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内蒙古杭锦后旗奋斗中学2018-2019学年高二下学期英语第一次月考试卷
In 1993, Greg Mortenson travelled to northern Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain. Instead of reaching the top, he became so1that he had to come down. Some porters took him home to Korphe, their village, and 2him.
While he was recovering, Greg3the village children writing their lessons outside in the dirt. The village had no4 and couldn't pay $l a day for a teacher. Greg decided to pay the village back by raising money to build a school and5a teacher.
Back home in Montana, Greg wrote many6to celebrities(名人)and business people.7, he received just one reply and one check for $100. Then he wrote 16 grant proposals(补助金申请)— all were8. Finally he started9his things, but only raised $2,000.
Then an elementary school class in Wisconsin10a project called Pennies for Pakistan. They11$623 in pennies to CAI — Central Asia Institute, founded by Greg. After that, adults began to take a(n)12in his project.13, Greg raised $12,000 and in 1996, CAI14its first project — the school in Korphe.
Over two decades, CAI's15have expanded into other areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, many of them too dangerous or remote for other organizations to reach. CAI has16the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Hundreds of new requests for17still cross the organization's desks every day. It looks forward to18these future projects, because Greg and CAI truly19the surest path to peace is through20. With education they can change the world, one child at a time.
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