2 . On Monday, two groups of boys had a fight at Southwood High School. The following day, two groups of girls ________ where the boys had left off. In just two days, 23 students were taken to the police office.
So when Craig Lee, a business owner and community activist, was told about the ________ gang (帮派) tensions, he ________ Michael La’Fitte, who had a daughter at Southwood. They held a meeting and the ________ in attendance decided to make their ________ known on campus.
“We’re dads,” said La’Fitte. “The best people to ________ our kids are us.” That’s how Dads on Duty was born to ensure kids’ ________ . They sacrifice their own ________ . Some are fathers of kids at the school, ________ others are uncles, grandfathers and men like Lee, who volunteered to help the youth in his ________ .
Since then, ________ have dramatically declined and gang battles have stopped. “The school has been ________,” said one student. “They ________ with us like we’re their own children.”
But it’s not just cheerful greetings and funny jokes that have ________ Southwood. It’s the Positive Presence Promotion, developed by Dads on Duty, which means getting involved in home lives, engaging in dialogue about gang culture, and, ________ , making sure every kid has an adult they trust to ________ in times of crisis.
The presence of dads is meant to be ________ . One day after school, Dad on Duty Mike Morgan ________ some students wandering outside were waiting for their target of bullying. He found the target and steered (引导) him clear of the area. So to detect such a situation requires dads to be more ________ .
These dads have partnered with fathers in other counties who’ve followed their ________ . As La’Fitte said, “We’d like this to happen in every school.”
1. A.searched for | B.returned to | C.picked up | D.called at |
2. A.decreasing | B.acceptable | C.controllable | D.rising |
3. A.hired | B.contacted | C.followed | D.begged |
4. A.teachers | B.parents | C.fathers | D.colleagues |
5. A.presence | B.preference | C.choices | D.achievements |
6. A.guard | B.shape | C.raise | D.motivate |
7. A.privacy | B.safety | C.independence | D.freedom |
8. A.dignity | B.time | C.rights | D.interests |
9. A.or | B.though | C.when | D.while |
10. A.community | B.company | C.school | D.family |
11. A.quarrels | B.absences | C.fights | D.protests |
12. A.strange | B.different | C.special | D.fair |
13. A.agree | B.argue | C.live | D.interact |
14. A.healed | B.built | C.approached | D.surprised |
15. A.immediately | B.suddenly | C.secretly | D.eventually |
16. A.pick out | B.turn to | C.help out | D.attend to |
17. A.attractive | B.unreasonable | C.meaningless | D.preventive |
18. A.suspected | B.proved | C.imagined | D.indicated |
19. A.sensitive | B.ambitious | C.hopeful | D.patient |
20. A.dream | B.passion | C.example | D.heart |