2022年高考英语北师大版一轮复习课时作业:语言朋友(93)
6页1、2022年高考英语北师大版一轮复习课时作业:语言朋友(93)Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast.Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness and even death.And if that werent bad enough, he had no health insurance.After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided hed better find a way to fight back.He left Canton, Michigan
2、for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar, and created diabeticrockstar, a free online munity for diabetics and their loved onesa place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information and resources.Jason Swenckis son, Kody, was diagnosed with diabetes at six.Father and son visit the online childrens forums(论坛) together most evenings.“Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over,” says Swencki, one of the sites volunteers.“They know what he
3、s going through, so he doesnt feel alone.”Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases.And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.These days, Thomass main focus is his charity(慈善机构), Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people225 to datewho cant afford a diabetics huge expenses.Fightit.org has raised about $23,000 in products and in cash.In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabeti
4、c Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean.Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his fulltime job waiting tables.“Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure,” says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstars original members.“But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now.”解题导语:年轻的托马斯不幸患有糖尿病,但他仍积极面对人生,并组织成立了“Fight It”机构来帮助更多的病人。1Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas?A
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