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Sewing can be fun and creative.But have you ever thought that a wing machine can also mean the world to many people around the globe that u it as their main source of income?
When Margaret Jankowski discovered this,she decided to found The Sewing Machine Project,an organization that collects donated ud machines and redistributes them in remote places like Sri Lanka,Guatemala,Guam,and Kosovo.It also aims to help tho in Detroit and New Orleans.
In 2004,when a tsunami(海啸) hit Sri Lanka,Margaret was deeply touched by the story of a particular woman.After the village she lived in was destroyed by the natural disaster,she lost everything,including her wing machine,her approach to future earnings.This story made Margaret decide to collect ud wing machines and nd them to Sri Lanka.After
attending a local news program where she prented her idea,she started receiving scores of wing machines.
The Sewing Machine Project covers a basic yet necessary need of many impoverished people around the world.For them,wing can be a tool for survival.Whether in a factory or at home,a wing machine can be the door to brighter financial opportunities.A wing machine can also enable many to prerve their cultural identity.After Hurricane Katrina occurred in 2005,a community of New Orleans that wears skillfully-made suits for their own traditional festival lost many of their wing machines.Since then,the non-profit organization has distributed hundreds of machines among the creators of the costumes,helping them maintain their tradition as well as their income.
1日语初学者.Why does the author rai the question in the first paragraph?
A.To call up readers’ memories.
B.To lead up to the project.
C.To stress the role of wing.
D.To introduce wing machines.
2.What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A.Destruction of the 2004 tsunami.
B.The experience of Margaret in 2004.
C.The story of a woman in Sri Lanka.
D.Inspiration for the project.
nice的中文意思3.What does the underlined word “impoverished” in paragraph 4 mean?
A.Disabled. B.Exhausted.
C.Poor. D.Pessimistic.
4.molecularWhy is the community in New Orleans mentioned in the end?
A.To highlight its cultural identity.
B.To prove the importance of keeping traditions.
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C.To explain the project’s achievement.
t backD.To show the project’s contribution to traditions.
B
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Many have had the same thought as Shannon Stsobering.Onge when looking at the approach of snow on a weather forecast—that they have time to finish their jobs.As the director of finance at the First Nations University of Canada,she had to drive 25 kilometers from her home to the city of Regina to attend an important meeting.
As she was leaving,the winter snow began to fall.Taking a dirt road for better traction(牵引) on her tires,she quickly became lost,with no ability to e the edge of the road from a
rolled-down window.After a while she stopped and called 911.
“The operator took my information and told me to wait out the storm as my tank was full and I was warm.I waited almost 14 hours and nobody has called me yet to check in,” she wrote in a post.
“Would the gas tank last until morning?What if I was hit by another vehicle?What if I didn’t make it home at all?” St.Onge wondereduber什么意思.
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Determined to ensure the safest end,she went out in the storm and discovered her location on a road sign,and then found a neighborhood Meta group for the area she was passing through—春节快乐英文warning others of her plight through a Google Maps pin.
That was when 80-year-old Andre Bouvier Sr.,a retired rescuer,got a call about St.Onge’s situation.He went out to find her,on foot,since he couldn’t manage to start his tractor.
On the way he found three other trapped vehicles.He walked the quarter mile there and back,and led the helpless cars one by one to his home.Bouvier let the survivors sleep at
his hou,where they ate and laughed,and departed the next morning after he had cleaned the driveway.
5.Why did St.Onge take a dirt road?
A.She was familiar with it.
B.She could refuel on the road.
C.She took the dirt road to save time.
D.She thought dirt road could increa traction.
6.What did the operator advi St.Onge to do?
A.sodomyWait out the storm.
B.Find a warm place.
C.Ask Bouvier for help.
D.Write her condition in a post.
7.What does the underlined word “plight” in paragraph 5 mean?
