D. To persuade people to participate in some activities.
Around the World by Wheelchair
Rick Hansen was always an active kid and loved to fish. When returning in a truck one day from a fishing trip, he had an accident and suffered injuries to his spine (脊柱). This 15-year-old young man awoke to find that he had lost the use of his legs. However, he didn’t give up. Many months later he began to compete in wheelchair sports. At the age of 27, he decided to wheel around the world to raise awareness and money for spinal cord research. His tour took him through 34 countries around the world between 1985 and1987. In this Man of Motion World Tour, he wheeled 24,901.55 miles, which is equal to the distance around the earth.
Bad weather and difficult, rocky roads often provided challenges for Rick, but he continued to push himself to complete the trip. He was determined to succeed. Even mountains did not stop Rick Hansen. He wheeled himself up the Rocky Mountains and several other major mountains in the world. He even wheeled himself along the Great Wall of China!
“Never Give Up On Your Dream” was his motto and he hasn’t given up yet. He completed his world tour raising $24 million. He continues to work to increase knowledge of spinal cord injury. He is a true Canadian hero who shows what determination can achieve. 11．What happened to Rick after the accident? A. He lost the ability of living. B. He had to spend his life in hospital. C. He couldn’t walk any more. D. He couldn’t do sports any more.
12．When did Rick begin his tour around the world? A. At the age of 15. B. Soon after the accident. C. A year after the accident. D. At the age of 27.
13．Why did Rick take his tour around the world in his wheelchair? A. To gather money for the spinal cord research. B. To learn about the people of other countries. C. To travel to different countries for fun.
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D. To take photos of beautiful mountains.
14．From the passage we can see Rick is a(n) ________ person. A. unhappy B. determined C. careful D. quiet
Dear Reader,
Today I am going to ask you to support Wikipedia with a donation.
Wikipedia is built differently from almost every other top 50 websites. We have a small number of paid staff，just twenty-three. Wikipedia content is free to use by anyone for any purpose. Our annual expenses are less than six million dollars. Wikipedia is run by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which I founded in 2003.
Wikipedia is driven by a global community of more than 150,000 volunteers — all devoted to sharing knowledge freely. Over almost eight years, these volunteers have contributed more than 11 million articles in 265 languages. More than 275 million people come to our website every month to access information,free of charge and free of advertising.
But Wikipedia is more than a website. We share a common cause: Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s our commitment.
Your donation helps us in several ways. Most importantly, you will help us cover the increasing cost of managing global traffic to one of the most popular websites on the Internet. Funds also help us improve the software that runs Wikipedia — making it easier to search, easier to read, and easier to write for. We are committed to increasing the free knowledge movement worldwide, by taking on new volunteers, and building strategic partnerships with institutions of culture and learning.
Wikipedia is different. It’s the largest encyclopedia (百科全书) in history, written by volunteers. Like a national park or a school, we don’t believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia. We want to keep it free and strong, but we need the support of thousands of people like you. Thank you, Jimmy Wales
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15．What do the second and third paragraphs mainly talk about? A. Why you should donate to Wikipedia. B. How much the workers are paid. C. How Wikipedia is run.
D. How many people contribute to Wikipedia.
16．All the following are the reasons for the need of your donation EXCEPT ____________. A. to keep Wikipedia free for people all over the world B. to update the software that runs Wikipedia C. to raise the salaries of the staff D. to pay the cost of running the website
17．What does the underlined word ＂That＂ in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. Free access to all human knowledge. B. Human knowledge. C. Every single person. D. A common cause.
The Winter Olympics are also called The White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25th,1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule. During the 4th Winter Olympics, a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.
In the 1950’s, stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries as well as the non-host(非主办方)countries published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.
Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meeting.
Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.
18．The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world Games ______.
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A. after the year 1936 B. after the 3rd White Olympics C. before the 3rd White Olympics D. before the year 1932 19．The Winter Olympics is held once ______. A. every two years B. every three years C. every four years D. every five years 20．Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games. B. Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games. C. All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games. D. Japan can’t publish stamps to mark those Games. 21．What may appear on the stamps of the White Olympics? A. Basketball. B. Table tennis. C. Football. D. Skating.
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