Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise in2008. Its p1. is to make sure all children can have education. Now the non-profit organization is b2. a new school somewhere every 90 hours.It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa,Asia and Latin America.

It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy s3. him and asked for money on the street. Mr. Braun asked the boy w4. he would want, if he could have anything in the world.

“I thought the answer was going to be ‘a(chǎn) house’ or ‘a(chǎn) car’ or ‘a(chǎn) boat’. His answer was ‘a(chǎn) pencil’. So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and e5.. I realized he had never been to s6. before ,and that was the reality(現(xiàn)實(shí)) for 57 million children around the world.” Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college, but he n7. forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

“We live in a world in which every child can have a c8. to get a good education, because we have everything necessary already. We are able to educate every child. So I promised to help c9. that world .” Braun said.

Mr Braun r10. money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school in Laos five years ago. Since then, his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos and Ghana.

1.purpose 2.building 3.stopped 4.what 5.excited 6.school 7.never 8.chance 9.create 10.raised 【解析】試題本文介紹了亞當(dāng)布勞恩和他的Pencils of Promise組織，包括組建的緣起、目的以及重要影響。現(xiàn)在，這個(gè)非營(yíng)利組織每90小時(shí)就在非洲新...
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