五、完形填空
Kimani is a star student in Class Two of a primary school in Kenya. But he is a little different from his
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. He is 85 years old. But every morning he gets to the
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and sits down in the classroom.
“I can’t read or write, and now I get to
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,” he says. “For the first time there is free education（教育）in Kenya. It is important for me. A man is never too
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to learn.”
Kimani has to do the
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as other students in the class. He has to sit at the desk and wear the uniform（校服）. He is a very good student. He works very
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in class. Kimani’s teacher, Ezric Muniu, says, “Kimani is so
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. He can read the newspapers now.”
Joseph and Charles are Kimani’s classmates. They are both eight years old. Joseph says, “Now he is our teacher. He teaches us songs and
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us stories about the old times.” Charles agrees（同意）, “My
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live very far from here, so it is good that we can have Guga.” Kimani’s nickname in class is Guga. It means “granddad”.
Education in Kenya is now free for everyone,
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there aren’t enough schools. In this primary school there are now 890 students—that’s 100 students in each class! “But we are happy that so many children get to learn,” says Obinchu, the headteacher.
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B
）1. A. teachers B. classmates C. friends D. parents
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D
）2. A. park B. library C. house D. school
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D
）3. A. teach B. work C. talk D. learn
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B
）4. A. young B. old C. useful D. early
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A
）5. A. same B. different C. difficult D. easy
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B
）6. A. quickly B. hard C. fast D. early
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C
）7. A. tired B. young C. smart D. lazy
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D
）8. A. speaks B. says C. talks D. tells
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A
）9. A. grandparents B. parents C. friends D. teachers
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C
）10. A. so B. or C. but D. and
