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From a young age, Michael Platt loved two things: Martin Luther King and cupcakes. He remembered sta...
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From a young age, Michael Platt loved two things: Martin Luther King and cupcakes. He remembered statistics about income inequality and children hunger. But he also ____afternoons at his computer in his Bowie home, awestruck by YouTube bakers who transformed a base of eggs, flour and water ____edible (可食用的) works of art.
Michael saw a way to____his twin passions. At age 11, he founded a bakery that operates on the Toms one-for-one model: For every cupcake, cake or cookie Michael ____, he donates another to the homeless and ____. Michael, now 13,said he ____enjoys handing out cupcakes to kids.
Sometimes Michael bakes to____money for hunger-fighting nonprofit groups, too. He spent a morning last weekend teaching a baking class to raise money for No Kid Hungry.
He can keep up with his baking in part because he is homeschooled by his mother, who quit her job to_____Michael full time. Michael ____from public school-and his mother from job-after his epilepsy (癫痫) was diagnosed in sixth grade. His epilepsy became too ____ and too frequent to allow him to sit in a classroom, his mother explained.
“It was a very, very ____time, “ she said of the period after the diagnosis, during which Michael had to ____ his physical activity. “He had to stop everything he ____:Gymnastics, climbing trees, diving. So that’s when he kind of threw himself into baking,” she said. Baking, Michael said, makes him feel ____ .
But when he started the bakery, he knew from the beginning that he wanted his ____ to do more than make money. Michael hopes his cupcakes spread awareness of the past and ____others to work for social equality.
Sometimes, Michael ____ , he grows tired of being in the kitchen. Then he remembers the ____ boy he met once while ____cupcakes. A couple of days afterward, the boy’s father messaged Michael on Facebook to say that his son, encouraged by Michael’s example, now aspired (向往) to ____ a baker, “That inspired me,” Michael said.
1.A.spent B.cost C.wasted D.took
2.A.about B.with C.from D.into
3.A.separate B.connect C.hold D.achieve
4.A.throws B.burns C.sells D.eats
5.A.thirsty B.hungry C.black D.foolish
6.A.gradually B.generally C.especially D.only
7.A.save B.pick C.get D.invest
8.A.attend to B.lead to C.turn to D.respond to
9.A.withdrew B.graduated C.heard D.escaped
10.A.real B.normal C.exciting D.severe
11.A.pleasant B.significant C.inadequate D.rough
12.A.limit B.clear C.practice D.exchange
13.A.forgot B.adored C.appreciated D.explored
14.A.sad B.calm C.amazed D.wealthy
15.A.attitude B.skill C.business D.explanation
16.A.adapt B.follow C.inspire D.inform
17.A.believes B.refuses C.imagines D.admits
18.A.poor B.diligent C.anxious D.lovely
19.A.picking out B.giving out C.making out D.working out
20.A.teach B.employ C.convince D.become
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