Question

    Greg Woodburn, a student at the University of Southern California, spends a lot of time cleaning sneakers he collected. But soon the shoes will be sent to poor children in the United States and 20 other countries, thanks to Woodburn’s Share Our Soles (S. O. S. ) charity.

    A high school track star in the town of Ventura, California, Woodburn was treated in hospital for months with knee and hip injuries.

    “I started thinking about the health benefits, the friendship and the confidence I got from running, ” he says, “And I realized there are children who don’t even have shoes. ”

    Woodburn gathered up his old sneakers, then asked his friends to donate. His goal was to have 100 pairs by Christmas 2006. When he collected more than 500 pairs, he decided to turn the shoe drive into a year-round endeavor.

    Back then, the sneakers came from donation boxes at the YMCA and the local sporting goods store and from door-to-door pickups. Woodburn has now set up collection boxes at two high schools, city gym and recreation center. He has started accepting adult sizes and sandals(涼鞋). So far, S. O. S. has collected and donated more than 3, 000 pairs.

    Woodburn has cleaned all the shoes. After sorting the shoes by size, Woodburn selects the good shoes for the washing machine and the worn-out ones for recycling.

    To ship the footwear, Woodburn teamed with Sports Gift, a non-profit organization that provides soccer and baseball equipment to children around the world. Keven Baxter, founder and president, says, “We’d send kids balls and shoes. I’ve heard that for many of these kids, these old sneakers are the only shoes they had. They wear them to school and to do sports. So Greg’s running shoes were a nice addition for us. ”

    For many recipients(接受者), the shoes represent opportunity. Two young boys in Southern California attended school on alternate days because they 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 attend school daily and enjoy their learning. When they graduate, they say, they will help a stranger, just as Woodburn helped them.

68. What caused Greg Woodburn to donate old shoes for poor children?

A. The benefits from playing sports.

B. News about some poor children.

C. His reflection on school life.

D. The medical treatment he received.

69. When collecting more sneakers than expected, Woodburn decided to_______ .

A. include adult sizes and sandals

B. set up branches in different cities

C. collect shoes throughout the year

D. expand his endeavor in the whole city

70. How did Woodburn manage to deliver the shoes collected?

A. By sending them by mail.

B. By working with Sports Gift.

C. By advertising for those in need.

D. By offering them from door to door.

71. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. An Organized Activity     

B. Greg Woodburn’s Life

C. How to Collect Sneakers       

D. Recycled Sneakers Fit for Sharing

Answer 1

  本文主要介紹的是一位大學生收集舊運動鞋捐贈給窮孩子的事。

68.解析：選A。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的第二、三段可知，Greg Woodburn是南加利福尼亞大學的一個在校生、田徑明星。因膝蓋和臀部受傷住院后，他開始反思體育給他帶來的好處，他得知很多孩子沒有鞋子穿，于是決定給他們捐出穿過的舊運動鞋。

69.解析：選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的第四段可知，Woodburn本打算在2006年圣誕節(jié)前收集到100雙舊運動鞋，可是他收集到的舊鞋竟然超過了500雙。于是他決定把收集舊鞋變成一項全年都要做的事情。

70.解析：選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的第七段可知，為了運輸那些收集來的舊鞋，Woodburn 與一個名叫Sports Gift的慈善機構(gòu)合作。Sports Gift把足球和棒球設(shè)備免費送給世界各地的兒童。

71.解析：選D。主旨大意題。本文介紹的是一位大學生收集舊運動鞋，捐贈給窮孩子的事，所以D項最適合。