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【题目】 Maria Rose Belding grew up working in the food bank in her community(社区) to help the poor. As she grew older, Belding knew that feeding the hungry wasn't as easy as it should be. The food bank was filled with some foods but was short of other truly needed foods.

In 2009, when she was 14, the food bank got lots of bread that was more than the community could use, and she saw how difficult it was to find other communities that could take it. At the same time the food bank was short of cheese.

Months later, she had to throw away hundreds of boxes as people in other communities might wait in line for food.

Belding had found two problems about food that still troubled the U．S. More than 40 million Americans don't have enough food to eat while up to 40% of the country's food is wasted(浪费).

In high school, she had an idea for an online platform(平台) that could help with both problems, but she wasn't able to make it work.

About nine months later, with the help of her friend, she successfully created MEANS. It is a free online platform that can help to send food to the people in need.

Since 2015, MEANS has helped to make sure that more than 1.8 million pounds of unwanted food get to hungry Americans.

【1】Belding was born in ________.

A.1993B.1995C.1991D.1999

【2】The underlined word “it” in Para.2 refers(指代) to “________”.

A.the breadB.the cheese

C.the food bankD.the community

【3】We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________.

A.Belding had an idea for an online platform at the age of 14

B.40% of the Americans don't have enough food to eat

C.Belding knew it was easy to feed the hungry

D.it was not easy to create the platform MEANS

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】

这篇短文讲述的是Maria Rose Belding，她在自己社区的食品银行帮助穷人，她发现了一个问题：一些人在挨饿，而另外一些人的食物多得吃不了，都浪费了。她建立了一个网上平台，解决了这个问题。

【1】细节理解题。根据短文第二段的开头In 2009, when she was 14,可知，在2009年的时候，Maria是14岁，简单计算可知，她出生在1995年。故应选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据划线代词所在的语境In 2009, when she was 14, the food bank got lots of bread that was more than the community could use, and she saw how difficult it was to find other communities that could take it.“食品银行得到了很多面包，超出了社区的使用能力，她看到找其他社区来接受这些面包是多么困难”。因此it代指的是前面提到的bread，故应选A。

【3】推理判断题。根据短文第四段In high school, she had an idea for an online platform(平台) that could help with both problems, but she wasn't able to make it work. 和第五段About nine months later, with the help of her friend, she successfully created MEANS.可知，Maria在上高中时，就有建立一个网上平台的想法，但是无法实现。到9个月之后，在朋友的帮助下，才成功建立了这个平台。由此可见，建立这个平台是很不容易的，故应选D。