请认真阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Growing up in Kenya was amazing because I learned so much, though the poverty and lack of resources were sometimes frustrating. I knew I didn’t have much,   36   I was happy.

There was only one thing I wasn’t happy with:   37  . I wanted to go to high school and university. I had the   38  , the will and the grades, but I didn’t have the   39  . Even basic things like food, water and shelter weren’t   40   available.

Young people in poverty have little or no   41  to high schools and universities. Where I lived, it was challenging   42   someone helped.海南高考英语试题真题由精品学习网提供!

When I left primary school, I was in the same situation as many other   43   disadvantaged youth.   44  , during that year, a charitable high school for girls, Starehe Girls Centre, was founded and I received a   45  . Today, I am on record as being the first student to be   46   to this school.

In 2006, my school joined The Global Give Back Circle, a not-for-profit organization for disadvantaged girls to complete their education and gain employable   47  . After graduating from high school, I was given access to a nine-month IT   48  . In addition, its give-back attitude had taught us to not only   49   ourselves but other people.

With this in mind, 10 of us created a website called “Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up”. Through this educational website,   50   networking 10,000 African girls worldwide, all Sisters   51   to sending information to their villages. This can be to promote financial freedom, advance information   52   health issues and provide knowledge about social networking behavior.

“Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up” is only   53   to those girls who can access the Internet, which highlights (突出) the huge challenge in   54   the divide between the haves and have-nots. But our plan is that these girls will spread   55   they learn to other girls through the “power of their voice”.海南高考英语试题真题由精品学习网提供!

36. A. and         B. but          C. so           D. therefore

37. A. education    B. money       C. career        D. status

38. A. promise      B. wealth       C. health        D. drive

39. A. news        B. sources      C. resources     D. references

40. A. readily       B. truly        C. suddenly       D. obviously

41. A. means       B. access        C. use            D. chance

42. A. unless       B. in case        C. as           D. which

43. A. positively    B. emotionally     C. physically    D. financially

44. A. Generally    B. Unfortunately    C. Luckily      D. Casually

45. A. scholarship   B. degree        C. gift          D. credit

46. A. invited       B. presented      C. permitted      D. admitted

47. A. talents       B. skills          C. performances   D. grades

48. A. course       B. entertainment    C. industry       D. engineer

49. A. worry about  B. talk about       C. care about     D. bring about

50. A. pointing at  B. aimed at        C. thrown at     D. laughing at

51. A. commit        B. add          C. adapt     D. refer

52. A. contributed to   B. attached to       C. related to     D. adjusted to

53. A. adaptable     B. acceptable    C. admirable     D. available

54. A. narrowing      B. making       C. facing        D. changing

55. A. that           B. what          C. which        D. where

参考答案：

36-40 BADCA   41-45 BADCA   46-50 DBACB   51-55 ACDAB

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