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   In the United States a voluntary organization called Musician Corps is making a difference in people's lives. Five years ago,Kiff Gallagher,the founder of the organization,realized that music and public services could be used together to help Americans in need. Recognizing that music has a positive effect on Alzheimer's disease and autism(自闭症),he had the idea of creating Musician Corps.

Musician Corps looks for musicians and trains them as teachers. Then the musicians provide these services in city schools,children's hospitals,and assisted-living homes for older adults. They also help organize community concerts. Anyone can play music at these community activities.

Kiff Gallagher says what makes Musician Corps different from other charity organizations is that everybody can take part. It provides a place for people to get involved. He remembers a Musician Corps event at a hospital. Afterwards,he says,the patients are less depressed.

David Meletiche, one of 200 musicians in Musician Corps, teaches an after-school guitar class in a high-crime neighborhood. He is excited that the group gives him not only a job in a difficult economy but also the chance to use the team-building skills he gained in college.

There are 12 high school students in his class. Selena Makwan, one of them who are learning to play the guitar, says the program keeps her busy.“It definitely keeps me off the streets, because without this program I probably would be wandering around right now and I would not know what to do. And it also gives me an opportunity to learn something I've never done before.”

Musician Corps has established programs in California and North Carolina. Kiff Gallagher hopes Musician Corps will continue to expand across America.

【小题1】Kiff Gallagher founded Musician Corps to ___________.
A.teach people music
B.help those in need
C.know better about sick people
D.offer jobs in a difficult economy
【小题2】What makes Musician Corps unique compared with other charity organizations?
A.It is open to anyone.
B.Its members are all musicians.
C.It can make people less depressed.
D.It teaches music in high-crime neighborhoods.
【小题3】From Paragraph 4, we can know that David Meletiche ___________.
A.loves his job as a guitar teacher
B.has to make a living as a guitar teacher
C.changed his job during economic depression
D.used the team-building skills when he was in college
【小题4】According to Selena Makwan, we can know that she ___________.
A.wants to be a guitarist in the future
B.likes to wander around the streets
C.benefits a lot from Musician Corps
D.wants to be a member of Musician Corps
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同类题4

   I am a social worker. I wanted to tell everyone about my very dear friend who passed away a few months ago. I met him many years ago while doing my internship(实习期的工作)in the county prison. He was _________a program he had designed to help prisoners with drug and alcohol problems. He was always _________ new ways to bring hope and help to these men and their _________.One of his favorite _________was the Toy Drive he would run every Christmas for the children of the prisoners. He did this for twenty years _________his sudden death. As Christmas _________,I decided that this tradition had to be _________,for the children as well as the _________ of my friend.

But the file where he kept the names of the people who had helped him over the years had gone _________.I had to start anew(重新)and with very little __________!I started making phone calls,explaining about the project and my __________.I prayed every night that the event would,__________,be worthy of my friend. To my great __________,individuals,organizations and businesses began to come on board and,__________,I had enough toys to give to all the children of the prisoners with some left over for the local community __________!

When Christmas Eve finally arrived,I felt very happy,thinking I had done all I could do and reflecting(认真思考)on what a(n)__________it had been for me. I was bagging up the remaining toys __________ if there was anyone left who might like them. Then my phone rang.

It was my daughter. She __________to explain about a woman she knew in Kentucky who had five children,one seriously ill,no husband,no heating in the home,no toys!Ohh —how could we not help her?

My daughter and I drove all night,from New York to Kentucky,and those children woke up in a nice warm house with plenty of __________!My friend's __________of kindness lived on that year,reaching all the way to Kentucky!

【小题1】
A.recordingB.directingC.attendingD.improving
【小题2】
A.coming up withB.catching up withC.keeping up withD.putting up with
【小题3】
A.companyB.familyC.groupD.club
【小题4】
A.hobbiesB.sportsC.eventsD.games
【小题5】
A.untilB.afterC.behindD.since
【小题6】
A.finishedB.arrivedC.followedD.approached
【小题7】
A.lived onB.relied onC.carried onD.agreed on
【小题8】
A.pleasureB.memoryC.benefitD.favor
【小题9】
A.extraB.hidingC.activeD.missing
【小题10】
A.energyB.timeC.pressureD.confidence
【小题11】
A.difficultiesB.impressionC.fearsD.dreams
【小题12】
A.howeverB.thoughC.otherwiseD.somehow
【小题13】
A.disappointmentB.curiosityC.puzzlementD.relief
【小题14】
A.absolutelyB.eventuallyC.generallyD.occasionally
【小题15】
A.as wellB.at firstC.in particularD.once more
【小题16】
A.pityB.honorC.burdenD.discovery
【小题17】
A.wonderingB.realizingC.predictingD.evaluating
【小题18】
A.cameB.droveC.calledD.returned
【小题19】
A.candiesB.flowersC.chocolatesD.toys
【小题20】
A.courageB.spiritC.positionD.attention

同类题5

   Sometimes you meet an ordinary person doing something extraordinary. On a recent trip I met Normand Gallant. Normand is someone you could _____ on the street and never notice but he is a very special person who _____ recognition.

Norm lives in a remote area far from the _____ big hospital, so when his wife _____ cancer several years ago, Norm was faced with a four-hour _____ to where she could be treated. That meant lots of _____ for meals, fuel, hotels and so on. But in the end the cancer took his wife’s life _____.

Norm was obviously _____ by his wife’s passing, and he was quite upset, _____ he realized that other people were ______ the same sorts of hardships. He wanted to do something but he didn’t want to give money to the ______ that support cancer research because he didn’t know how much would actually get to the researchers. What he did was to ______ parties.

About every three weeks on Saturday evenings, there is a party in Norm’s garage. ______ during the evening Norm tells about a family who is having difficulty ______ the cost of supporting a cancer patient in undertaking ______ far from home. Then a pail is passed around and the money is ______, every cent of it goes ______ to that family.

Norm’s personal loss has ______ an act of kindness in ______ of the wife he has lost. Wouldn’t it be ______ if we had more people in the world like Normand Gallant? He makes the world a better place.

【小题1】
A.saveB.greetC.observeD.pass
【小题2】
A.deservesB.dislikesC.avoidsD.achieves
【小题3】
A.bestB.nearestC.cleanestD.cheapest
【小题4】
A.discoveredB.curedC.examinedD.developed
【小题5】
A.flightB.walkC.driveD.wait
【小题6】
A.troubleB.expenseC.effortsD.preparations
【小题7】
A.anywayB.somehowC.meanwhileD.instead
【小题8】
A.impressedB.strickenC.movedD.terrified
【小题9】
A.ifB.althoughC.beforeD.because
【小题10】
A.understandingB.questioningC.facingD.settling
【小题11】
A.doctorsB.familiesC.organizationsD.hospitals
【小题12】
A.attendB.promoteC.holdD.enjoy
【小题13】
A.At some pointB.By this meansC.For some reasonD.In this case
【小题14】
A.affordingB.reducingC.budgetingD.providing
【小题15】
A.researchB.treatmentC.operationD.risk
【小题16】
A.collectedB.paidC.spentD.lent
【小题17】
A.graduallyB.simplyC.directlyD.exactly
【小题18】
A.served asB.resulted fromC.gone throughD.contributed to
【小题19】
A.memoryB.recoveryC.braveryD.kindness
【小题20】
A.interestingB.unusualC.preciousD.nice