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16 gesture. And then you move on. A couple of days ago I was up on a stage, connecting a laptop I'

m typing on to a

17 at the conference. It was the first time I was going to

18 a session at the Association of Fundraising Professionals(AFP) international conference. So, needless to say, I felt very

19 . Some sweaty palms. You get it. For some reason, my laptop and the projector were having troubles

20 . The image on the huge screen would flicker on and off and on and off. After a few minutes the image

21 completely. This went on for about

15 minutes. Watching from her seat was a young woman who had arrived nearly forty-five minutes before the session was to start. She quietly and

22 said, Lori, would you like to use my laptop? I looked up at this woman and

23 came to my eyes. I didn'

t know her. But she

24 offered to give up her note-taking tool. After switching on the computer and making sure things worked, I was

25 to give my speech to a room of more than

300 people. The woman'

s action

26 more than

300 people in that room who serve thousands in their communities. The people at the session got to learn how to share their people and money stories so they can

27 more money for their amazing nonprofits. Yes, the content was mine;

28 , the ability to deliver it was made

29 by a small act of kindness from someone I'

d never met before. I am grateful

30 words to the woman, who is changing the world. She has certainly changed mine. 16.A. bold B. polite C. silent D. kind 17.A. charger B. computer C. projector D. loudspeaker 18.A. address B. schedule C. postpone D. cancel 19.A. curious B. nervous C. excited D. embarrassed 20.A. approving B. negotiating C. communicating D. comparing 21.A. came B. disappeared C. rolled D. developed 22.A. calmly B. proudly C. urgently D. hesitantly 23.A. envy B. tears C. nerves D. admiration 24.A. curiously B. gratefully C.reluctantly D. generously 25.A. free B. afraid C. willing D. able 26.A. upset B. impacted C. defended D. discovered 27.A. raise B. afford C. lose D. waste 28.A. instead B. otherwise C. therefore D. however 29.A. possible B. flexible C. apparent D. reasonable 30.A. in B. without C. beyond D. about Ⅲ. 阅读理解(本题共

12 小题,每小题

2 分,共24 分)阅读下列短 文,掌握其大意,然后从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项 A Jaime Escalante was born on December 31,

1930 in La Paz, Bolivia to

2 teachers. Following in his parents footsteps, Escalante became a teacher as well. In the 1960s, he left Bolivia to seek a better life in America. Determined to teach in America like he had back home, Escalante taught himself English and earned another college degree. In 1974, Escalante took a job teaching math at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles known for troubled students with horrible home lives. He strove to bring his kids to their full potential, working with them to help them understand mathematics. Soon, he started an advanced math program for many of his students. He worked them hard, teaching them Calculus and making them show up to school an hour early each day and stay late after school was over. Then, in 1982, his largest class of students took an advanced placement test in Calculus and every single one of them passed. However, officials at the testing company suspected the students of cheating. Escalante was outraged. He said the students were being rejected because of their Hispanic (西班牙) names and poor backgrounds. This sparked an idea in Escalante. He was determined to keep his students'

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