Just north of the airport in Phoenix, in one of America’s most noisy and violent neiorhoods, if you listen closely, you can hear a chorus of small voices from a classroom in a white brick school building. Brenda Combs is in song. “When we wake up in the morning,” she 37 36 her studentsin a passionate voice, “we 38can brush our teeth ? comb our hair ? eat some food ... and get ready for a day.” The kids in this summer class StarShine Academy—a school 39 40in age from 5 to 12 and, like most pupils at kindergarten through 12th grade—come from 41 arePhoenix’s poorest families. Some of their parents are drug addicts; homeless. The woman by the chalkboard, in her opinion, has that once would have seemed well 43 42a kind of successher grasp. Combs, who runs the summer program 44 45 46 in from on her 47 upand teaches third and fourth grades the rest of the year, was recently Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. When she received her master’s in Grand Canyon University last spring, First Lady Laura Bush sentgraduation. As Combs was being interviewed on CNN, the university’s CEO with a surprise graduation presenta full scholarship toward a PhD.第 5 页 共 9 页“Brenda is extremely48,” says StarShine Academy’s founder, Patricia McCarty.“I often think of how many people used to walk by her and say, ‘She’s a(an) 49 .’ ” 50 children—the kind whoseWhat makes Combs such an extraordinary educator of students 51later to thank her—may be the years she spent living on the streets 52 through rubbishas a desperate crazy addict. She slept under bridges and containers for breakfast. And she 53used a comb or a toothbrush.Combs, 45, likes to show teenage students her “before” 54 , which portray a tired, dirtied “throwaway” with cold eyes. “ 55 and abused,” she says, “I know what it’s like to want to gethigh. They trust me because I’ve been there.” 36. A. heading leading 37. A. says speaks 38. A. fresh brand-new 39. A. range teach 40. A. serving educating 41. A. the others other 42. A. won 43. A. within beyond 44. A. printed graded 45. A. education 46. A. gifts第 6 页 共 9 页B. singingC. tellingD.B. singsC. shoutsD.B. cleanC. latestD.B. beginC. startD.B. helpingC. organizingD.B. anotherC. othersD.B. achieved B. on top ofC. received C. away fromD. obtained D.B. praisedC. listedD.B. music B. congratulationsC. song C. presentsD. art D.money 47. A. taken appeared 48. A. open-minded brave 49. A. educator beggar 50. A. dangerous at-risk 51. A. drop by with 52. A. searched sold 53. A. regularly seldom 54. A. songs books 55. A. Hardworking B. Disappointed C. Hungry D. Wealthy B. photos C. stories D. B. frequently C. sometimes D. B. attempted C. found D. B. walk past C. come across D. meet B. endangered C. risky D. B. teacher C. throwaway D. B. gifted C. warm-hearted D. B. looked C. showed D.36-40 DBDAA41-45 CA46-50 BCBCD51-55 AADBC复习扫荡狂练:完形填空—说明文 (福建省莆田市 2013 届高三教学质量检查) 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出可以填入空白处的 最佳选项。vitalplayer
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