Question

Greg Woodburn, a university student, spends a lot of time cleaning sports shoes. Some of them once belonged to him; some belonged to his friends. But soon the shoes will have new owners, poor children in the USA and 20 other countries, thanks to Greg's Share Our Soles(鞋底) (S.O.S) charity.

Greg was a high school running star in a small town in California. He had to stop running for months because his knee was injured. "I started thinking about all the things I got from running, the health, the friendships and the confidence." he says. And I realized there are children who don't even have shoes.

Greg collected his own sports shoes and then called his friends and the town. His aim was to have 100 pairs by Christmas 2006. When the number climbed to more than 500 pairs. Greg know that he could collect sports shoes all year round.

Now he has set up collection boxes in his town. So far, S.O.S has collected and donated more than 3,000 pairs of shoes. And Greg has cleaned almost all of them. "People think of it as duty work," he says, "but I like doing it, because I feel happy when I'm doing it. It's not work I want to pass on to someone else."

In just three years, Greg has started three branches(分部) of S.O.S and there are more and more sports shoes.

For many poor children who have received the shoes mean opportunity. Two young boys in southern California used to go to school on alternate days(隔日) because they both shared a pair of shoes. They were too big for one boy and too small for the other. Thanks to S.O.S, each brother received his own pair of shoes. The boys now go to school every day. When they graduate, they say they will help others, just as Greg helped them.

根据短文内容回答下列问题

1.Who will Greg donate these sports shoes to?

2.From running Greg got health, friendships and confidence, and what did he realize?

3.How many pairs of shoes has S.O.S collected and donated so far?

4.Why does Greg like to clean the donated shoes?

5.What did the two boys in southern California learn from Greg?

Answer

1.To the children who don't even have shoes.

2.He realized there are children who don't even have shoes.

3.More than 3,000 pairs of shoes.

4.Because he feels happy when he is doing it.

5.From Greg they learned that they should help others.

【解析】

试题分析：本文中主要介绍了大学生Greg Woodburn的事迹。Greg Woodburn在体育运动中受到启发，想到很多穷苦孩子没有鞋穿，于是自发为孩子们收集旧鞋，并分类清洗干净。孩子们很需要鞋，并立志今后也要尽自己的努力帮助别人。

1. soon the shoes will have new owners, poor children in the USA and 20 other countries, 描述，可知答：To the children who don’t even have shoes.

2. I realized there are children who don’t even have shoes.描述，可知答： He realized there are children who don’t even have shoes.

3. far, S.O.S has collected and donated more than 3,000 pairs of shoes.描述，可知答： More than 3,000 pairs of shoes.

4. Greg has cleaned almost all of them. “People think of it as duty work,” he says, “but I like doing it, because I feel happy when I’m doing it.描述，可知答：Because he feels happy when he is doing it.

5. they graduate, they say they will help others, just as Greg helped them.描述，可知答：From Greg they learned that they should help others.

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