37.　 B。细节理解题。从第二段Tim说的话中“I could do something like this when we retire”,知道他打算在退休后做类似的事，是B选项。

36.　 A。细节理解题。由第一段最后两句话可知是Tim 得病导致他思考生命的意义。

65.What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?

A. He needs more money to help the children.

B. He wonders why some people are so busy.

C. He tries to save those waiting to die.

D. He considers his efforts worthwhile.

[解析]：61-65:ABCDD

　[语篇解读]本文讲述了里克特作为教师的一家人在退休后又做出捐献书给儿童的决定，并且为此建立了基金会的事情，而且他们认为这使得他们的人生更为有意义。

64.Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

A. To avoid signing up online.

B. To meet Dollywood board members.

C. To make sure the books were the newest.

D. To see if the books were of good quality.

63.According to the text, Dollly 　Parton is 　　　　　.

A. a well-known surgeon　　　　　　　　　　 B. a mother of a four-year-old

C. a singer born in Tennessee　　　　　　　　　 D .a computer programmer

62.What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

A. Give out brochures.　　　　　　　　　　　　 B .Do something similar.

C. Write books for children　　　　　　　　　　 D. Retire from being a teacher.

3.(2011·山东卷)B

　　 Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she 　in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.

　　　 Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls.　 He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder."

　　　 Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk,. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.

The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. 　Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.

Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”

　 The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”

75. It can be inferred from the text that­　　　 .

A. we can benefit a lot from old people

B. it is a good idea to use sign language

C. there is no escape from the world of sound

D. it is possible to find how beautiful things sound

[解析]选D。推理判断题。通读全文可知，尽管我们生活在一个喧闹的世界，作者提倡我们创造一个不太纷扰的环境，果真如此，这个世界是很美好的，据此D项正确。

74. Which of the following is true according to Prochnik?

A. We need more sounds in our lives

B. There is nothing to be learned from the deaf

C. We are not aware how rich the world around us is

D. There is too much noise at a Japanese tea ceremony

[解析]选C。推理判断题。根据文章末段If we remove the powerful blasts(一阵阵)of noise, we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around us.... It’s astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen.可知C项正确。A项和作者的观点相反；根据We in the hearing world can learn from them (deaf people)可知B项错误；根据During a Japanese tea ceremony, the smallest sounds become a kind of art可知作者赞赏the smallest sounds，故D项错误。

73. What does Prochnik say about us?

A. We are used to quietness

B. We have to put up with noise

C. We do not think silence to be beneficial

D. We do not believe lasting peace to be available

[解析]选C。推理判断题。根据第二段We’ve become so accustomed to noise, there’s almost a deep prejudice against the idea that silence might be beneficial和it’s never been more important to find continuing quiet及第三段During a Japanese tea ceremony, the smallest sounds become a kind of art等句可以判断得出，我们生活在一个喧闹的世界，寂静才是我们的追求，故选择C项。