One Tuesday evening in the beginning of the fall 1996 semester at Shippensburg University, sirens(警笛)sounded.These sirens were not in celebration; they were a cry to the university that something was wrong.A house, only one block away, was on fire.Nine of the university's students lived there.
From the minute the word got out that help was needed, it seemed like everyone showed up.The victims of the fire were offered endless invitations for housing for the night.The very next day, everyone gotintogear to do their part in helping them.Flyers(小传单)were posted with items that were immediatelyneeded, just to get these students through this next couple of days.Boxes for donations and money jarswere placed in every residence hall(学生宿舍).
As a residence director,I went before the students in my hall to ask them to do what they could.I knew that college students don't have much, but I asked them to clo their best:“Every little bit will help." I really didn't think they could do much.l.was proved wrong.
At the hall council meeting the night after the fire, my residents decided to have a wing competition, where each wing of the building would team up to see who could bring in the most donations.l announced.that the wing who won would receive a free pizza party.
Thursday evening we announced over the PA system that we were beginning the wing competition.Within minutes, the place exploded.The single large box that I had placed in the lobby(太厅)was over-flowing.We quickly grabbed more boxes, and we watched in amazement as they, too, filled to the brim.Members of the resident assistant staff and I began t.o count the items.l was astonished by what I saw, andI was inspired by these kids.
When we came to the final tally(得分), the winners tumed to me and announced that they would like to donate their winnings as well.They wanted the victims of the fire to have their pizza party.
Tears welled up in my eyes.I had watched these students jump to action, work tirelessly and donateall that they could.And then, as if that were not enough, they handed over their reward.l was touchedand so very proud of them.
(1)
The writer mainly wanted to ________ by the story.
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A.
tell us the suffering of nine of the college students from a fire
B.
praise the college students helping the victims selflessly
C.
tell us how successful the wing competition was
D.
show he was deeply moved by the college students' action
(2)
The phrase "get into gear" in the second paragraph means ________.
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A.
be eager
B.
take action
C.
be prepared
D.
start working
(3)
At first, the residence director thought ________.
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A.
it was impossible to expect the college students to donate anything
B.
it was easy to collect a lot of donations from the college students
C.
the college students would donate not much
D.
the college students would donate all the items they had
(4)
The wing competition was held ________.
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A.
on Tuesday evening
B.
on Thursday
C.
on Wednesday evening
D.
the very next day
(5)
How did the resi ence director feel when he saw the brimful boxes?
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A.
Terrible.
B.
Funny.
C.
Surprised.
D.
Serious
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We have met the enemy and he i s our s.We bought him at a pet shop.When monkey-pox, a di sea se u sually found in the African rain fore st suddenly turn s up in children in the American Midwe st, it' s hard not to wonder of the di sea se that come s from foreign animal s i s homing in on human being s.“Mo st of the infection s we think of a s human infection s started in other animal s, ” say s Stephen Mor se, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedne s s at Columbia Univer sity.
It' s not ju st that we're going to where the animal s are; we're al so bringing them clo ser to u s.Popular foreign pet s have brought a whole new di sea se to thi s country.A strange illne s s killed I sak sen' s pet s and she now think s that keeping foreign pet s i s a bad idea, “I don't think it' s fair to have them a s pet s when we have such alimited knowledge of them.” say s I sak sen.
“Law s allowing the se animal s to be brought in from deep fore st area s without stricter control need changing.” say s Peter Schantz.Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call.Re searcher s believe infected animal s may infect their owner s.We know very little about the se new di sea se s.A new bug(病毒)may be kind at fir st.But it may develop into something harmful.Monkey-pox doe sn't look a major infectiou s di sea se.But it i s not impo s sible to pa s s the di sea se from per son to per son.
(1)
We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________.
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A.
come from Columbia
B.
prevent u s from being infected
C.
enjoy being with children
D.
suffer from monkey-pox
(2)
Why did I sak sen advi se people not to have foreign pet s?
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A.
Becau se they attack human being s.
B.
Becau se we need to study native animal s.
C.
Becau se they can't live out of the rain fore st.
D.
Becau se we do not know much about them yet.
(3)
What doe s the phra se “the wake-up call” in Paragraph 3 mo st probably mean?