【推荐3】 A week ago, students from the band of Hillgrove High School arrived at Compton Primary School, Georgia. Then, something
______ happened. They started to hang out with and talk to the little guys. They wanted to make sure the school’s youngest had
______ in their homes that week.
The exciting part of this thing was that this ______ came from 17-year-old Nathan Jones, not an adult. Jones is in the Hillgrove Hawks band. The idea, he said, came to ______ two years ago during a discussion about community service. Serving the community was nothing ______ to Jones. For years, he and his family had been active community volunteers.
Last year, Jones thought it a good idea to get the school band to ______ community service, only for the young kids in the school. Band director Patrick Erwin agreed ______ finally decided they had neither the time nor the resources (资源) to do it. “This year, I decided ______ again.” Jones said.
Back in August, Jones challenged the band to raise $5,000 (34,707 yuan) to help with the cost of packing the meals. In two weeks, they’d ______ $6,000, enough to provide 2,500 family meals.
Now it’s the end of the month. The fridges are ______ empty, so a bag of food can mean a lot for many of those students. “This is a one-casserole (炖锅) dish that can ______ the whole family,” said Beth Lair, headmaster at Compton. “This is neighbor helping neighbor.”
But Hillgrove’s ______ isn’t just about feeding the body. The band’s goal was to shift (转移) students’ attention ______ getting “likes” on social media (媒体) to building relationships with the people around them.
So the band decided on the message—“what the world needs now is ______, not likes”—for its halftime show. “That means ______ going into the community and showing love,” Jones said. “We’re going out and doing what we’re telling people to do.”
1. A.wonderful | B.terrible | C.upset | D.relaxing |
2. A.money | B.food | C.freedom | D.time |
3. A.promise | B.lesson | C.idea | D.ability |
4. 5. A.easy | B.common | C.new | D.important |
6. A.join in | B.put off | C.give up | D.turn down |
7. 8. A.to refuse | B.to try | C.to afford | D.to play |
9. A.wasted | B.saved | C.made | D.collected |
10. A.never | B.still | C.possibly | D.seldom |
11. A.honor | B.hold | C.feed | D.connect |
12. A.tradition | B.memory | C.trade | D.effort |
13. A.against | B.towards | C.from | D.about |
14. A.love | B.energy | C.humor | D.thanks |
15. A.suddenly | B.proudly | C.quietly | D.actually |