You may not have heard of Ashoka, but for the past 27 years, this association，founded by Bill Drayton, has fought poverty(貧困) and sickness, promoted education and encouraged small businesses. To support these worthy causes, Ashoka provides money for the world's most promising“changemakers” seeking to solve(解決) urgent problems and would like to create a world in which every citizen is a changemaker.

Drayton believes that anyone can become an agent for change. The important thing is to simply give yourself permission. If you see a problem that you care about, you can help solve it. The young in particular are willing to accept this concept because at heart every child wants to grow into a happy, healthy contributing adult. In fact, it is many young people's ambition to set up programmes or businesses that improve social conditions. An excellent example is an Ashoka project started in 1995 in Dhaka，which handled the rubbish problem facing the city, helped local farmers and provided an income for poor people there.

When Masqsood and Iftekhar began to study the problem of all the uncollected rubbish that lay in Dhaka's streets, attracting rats and disease, they discovered that 80% of it was natural waste. So they educated the poor people in the city to compost(把……制成堆肥) this waste. They knew that they would have a market for the end product because local farmers were struggling with chemical fertilizers(化肥) which were expensive and had reduced the natural minerals in the soil over the years. At first, they were refused, but once they were able to persuade them that there was money to be made, the project took off. In 2009 sales were $14，000.

Drayton is optimistic that in ten years Ashoka will be making really serious, practical progress in bringing about social change by changing the way we look at economic development.

72.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A.Changemakers B.Businessmen

C.Social conditions D.Rubbish problems

73.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to “________”.

A.the local farmers

B.Masqsood and Iftekhar

C.Drayton and his team

D.the poor people in Dhaka

74.It can be concluded from the passage that anyone can become a changemaker if he________.

A.considers Drayton's concept

B.gets permission from Ashoka

C.tries to improve social conditions

D.is a young, happy and healthy adult

75.The author's attitude towards Ashoka's programme can be described as “________”.

A.changing B.forgiving

C.cautious D.positive

【要點綜述】 本文為一篇說明文。文章介紹了Bill Drayton創(chuàng)辦的名叫“阿育王”的扶貧濟困機構。

72. A　主旨大意題。本文主要介紹的是Ashoka這個扶貧濟困機構，該機構旨在讓每一個公民都成為changemaker。第一段兩次出現(xiàn)changemaker，第二段首句為主題句。故選A。

73. D　代詞指代題。 根據(jù)第三段“At first, they were refused, but once they were able to persuade them…”中有三個人稱代詞，前兩個為they，均指代Masqsood and Iftekhar。故畫線的them指代上文的the poor people in the city。故選D。

74. C　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中“In fact, it is many young people's ambition to set up programmes or businesses that improve social conditions.”可推知盡力改善社會環(huán)境的任何人都可以成為changemaker。

75. D　觀點態(tài)度題。文章對Ashoka's programme—changemakers自始至終充滿著贊賞之詞，顯然作者對此是持積極態(tài)度的。故選D。