5.When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation(基金会),people didn't understand 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 of her best friends.
We interviewed Sophia.She told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980."It's a charity that helps children who have got very serious illnesses.Make-A-Wish helps 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.He wanted to be 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 tree.They do this either by providing things that are necessary,or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.
37.Sophia knew about Make-A-Wish because her best friend hadB.
A.volunteered to help it
B.realized his dream with its help
C.dreamed about it
D.told the writer about it
38.According to Sophia,Make-A-WishA.
A.is an international charity
B.wasn't understood by people at first
C.raises money for very poor families
D.started by drawing the interest of the public
39.What is said about Chris in Paragraph3?B
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 who Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up.
40.Which of the following is true about Make-A-Wish volunteers?A
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.
分析 当19岁的索菲亚乔吉说她想去帮助许愿基金会,人们不知道她在说些什么,但索菲亚知道许愿是如何的重要,因为这个特别的组织已经帮助她的一个最好的朋友实现了梦想.
我们采访了索菲亚,她告诉我们,许愿基金会是1980年开始于美国的一家世界慈善机构."这是一个帮助那些患了严重疾病的孩子们的基金会.许愿基金会通过使他们的愿望梦想成真帮助孩子感到高兴,即使他们生病了."索菲亚解释.
我们问索菲亚许愿基金会是怎样创办的.她说这个基金会的开始与一个患重病的叫克里斯的小男孩有关,他想成为一名警察.索菲亚说,很多人都想找到办法,使克里斯的梦想成真,所以,在大家的帮助下,克里斯,年仅七岁,做了一个"一日警察".当人们看见克里斯梦想成真是多么的高兴时,他们决定也去帮助其他的孩子,那就是Make-A-Wish的开始."索菲亚解释说.
索菲亚还告诉我们,基金会试图给孩子们和他们的家庭一个特殊的、快乐的时光.一个许愿基金会的志愿者探访家属,问孩子们如果他们能拥有任何东西的话他们希望拥有什么.索菲亚说,志愿者是重要的因为他们是那些使他们的愿望成真的人.可以通过提供需要的东西,或筹集资金,或以任何方式帮助他们,
解答 64.答案:B.推理判断题.由题干关键词her best friend,定位第一段.根据But Sophia knew just how important…because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends.(但是苏菲亚知道这个组织多么重要…因为这个特别的组织已经帮助她的一个最好的朋友实现了梦想)可知这个特别的组织已经帮助她的一个最好的朋友实现了梦想,故选择B.
65.答案:A.细节理解题..根据文章第二段Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization …."It's a charity(慈善机构)that helps children …可知这是一个国际慈善机构,故选A.
66.答案:B.细节理解题.第三段最后一句When people saw how delighted Chris was…they decided…,and that was the beginning of Make-A-Wish(当人们看见Chris是多么的高兴…,他们决定…,那就是Make-A-Wish的开始)可知,是Chris给了人们这个想法,故选B.
67.答案:A.细节理解题.由第四段第三句the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true.(志愿者是很重要的,因为他们是帮助使得愿望成真的人),可知A为正确答案,故选A.
点评 细节理解题(考查比例较大)
考查内容主要涉及时间、地点、人物、事件、原因、结果、数字等;议论文中例证细节;定义类细节.这类题目的共同特点是:答案一般都能在文章中找到.当然,答案并不一定是文章中的原句,考生需要根据文章提供的信息自己组织语句回答问题.