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I’m Grace. I always feel so good when I give people their first pair of glasses. I was 11 years old when I first visited a clinic (诊所) in Nicaragua, a very poor country. My mom had asked me if I wanted to come along to volunteer with VOSH International, an organization that takes glasses to poor people around the world. I said yes. That experience has changed my life — and the way I look at it.

The clinic works like this: People who need glasses travel hours to get there and wait in unbelievably long lines. An eye doctor examines them, and they bring their eyeglass prescriptions (验光单) to me. I dig through boxes to find lenses (镜片) that match (匹配) them.

I’ll never forget how one 70-year-old woman felt when I gave her a pair of glasses. She was surprised at all of the things she could finally see — a picture on the wall, the lines on my face. This really touched me.

In January this year, I volunteered at the clinic for the fifth time. The week-long trip made me think a lot. Many of the poorest people I’ve ever met in Nicaragua are also the happiest. They don’t have much, but they’re so appreciative (表示感激的) of what they do have.

I love what it feels like to help somebody else. And my trips to Nicaragua have taught me to help others in other ways. A few years ago, I raised money to help a girl in Africa attend school, and when Hurricane (飓风) Sandy hit my state, I helped rebuild homes. I also volunteer at the local library every Friday.

根据材料内容完成下列各项任务。

任务一、补全句子。

11. Grace’s job was to ______________ when she volunteered in Nicaragua.

12. One 70-year-old woman felt ______________ after she put on a pair of glasses.

任务二、简要回答下列问题。

13. What is VOSH International?

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14. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

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任务三、将划线句子翻译成汉语。

15. ___________________________________________

五 词汇运用(每小题1分，共5分)

根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. Can’t you see there are several ________(policeman)? Something must have happened.5

2. As we all know, Mao Zedong was a great ________(lead).

3. Mr. Brown would like to give all his money to ________(medicine) research.

4. Jane and Sarah used to be ________(enemy), but now they are good friends.

5. The guests ________(express) their thanks before leaving.