In a generous display of maturity and sympathy, one Jewish boy made his first de
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In a generous display of maturity and sympathy, one Jewish boy made his first deed as a man in his faith a great act of charity.
Joshua Neidorf, a 13-year-old boy from Los Angeles, donated most of his birthday money to Operation Mend, a program that reconstructs the faces of severely burned U. S. veterans（退伍老兵）.
The young man decided to donate his money after getting to know Army Sgt. Louis Dahlman, who was undergoing a series of reconstruction surgeries（手术）at UCLA （University of California at Los Angeles） thanks to Operation Mend. The Neidorfs had signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”, spending time with him whenever he visited Los Angeles for a surgery.
“I just love knowing that it’s going somewhere...to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day,” said Neidorf. His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”
In all, Neidorf gave $13,000 to Operation Mend. He also encouraged his friends to donate to the cause. He is the organization’s youngest donor so far.
Operation Mend is a privately funded program that works in partnership with the UCLA Medical Center. Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin, a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face.
Mankin ended up being Operation Mend’s first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 2007. In a 2011 interview, Katz shared how his experience of helping Mankin made him realize the need to establish a more permanent program.
“My wife and I soon realized that there were dozens of Aarons out there,” Katz said. “They deserve the best that we offer them.”
小题1:Neidorf decided to help veterans because ________.| A．he benefited from Operation Mend | B．he was afraid of burned faces | | C．he thought they deserved help | D．he didn’t know how to spend money |
小题2:Operation Mend was founded after ________.| A．Neidorf donated part of his birthday money | | B．the Neidorfs signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family” | | C．Ron Katz saw a TV programme about a veteran | | D．Mankin was successfully operated on at UCLA |
小题3:What can we learn from the passage?
A. Neidorf’s mother was opposed to his decision to donate money.
B. Mankin’s face was burned in a fire in America.
C. Mankin went through more than 30 facial surgeries at UCLA.
D. Many facial surgeries are needed to reconstruct a seriously burned face.
小题4:The last two paragraphs mainly tell us ________.| A．the process of Mankin’s surgery | B．how Operation Mend was set up | | C．how Katz became famous | D．veterans are respected by people |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍了Joshua Neidorf捐助帮助一个越南老兵做面部整容手术的故事。
小题1:细节题：从第四段的句子：“I just love knowing that it’s going somewhere...to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day,”可以推断出他认为是值得的，选C
小题2:细节题：从第五段的句子：Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin,可知答案是C
小题3:推理题：从倒数第二段的句子：Mankin ended up being Operation Mend’s first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 可知面部整容需要很多次手术。选D
小题4:段落大意题：从倒数第二段的句子：In a 2011 interview, Katz shared how his experience of helping Mankin made him realize the need to establish a more permanent program 可知答案是B
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A couple of years ago, before a trip to China, Nicole Davis and her US women’s volleyball teammates were warned about the prominence (显著、突出) of coach “Jenny” Lang Ping in her native country.
“I was pushed over by Chinese journalists while I was just trying to put my luggage on the bus,” said Davis.
Known as the “Iron Hammer” for her punishing spikes(扣球), Lang made it possible for China to dominate in the sport in the early 1980s. She was a key player on China’s 1984 Olympic gold medal winning team.
When the US team arrived for the Olympics, Lang, 48, who is from Beijing, had to take a different route to avoid a crowd of reporters and fans.
Then came the greatest moment to Lang：while the US team was playing in a packed gym, at least 8,000 Chinese fans unfurled an American flag.
“That really says it all,” Davis said. “They look at her as an icon(偶像)．I’m sure it’s hard for them to see her coaching another country, but they love her so deeply that her success is their success.”
The loyalty of the Chinese fans was tested on Friday, when China lost a match to the US.
“It’s a pity that China lost the match, but I’m still glad that Lang Ping’s team won, since she is the pride of China’s volleyball,” said Liu Chengli, a spectator. “We also cheered for Lang’s victory.”
Lang said she just tried to stay professional when the two teams meet. “It doesn’t matter if we play China or any other team. It’s the same.” Lang said.
Davis said she and her teammates could not have imagined the passion for volleyball among Chinese because the sport was lack of popularity in the US. The reception from Chinese fans has touched the US players, said a US volleyball player Lindsey Berg.
“It’s such an honor to be here and play for our coach here in China,” she said. “The amount of support that the Chinese give to her and us has been tremendous. The whole event has been unbelievable.”
