Question

【題目】

John Michael Thomas, 14, Florida

When John Michael Thomas decided to honor his friend and classmate Elizabeth Buckley, who died from cancer, he remembered how much she loved peacocks(孔雀).

He wanted to build a lifesized peacock fountain(噴泉) in Elizabeth’s favorite park in the city. He thought it could be a place for people to relax and be inspired.

John Michael raised $52,000 to build the fountain.

Barrett England,13,Utah

The wheels began to turn for Barrett England when he heard about Karma Bike Shop, a place where young people can earn a free bike by reading and performing community(社區(qū)) service.

Barrett visited Karma’s owner with his idea: He would collect and repair used bikes and donate(捐贈) them to the shop.

He expected to get about 10 donated bikes. In the end, Barrett received 39.

Zachary Blohm,15, Wisconsin

The 25yearold playground at an elementary school near Milwaukee, Wis., was so small that only 70 of its 575 students could play on it at a time.

That’s when Zachary Blohm saved the day:He and some volunteers built a huge playground.To raise money, Zac planned Tshirt and bake sales, sold tickets and more. He held monthly moneyraising events for more than a year. Overall, he collected $130,000—enough to finish his project.

Jack Zimmerman, 16,New Jersey

For some people, finding a meal is as simple as opening the refrigerator. For more than 366,000 hungry kids in New Jersey, it’s not that easy.

That fact didn’t sit well with Jack Zimmerman, who organized a drive to lessen childhood hunger in his state. His goal: create 40,000 packaged meals that could be donated to those in need.On game day, Jack and his volunteers started their work. After the final count, the team had packaged 47,124 meals—well above Jack’s goal.

【1】The peacock fountain was built in a park________.

A. to inspire peopleB. for the love of animals

C. in memory of a teenagerD. to encourage a cancer sufferer

【2】What did Barrett do for Karma Bike Shop?

A. He donated bikes to it.B. He repaired bikes there.

C. He helped it win customers.D. He offered a reading service there.

【3】What do the four people have in common?

A. They’re top students.B. They care about others.

C. They like various public activities.D. They’re money raisers for the poor.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

這是一篇廣告布告類閱讀。文章主要介紹了四位青少年的善舉。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。答案定位在John Michael Thomas, 14, Florida部分When John Michael Thomas decided to honor his friend and classmate Elizabeth Buckley, who died from cancer, he remembered how much she loved peacocks(孔雀).（當(dāng)John Michael Thomas決定向死于癌癥的朋友兼同學(xué)Elizabeth Buckley致敬時，他想起了她是多么喜歡孔雀。）由此可知，John修建孔雀噴泉是為了紀(jì)念已故的朋友，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。答案定位在Barrett England,13,Utah部分He would collect and repair used bikes and donate(捐贈) them to the shop.可知，Barrett收集并修理二手自行車，然后將其捐贈給Karma Bike Shop，故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中四人的故事可知，他們都在為身邊的人做善事，由此推斷出他們的共同之處是關(guān)心別人，故選B。

細(xì)節(jié)理解題的解題思路：

細(xì)節(jié)理解題就是我們常見的wh-題，它們大多是根據(jù)文章中的具體信息如事實(shí)、例證、原因、過程、論述等進(jìn)行提問的。抓住文段中的事實(shí)和細(xì)節(jié)是做好該題型的關(guān)鍵，也是做好其它類型問題的基礎(chǔ)。該題型幾乎都可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息，或是其變體。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)，做這類題一般采用尋讀法，即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題和選項(xiàng)有關(guān)的詞語或句子，再對相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對比，找出答案。例如小題2，答案定位在Barrett England,13,Utah部分He would collect and repair used bikes and donate(捐贈) them to the shop.可知，Barrett收集并修理二手自行車，然后將其捐贈給Karma Bike Shop，故選A。