Question

“The zoo has money problem,” Grandmother Sandy said.
Angel listened. She heard that Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo didn’t have enough money to take care of its animals.
Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel’s family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had food and water.
Angel felt sorry for the zoo animals. While the others in the family were cooking dinner, Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals. She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: “Give a dollar, help an animal.” She sent the letter and a dollar to The Fresno Bee, a local newspaper.
A few days after that, Angel’s letter was published. Almost immediately, people began sending in money. Angel’s letter was having effect!
At school, Angel went to each classroom to read the letter that appeared on the newspaper. She asked students in her school to give money to the zoo. Next, Angel was asked to appear on television. She was invited to be on a popular talk show.
The workers in the zoo were very happy. Ray Navarro is the person most responsible(有责任的)for the animals. “Angel opened the eyes of Fresno,” said Ray. “She made us see that people can make a difference.”
【小题1】By saying “Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals”, the writer means ___________

A．Angel wanted to cook the animals for food

B．Angel was cooking a meal for the animals

C．Angel wanted to help the animals to run away

D．Angel was thinking of an idea to help the animals

【小题2】Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. Angel appeared on television.            b. People began sending in money.
c. Angel’s letter was published.            d. Angel asked her schoolmates to give money.
e. Angel wrote the letter to a local newspaper.

A．c-a-b-e-d

B．e-a-b-d-c

C．e-c-b-d-a

D．b-d-e-c-a

【小题3】Ray Navarro thought that Angel _________.

A．was most responsible for the animals	B．was good at making animals happy
C．helped the people in Fresno	D．could cure blind people

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】C

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要记述了一个爱好动物的女孩帮助当地动物园想办法,解决资金问题的故事.
【小题1】根据下文She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: “Give a dollar, help an animal.”描述,可知此处指的是她想出了一个办法帮助这些动物,故选D.
【小题2】根据短文后两段描述,可知安吉拉的信是首先发表的,最后她出现在电视上,故选C.
【小题3】根据最后一段“Angel opened the eyes of Fresno,” said Ray. “She made us see that people can make a difference.”描述,可知此处的意思是安吉拉帮助了这个城市的人们,故选C.
考点：故事类记述文阅读
点评：本文中长句较多，一时很难读懂句子含义，注意多读几遍，不要强求非得理解一词一句的含义，能把握文章大意就行。然后带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。