2014河北沧州一中高三英语二轮试题

　　亲爱的同学们：新的学期，新的起点，也就意味着新的机遇与挑战，新的拼搏与奋斗。高三在我们的关注中如约而至，征战高考的号角已经吹响，时间不容置疑地把我们推到命运的分水岭。在慢慢品尝高三滋味的同时，我们正在加速长大和成熟，过去对时间的浪费让我们痛心，父母期待的目光更加殷切和慈祥，一夜之间，忽然有了更多的知识需要我们去拥有，我们对未来的思考更加清晰。是的，同学们，面对未来，你可能有无数条道路，但一旦进入高三前进的队列中，作为志存高远的热血青年，你一定会义无返顾的说，高三，我来了;高考，我要成功!

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　　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 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 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.

　　年仅19岁的索菲亚成立了“许愿”基金会，用来帮助那些身患重病的孩子们去实现他们的愿望。

　　36.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

　　答案与解析

　　A事实细节题。根据第一段第二句“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 of her best friends.”可知，当Sophia的朋友受益于此基金会时，她才意识到它的重要性。

　　37.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

　　答案与解析

　　A事实细节题。根据第二段第一句“Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization ...”可知，“许愿”基金会是一个国家范围内的慈善机构。

　　38.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-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.

　　答案与解析

　　B推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，Chris是一个身患重病的孩子，他的愿望是成为一名警察，于是大家想方设法帮助他实现了梦想，由此“许愿”基金会成立，故其成立的最初原因是对Chris的帮助。

　　39.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.

　　答案与解析

　　A推理判断题。根据第二段和最后一段内容可知“许愿”基金会帮助很多身患重病的孩子实现了他们的愿望，故A项正确。