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湖北省襄阳市四校2019-2020学年高二上学期英语期中考试试卷
From a young age, Micheal Platt loved two things: Martin Luther King and cupcakes. He set down statistics about income inequality and childhood hunger. But he also1 afternoons at his computer in his home, astonished by YouTube bakers who changed eggs, flour and water2 edible(可食用的) works of art.
Michael saw a way to3 his two passions. At age 11, he founded a bakery. For every cupcake, cake or cookie Micheal 4, he donates another to the homeless and 5. Micheal, now 13, said he6 enjoys handing out cupcakes to kids.
Sometimes Micheal bakes to get money for hunger-fighting groups, too. He spent a morning last weekend teaching a baking class to7 money for Nokid Hungry.
He can keep up with his baking partly because he is homeschooled by his mother, who 8 her job to take care of Micheal full time. Micheal 9 of public school after his epilepsy(癫痫) was diagnosed in sixth grade. His epilepsy became too 10 and too frequent to allow him to sit in a classroom, his mother explained.
“It was a very, very 11 time," she said of the period after the diagnosis, during which Micheal had to 12 his physical activity. "He had to stop everything he13: gymnastics, climbing trees, diving. So that's14 he kind of threw himself into baking." She said. Baking, Micheal said, makes him feel calm.
But when he started the bakery, he knew from the beginning that he wanted his 15 to do more than make money. Micheal hopes his cupcakes16 others to work for social equality.
Sometimes, Micheal17, he grows tired of being in the kitchen. Then he remembers the 18 boy he met once while19 cupcakes. A couple of days afterwards, the boy's father messaged Micheal on Facebook saying that his son, encouraged by Micheal's example, now is eager to 20 a baker. "That inspired me," Micheal said.
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