You may not have heard of Ashoka, but for the past 27 years, this association，founded by Bill Drayton, has fought poverty(贫困) 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(解决) 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
【要点综述】 本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了Bill Drayton创办的名叫“阿育王”的扶贫济困机构。
72. A 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍的是Ashoka这个扶贫济困机构，该机构旨在让每一个公民都成为changemaker。第一段两次出现changemaker，第二段首句为主题句。故选A。
73. D 代词指代题。 根据第三段“At first, they were refused, but once they were able to persuade them…”中有三个人称代词，前两个为they，均指代Masqsood and Iftekhar。故画线的them指代上文的the poor people in the city。故选D。
74. C 推理判断题。根据第二段中“In fact, it is many young people's ambition to set up programmes or businesses that improve social conditions.”可推知尽力改善社会环境的任何人都可以成为changemaker。
75. D 观点态度题。文章对Ashoka's programme—changemakers自始至终充满着赞赏之词，显然作者对此是持积极态度的。故选D。
