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浙江省温州市2024-2025学年七年级上学期英语学业水平期末检测(新编卷三)
Peng Jingxuan, a Chinese student, has studied music in France for years. When she 1 playing the guzheng on the streets of France in 2018, she did not think that the traditional instrument(传统乐器) would2 her life.
Peng began to study the guzheng when she was 7 years old.
In 2017, she went to France to study music. She was3 to find that very few people in France knew about the guzheng.
"I wanted to make4 people know this instrument, " Peng said.
She began to do5 performances(表演). Peng Jingxuan played the guzheng near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. As a(n)6 music performer, she shared traditional music with French people. The more Peng played on the streets, the greater pride (自豪) she felt in7 Chinese music and culture.
To make this traditional Chinese instrument better known to people in France, Peng 8 chose traditional guzheng pieces and some pop songs9 strong Chinese influences (影响).
"To get more people to know about it, understand it, and love it. . . is the biggest10 of Chinese artists playing the traditional musical instrument, " she said. And she is willing to work hard on it.
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. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
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, "{#blank#}2{#/blank#}" 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.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} 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. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} 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. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} 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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