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As war spreads to many corners of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan? Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in Peace education 36 The children? after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the 37 of peacemakers. The Children’s Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated (提名）for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. Groups of children 38 as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace.

The classroom 39 opportunities for children to replace angry? violent behaviors ?—40—， peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a steP 41 toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately* educators have access to many online resources that are 42 useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club，started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and 43 on starting a Kindness Campaign ? The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children s rights and how to help the 44 of war. Starting a Peacemakers’Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the 45 school.

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Passage 6

36. K从句子前部分的谓语动词take part in可以推断出此处需要一个宾语名词，根据逻辑含义，这 里应该表示“儿童参加和平教育的项目或课程”。

37. M动词短语take on提供了答题线索，因为take on the role of是常用习语，意思是“承担……的 角色”。

38. A空格句谓语动词为studied，因此_as peacemakers作主语Groups of children的定语，意为“是，作为”。

39. J本句需要一个谓语动词，首先根据主语the classroom单数形式可知动词会是第三人称单数形 式，并且从后面的短语opportunities for children判断，只能选择offers。

40. D意思是指用“_行为”代替前面的易引起纷争的行为(angry，violent)，选cooperative，与前面的angry，violent相对应。

41. G空格位于take a step之后，介词toward之前，需要副词。孩子需要向前迈进一步成为和平缔 造者。take a step forward “向前迈进一步”。

42. F这里需要一 个副词来修饰形容词useful表;程度，especially和respectively从逻辑上比较， especially 较合适。

43. I与resources for teacher并列做介词with的宾语。在网站（Website)上提供一些信息比较符合 逻辑，information与on搭配，表示“与......有关的信息”。

44. 0空格位于定冠词the之后，介词of之前，因此缺少名词，要帮助的应该是孩子——战争的受 害者。

45. E此处需要一个形容词修饰school，句义“开创一个调和者俱乐部对一个班级来说是一个值得称 赞的冒险举措，但其能够传播到其它班级,并且最终能够理想地影响到整个学校的文化。”