__ what they learn to other girls through the power of their voice.”
( )1.A.energetic B.happy
C.confident D.hopeful
( )2.A.vision B.mystery
C.drive D.pace
( )3.A.access B.means
C.chance D.dream
( )4.A.mystery B.pensive
C.logical D.challenging
( )5.A.occasion B.situation
C.dilemma D.position
( )6.A.Generally B.Importantly
C.Luckily D.Casually
( )7.A.put up B.taken up
C.made up D.set up
( )8.A.approved B.took
C.joined D.launched
( )9.A.psychologically B.physically
C.educationally D.financially
( )10.A.social B.average
C.typical D.professional
( )11.A.In short B.In all
C.In addition D.In brief
( )12.A.promote B.introduce
C.employ D.present
( )13.A.attached B.compared
C.related D.devoted
( )14.A.alternative B.acceptable
C.appropriate D.available
( )15.A.encourage B.spread
C.add D.apply