题型:阅读还原 题类: 难易度:困难
广东省深圳市宝安区西乡中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期10月月考英语试卷
Why do you open a school? If you ask Nadia Lopez this question, she would simply answer: to close a prison. Lopez is the founder of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a public school in Brooklyn.
To set up the school, Lopez faced many challenges. The greatest challenge was to get in touch with children without hope. At first, Lopez only had 45 kids. She once asked some girls, "" The answer was, "I don't know if I'm going to live that long." or "I have a lifelong goal of working in a fast-food restaurant nearby." These students had no idea that there were great chances outsider their neighborhood.
And they have tried their best to keep their students active an hopeful. "We call our students students 'scholars(学者)' because they are lifelong learners. I chose the colors purple and black to remind students that they are excellent. They can be future engineers, scientists and even leaders who can and will take over this world," Lopez said.
A popular New York blogger heard about the school and wrote a post about it, telling people how the children struggled(挣扎), and why people must make education the most important thing. About 1.4 million dollars were raised for the school and its students got to take field trips to colleges and universities.
"Up to now, we have had three graduating classes(毕业班). They have nearly 200 children," said Lopez.
A.The post reached millions of people. B.Where do you see yourself in five years? C.It was one of the poorest areas in New York City. D.Through education, they can have a great future. E.Luckily, Lopez and her coworkers (同事) didn't give up. F.Do you want to have lessons at school like kids in other areas? |
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