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8．Welcome to the Excellent Kids Website!Here you can read about excellent children from all over the world and vote （投票）for the Excellent Kid of the Month．
This month we're proud to introduce Gina from France，Brendan from Canada and Helga from Germany．
Gina，who is thirteen years old，got first prize in the"Young Cook of the Year'competition and is now writing her own recipe （食谱）book for kids．"I want it to be fun to read and easy enough for children to use．"she says．Gina learned by watching her father，who's also good at cooking，in the kitchen．She wants to encourage other children to cook because"everyone needs to eat，so it's a skill that will always be useful!"
Seventeen-year-old Brendan used to love running until he had a serious car accident three years ago．He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again．Now he's a runner who has recently completed a marathon （马拉松）．"After my accident I wanted to give up，"he says．"But now I'm happy to be alive and able to continue running．"
Helga has always been good at science，but she thought it was too difficult to become an inventor．Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town．"That gave me an idea，"says the clever sixteen-year-old．It took her over a year to invent a special machine that tells car drivers when a train is coming．One company （公司）is already interested in selling it，so it may be in the shops soon!

57．Gina was the winner ofC．
A．a marathon competition      
B．an invention     
C．the‘Young Cook of the Year‘competition     
D．a science competition
58．Gina thinksA．
A．cooking is always a useful skill       
B．she cooks better than her father     
C．cooking is not interesting       
D．her book is difficult for kids to read
59．Brendan feltC after the accident three years ago．
A．happy        B．excited         C．hopeless           D．angry
60．Helga decided to invent somethingA．
A．when she heard about an accident        
B．when she was at the age of 16       
C．in order to make some money          
D．after she finished her school education．

Answer 1

分析 欢迎来到优秀儿童网站！在这里你可以阅读到来自世界各地的优秀的孩子并为本月优秀的孩子投票．
这个月我们自豪地介绍来自法国的吉娜，加拿大的布兰登和德国的海尔格．
吉娜，十三岁，得了"年度年轻厨师"比赛一等奖．现在为孩子们写他自己的食谱类书籍．她说，"我希望它读起来有趣并且足够易于孩子使用．"吉娜通过在厨房里观察父亲学习烹饪．他也擅长烹饪．她想鼓励其他的孩子做饭，因为"每个人都需要吃饭，因此这是一个永远有用的技能！"
十七岁的布兰登过去喜爱跑步，直到三年前发生了严重的车祸，他失去了一条腿，甚至没有希望再会走路．现在他是一个运动员，最近完成了马拉松．他说，"在我出事之后我想放弃，但现在我很高兴我还活着并且能够继续跑步．"
海尔格一直擅长科学，但她认为这很难成为一个发明家．然后她听到了一辆车在她的小镇撞上火车的事故．这位聪明的十六岁的孩子说，"这给了我一个主意．"花了一年多时间她发明了一种特殊的机器，这种机器当火车来时会告诉汽车司机．有个公司已经对出售它很感兴趣，所以它可能很快在店里出售！

解答 57．答案：C  细节理解题，阅读短文第二段可以找到相关信息："Gina，who is thirteen years old，got first prize in the"Young Cook of the Year'competition．吉娜，十三岁，得了"年度年轻厨师"比赛一等奖．"这里got first prize就相当于动词won获得，故选：C．
58．答案：A  细节理解题  阅读短文第二段可以找到相关信息："She wants to encourage other children to cook because"everyone needs to eat，so it's a skill that will always be useful!每个人都需要吃饭，因此这是一个永远有用的技能！"故选：A．
59．答案：C  细节理解题  阅读短文第三段可以找到相关信息："He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again．他失去了一条腿，甚至没有希望再会走路．"句子中"didn't expect"意思为没有想到，没有希望，由此可以推断出：布兰登在事故之后感到绝望的．故选：C．
60．答案：A  细节理解题，阅读短文第四段可以找到相关信息："Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town．"That gave me an idea，"says the clever sixteen-year-old．然后她听到了一辆车在她的小镇撞上火车的事故．这位聪明的十六岁的孩子说，"这给了我一个主意．"由此可以推断出：海尔格听说这个事故之后决定发明某种东西，故选：A．

点评 这是一篇新闻报道类的阅读理解题，需要学生从文章中找出相关细节，结合语境进一步判断，在综合把握全文的基础上作答．