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【题目】When Josephine Cooper was growing up，she learned the importance of charity from her parents．Although they made a modest living for their family of 10，they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate．

Half a century later，Mrs Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank，where she devoted herself to helping others．She organized and ran a distribution center from a church，helping it become the organization’s largest emergency food distribution center in San Diego．She was one of 25 outstanding senior volunteers in the nation selected and invited to Washington D．C．to receive the award．

“She was the main person who helped us make that program grow,” said Mike Doody，former director of the Food Bank．“She had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard．She was determined and stubborn，but in a good way．She had a good heart．” People knew her as “Grandma” because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families．“She reminded people of their Grandma．” Doody said．

As a widow with a young child in 1979，Mrs．Cooper was helped through a difficult financial time when the Food Bank provided her with groceries．“She dedicated her life to giving back,” said her daughter，Monica Cooper．It wasn’t unusual for a local church to call Mrs Cooper to ask her to aid a needy family．“She would give people food out of her cupboard．Sometimes we would cook a meal for a family living out of their car,” Cooper said．

Although Mrs Cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work，she said being able to help others was her reward．She died of liver disease and kidney failure，aged 93．

【1】The underlined word “charity” in Paragraph 1 refers to ．

A．offering help B．donating money

C．providing services D．showing sympathy

【2】Which of the following is true of Mrs Cooper?

A．She died at an early age．

B．She refused the national award．

C．She was kind and devoted．

D．She was not easy to get along with．

【3】Mrs Cooper’s story suggests that ．

A．everyone needs a Grandma nearby

B．children are what their parents are

C．a sound mind is in a sound body

D．a mother’s love never changes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。讲了库珀太太从小被教育要有爱心，懂得分享，长大以后她成为一个心爱的志愿者，她致力于帮助别人。文章教会了我们约会奉献。

【1】A细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句Although they made a modest living for their family of 10，they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate．可知，库珀太太一家人都帮助别人，划线单词意思是“帮助别人”故选A。

【2】C细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可Half a century later，Mrs Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank知， She was devoted to helping others，她致力于帮助他人，故选C．

【3】B推理判断题。从倒数第二段可It wasn’t unusual for a local church to call Mrs Cooper to ask her to aid a needy family．知，Mrs Cooper对她的孩子有积极的影响，故选B。