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1、高二英语阅读材料（775）Day1Crowdfundinglunch为同龄孩子捐助午餐，用众筹搭建爱心校园。BenHoferisnostrangertofundraising(募资).Thisyear,he’sbackforanotherroundoffundraisingforschoollunchdebts.The15-year-oldstudentinSt.AndrewsEpiscopalHighSchool,US,raisedmorethan$10,000(about70,000yuan)forstud
2、entswithschoollunchdebtinAustindistrictschoolsinMayaspartofhis“LunchCounts!”project.Thistime,HoferhopestopayoffschoollunchdebtsnotonlyforschoolsinAustindistrictbutalsoforDelValle,afterlearningtheyalsostrugglewithschoollunchdebt.Hofer’seffortsarepartofagrowin
3、gnationaltrendforwhichstudents,parents,communitymembersandsomeschooldistrictsthemselvesareworkingtopayoffstudents’schoolmealdebtsthroughcrowdfunding(众筹)sourcessuchasGoFundMe.Lunchdebtincreaseswhenstudentswhohaven’tpaidofftheiraccountbalancesareprovidedfreeme
4、als.Therearethousandsmorewhostruggletopayforlow-costschoolmeals.AccordingtotheSchoolNutritionAssociation,75percentofdistrictsnationallyhadunpaidmealdebtattheendofthe2017-18schoolyear,andtheamountofdebthasgrownsubstantially(大量地)inrecentyears.Basedona“NoShamin
5、g”lawinseveralstatessince2017,schoolsallowagraceperiod(宽限期)forstudentswithnomoneyintheirmealaccountstoreceiveahotlunch.Iftheunpaidchargesarenotcoveredbytheguardians(监护人)ofthestudent,theschoolhastotakeiton,resultingintherisingschoollunchdebt.Sothecrowdfunding
6、startedtohelppayofflunchdebttomakeiteasiertodogood.Hofer,asoneofthecrowdfundingactivists,hassetagoaltoraise$3,000atfirstbuthopestoraisemore,sincethereismorethan$7,000inschoollunchdebtinbothDelValleandAustindistricts.“IwouldreallyliketoraiseasmuchasIcanforthe
7、sekidsthisyearandtohelptheirfamiliesnotworryaboutschoollunchdebt,”Hofersaid.“Payingthisoffforstrugglingfamilieswouldbeanicepresent.”Choosethebestanswer:1.WhatdoesHoferdotohelpstudentswithschoollunchdebt?A.Heprovidesfreemealsforstudentswithdebt.B.Hepusheslawm
8、akerstoregulatelunchmoney.8C.Heasksthemtojoininthe“LunchCounts!”project.D.Hehasbeenraisingmoneyforthosewithlunchdebt.2.What’sthemainideaofParagraphs4-6?A.Hofer’seffortshavefinallypaidoff.B.Manyp
