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Dash of Hope
"Dash" is a symbol which represents every day we've spent alive on earth.Therefore, how you spend
your "dash" is important.
Recently I __1__ about a little girl named Hope.After learning more about her life, I couldn't help but
feel it was not by __2__, nor happenstance, that she had been named "Hope". The strong feeling of
sympathy and generosity __3__ in her young heart made a lasting impression on me and countless others.
__4__ I never had the opportunity to meet her, I wish I had.It seems as though she was wise beyond her
tender years and very, very special.
Hope was a twelveyearold girl who was __5__ a "wish" in early December 2010 by the "MakeA
Wish" Foundation after being __6__ that she had a rare type of bone cancer.However, when she found
out that more than 150 __7__ in her area were waiting for their wishes to be granted (实现), she
unselfishly used her wish to __8__ that those children have their wishes granted.She also asked it to be
done __9__ January 16, 2011.Unfortunately, however, the organization informed her that her __10__
request could not be granted as the funds (资金) were simply __11__.They calculated that they would
need to raise more than one __12__ dollars in thirty days in order to grant her wish.__13__, but not
discouraged, she turned her disappointment into an enthusiasm that inspired caring __14__ to take up
helping grant the wishes of the other children, and eventually __15__ as well.Newspaper columnists and
reporters for radio and TV stations __16__ the story of this caring young girl who had __17__ the
hearts of so many and as word spread, the community was challenged.Committees were fanned and
schools, corporations and various organizations assisted in __18__ money to help make Hope's dream
come true.
Her efforts were not in vain as they continue to help others, not only __19__, but spiritually and
emotionally as well.At the gathering to celebrate her life, "A Celebration of Hope" on January 16, 2011,
the __20__ was made that they had indeed received donations totaling more than one million dollars.
Her wish had been granted!

(     )1. A. heard         (     )2. A. coincidence   (     )3. A. lost           (     )4. A. Until         (     )5. A. expressed     (     )6. A. recognized     (     )7. A. children       (     )8. A. suggest       (     )9. A. for           (     )10. A. final         (     )11. A. unbearable   (     )12. A. thousand     (     )13. A. Disappointed (     )14. A. committees   (     )15. A. theirs       (     )16. A. wrote         (     )17. A. touched       (     )18. A. finding       (     )19. A. perfectly     (     )20. A. proposal

B. thought           B. independence     B. carried           B. Unless           B. offered           B. informed         B. citizens         B. request           B. to               B. formal           B. unbelievable     B. hundred           B. Surprised         B. individuals       B. ours             B. read             B. examined         B. spending         B. physically       B. decision

C. cared         C. convenience   C. expected     C. Though       C. made         C. reminded     C. villagers     C. arrange       C. on           C. simple       C. unavailable   C. million       C. Worried       C. corporations C. hers         C. broadcast     C. won           C. raising       C. healthily     C. conclusion

D. talked             D. intelligence       D. housed             D. If                 D. sent               D. understood         D. relatives         D. order             D. by                 D. noble             D. uncomfortable     D. billion           D. Embarrassed       D. organizations     D. yours             D. shared             D. opened             D. borrowing         D. thankfully         D. announcement

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