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Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales (童话).

The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained ㄠ　,000 with a cutting from the Braunschiveiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag; similar plain whit anonymous (匿名）envelopes, each containing ㄠ　,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.

The envelopes keep coming, and so far at least ㄠ90,000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper 's own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschiveiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of 500 inside with a copy of the article. The name of the family was underlined.

"I was driving when I heard the news,"Claudia Neumann, the boy's mother, told Der Spiegel magazine. "I hadto park on the side of the road; I was speechless."

The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.

"For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing,"Mrs. Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.

Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschiveiger Zeitung, said: "Maybe it is an old person who is about todie. We just do not know."However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city's hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.

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56. The Braunschiveiger Zeitung is the name of ______.

A. a church　　

B. a bank 　　

C. a newspaper

D. a magazine

57. Which of the following is TRUE about the donation to Tom?

A. The donation amounted to ㄠ90,000.

B. The donation was sent directly to his house.

C. The money will be used for his education.

D. His mother felt astonished at the donation.

58. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A. the donator is a rich old man

B. the donation will continue to come

C. the donation comes from the newspaper

D. the donator will soon be found out

59. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Money Is Raised by the Newspaper.

B. Newspaper Distributes Money to the Needy.

C. Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes

D. Robin Hood Returns to the City

参考译文

一些人认为这是当代罗宾汉的功劳，而其他人则认为这是一个富翁单纯地想要在死前把他（她）的财富捐献出去。但是，以信封邮寄现金捐给值得帮助的人和组织，并随信附上一篇来自当地报刊的文章的捐助者却让一个德国北部的城市相信了童话的存在。

第一个信封被寄到了一个受害者资助组织。信封中包含有一万欧元和一份来自Braunschiveiger Zeitung 的关于这一组织怎样资助一位手提包被偷的妇女的剪报；类似的内含一万欧元的浅白色匿名信封还被寄到了幼儿园和教堂。

这样的信封还在继续寄来，到目前为止至少已经捐献了19万。上个月，这些信封中的一个被寄到了报社的办公室。之前报社报导了一个在游泳事故中造成严重残疾的14岁男孩汤姆的故事。Braunschiveiger Zeitung的接待员打开白色的匿名信封发现在一张复印有文章的纸内有20张500欧元的支票，并且画线突出男孩家的名字。

男孩的妈妈克劳迪娅·诺依曼对德国明镜周刊说：“当我听说这个消息时，我正在开车。随后我不得不把车停在路边，激动的说不出话来。”

这些钱被用来修建轮椅进出家门的通道以及支付保险公司不愿意支付的一个疗程的治疗费。

诺依曼太太说：“对于某人这样无私奉献的行为，因为它发生在人人只考虑自己的自私社会，所以这让人感到难以置信。”她的家人猜想这个捐献者是不是一个像罗宾汉那样从银行窃取钱财给需要的人的人物。

Braunschiveiger Zeitung的编辑亨宁·诺斯克说：“他(她)也许是一位将死的老人。只是我们不知道而已。”但是，他已经告诉记者不要继续寻找这个城市英雄，以免被发现的人停止捐助。

答案解析

56. C 考查推理判断。根据第三段的第二句和第四句可推知，Braunschweiger Zeitung是一家报纸，故选C。

57. D 考查细节理解。根据第四段和第六段的第一句可知，这个男孩的母亲对捐款感到很惊讶，故D项正确。这项捐款是20张500欧元的现金，总金额是10 0 000欧元，故A项错误；捐款通过报社转交，故B项错误；这笔捐款将用于修建他家门前的轮椅通道和男孩的治疗，故C项也是错误的。

58. B 考查推理判断。从最后一段可知，这个捐款人的身份还不清楚，他的捐赠行为还会持续下去，故选B。

59. C 考查主旨大意。通读全文可知，本文讲述了三个身份不明的捐赠者，用邮寄钱的方式传达对别从的关爱的故事，故C项最能概括本文主旨。