Each year, prizes are presented to adults who accomplish great things in art, writing, science, and economics．So why not give awards to kids?
Harry Leibowitz asked himself that question in 1996．As an answer, he and his wife, Kay, created the World of Children organization and began handing out awards to kids and adults whose work has helped kids all over the world．The awards World of Children presents are nicknamed the "Children's Nobel Prize．" On Thursday, World of Children honored six adults and two kids at its 11th Annual Changemakers for Children awards ceremony held at the UNICEF House at United Nations Plaza in New York City．
Talia Leman, from Iowa, was awarded a Founder's Youth Award for Leadership．She is only 13 years old, but she has accomplished a lot．In 2005, she founded "RandomKid．" Since then, the nonprofit organization has raised more than $10 million to help kids in 48 states in the U．S．a(chǎn)nd in 19 other countries develop funding solutions to real-world problems．One place helped by RandomKid was a school built in Cambodia to enable 300 kids to go to school．The organization has also helped fix a school for 200 kids in Slidell, Louisiana, and provided interactive play centers that serve more than 500 kids in hospitals in Iowa．In faraway places like Africa, RandomKid has provided money for the purchase of water pumps．
Talia never thought that the organization she founded would be as successful as it has become．"I did a project called TLC, which meant Trick or Treat for the Levy Catastrophe, where kids would trick-or-treat for coins along with getting candy," she told me．"My goal was to raise $1 million．That seemed really high, but when you reach a goal, you always wind up reaching higher--and we actually raised $10 million．" The money RandomKid raised provided help to the victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita．
56．The World of Children organization was created to _____．
A．a(chǎn)nswer questions from chilren     B．match the Adults’ Nobel Prize
C．give awards to chilren in poor areas    D．honour anyone who has helped kids in need
57．Talia Leman was honourd by the World of Children _____．
A．because of her sucessful work in RandomKid
B．because she gave the organization over $10 million
C．because of her solutions to the many world affairs
D．because she was chairman of RandomKid
58．In order to help kids, the organization RandomKid has done all the following EXCEPT _____．
A．building a school in Asia  
B．providing play centers for sick children
C．solving the water-drinking problem for African children
D．helping 300 Cambodian kids to go to school in America
59．How did the kids in RandomKid collect money?
A．They got paid by working at a building project at weekends．
B．They called at houses and threatened to play tricks if they receive nothing．
C．They gave performances to passers-by by playing trick-or treat games．
D．They helped a project called TLC sell candy after school．

56---59    DADB  

這是一篇新聞?lì)愑洈⑽摹！皟和澜纭苯M織在其設(shè)獎(jiǎng)11周年之際，為兒童事業(yè)作出杰出貢獻(xiàn)的人們頒獎(jiǎng)。這些獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)被譽(yù)為“兒童諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)”。
56．D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段“began handing out awards to kids and adults whose work has helped kids all over the world”可知：創(chuàng)立該組織的目的是為了獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)為兒童事業(yè)作出過杰出貢獻(xiàn)的人。
57．A考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可知，“兒童世界”組織為Talia Leman頒獎(jiǎng)是因?yàn)樗赗andomKid組織中的突出貢獻(xiàn)。
58．D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容后半部的內(nèi)容，“幫助300名柬埔寨孩子去美國上學(xué)”與短文內(nèi)容不符。
59．B考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段“would trick-or-treat for coins along with getting candy”意義可知：孩子們是挨家挨戶索要，運(yùn)用萬圣節(jié)“若不給則搞惡作�。╰rick-or-treat）”的方式進(jìn)行。
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