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河南省许昌市禹州市2020-2021学年九年级英语第二次中招模拟考试试卷
Playing video games from breakfast to bedtime might sound lazy. But some students did this to help fight the COVID-19.
In early June,three 18-year-old students1The Shipley School in Pennsylvania, the US, hosted a 24-hour live streaming event during which they2the popular video game Fortnite. They didn't play for fun, but for a good 3to raise money for nurses battling the COVID-19. The cash came from4who would donate to them. And5played the game with competitors around the world.
Jack Robinson 6 the idea, as he has seen nurses sacrificing their lives for their communities. "We want to make a difference from our7," he said.
Robinson was joined by Luke Grayum and James Heckscher. Their school 8students to give back to their communities. Students were required to 9charitable work. Robinson built houses in Costa Rica and cleaned Los Angeles beaches. Heckscher taught students and collected toiletries for the homeless. Grayum ran 70 miles to10money to help low-income people and volunteered at the nursing home. All the students tried their best to help others and they felt happy and 11.
This year, because of the COVID-19,they had to do 12at home. They turned to live streaming video games. They chose Fortnite because it has a big audience. The three13as a team,but also allowed other players to join them. Their school headmaster, Michael Turner, 14partnered them.
They hoped to bring in as much as 2,000 dollars (about 13,400 yuan). 15in the end they raised more than 3, 500 dollars. All of the money was donated to the American Nurses Association.
—本题素材选自《21世纪英文报》
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