For John and Amy, birthdays have always been a big deal-a wele excuse to celebrate life.
When their son, Alex, 36 three in 2005, they invited 20 friends to a nearby park. Not long after that the 37 were brainstorming ways to teach Alex about giving to 38 . “We wanted to do something that would have a(an) 39 on our munity, and that our young child could 40 in. We started wondering what 41 fortunate kids do on their birthdays. The next day, we called a local shelter, and learnt that 42 children typically didn’t do 43 to celebrate at all. No cake. No gifts. No party.” The couple said.
Several weeks later, 44 held a party at the 45 for the children who had birthdays that month. They decorated, served cake, and danced with 50 kids. Alex helped to 46 presents.
47 that first party, the couple have turned their simple idea_ 48 Birthday Blessings, a nonprofit that hosts monthly parties at 10 shelters.
To date, Birthday Blessings (birthdayblessings.org.) has thrown more than 500 49 at different shelters and handed out 22, 000 party 50 to nearly 4000 homeless children in and around their munity.
Birthday Blessings is 51 entirely by volunteers. The charity（慈善）will take almost anything—toys, clothing, candy, baby items— 52 it’s not used. “These kids never get anything new.” John said, “It makes a big 53 to them psychologically.”
Being “part of this labor love” is 54 making an impression on their son Alex. On his seventh birthday, his grandparents sent a check. 55 it, the first thing he said was that he wanted to give half to the birthday kids.
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解析：文章介绍了一个为无家可归的孩子举办生日聚会的慈善组织Birthday Blessings的形成过程。
【小题1】A 系动词辨析。表示年龄的变化使用turn,这是turn的固定用法。
【小题2】D 上下文串联。根据上文可知是John and Amy夫妇两想部分让儿子学会关心别人。
【小题3】C 代词辨析。Others指别人。解析同上。
【小题4】B 名词辨析。A印象；B影响；C允许；D描述。这里是指想做一些对社区有影响的事。
【小题5】A 固定词组。Participate in参与，参加；
【小题6】B 上下文串联。根据下文可知他们是在关心那些不幸的孩子。
【小题7】C 上下文串联。根据上下文可知他们来到避难所，这里都是一些无家可归的孩子。
【小题8】B 动词辨析。避难所的孩子在生日的时候没有任何庆祝的活动，not anything=nothing.
【小题9】D 上下文串联。这里是指John and Amy这家人子避难所为当月过生日的孩子举行了一个生日聚会。
【小题10】A 上下文串联。解析同上。
【小题11】B 短语辨析。A辨认，理解；B分发；C显露；D遗漏；这里是指Alex帮助分发礼物。
【小题12】D 连词辨析。根据下文可知自从第一次生日聚会以后，他们吧这个活动变成了一个慈善活动Birthday Blessings。
【小题13】A 固定词组。Turn…into…变成…，解析同上。
【小题14】B 名词辨析。A生日；B聚会；C礼物；D捐助；这里是指他们在不同的地方举行了500多次这样的生日聚会。
【小题15】C 名词辨析。这里是指在生日聚会上他们发了很多礼物。
【小题16】C 动词辨析。A继续；B分析；C操作，运行；D指导；这里是指Birthday Blessings完全是由志愿者管理操作的。
【小题17】D 连词辨析。这里是指只要这些玩具没有被用过，都可以捐出来。
【小题18】A 固定词组。Make a difference起作用，有影响；指这样的生日聚会对孩子们的心里有很大的影响。
【小题19】D 上下文串联。指这样的活动对Alex已经产生了很大的影响。Already已经。
【小题20】C 动词辨析。A折叠；B保存，节约；C打开；D意识到；指Alex在打开礼物的时候，就说要把一半给别的孩子。