1 . A 12-year-old artist from Iowa is using his artwork to raise awareness and money for children’s cancer.
When Arsh Pal was eight years old, he was ________ painting supplies for his birthday. He ________ painting watercolor canvases (油画), and had made so many that he began ________ some of them to his family and friends as gifts.
As ________ went on, Pal got even better at painting, and his paintings grew in ________ in America, especially among the young people.
________, he started selling his paintings and ________ 100 percent of his proceeds (收入) to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He set a ________ to raise $1,000, which he quickly ________. Since then, Pal has ________ more than $15,000, and has donated, to at least five charities ________ St. Jude, Easterseals, Make-a-Wish foundation, Compass to Care, and the Riverview Center.
For all of his hard work and ________, Pal was recently honored with the Diana Award, a ________ youth humanitarian award named after the late Princess Diana. The ________ is given to “outstanding young people” between the ages of 9 and 25 who are “________ creating and sustaining positive social change.”
“I’m from Iowa and everybody else is from everywhere else,” Pal told Des Moines Register. “I feel really ________ that I’m getting it because it’s a pretty big award. Princess Diana ________ charitable work and helping the community, so that’s kind of what I do.”
In his free time, Pal also ________ nursing home residents how to paint. He hopes to soon start teaching free painting ________ to kids as well, particularly those who ________ from bad anxiety and emotional struggles.
1. A.gifted | B.promised | C.advised | D.expected |
2. A.imagined | B.began | C.considered | D.finished |
3. A.going over | B.turning down | C.putting away | D.giving away |
4. A.time | B.hope | C.work | D.effort |
5. A.scale | B.content | C.popularity | D.degree |
6. A.Hopefully | B.Eventually | C.Obviously | D.Generally |
7. A.providing | B.donating | C.delivering | D.lending |
8. A.plan | B.dream | C.goal | D.purpose |
9. A.reached | B.changed | C.pursued | D.decided |
10. A.promoted | B.requested | C.gathered | D.raised |
11. A.covering | B.including | C.containing | D.demanding |
12. A.honesty | B.patience | C.generosity | D.courage |
13. A.famous | B.normal | C.similar | D.regular |
14. A.title | B.award | C.money | D.status |
15. A.naturally | B.formally | C.effectively | D.selflessly |
16. A.nervous | B.curious | C.happy | D.confused |
17. A.reflects | B.indicated | C.represents | D.Suggests |
18. A.teaches | B.observes | C.informs | D.arranges |
19. A.lectures | B.lessons | C.subjects | D.schools |
20. A.escape | B.separate | C.benefit | D.suffer |