In a generous display of maturity and sympathy, one Jewish boy made his first deed as a man in his faith a great act of charity.
Joshua Neidorf, a 13-year-old boy from Los Angeles, donated most of his birthday money to Operation Mend, a program that reconstructs the faces of severely burned U. S. veterans（退伍老兵）.
The young man decided to donate his money after getting to know Army Sgt. Louis Dahlman, who was undergoing a series of reconstruction surgeries（手术）at UCLA （University of California at Los Angeles） thanks to Operation Mend. The Neidorfs had signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”, spending time with him whenever he visited Los Angeles for a surgery.
“I just love knowing that it’s going somewhere...to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day,” said Neidorf. His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”
In all, Neidorf gave $13,000 to Operation Mend. He also encouraged his friends to donate to the cause. He is the organization’s youngest donor so far.
Operation Mend is a privately funded program that works in partnership with the UCLA Medical Center. Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin, a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face.
Mankin ended up being Operation Mend’s first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 2007. In a 2011 interview, Katz shared how his experience of helping Mankin made him realize the need to establish a more permanent program.
“My wife and I soon realized that there were dozens of Aarons out there,” Katz said. “They deserve the best that we offer them.”
1.Neidorf decided to help veterans because ________.
A．he benefited from Operation Mend B．he was afraid of burned faces
C．he thought they deserved help D．he didn’t know how to spend money
2.Operation Mend was founded after ________.
A．Neidorf donated part of his birthday money
B．the Neidorfs signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”
C．Ron Katz saw a TV programme about a veteran
D．Mankin was successfully operated on at UCLA
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Neidorf’s mother was opposed to his decision to donate money.
B. Mankin’s face was burned in a fire in America.
C. Mankin went through more than 30 facial surgeries at UCLA.
D. Many facial surgeries are needed to reconstruct a seriously burned face.
4.The last two paragraphs mainly tell us ________.
A．the process of Mankin’s surgery B．how Operation Mend was set up
C．how Katz became famous D．veterans are respected by people
Neatly putting an emphasis on his storytelling skill is how writer Mo Yan began his Nobel Lecture in Literature speech, “Storyteller”, on Friday （Saturday, Beijing time） in Stockholm.
For 40 minutes he talked about his mother’s 36 on him as a person and a writer, his literary inspirations, and how he 37 with the controversy（争论）that followed the announcement of his Nobel victory.
He told his audience that as a boy he told stories to cheer up his mother, and 38 that poverty and loneliness fueled his imagination as a writer after he grew up. 39 , authors such as William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez 40 him, he said, especially their bold and unlimited writing style.
“A person should be 41 in daily life, but follow one’s instinct（本能）and take control when it 42 to literary creation.”
He said the soul of 43 all of his works is the boy in Transparent Carrot who has an almost superhuman ability to bear 44 . He added that he also tried to make his hometown of Gaomi in Shandong Province a microcosm（缩影）of China and even the 45 .
His greatest challenge, he said, was writing novels that deal with 46 realities.
“In writing about the dark aspects of society there is a（n） 47 that emotions and anger allow politics to limit literature.”
He said literature must be 48 on real life but go beyond it.
He also mentioned the 49 surrounding his selection as Nobel winner, saying he was showered with many flowers. 50 he was a target for “stone throwers”.
“At first I thought I was the 51 of the controversies, but over time I’ve come to realize that the real target was a person who had 52 to do with me.”
Mo 53 his lecture by saying he was made to feel like an actor in a play with all the attention he was 54 , but he had decided that the best way to communicate his thoughts was to __55 writing.
1. A．affection B．influence C．occasion D．position
2. A．agreed B．fought C．dealt D．did
3. A．added B．warned C．reminded D．imagined
4. A．However B．Otherwise C．Therefore D．Besides
5. A．preserved B．inspired C．entertained D．taught
6. A．confident B．certain C．comfortable D．modest
7. A．goes B．comes C．turns D．gets
8. A．nearly B．hardly C．scarcely D．always
9. A．danger B．suffering C．relieving D．happiness
10. A．city B．village C．world D．province
11. A．social B．economical C．agricultural D．cultural
12. A．encouragement B．danger C．advantage D．event
13. A．insisted B．spent C．based D．passed
14. A．contradiction B．contest C．contrary D．controversy
15. A．Meanwhile B．Otherwise C．However D．Instead
16. A．goal B．intention C．target D．purpose
17. A．somebody B．anything C．nothing D．anybody
18. A．adopted B．concluded C．admitted D．concerned
19. A．throwing B．accepting C．offering D．receiving
20. A．carry on B．take on C．bring out D．put out
-----Have you heard that he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last year?
---- ________. He has made a positive contribution to that field.
A．Congratulations! B．You must be joking.
C．By no means! D．He deserves it.
Some lawyers have long called for changes to these laws which they think are ___ in the 21 st Century.
A．in place B．on the way C．by the way D．out of place
--Still remember the first time we met in the railway station?
--Of course. You ________ for the train to Shanghai.
A．had waited B．have waited C．were waiting D．waited
China’s Beidou global satellite navigation system will have been completed by 2020, ________ of more than 30 satellites.
A．consisting B．consisted C．to consist D．consists
