Question

When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation (基金会)，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(慈善机构)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.

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

A. benefited from it     B. volunteered to help it

C. dreamed about it     D. told the author about it

65. According 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

66. What 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.

67. Which 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.

Answer 1

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。通过Sophia Giorgi之口介绍了Make-A-Wish Foundation这一慈善机构的由来以及主要工作。

【解析】

段落	关键词、句	大意推测
第一段	think of volunteering to help; make a dream come true; be interested in	Sophia Giorgi想志愿帮助Make-A-Wish基金会，因为这个基金会曾帮助她一个好朋友实现了梦想。于是我们去拜访她，向她了解更多情况。
第二段	a worldwide organization; a charity; make their wishes and dreams come true	Sophia Giorgi介绍了这个组织，通过帮助病中的孩子实现梦想，让孩子们获得快乐。
第三段	how, first started; begin with; dream of becoming a policeman; find a way to; delighted; decided to try and help; the beginning of Make-A-Wish	Sophia Giorgi给我们讲述了这个基金会的由来。
第四段	a special happy time; volunteer; provide things; raise money; help out	Sophia Giorgi告诉我们，志愿者在这一组织中所做的工作。

64. A。推理判断题。难度：中等。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.（但是苏菲亚是知道多么重要的……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，她最好的朋友从中获益。故选择A。

65. A。细节理解题。难度：中等。由题干关键词Make-A-Wish可知是关于这个组织的相关情况，所以定位第二三四段。由第二段第一句的a worldwide organization和引号里的a charity综合可知A项an international charity是正确的。

66. B。细节理解题。难度：中等。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，所以B项正确。

67. A。细节理解题。难度：中等。由题干关键词Make-A-Wish volunteers定位于第四段。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。

【难句学习】

1.       When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other children too, and that was the beginning of Make-A-Wish.

翻译：当人们看见Chris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。

分析：本句是由and连接的两个并列句。第一个分句中，when引导时间状语从句，从句中还有how引导的感叹句做saw的宾语从句。

2.       Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true.

翻译：Sophia说志愿者是很重要的，因为他们是帮助使得愿望成真的人。

分析：said后为宾语从句，because为宾语从句中的原因状语从句，原因状语从句中，who引导定语从句，修饰先行词the ones。