文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了双胞胎兄弟Jake和Max从小就致力于做慈善,后来他们成立了一个名为Kids That Do Good的非营利性网站,帮助年轻人做慈善工作。
Jake and Max Klein were 4 years old when they first realized there was a world in need outside the front door of their home in Edgewater, New Jersey.
The twin brothers took all of the money out of their piggy banks and asked their parents, Mark Klein and Sandy Rubinstein, if they could buy birthday gifts for kids who weren’t expecting any.
Then, at age 6, the boys announced that they wanted money usually spent on their birthday presents to go to charitable donations. They bought computers for police officers, and they sold cookies to raise money for sick children.
Then they learned at age 8 that they were too young to volunteer at their town’s soup kitchen. “That’s when we decided we’d have to come up with a way to take things into our own hands,” Jake, now 15 says. “We thought, ‘What can we do to show that kids are able to make a difference and do more than is expected?’”
Last year, he and Max, now going into the 10th grade at Leonia High School, started Kids That Do Good, a nonprofit (非营利性的) website that lists hundreds of ways for young people to get involved in charitable work, coast-to-coast.
It’s a lesson that has caught on with many, including 9-year-old Sophia Somerstein, who lives near the Kleins in New Jersey.
“Max and Jake encouraged me to help collect food and I really loved the feeling of making somebody’s life better,” she says. “Now this summer, I want to help people around me, and I hope I can teach other kids, too. It’s cool that kids just like me can do something to help others.”
The Kleins recently started a challenge for kids registered (注册) on their website (about 3,000 so far) to track their volunteer hours, with the goal of topping 100,000 by the end of 2019.
“Someday, we’d love to reach a million hours,” notes Max, who hopes to continue running Kids That Do Good with Jake when they both go off to college.
41. What can we learn about the Kleins when they were kids?
A.They loved to help others. |
B.They were in need of help. |
C.They found it easy to collect money. |
D.They always gave their parents presents. |
42. When did the Kleins decide to create a way to show kids are helpful?
A.When they used up all the money in the piggy bank. |
B.When they were refused by the soup kitchen. |
C.When they raised money for the government. |
D.When they found there was a world in need. |
43. Why did the Kleins start a website?
A.To share wonderful kids’ stories. |
B.To raise money for young people. |
C.To encourage others to give back. |
D.To discover kids’ natural abilities. |
44. What do Somerstein’s words show about the Kleins?
A.She is worried about them. |
B.She speaks highly of them. |
C.She wants to challenge them. |
D.She loves teaching for them. |
45. What can we infer about the Kleins’ website?
A.It is developing fast. |
B.It faces an uncertain future. |
C.It has made millions of dollars. |
D.It has covered the whole world. |