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Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNote

Ⅰ.阅读理解

(2020·湖南省名校联盟高三联考)

HarryPottermoviesarehugehitsandlovedbychildrenallovertheworld.Kidscanlosethemselvesinthewonderfulworldofmagicwhilelearningvaluesthatareimportanttothem.

ThatswhyPaulaDuPréPesman，theassociateproduceroftheHarryPottermovies，founditsohardtoleavethisbehindwhenchoosingtostartherorganizationThereWithCarethathelpsfamilieswithsickchildren.

Hermovetowardscharityworkdidnothappenbychance.Whileworkingonthesetof“HarryPotterandtheSorcerersStone”，Pesmanreceivedacallaskingifshecouldrealizethewishofachild，whowasafannamedGillianwithawishtoseeamovieaboutHarryPotter.Thoughsuchawishseemedimpossibletoachieve，Pesmanbroughttogetherthecrewwhotogetherovercamethechallengesandputtogetheraroughcutscreeningfortheyounggirl.

PesmansdeterminationtohelpGilliancamefromherownexperienceoflivingwithherhusband，whohadfoughtandwonthebattlewithcancer.CarryingoutGillianswishenabledhertowitnesshowpowerfulsupportingafamilyinneedcanbe.Sosheleftthecareershelovedin2005tostartherorganization.

ThereWithCareprovidesmanyservicesthatfamiliesinneedrarelyfind，suchastransportationtoandfromthehospital，gascards，deepcleaningservices，clothingandmeals，especiallywhenkidsareinhospital.Nowtheorganizationhashelpedover4，000families.

Lookingback，shesaid，“InawayIthinkeverythingcametogethersothattodaywewouldbeherehelping.Itgaveusanewpurposeandanewwayofhelpingpeople.”

语篇解读PaulaDuPrePesman原是《哈利·波特》电影的副制片人，她在帮助一个女孩实现梦想后放弃工作，成立慈善机构帮助有患病儿童的家庭。

1．WhydoestheauthortalkaboutHarryPottermoviesinparagraph1?

A．Tointroduceanon-profitorganization.

B．ToexpressadmirationforPesmanschoice.

C．Toprovethepopularityofthemovies.

D．ToexplainwhyPesmanquitasaproducer.

B[考查推理判断。第一段介绍了《哈利·波特》电影的巨大成功和影