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 e 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 e 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 being a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris’s dream e 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 e true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.
【小题1】Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend had .A．benefited from itB．volunteered to help itC．dreamed about itD．told the author about it【小题2】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【小题3】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-WishC．He wanted people to help make his dream e true.D．He was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up.【小题4】Which of the following is true about Make-A-Wish volunteers?A．They are important for making wishes e 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.A
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主旨大意：这篇短文主要通过一个许愿基金会的志愿者——索菲亚之口介绍了许愿基金会的产生历史及它的社会效果和运行方式。
【小题1】根据But Sophia knew just how important Make – A –Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream e true for one her best friends. 可知她的一个最好的朋友从中受益匪浅，故选Ａ。
【小题2】根据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. 描述，可知许愿基金会是一个世界性的慈善机构。故选Ａ．
【小题3】根据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, ”可知是莫里斯让人们产生了创建许愿基金会的想法，故选Ｂ。
【小题4】细节题，根据最后一段Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes e true. 描述，可知选Ａ。
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