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2014届高三英语二轮专题精品特训：阅读理解 Little_Charlie_Simpson_was_the_toast_of_Britain last night after raising an astonishing ￡160,000 for Haiti earthquake victims in 24 hours. Charlie，seven，had hoped to raise ￡500 with a sponsored bike ride around a park yesterday.But as news of his touching effort spread thousands of people donated cash to his appeal. Mum Leonora said：“What started off as a little cycle round the park with his dad has turned into something a lot bigger than that and we cant believe it.Hes done really well.Hes worked hard and hes raised a large amount of money.It was great to see him so motivated.I am extremely proud of Charlie.” At first Charlie hoped to raise ￡500 for Unicefs Haiti appeal by cycling five times round his local park.But things began to take off after he put his appeal on the Just Giving website，which helps raise online charity cash. Then as his story was picked up by TV stations money began to flood in.Within hours of Charlie climbing off his bike donations had reached ￡53,000—in just 24 hours. Leonora said her son had been deeply moved by the hardship of the Haitians.She added，“He was really upset by the pictures on TV. He actually burst into tears.He decided to do the cycle ride and he made me do a sponsorship form for him.We sent it out on to the web and it just went everywhere.” Charlie, from Fulham，West London, said：“I was quite sad when I saw the pictures on TV.” Unicefs Michael Newsome said，“Theres something quite special about a child in the UK reaching out to the children of Haiti.” 文章大意：这是一篇新闻报道。七岁的Charlie想为遭地震的海地募捐500英镑，结果一天之内就募捐到了16万英镑。他是怎么做的呢？ 56．By saying“Little Charlie Simpson was the toast of Britain”underlined, the writer means Charlie Simpson ________. A．proposed a toast to Britain B．sent good wishes to British C．had a nice time in Britain D．was well received in Britain 答案：D　猜测词义题。由后文可知，七岁的Charlie想为遭地震的海地募捐500英镑，结果一天之内就募捐到了16万英镑。所以，人们对他的募捐行为很支持，他已经广为人知了。 57．People can support Charlie by donating money________. A．on