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In 1993, eightyearold Brandon Keefe sat in a corner at the Hollygrove Children's Home, waiting for his mother to finish talking.He heard that the Hollygrove Children's Home needed a library, but all they had were an empty space and lots of kids without books.
The next day, when Brandon's teacher asked the students to come up with ideas for a community service project, Brandon remembered what he had heard.An idea occurred to him at once.What about all the books he had read? He had many that he was too old to read, and knew his friends had some, too.What if they gave them to the Hollygrove Children's Home to create a library？Brandon started a project to collect books, and soon he had 847 books.The big empty room at the Hollygrove Children's Home was filled, and every child had a book to take to bed at night.
When Brandon entered the 7th grade, he, as well as his friends, began another book project.In one week, the school collected 5,000 books.The Hollygrove library couldn't handle them all.A local public school, Limerick Elementary School，became the next new library created by Brandon and his friends.The headmaster realized that Brandon's idea was simple and effective.She began sharing it throughout the schools in Los Angeles.
Brandon was surprised when, one day, a photographer from the Los Angeles Times called him out of class.Then they wrote about him in the newspaper, which led to some local community service awards.Then he was invited to appear on the very popular TV program The Oprah Winfrey Show.Brandon said, “After appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show, many people knew about us and we were able to set up a nonprofit organization called BookEnds.”
By 2001, the 60,000 volunteers had collected around 150,000 books for BookEnds.They had completed 46 libraries，with 32 more under construction, helping more than 40,000 children who didn't have books before.
Brandon feels especially good that BookEnds is growing.“There are 60,000 people involved and I'm just one of them.It's great to know you've made a difference and that things are going to change because of what you've done.”
本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了Brandon Keefe发起了一项为学校捐赠旧书的活动，这项活动被很多学校推广，他也因此上了《洛杉矶时报》，还接受了奥普拉的采访。
1．According to the text, the Hollygrove Children's Home .
A．had many disabled children
B．only had an empty library
C．had no books in the beginning
D．was established by Brandon's mother
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段可知，该校一开始没有书，只有一个空房间。
2．Brandon came up with the great idea because .
A．he had so many useless books
B．his teacher asked him to do it
C．his friends promised to donate their books
D．he wanted to help the Hollygrove Children's Home
答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据第一段和第二段可知，Brandon Keefe产生这一想法是因为他听说Hollygrove Children's Home需要一个图书馆，而第二天Brandon的老师又要求学生为一个社区服务项目出主意。因此他想到自己和朋友都有一些读过的旧书，对他们来说已没有用，于是产生捐赠旧书这一想法。故选D。
3．Why was Brandon invited to attend the program The Oprah Winfrey Show?
A．He helped create a library in the Hollygrove Children's Home.
B．He won some local community service awards.
C．He was recommended by a public school headmaster.
D．He set up a popular nonprofit organization.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的“which led to some local community service awards”可知，Brandon Keefe在被《洛杉矶时报》报道后，获得了一些当地的社区服务奖，因此被邀请参加电视访谈节目。
4．What do we know about BookEnds from the passage?
A．The final purpose of the organization is to make a profit.
B．It was established and is operated by the local community.
C．More than 40 thousand children have benefited from it.
D．It doesn't need to grow and develop in the future.
答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段最后的“nonprofit organization”可知，BookEnds是一个非营利性机构，故A项错误。BookEnds是由以Brandon Keefe为首的人建立和运转的，故B项错误。根据倒数第二段可知，BookEnds已经建立了46个图书馆，另有32个在建，帮助了4万多名儿童，因此D项错误，C项正确。
