Question

C (2015 •臨訴) 任務型閱讀。(30分)

  Adam Braun set up the organization (組織) 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(chǎn) house’ or ‘a(chǎn) car’ or ‘a(chǎn) boat’. His answer was ‘a(chǎn) 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 (現(xiàn)實) 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.(根據(jù)短文起始句 Adam Braun set up the organization (組織) Pencils of Promise in 2008.可知，他的這一組織建立于2008年。)

2. Every 90 hours.(根據(jù)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，這一非營利性組織每90小時就能建立一所新學�！�，可知答案為every 90 hours。)

3. A pencil.(根據(jù)短文第三段第二句His answer was “a pencil”.他的答復是“一支鉛筆”，可知男孩就想要一支鉛筆，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.(根據(jù)短文第三段第四句 I realized he had never been to school before,and that was the reality (現(xiàn)實) for 57 million children around the world“我認識到他從未上過學，并且全世界有57 000 000孩子也是這樣的”，即也未上過學，可知答案。)

5. He did that to educate every child or to help change world.(短文第五段主要講述了Adam Braun的心聲:我們條件好了， 有能力教育所有孩子。所以他建立這一組織的目的在于幫助 孩子們接受教育，幫助改變現(xiàn)實世界，故可得答案。)