1 . During World War II, a young nurse, Irena Sendler, risked her life to save over 2,500 children. Back in 2008, she was ________with some of the children whom she had saved. They wanted to ________her face to face for what she did.
Irena was only 29 when the war began, and at the time, she was ________at the Welfare Department of the Warsaw municipality in Poland. This gave her the perfect ________to help Jewish people being targeted by the Nazis.
In the 1940s, the Nazis ________the country’s Jewish population to the Warsaw ghetto. The ghetto was meant to ________Jews from the general population, and inside, Jews had to live in ________conditions. By 1942, nearly everyone in the ghetto had been deported (驱逐) to concentration camps and killed.
When Irena heard that, she decided to ________Jewish people. Using her credentials(证件) as a social worker, she was able to get ________to go into the ghetto. Then, she ________to take as many children out of the ghetto as she could secretly, ________over 2,500 of them between 1935 and 1943.
To get the kids out, Irena and her team would ________them in ambulances, lead them through underground sewer(下水道) networks and passageways, or wheel them out in suitcases or boxes. She eventually became one of the main ________behind Zegota, a secret organization that called itself the Council for Aid to Jews.
The Gestapo(盖世太保) ________what Irena was doing in 1943, and when she learned they were ________her, she wrote the names of the rescued children on cigarette papers, put them into two glass bottles and ________them in a friend’s garden. After the war, these bottles were dug up so that the children could be reunited with their families. ________, most of the families died in concentration camps, so many of the kids ________saw their loved ones again.
The Gestapo ________Irena and wanted to kill her, but finally she was saved by Zegota.
Irena received plenty of ________for her bravery, including the Gold Cross of Merit. Though she died later, we continue to honor her memory to this day.
1. A.found | B.combined | C.compared | D.reunited |
2. A.thank | B.pay | C.encourage | D.congratulate |
3. A.performing | B.studying | C.working | D.struggling |
4. A.right | B.opportunity | C.excuse | D.tool |
5. A.followed | B.introduced | C.welcome | D.sent |
6. A.free | B.separate | C.protect | D.attract |
7. A.common | B.different | C.challenging | D.terrible |
8. A.look for | B.fight for | C.live with | D.write about |
9. A.directions | B.tickets | C.permission | D.Inspiration |
10. A.managed | B.promised | C.expected | D.pretended |
11. A.raising | B.accepting | C.saving | D.influencing |
12. A.hide | B.search | C.lock | D.replace |
13. A.journalists | B.experts | C.learners | D.activists |
14. A.believed | B.noticed | C.wondered | D.predicted |
15. A.depending on | B.waiting for | C.competing with | D.coming for |
16. A.burned | B.threw | C.buried | D.shared |
17. A.Unfortunately | B.Doubtfully | C.Unsuccessfully | D.Surprisingly |
18. A.also | B.even | C.never | D.nearly |
19. A.joined | B.caught | C.prevented | D.remembered |
20. A.help | B.attention | C.questions | D.honors |