Question

Giving Back

Fair Way

The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong x>n one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Wobum High had won. "No one would have known," said Wobum's instruc??tor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn't a difficult decision: "The prize wasn't ours to take."

Coin Stars

"College students are lazy, but they also want to help," says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her " Change for Change" effort has collected $40,000 for charities 慈善机构）, which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

A school in Massachusetts received a $ 9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took offi??cials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

60. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

       A. Took photos of Doran.

       B. Had a meeting with Doran.

       C. Returned the prize to the organizer.

       D. Apologized to Wobum High School.

61. Greg Rota's decision shows that he was _______.

       A. honest               B. polite                C. careful               D. friendly

62. The underlined word "Change" in the second paragraph means _______.

       A. Idea            B. Decision      C. Cups                D. Coins

63. What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth?

       A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

       B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

       C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

       D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

64. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because _______.

       A. the school asked for it                

       B. he had no need for that much money

       C. the school had helped him in the past  

       D. he wanted to be remembered by the students

Answer 1

60---64    CADAC  

解析:

60.C 点评：细节理解题。从第一篇文章最后一句“The prize wasn’t ours to take”说明Greg认为奖品不应归他们所有，可以知道正确答案为C。

61.A 点评：整体理解题。文中Greg Rota首先发现比赛分数被弄错了，之后下了个决定要把奖牌归还，这些事实都很好说明正确答案为A。

62.D 点评：整体理解或记忆搜索。文中 Dana让学生们把“spare coins”捐出来攒在茶杯中或直接根据所学单词change有“零钱”一意，可知D为正确答案。

63.A 点评：细节理解题。950万美元不是一个小数目，校方收到这笔钱肯定要找出捐赠者这样做的原因，故选A。

64.C 点评：从文中“when his family fell on hard times，he was offered free room and board”说明Danna知恩图报，可以知道C为正确选项。