A heartless thief is believed to have crashed a fund-raiser and made off with a bag of cash meant to help a New York City firefighter pay for life-changing surgery for his 9-year-old son. But little Aidan Sullivan -- who was born with a facial defect and no right ear -- yesterday put up a brave front, with a message for the crook(thief): "I'm going to kick your butt!"
"I want to look normal," said Aidan, whose father, Tim, is a firefighter in the Bronx. The third-grader has hemi facial micro soma, in which one half of the face doesn't develop correctly.
Last weekend, family friend Peter Drake, a Ridgefield, Conn., firefighter, hosted a fund-raiser, collecting between $8,000 and $9,000. But when the party at a Danbury, Conn., Irish cultural center was over, the money had disappeared.
"At the end of the night, all the money that was donated was put in a zippered bag," said Tim Sullivan. "A bartender gave the bag to Pete... He had it in his hands. He put it down to go do something, and when he came back, he saw that it was missing."
Sullivan said his longtime friend -- who has had fund-raisers to pay for Aidan's 10 previous surgeries -- is "devastated."
"Pete was so upset. He kept saying, 'I let Aidan down, I let Aidan down,” Colleen Sullivan, 40, recalled.
"We even went Dumpster diving, in case it was thrown out."
The Sullivans plan to go ahead with the March 1 surgery led by specialists at NYU's Langone Medical Center in Manhattan. The money would have offset the $10,000 to $15,000 that insurance doesn't cover. Yesterday, Aidan said he's not a fan of hospitals and doesn't like to be away from his sister, Kaylee, 4. But he's willing to do it. "I'm excited," he said. "Finally, an ear."
小題1: Where do you probably read this text from?
A．A magazine.B．A newspaper.C．A book.D．An advertisement.
小題2: How did little Aidan Sullivan feel when he knew the money was missing.
A．He felt excited. B．He felt surprised.
C．He felt upset.D．He felt annoyed.
小題3:What is the money used for according to this text?
A．To help Aidan Sullivan to have another operation.
B．To help pay for Aidan Sullivan’s life insurance.
C．To return the money the Sullivans owed to the hospital.
D．To help a firefighter who got hurt in the ear.
小題4: What is true of little Aidan Sullivan?
A．He hates going to hospital.
B．He will go to New York for the surgery.
C．He didn’t care too much about the lost money.
D．He has received 10 surgeries before.
小題5: What can we infer about Pete from the text?
A．He was heartless.B．He was kind.
C．He was caress.D．He was a firefighter.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：文章是一則新聞，講述了為面部殘障兒童籌集的款項被偷的事件。這些善款原本將被用于孩子的面部手術(shù)費用。
小題1:主旨大意題。文章是一則新聞報道，所以比較有可能出現(xiàn)在報紙上。選擇B。
小題2:推斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段Aidan給小偷的message可以看出，他對于這件事感到非常憤怒，所以選擇D。
小題3: 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段的 meant to help a New York City firefighter pay for life-changing surgery for his 9-year-old son，可以得知這些錢原本是用于支付手術(shù)費。所以選A
小題4:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第五段pay for Aidan's 10 previous surgeries，可得知他之前接受過10次手術(shù)，所以選D。
小題5:推斷題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，Pete曾多次為Aidan籌集善款，可以說他是個非常善良的人。所以選B。
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