【題目】When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation (基金會(huì))nobody understood what she was talking about .But Sophia knew just how important Make – A –Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one her best friends .We were interested in finding out more ,so we went along to meet Sophia listen to what she had to say .

Sophia told us that Make – A –Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980.”It’s a charity(慈善機(jī)構(gòu))that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make – A –Wish help children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true ,” Sophia explained .

We asked Sophia how Make – A –Wish had first started .She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris ,who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman .Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris’s dream come true ----so, with everybody’s help , Chris, only seven years old at the time ,had been a “policeman” for a day .” when people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too ,and that was the beginning of Make – A –Wish,” explained Sophia

Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.

1Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend had .

A.volunteered to help itB.benefited from it

C.dreamed about itD.told the author about it

2According to Sophia, Make-A-Wish .

A.is an international charity

B.was understood by nobody at first

C.raises money for very poor families

D.started by drawing the interest of the public

3What is said about Chris in Paragraph3?

A.He has been a policeman since he was seven.

B.He gave people the idea of starting Make-A-Wish

C.He wanted people to help make his dream come true.

D.He was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up.

4Which of the following is true about Make-A-Wish volunteers?

A.They are important for making wishes come true.

B.They try to help children get over their illnesses.

C.They visit sick children to make them feel special.

D.They provide what is necessary to make Make-A-Wish popular.

【答案】

1B

2A

3B

4A

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文,通過十九歲的Sophia Giorgi的講述介紹了Make-A-Wish Foundation世界基金會(huì)的一些信息。Make —A—Wish 1980年開始于美國(guó)的一家世界慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。幫助那些患有疾病的兒童實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)愿望。

1細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章首段because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one her best friends可知這個(gè)組織幫助了她的一個(gè)好朋友,所以索菲亞發(fā)現(xiàn)了“Make-A-Wish”是因?yàn)樗詈玫呐笥。故選B。

2細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段Sophia told us that Make – A –Wish is a worldwide organization …….”It’s a charity(慈善機(jī)構(gòu))that helps children ……可知,Make – A –Wish是一個(gè)國(guó)際慈善機(jī)構(gòu),故選A

3細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段中She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris ,可知,她說這一切都始于一個(gè)名叫克里斯的重病男孩。所以創(chuàng)辦Make-A-Wish的想法是Chris提出的,故選B。

4細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章末段 Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true.可知,索菲亞說,志愿者很重要,因?yàn)樗麄兪菐椭鷮?shí)現(xiàn)愿望的人。所以這些志愿者在幫助人們實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想方面是非常重要的,故選A。

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