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书籍是人类进步的阶梯。每个孩子都应该攀着书籍这座阶梯到达知识的高峰。可是，世界上有许多孩子却没有这座阶梯。幸运的是，美国有一位只有8岁的小女孩为这些孩子搭建了一座阶梯。一起来了解一下吧。
Maria Keller is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. When she was 8 years old, she already loved reading. （43）. She also noticed that some of her classmates didn’t read as much as she did.
When she asked her mother why that could be, her mother said that they might not be able to afford books. Maria had never thought of this. She could not believe that some children might not have bedtime stories read to them. She decided to change this.
With her mother’s help, Maria created Read Indeed. Read Indeed is an organization which collects and gives out books to children in need for free. Maria set the goal to collect and give out one million books by the time she was 18. She tried every means to achieve it.（44）. As a result, it didn’t take long to reach that goal!
Today, at the age of 14, she has collected over one million books and has sent them to many states and countries around the world. She says, “I cannot live without books. As I continue my work, I have learned that millions of kids are in need of books. So I just can’t give up, even after reaching my original (最初的) goal.”
She has recently set a new goal: To give books to kids in need in every state in the United States, and every country in the world.
（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。
41. Why did Maria create Read Indeed?
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42. When did Maria reach her original goal?
（二）将文中黑体字的句子译成汉语。
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（三）请给短文拟一个适当的题目。
45. ___________________________________________
玛利亚 凯勒来自于明尼阿波利斯市，明尼苏达州。当她8岁的时候，她已经喜欢上阅读了。她也注意到她的一些同学不能像她一样读那么多的书。当她问她的妈妈那是为什么，她的妈妈说他们可能买不起书。玛利亚无法想象这一点。她不能相信有些孩子没有睡前故事可读。她决定改变这一切。
在她的妈妈的帮助下，玛利亚创立了真的阅读。真的阅读是一个组织，它免费收集和分发书籍给那些需要阅读的孩子。玛利亚制定了在她18岁之前要收集和分发100万本书的目标。她竭尽全力来完成这个目标。结果，达到这个目标并没有花费太长时间。
今天，她14岁了，她已经收集了超过100万本书并且已经把这些书送给了世界上的许多州和国家。她说：“没有书我无法生活。当我继续我的工作的时候，我了解到上百万的孩子需要书籍。所以我不能放弃，甚至在达到我的目标之后。”
最近她又制定了一个新的目标：把书给美国每一个州的孩子，还有世界上每个国家的孩子们。
41.Because she learned many kids might not be able to the books，she waned to change it。42.at the age of 1443. 她也注意到她的一些同学不能像她一样读那么多的书。44. 结果，达到这个目标并没有花费太长时间。45.Maria Keller and Read Indeed。
