文档介绍:2013年11月份百题精练(2)
英语试题
第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项。
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When Sara and Nathan Jones were training to e foster parents(养父母), their son, Noah, learned a tough thing or two about foster instance, nearly 600 local foster kids changed families every year, and they carried their belongings from one home to the next in black garbage bags.
Noah, then ten, couldn’t imagine squeezing his clothes, favorite toy, and er ball into a trash bag and dragging it to a new house in the middle of the night.“Packing kids’ belongings into garbage bags is like telling them that their stuff has no more worth than trash,” says Noah.
So with help from his parents and younger sisters, Macy, then nine, and Molly, then seven, Noah began to collect suitcases and duffel bags rom friends and extended family; he received more than 100 bags in less than two then sent letters to churches and put ads in local newspapers and on radio stations asking for a few months, the family was collecting about 500 bags a week, which they stored briefly in their spare bathroom and downstairs hallway before giving them to foster care caseworkers at the Department munity Based Services.
In addition to suitcases, Noah now provides foster kids with backpacks containing shampoo, soap, a journal, and a toy—all donated.“My hope is that by giving the children thi