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This time last year three out of four 16 to 24-year-olds were wearing the white band of Make Poverty History. Whatever the campa

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问题     This time last year three out of four 16 to 24-year-olds were wearing the white band of Make Poverty History. Whatever the campaign may or may not have achieved in Africa, it briefly inspired millions in Britain. A joy, but also a revelation, for this was the moment when I saw how ready people were to take a little bit of action for a big cause. It may also explain how the small movement I helped to found has become a rather large phenomenon. Don’t think changing the world can start by something as simple as shutting down your computer at night?
    Those marching were different crowds from 20 years ago. Make Poverty History made few formal demands. No slogans, no forms, not even meetings if you didn’t fancy them. It was activism lite—more a brand than an organization. Show solidarity wherever you go—fashionably of course—do more, if and when you can. The future of active citizenship may depend on understanding why it ignited a generation.
    If social engagement is a funnel(a tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom)turned on its side, about a quarter of a million people in the UK are at the narrow end, serial activists, responsible for 80 per cent of our community action. Most charities are here, focusing their efforts on these committed citizens. Our organization, We Are What We Do, is at the mouth of the funnel, targeted at people who don’t recycle or think about fair trade. It is styled as a brand, inspiring people to make the small changes that will make a big difference if enough of us do the same.
    Our first book—Change the World for a Fiver—featured 50 simple actions, from not spitting out your gum to declining plastic bags. All began by doing something small. Some of the 800 who are buying the book every day remain usefully but lightly engaged. For our new book, Change the World 9 to 5, we decided to focus on the workplace, where most of us spend most of our waking hours. Actions range from the entertaining(smile!); the symbolic(turn off your phone charger when not in use)and the serious(learn to save a life).
    In working with We Are What We Do I have moved from the view that the sum of individual actions can help to make a difference to the belief that ultimately it is the only thing that ever does. The smallest act has a value of its own.
The statement "at the mouth of the funnel"(Line 4, Para. 3)implies that
选项 A、our organization is the leader of the social engagement.
B、our organization is the initiator of the social engagement.
C、our organization encourages people to do small but basic things.
D、our organization’s actions greatly influence the social engagement.
答案C
解析 语义理解题。根据题干定位到第三段。用漏斗(funnel)这个比喻旨在区分这个组织与段落开头所提到的社会活动积极分子，随后讲到组织的目标群体和工作目标。他们主要活动于社会慈善事业，是小范围的活动，而“我们的组织鼓励人们从小事做起”，是大范围的活动，故C项与之相符。A项中的leader"领导者”错误；B项initiator中的“发起者”未提及；D项中的greatly influence“重大的影响”与题干问题无关。
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