小题1:What’s the passage mainly about?| A．Staying professional. | B．Cheering for the Iron Hammer. | | C．A match between China and the US. | D．Lang Ping’s career as a coach. |
小题2:Lang Ping avoided meeting the reporters and fans probably because she ________.| A．was afraid to be questioned about her strategy | | B．didn’t want to be paid much attention to | | C．disliked to be with her fans | | D．didn’t want to disturb public order |
小题3:What does the underlined word “unfurled” exactly mean?| A．destroyed completely | B．tore into pieces | | C．spread out to the wind | D．rolled up |
小题4:What does Lang Ping mean by saying “It doesn’t matter if we play China or any other team.”？| A．American Volleyball Team will beat any team. | | B．Chinese Volleyball Team is the same as other teams. | | C．She just tried to stay professional. | | D．The results of each match will be the same. |
小题5:What impressed the US team players most?| A．The tolerance of Chinese people. | B．The popularity of volleyball in China. | | C．Lang Ping’s coaching skills. | D．The loyalty for volleyball of the Chinese. |
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Dave Bruno works as an online marketing manager. Several years ago, one weekend Bruno and his family did a major house cleanup and then donated several bags of unneeded items to the local Goodwill store. “After all were done, I looked around and realized that I still had too much stuff”, says Bruno, “It occurred to me that maybe I wanted to lead a simple life but in reality I behaved differently.” That realization prompted the 39-year-old father of three to try an experiment, “The 100Thing Challenge”.
With the goal of breaking free of what he calls a “bad habit of consumerism（消费主义）, Bruno was determined to live for one year with just 100 personal items. He cut down his possessions to 94 items, including a Bible, laptop, guitar, wedding ring, car and clothes. He created some guidelines for the experiment since his wife and daughters did not participate, familyshared and household items did not count as personal items. He also grouped together some basic things such as underwear and socks. Bruno began blogging about his new lifestyle and eventually wrote a book, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul.
Since completing the experiment, Bruno has continued to live by the motto: reduce, refuse, and rearrange and maintains just 110 personal things. “ Nearly three years of living with a minimal amount of personal possessions, I’m no longer in the habit of consuming for the sake of consumption (消费),” he wrote in his blog last week, “That has freed me up for all sorts of better endeavors (活动) than shopping—like spending time with family and writing a book and planning for business opportunities.”
Bruno’s project has also inspired others to live minimally, many of whom post their own 100 Thing Challenge updates on YouTube. “The reality is that the 100 Thing Challenge is surprisinglyeasy”, says Bruno, “I’m not saying there were no challenges or disappointments. I miss some things, but not that much. Frankly, it’s far easier to live with less stuff than with excessive trash.”
小题1:What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 1?| A．Bruno regretted to have an easy life. | | B．Bruno had a special behavior in reality, | | C．Bruno and his family led a happy life. | | D．Bruno would have liked a life with fewer items. |
小题2:The things were included in Bruno’s 94 items EXCEPT____________.| A．socks | B．a Bible | C．cookers | D．a wedding ring |
小题3:What is the best title for the passage?| A．Live with 100 Things | | B．Defeat 100 Challenges in Life | | C．Survive by Your Motto | | D．Consume for Consumption’s Sake |
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Every few years, two groups carry out a study of how many Americans wash their hands after using the toilet. These groups are the American Society for Microbiology and the American Cleaning Institute, formerly the Soap and Detergent Association.
There was good news in the latest study. Researchers found that eighty-five percent of adults washed their hands in public restrooms last month. That was the most since the studies began in 1996.
Researchers visited restrooms at a baseball park in Atlanta and a science museum and aquarium(水族馆) in Chicago. They also visited two train stations in New York City and a large farmers’ market in San Francisco. In all, they observed about six thousand adults, with females and males equal in number.
The researchers found that seventy-seven percent of men and ninety-three percent of women washed their hands. That was up from sixty-six percent of men and eighty-eight percent of women in the last study three years ago.
The lowest rate of hand washing among men was at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team. Only sixty-five percent of men washed their hands, compared to all but two percent of women.
Chicago and San Francisco had the most hand washers—eighty-nine percent of adults. Atlanta followed at eighty-two percent. New York had the lowest rate, at seventy-nine percent of the adults observed at Grand Central Station and Penn Station.
The findings of the observational study conflicted(不一致) with the findings of a separate telephone survey of about one thousand people. Ninety-six percent of them said they always washed their hands after using public restrooms.
Almost nine out of ten also said they always washed after using the bathroom at home.
Hand washing can help prevent the spread of many different infections.
To clean your hands well, wet them first and rub in soap for at least twenty seconds, including between the fingers and under the nails. Then wash under running water. In a public restroom, if you dry your hands with a paper towel, you should also use the towel to shut off the water and open the door.
Hand washing is also important when preparing food and after changing a baby’s diaper(尿布). You should also wash if you cough or sneeze into your hands.
小题1:According to the latest study, about ____ women washed their hands after using public bathroom.| A．1,980 | B．2,310 | C．2,640 | D．2,790 |
小题2:Which of the following shows the right order of washing hands correctly?
a. Wash your hands under running water.
b. Rub your hands in soap for not less than twenty seconds.
c. Wet your hands.
d. Dry your hands with a paper towel.
e. Open the door, using a paper towel.
f. Shut off the water with a paper towel.| A．cbdaef | B．cdabfe | C．cbadfe | D．cdabef |
小题3:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?| A．Hand washing is up in public restrooms in the US | | B．Americans like washing their hands so much | | C．Adults have their hands washed in public restrooms | | D．Why hand washing never enjoys popularity in the US |
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Recently, South Korean star PSY’s ‘Gangnam style” video has been popular on the Internet. It has become most people’s favorite music.
