Question

    I remember watching TV and seeing other children suffer in other parts of the world when I was a very little child. I would talk to myself, “When I grow up, when I can become rich, I'll save kids all over the world.”

At the age of 17, I began my career here in America, and by 18, I started my first charity organization. I went on to team up with other organizations in the following years, and met, helped, and even lost some of the most beautiful souls, from six-year-old Jasmina Anema who passed away in 2010 from leukemia(白血病）---her story inspired thousands to volunteer as donors, to 2012 when my grandmother lost her battle with cancer, which is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF). We’re all human. And we all just want a chance: a chance at life, a chance in education, a chance at a future, really. And at CLF, our mission is to impact as many lives as possible, but it starts with just one.

People make it seem too hard to do charity work. The truth is, you don't have to be rich to help others. You don't need to be famous. You don’t even have to be college-educated. But it starts with your neighbor, the person right next to you, the person sitting next to you in class, the kid down the block in your neighborhood. You just do whatever you can to help in any way that you can. And today, I want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person, one organization, one situation that touches your heat. My grandmother always used to say, “If you’ve got a dollar, there’s plenty to share.”

1.What did the author want to do at a young age?

A. Watch TV B. Help other children

C. Become wealthy D. Grow up quickly

2.Which of the following directly caused the author to create and develop the  CLF?

A. A six-year-old kid’s request.

B. Many volunteers’ inspiration for it

C. Her grandmother’s death of cancer.

D. Other organizations’ encouragement.

3.What does the underlined word “one”in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. A life B. A chance

C. A task D. An organization

4.What does the author suggest people do in the last paragraph?

A. Do charity work when you are rich.

B. Challenge their friends to offer help.

C. Work very hard to get a college education.

D. Do little things to help those around them.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者年少时立志长大帮助遭受痛苦的孩子们。长大作者兑现诺言做慈善工作，并号召人们：做力所能及的事来帮助周围的人。

1.细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词“at a young age”锁定到第一段第二句I would say to myself, “When I grow up, when I can get rich, I will save kids all over the world. ”，由此可知，作者小时候想帮助其他孩子。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词“directly caused”和“create and develop the CLF”锁定到第二段中的“to 20l2 when my grandmother lost her battle with cancer, which is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF).”由此可知，祖母的逝世是作者创办和发展CLF的直接动力。故选C。

3.猜测词义题。根据划线词所在句“And at CLF, our mission is to impact as many lives as possible, but it starts with just one.”可知，该组织的使命是影响尽可能多的生命，但是这需要从影响一个生命开始。由此可推断，one指代的是前面提到的many lives中的一个。故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“But it starts with your neighbor.. in your neighborhood.”和“You just do whatever you can to help in any way that you can, And today, I want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person, one organization, one situation that touches your heart.”可知，作者建议人们做力所能及的事来帮助周围的人。故选D。