Question

    Greg Woodburn, a student at the University of Southern California, spends a lot of time cleaning sneakers he collected. But soon the shoes will be sent to poor children in the United States and 20 other countries, thanks to Woodburn’s Share Our Soles (S. O. S. ) charity.

    A high school track star in the town of Ventura, California, Woodburn was treated in hospital for months with knee and hip injuries.

    “I started thinking about the health benefits, the friendship and the confidence I got from running, ” he says, “And I realized there are children who don’t even have shoes. ”

    Woodburn gathered up his old sneakers, then asked his friends to donate. His goal was to have 100 pairs by Christmas 2006. When he collected more than 500 pairs, he decided to turn the shoe drive into a year-round endeavor.

    Back then, the sneakers came from donation boxes at the YMCA and the local sporting goods store and from door-to-door pickups. Woodburn has now set up collection boxes at two high schools, city gym and recreation center. He has started accepting adult sizes and sandals(凉鞋). So far, S. O. S. has collected and donated more than 3, 000 pairs.

    Woodburn has cleaned all the shoes. After sorting the shoes by size, Woodburn selects the good shoes for the washing machine and the worn-out ones for recycling.

    To ship the footwear, Woodburn teamed with Sports Gift, a non-profit organization that provides soccer and baseball equipment to children around the world. Keven Baxter, founder and president, says, “We’d send kids balls and shoes. I’ve heard that for many of these kids, these old sneakers are the only shoes they had. They wear them to school and to do sports. So Greg’s running shoes were a nice addition for us. ”

    For many recipients(接受者), the shoes represent opportunity. Two young boys in Southern California attended school on alternate days because they shared a pair of shoes. They were too big for one boy and too small for the other. Thanks to S. O. S. , each brother received his own pair of shoes. The boys now attend school daily and enjoy their learning. When they graduate, they say, they will help a stranger, just as Woodburn helped them.

68. What caused Greg Woodburn to donate old shoes for poor children?

A. The benefits from playing sports.

B. News about some poor children.

C. His reflection on school life.

D. The medical treatment he received.

69. When collecting more sneakers than expected, Woodburn decided to_______ .

A. include adult sizes and sandals

B. set up branches in different cities

C. collect shoes throughout the year

D. expand his endeavor in the whole city

70. How did Woodburn manage to deliver the shoes collected?

A. By sending them by mail.

B. By working with Sports Gift.

C. By advertising for those in need.

D. By offering them from door to door.

71. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. An Organized Activity     

B. Greg Woodburn’s Life

C. How to Collect Sneakers       

D. Recycled Sneakers Fit for Sharing

Answer 1

  本文主要介绍的是一位大学生收集旧运动鞋捐赠给穷孩子的事。

68.解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章的第二、三段可知，Greg Woodburn是南加利福尼亚大学的一个在校生、田径明星。因膝盖和臀部受伤住院后，他开始反思体育给他带来的好处，他得知很多孩子没有鞋子穿，于是决定给他们捐出穿过的旧运动鞋。

69.解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章的第四段可知，Woodburn本打算在2006年圣诞节前收集到100双旧运动鞋，可是他收集到的旧鞋竟然超过了500双。于是他决定把收集旧鞋变成一项全年都要做的事情。

70.解析：选B。推理判断题。根据文章的第七段可知，为了运输那些收集来的旧鞋，Woodburn 与一个名叫Sports Gift的慈善机构合作。Sports Gift把足球和棒球设备免费送给世界各地的儿童。

71.解析：选D。主旨大意题。本文介绍的是一位大学生收集旧运动鞋，捐赠给穷孩子的事，所以D项最适合。