Aggie Bonfire (篝火) was a long-standing tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the college rivalry (競爭) with the University of Texas at Austin. For 90 years, Texas A&M students—known as Aggies—built and burned a bonfire on campus each autumn. Known to the Aggie community simply as "Bonfire", the annual autumn event symbolized Aggie students' "burning desires”. The bonfire was traditionally lit around Thanksgiving in connection with festivities surrounding the annual college football game.
Although early Bonfires were little more than piles of trash, as time passed, the annual event became more organized. Over the years the bonfire grew bigger, setting the world record in 1969. Bonfire remained a university tradition for decades until, in 1999, a collapse during construction killed twelve people—eleven students and one former student—and injured twenty-seven others.
The accident led Texas A&M to declare a pause on an official Bonfire. However, in 2002, a student-sponsored-and-off-campus "Student Bonfire" came up.
In 2003, the event became known as Student Bonfire. In a design approved by a professional engineer, Student Bonfire uses a wedding cake design, but, in a departure from tradition, every log in the stack (堆) touches the ground. For added support, four 24 feet poles are spaced evenly around the stack and then bolted to the 45 feet center pole with a steel pipe. Since the group does not receive funding, Student Bonfire charges a fee to each attendee to cover expenses. Attendance for Student Bonfire ranges from 8,000–15,000 people and the event is held in Brazos County or one of the surrounding counties.
小題1:When did Aggie Bonfire come into being?
A．In 2003.B．1999.
C．1909.D．2002.
小題2: Which of the following statements is true according to the above passage?
A．Texas A&M University started Aggie Bonfire.
B．The University of Texas at Austin started Students Bonfire.
C．Texas A&M University and The University of Texas started Students Bonfire.
D．Texas A&M University and The University of Texas started Aggie Bonfire.
小題3:Why did Aggie Bonfire once stop?
A．Too many people wanted to join in it.
B．Some serious accidents occurred during the activity.
C．It ran out of fund and then stopped.
D．There were no official supports.
小題4: Which of the following might serve as the best title of the whole passage?
A．From Aggie Bonfire to Student Bonfire.
B．A brief history of American Bonfire.
C．Why not join Bonfire?
D．Bonfire in Texas of the United States.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：本文敘述了農(nóng)業(yè)大學的篝火的歷史，它的歷史大約90多年來了，大學生每年秋天在感恩節(jié)的時候或是學校年度足球比賽時都會點燃篝火。一直到1999年事故發(fā)生把篝火節(jié)中止，到2002年有學生籌錢組織的學生篝火節(jié)又開始了。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)For 90 years, Texas A&M students—known as Aggies—built and burned a bonfire on campus each autumn.篝火已經(jīng)存在90年了可知應(yīng)選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Aggie Bonfire (篝火) was a long-standing tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the college rivalry (競爭) with the University of Texas at Austin可知Texas A&M University開始的篝火。故選A。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The accident led Texas A&M to declare a pause on an official Bonfire.事故導致篝火曾經(jīng)中止過，故選B。
小題4:標題歸納題。這篇文章描述了從學校篝火變成了學生自己組織的篝火的歷史，故選A。
點評：一般說來，標題應(yīng)該具有概括性、針對性、簡潔性三個突出特點。其中概括性，是指標題應(yīng)最大程度地覆蓋全文，囊括文章的主要內(nèi)容，體現(xiàn)文章的主題；針對性，是指標題的含義要直接指向文章的主要特點；而簡潔性，則是指標題應(yīng)言簡意賅，能吸引讀者的注意力，并喚起讀者對文章的閱讀興趣等。
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