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(2022·珠海一模)When Randy Heiss went hiking behind his Patagonia, Ariz.farm, the last thing he expected to find was a Christmas list from a little girl across the US-Mexico border.“I found this balloon on my morning walk near Patagonia on Sunday.Attached to it was a piece of paper with the Christmas wishes from a little girl，” Heiss wrote on his Facebook page.
When he brought the list home to his wife, who speaks fluent Spanish, they determined that the little girl had asked for Enchantimals toys, clothes, art supplies and various other gifts.That's when Heiss set out to make the little girl's Christmas dreams come true.Heiss said he had attempted to send Christmas letters to Santa Claus via balloon when he was a kid but never received a response.
Heiss sent a Facebook message on Wednesday to XENY, a radio station in Nogales, to see if it could help him track down the girl or her family.He later received a response from the station, which had determined the author of the letter was an 8-year-old girl named Dayami, and the station wanted to set up a meeting between the two on Thursday.“It just changed my entire day，” Heiss told the Washington Post.“Instead of going back to my office in Bisbee, I went with my wife to Walmart.”
The couple bought almost everything on Dayami's list.They also brought a few gifts for Dayami's little sister, Ximena.They told the children they were “ayudantes de Santa，” or Santa's helpers.
Heiss,60, said the experience was very healing for him and his wife.Nine years ago，the couple's only son died.“ Being around children at Christmas time has been absent in our lives，” Heiss said.“We now have friends for life.For a day, that border fence with its concertina wire melted away.”
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，记叙了Randy Heiss在亚利桑那州巴塔哥尼亚徒步旅行时，意外收到了来自美墨边境的一个小女孩的圣诞礼物清单。女孩通过气球来发送圣诞愿望。在妻子的帮助下，他们开始帮助女孩实现愿望。
1．How did Dayami send out her Christmas wishes?
A．By calling Heiss.
B．By attaching them to a balloon.
C．By writing to a radio station.
D．By sending a Facebook message.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第一段可知，小女孩就是Dayami，她是通过把愿望绑在气球上发送圣诞愿望的。
2．When did Heiss know what the girl exactly wanted?
A．After the help of his wife.
B．When he found the balloon.
C．After their meeting in America.
D．When he got a response from the radio station.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，当他把单子带回家给能说一口流利西班牙语的妻子时，他们断定小女孩想要的是《丛林小精灵》的玩具、衣服、美术用品和其他各种各样的礼物。即他是通过妻子的帮助之后知道女孩到底想要什么礼物。
3．What might make Heiss decide to fulfill the little girl's Christmas wishes?
A．His son's will.
B．The girls request for help.
C．His similar unsuccessful experience.
D．His desire to make friends with the girl.
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句可知，当他还是个孩子的时候，他曾试图通过气球给圣诞老人寄圣诞信，但从未收到任何回复。由此可知他有和女孩相似的但不成功的经历，因此他决定帮助女孩实现愿望。
4．What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．The couple got out of the pain completely.
B．The experience was a great relief to the couple.
C．The couple would help more children from Mexico.
D．There will be no border between countries one day.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句可知，Heiss说这段经历对他和他的妻子来说都具有疗伤功能。因为他们九年前失去了唯一的儿子，因此这次经历对他们来说是一种很大的安慰。
