Perhaps every older generation since ancient times has complained about young people, and today is no different. Isn’t it obvious that kids these days are self-absorbed social network addicts?

However, this summer, my impression of today’s kids has been restored by the story of Rachel Beckwith. She could teach my generation a great deal about maturity (成熟) and unselfishness — even though she’s just 9 years old, or was when she died on July 23.

At age 5, Rachel had her long hair cut off and sent to Locks of Love, which uses hair donations to make artificial hair for children who have lost their own hair because of cancer or other diseases. After that, Rachel announced that she would grow her hair long again and donate it again. And that’s what she did.

Then when she was 8 years old, her church began raising money to build wells in Africa through an organization called “charity: water”. Rachel was astonished when she learned that other children had no clean water, so she skipped her ninth birthday party. Rachel set up a birthday page on the charity: water website with a target of $300. Instead of presents, she asked her friends to donate $9 each to charity: water. Finally Rachel raised only $220 — which had left her just a bit disappointed.

Then, on July 20, a serious traffic accident left Rachel critically injured. Church members and friends, seeking some way of showing support, began donating on Rachel’s birthday page — charitywater.org/Rachel — and donations reached her $300 goal, and kept rising.

When it was clear that Rachel would never regain consciousness, the family decided to remove the life-support machine. Her parents donated her hair for the final time to Locks of Love, and her organs to other children.

Word spread about Rachel’s last fund-raiser (募捐行動). Contributions poured in, often they donated $9. The total donations soon topped $100,000, then $300,000.

This is a story not just of one girl, but of a young generation of outstanding problem-solvers working creatively.

1.Which of the following is TRUE of Rachel?

A．She died at the age of 8.

B．She was a cancer patient.

C．She was a warm-hearted girl.

D．She founded Locks of Love.

2.The underlined word “skipped” in Paragraph 4 probably means “      ”.

A．put off

B．gave up

C．expected

D．planned

3.According to the text, Rachel set up the birthday page to       .

A．make more new friends

B．call on people to donate hair

C．a(chǎn)sk her friends to send her gifts

D．raise money to help African children

4.How does the author feel about the young generation now?

A．Worried

B．Critical.

C．Appreciative.

D．Doubtful

5.What would be the best title for the text?

A．Rachel’s last fund-raiser

B．Rachel and her birthday page

C．Kids are addicted to social networks.

D．What’s wrong with the young generation?

 

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】文章通過一個善良的女孩子的慈善行為告訴我們新一代的年輕人也是非常有愛心的，也是非常有希望的。

1.推理題。根據(jù)文章所講述她捐頭發(fā)，籌集資金為非洲人打井等等行為說明她是一個熱心腸的人。根據(jù)文章可知ABD都是錯誤的。

2.詞義辨析題。根據(jù)下文Instead of presents, she asked her friends to donate $9 each to charity可知她放棄為自己舉辦生日聚會。而是為這一慈善組織建立了一個網(wǎng)頁來籌集資金。

3.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第4段第4行內(nèi)容Rachel set up a birthday page on the charity: water website with a target of $300.

4.推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段內(nèi)容尤其是outstanding problem-solvers working creatively. 可以推斷作者對于年輕的一代是非常欣賞的。

5.主旨大意題。文章通過講述這個善良的女孩子的慈善行為告訴我們新一代的年輕人也是非常有愛心的。A項所講Rachel’s last fund-raiser 更能表達(dá)這個主題。要特別注意B項，概括性不夠。

 

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