In fact, the song has set the Guinness World Record for the most popular video in the history of the Internet. More than two million people have said “like” since the song was on the Internet on July 15.
PSY”s special dance moves and funny horse riding style have attracted many people. Although many people do not understand the language, the video has become the talk of the Internet. The song has come to first place in the music charts(排行榜) in 31 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
“I just sang for my South Korean fans. I have never expected it to be popular in other countries,” PSY told the reporters on a concert. The song was so popular that a few of South Korean’s politicians showed PSY’s moves to attract supporters.
“The song came out in mid-July. It sings about the rich life of South Korea —especially Gangnam in Soeoul, where a lot of rich people live.
Millions of people have watched the video. Many stars, such as Katy Perry, Robbie Williams and Nelly Furtado said that they love the song. These stars performed part of the song at a recent concert.
Riding high on the success of “Gangnam Style”, PSY was signed by Scooter Braun to Braun’s Schoolboy Records, a label distributed by Universal Republic.
PSY has written many hit songs of varying styles for different singers. Prior to “Gangnam Style” his most famous composition perhaps was Lee Seung Gi’s debut(首次亮相) song “Because You Are My Woman”.
小题1:What makes PSY’s “Gangnam Style” the famous music of millions of people?| A．The song has set the Guinness World Record. | | B．The song has come to first place in the music chart. | | C．They like the dance moves and the horse riding style. | | D．They don’t understand the words of the song. |
小题2:Why did some of South Korea’s politicians show PSY”s moves?| A．They wanted to tell people that they were also fond of music. | | B．They wanted people to support them. | | C．They were PSY’s fans. | | D．They liked PSY’s dancing style. |
小题3:What’s “Gangnam Style” about?| A．The way of horse riding. | | B．The rich life of people of Gangnam in Seoul. | | C．The Guinness World Record. | | D．The love of stars. |
小题4:What is the best title of the passage?| A．Life of the Music Star PSY | | B．“Gangnam Styly” —— Most people’s favorite Music | | C．PSY’s Famous Compositions | | D．Meaning of “Gangnam Style” |
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●Ms Tan, you’ve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.
That’s because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.
●Why do you think you had so many false starts?
I would say that my reasons were wrong. I was trying to prove that I wasn’t just a mother-daughter storyteller, or I was trying to prove that I didn’t just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese-American. Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories. And I could never come up with other better reasons for continuing them.
●What kept you going on this book?
This book was different because it was based on my mother’s real life. The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional. After The Joy Luck Club came out, my mother was always explaining to people that she wasn’t any of the mothers in that book. And at one point she said to me, “Next book tells my true story.” And then she started telling me things I never knew before. She also told me many, many stories, because my mother doesn’t generalize(笼统地表达). The book really grew out of that.
●Have you ever visited China?
Yes. I’ve been there twice: about three years ago and then again last November, both times with my mother and my husband.
●Was it difficult to understand the Chinese-American dialect(方言) without sounding like a parody(拙劣的模仿)?
No, because it’s the language I’ve heard all my life from my mother. She speaks English as it’s direct translation from Chinese. But it’s more than that. Her language also has more imagery than English.
●Can you think of an example?
Somebody might say to me, “Don’t work so hard. You’ll kill yourself.” My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？” So it’s very vivid. That’s the way she talks.
●Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish (有癖好的) mother?
Many people have told me that. I think the mother-daughter relationship is very intense(紧张) in both cases. Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have the power to tell their children, especially their daughters, how to conduct their lives --- not simply up until the time they are 18, but for the rest of their lives. However, when children grow up in a different culture from their parents’，they tend to keep more secrets from their parents. The children think, “They just wouldn’t understand that I had to do this.” And that can really create a gap, and it can grow as the number of secrets grows.
小题1:Based on the questions in this interview, what do you think Ms Tan’ s profession is?| A．A journalist. | B．A story-writer. | C．An interviewer. | D．An interviewee. |
小题2:What’ s TRUE about Tan’ s second book?| A．It’ s about her real life in America. | | B．The name of the book is The Joy Luck Club. | | C．It is the result of many times of carefull thought. | | D．It includes many works of her mother. |
小题3:Which question is NOT answered in the interview?| A．How does she think of her mother’ s language? | | B．How many books does she plan to write? | | C．When did she visit China? | | D．How is generation gap created? |
小题4:We can infer that________.| A．Tan’ s mother is a good storyteller | | B．Tan plans to write another book about her mother | | C．Tan plans to return to China | | D．Tan’ s mother is hard to communicate with because of personality |
小题5:The last paragraph mainly talks about________.| A．how to keep secrets from parents | | B．how to deal with the mother-daughter relationship | | C．how to conduct the lives | | D．how the generation gap comes about |
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