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 of her best friends .We were interested in finding out more，so we went along to meet Sophia and 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 helps 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 charityB．was understood by nobody at firstC．raises money for very poor familiesD．started by drawing the interest of the public【小题3】What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3?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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(答案→)A
解析：该篇主要描写了Sophia志愿为Make－A－Wish慈善机构服务的故事，并解释了Make－A－Wish的起源，并提倡人们应该多为别人付出一点，帮助他人实现梦想。
【小题1】解析 细节理解题。由第一段because this special organization had helped to make a dream e true for one of her best friends.可知。
答案 A
【小题2】解析 细节理解题。由第二段第一句．..a worldwide organization可知。
答案 A
【小题3】解析 推理判断题。由第三段We asked Sophia how Make－A－Wish had first started及末句可知。
答案 B
【小题4】解析 细节理解题。由最后一段中Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes e true.可推知。
答案 A