7.Adam Braun set up the organization(组织) Pencils of Promise in2008.Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education.Six years later,the non-profit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90hours.It has helped more than 22.000children in Africa,Asia and Latin America.
It all started when Adam Braun was a college student.He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and asked for money on the street,Mr.Braun asked the boy what he would want,if he could have anying in the world.
"I thought the answer was going to be‘a house'or‘a car'or‘a boat'.His answer was‘a pencil'So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and excited.I realized he never had been to school before,and that was the reality(现实) for 57million children around the world."Braun said.
Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college,But he never forgot the boy and the problem he realized.
"We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education,because we have everything necessary already.We are able to educate every child.So I promised to help create that world."Braun said.
Mr Braun raised 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 200schools in the countryside of Laos,Nicaragua,Guatemala and Ghana.
阅读表达.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答下列问题.
51.When did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise?In 2008
52.How often is the organization building a new school somewhere six years later?Every 90 hours
53.What would the boy in India want if he could have anything in the world?A pencil.
54.What did the boy's answer make Adam realize?He realized the boy never had been to school before and that was the reality for 57 million children around the world.
55.Why did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise?Because he wants to/Its goal is to make sure all the children have a chance for education..
分析 文章介绍了亚当布劳恩于2008年成立了的"希望铅笔"组织.该组织的目标是确保所有发展中国家的儿童都能够得到受教育的机会,.该非营利组织每90分钟就会在某地建立一所学校.它已经帮助了非洲、亚洲、拉丁美洲超过两万两千名儿童.
解答 51.In 2008 (该问题提问的是"希望铅笔"组织成立的时间.根据文章的第一句话:Adam Braun set up the organization(组织) Pencils of Promise in 2008.便可得出答案)
52.Every 90 hours (该题的疑问词是How often,提问的是频率,根据原文第一段中的 Six years later,the non-profit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90hours.可知该非营利组织每90分钟就会在某地建立一所学校.)
53.A pencil.(问题的意思是:如果这个印度男孩可以拥有世界上任何东西,他想要的是什么?根据原文中的"I thought the answer was going to be‘a house'or‘a car'or‘a boat'.His answer was‘a pencil'可知答案.)
54.He realized the boy never had been to school before and that was the reality for 57 million children around the world.(问题的意思是"那个男孩的回答让亚当布劳恩意识到什么?"根据文章中的I realized he never had been to school before,and that was the reality(现实) for 57million children around the world.可知答案.)
55.Because he wants to/Its goal is to make sure all the children have a chance for education.(问题的意思为:亚当布劳恩于为什么成立了的"希望铅笔"组织.通读全文再结合原文中的We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education不难知道该组织的目标是确保所有儿童都能够得到受教育的机会.)
点评 解答此类题目要先通读全文了解大意,然后逐个题目结合所在的段落有针对性的作答.