Nicanor Quinteros, a 12-year-old boy from Argentina, is just like any boy his age. The only thing that makes him ________ is that he runs his own school!
Nicanor ________ the idea of starting a school when he saw some of his classmates drop out of school because they didn’t have the money for the bus ride or the shoes to wear to school. Nicanor asked his grandma ________ he could build a school next to their house. She gladly ________ his idea and together they began to carry it out. In the backyard of his house, Nicanor and his grandmother used canvases(帆布) and sticks to create the classrooms and fruit boxes to serve as chairs.
Nicanor’s ________ did not end there. He travels 4 kilometers by bicycle every day from school to teach the children in his own school. Sometimes he even runs classes at night for ________ who cannot attend them in the day time.
It has been four years ________ then, and with the help of neighbors and kind people, Nicanor has been able to build two more classrooms and a small library. He ________ has his own headmaster’s office. This community school now has 36 students. All of them love it and work very hard. The city leader also came to help when he ________ out what Nicanor did. He said, “I am so proud that we have a ________ of our own!” And he is right. Nicanor has encouraged many people, not just in Argentina, but around the world.
11. A.proud | B.useful | C.different | D.stupid |
12. A.connected with | B.came up with | C.kept in touch with | D.caught up with |
13. A.why | B.where | C.whose | D.whether |
14. A.refused | B.supported | C.continued | D.compared |
15. A.work | B.success | C.victory | D.trouble |
16. A.this | B.that | C.these | D.those |
17. A.when | B.until | C.after | D.since |
18. A.ever | B.just | C.even | D.almost |
19. A.tried | B.looked | C.found | D.pointed |
20. A.hero | B.voice | C.prize | D.member |