题目内容
8.Powell Jobs,known as the wife of Apple founder Steve Jobs,is an American businesswoman,executive and the founder of Emerson Collective,which advocates policies concerning education and immigration reform,social justice and environmental conservation.She is also co-founder and president of the Board of College Track,which prepares disadvantaged high school students for college.In 1997,Powell Jobs and Carlos Watson co-founded College Track,a nonprofit organization in East Palo Alto to improve high school graduation,college enrollment(入学登记注册),and college graduation rates for students from poor families.Of College Track's high school graduates,many of whom are first-generation college students,approximately 90 percent attend four-year colleges and 70 percent finish college in six years,whereas the national average for first-generation college students is 24 percent.
Powell Jobs is one of the wealthiest persons in the United States,with a net worth of 19.1 billion,according to Forbes.Although known for keeping a low public profile,Powell Jobs attracted attention with her announcement of a $50 million project to reshape the American high school,in September 2015.The project is Called XQ:The Super School Project,which aims to inspire teams of educators,students,and community leaders to create and carry out new plans for high schools.She believes high schools fail to serve American kids because they were designed a hundred years ago for an industrial society,so what the high school needs is a complete change.XQ encourages schools to re-imagine and design the next American high school because while daily lives have changed,schools have not.
It is Powell Jobs who makes the young people know that she doesn't just want them to go to college she expects them to go to college.and she'11give them the tools to get there.
25.What does Paragraph 1mainly tell us about Powell Jobs?D
A.Her education.
B.Her donations.
C.Her wealth.
D.Her social status.
26.Who can benefit most from College Track?A
A.Students from poor families.
B.Students in East Palo Alto.
C.National college students.
D.American College staff
27.What does Powell Jobs think of the present high schools in America?C
A.They lack money.
B.They are newly designed.
C.They need reforming.
D.They fail to serve educators.
分析 本文主要讲述了Powell Jobs的事迹,她对教育、移民、社会等做出的一些贡献.
解答 25.D 细节题.根据文章内容,Powell Jobs,known as the wife of Apple founder Steve Jobs,is an American businesswoman,executive and the founder of Emerson Collective,which advocates policies concerning education and immigration reform,social justice and environmental conservation.由此可知,Powell Jobs是已故苹果发明人Steve Jobs的妻子,是 Emerson Collective的成立者和执行官.而 Emerson Collective提出了许多对教育和移民改革的方案等.她有着极高的声誉和声望,结合选项,故选D
26.A 细节题.根据文章内容,In 1997,Powell Jobs and Carlos Watson co-founded College Track,a nonprofit organization in East Palo Alto to improve high school graduation,college enrollment(入学登记注册),and college graduation rates for students from poor families在1997年成立的非盈利性组织College Track目的在于提高高中学生的毕业率,让来自平穷家庭的孩子能更多的上大学.结合选项,故选A
27.C 细节题.根据文章内容,.She believes high schools fail to serve American kids because they were designed a hundred years ago for an industrial society,so what the high school needs is a complete change.由此可知,Powell Jobs认为美国的教育没能把孩子服务好,美国的高中需要全面的改变,结合选项,故选C
点评 本文是一个人物故事类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.
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