Question

C (2015 •临诉) 任务型阅读。(30分)

  Adam Braun set up the organization (组织) Pencils of Promise in 2008. Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education. Six years later,the nonprofit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90 hours. It has helped more than 22 ,000 children in Africa,Asia and Latin America.

   It all started when Adam Bruan was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and asked for money on the street. Mr Bruan asked the boy what he would want,if he could have anything in the world.

   “I thought the answer was going to be ‘a house’ or ‘a car’ or ‘a boat’. His answer was ‘a pencil’. So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and excited. I realized he had never been to school before,and that was the reality (现实) for 57 million children around the world ,” Bruan said.

   Adam Bruan started working in finance (金融) after he graduated from college. But he never forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

“We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education,because we have everything necessary already. We are able to educate every child. So I promised to help change that world ，”Bruan said.

   Mr Bruan raised money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school in Laos five years ago. Since then,his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos,Nicaragua,Guatemala and Ghana.

1. When did Adam Bruan set up the organization Pencils of Promise?

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2. How often is the organization building a new school somewhere six years later?

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3. What would the boy in India want if he could have anything in the world?

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4. What did the boy’s answer make Adam realize?

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5. Why did Adam Bruan set up the organization Pencils of Promise?

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Answer 1

1. In 2008/ He did it in 2008.(根据短文起始句 Adam Braun set up the organization (组织) Pencils of Promise in 2008.可知，他的这一组织建立于2008年。)

2. Every 90 hours.(根据第一段的第三句 Six years later,the nonprofit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90 hours. “六年后，这一非营利性组织每90小时就能建立一所新学校”，可知答案为every 90 hours。)

3. A pencil.(根据短文第三段第二句His answer was “a pencil”.他的答复是“一支铅笔”，可知男孩就想要一支铅笔，故答案是a pencil。)

4. He had never been to school before and that was the reality for 57 million children around the world.(根据短文第三段第四句 I realized he had never been to school before,and that was the reality (现实) for 57 million children around the world“我认识到他从未上过学，并且全世界有57 000 000孩子也是这样的”，即也未上过学，可知答案。)

5. He did that to educate every child or to help change world.(短文第五段主要讲述了Adam Braun的心声:我们条件好了， 有能力教育所有孩子。所以他建立这一组织的目的在于帮助 孩子们接受教育，帮助改变现实世界，故可得答案。)