親愛的同學們：新的學期，新的起點，也就意味著新的機遇與挑戰(zhàn)，新的拼搏與奮斗。高三在我們的關(guān)注中如約而至，征戰(zhàn)高考的號角已經(jīng)吹響，時間不容置疑地把我們推到命運的分水嶺。在慢慢品嘗高三滋味的同時，我們正在加速長大和成熟，過去對時間的浪費讓我們痛心，父母期待的目光更加殷切和慈祥，一夜之間，忽然有了更多的知識需要我們?nèi)碛?，我們對未來的思考更加清晰。是的，同學們，面對未來，你可能有無數(shù)條道路，但一旦進入高三前進的隊列中，作為志存高遠的熱血青年，你一定會義無返顧的說，高三，我來了;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 (基金會), 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 (慈善機構(gòu)) 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.
年僅19歲的索菲亞成立了“許愿”基金會，用來幫助那些身患重病的孩子們?nèi)崿F(xiàn)他們的愿望。
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
答案與解析
A事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)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，當Sophia的朋友受益于此基金會時，她才意識到它的重要性。
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
答案與解析
A事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一句“Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization ...”可知，“許愿”基金會是一個國家范圍內(nèi)的慈善機構(gòu)。
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.
答案與解析
B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可知，Chris是一個身患重病的孩子，他的愿望是成為一名警察，于是大家想方設(shè)法幫助他實現(xiàn)了夢想，由此“許愿”基金會成立，故其成立的最初原因是對Chris的幫助。
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.
答案與解析
A推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段和最后一段內(nèi)容可知“許愿”基金會幫助很多身患重病的孩子實現(xiàn)了他們的愿望，故A項正確。
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