Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Zhang Guimei, 63, is the founder and principal of Huaping High School for Girls in Huaping county of Lijiang, Yunnan Province. She is legendary not only because she started such a free school for girls who dropped out for economic reasons, but also her huge (24) ______ for decades to persuade girls to study hard and change their destinies.
(25) ______ its disadvantaged location and resources, Zhang's school ranked top on the rate of graduates entering universities in Lijiang. Since 2008, nearly 2,000 girls from Zhang's school have entered universities and change their lives via education. Zhang dedicated her youth, health and enthusiasm to the great cause of education.
When she worked as the chief of a care center for homeless children, she noticed that (26) ______ poor families sent their sons to school but not their daughters. Start-up money for the school was raised by
Zhang, (27) ______ asked for donations on the streets from 2002-07. The situation became better when her story was (28) ______ by a reporter in 2007 and donations from across the nation arrived.
Zhang was recognized as one of the "10 people who moved China in 2020." She was also a recipient of China's July 1 medal.
(Adapted from https://www.globaltimes.cn/)
Question 24:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Zhang Guimei, 63, is the founder and principal of Huaping High School for Girls in Huaping county of Lijiang, Yunnan Province. She is legendary not only because she started such a free school for girls who dropped out for economic reasons, but also her huge (24) ______ for decades to persuade girls to study hard and change their destinies.
(25) ______ its disadvantaged location and resources, Zhang's school ranked top on the rate of graduates entering universities in Lijiang. Since 2008, nearly 2,000 girls from Zhang's school have entered universities and change their lives via education. Zhang dedicated her youth, health and enthusiasm to the great cause of education.
When she worked as the chief of a care center for homeless children, she noticed that (26) ______ poor families sent their sons to school but not their daughters. Start-up money for the school was raised by
Zhang, (27) ______ asked for donations on the streets from 2002-07. The situation became better when her story was (28) ______ by a reporter in 2007 and donations from across the nation arrived.
Zhang was recognized as one of the "10 people who moved China in 2020." She was also a recipient of China's July 1 medal.
(Adapted from https://www.globaltimes.cn/)
Question 24: