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Giving Back

<Fair Way

The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Woburn High had won. “No one would have known,” said Woburn's instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn't a difficult decision: “The prize wasn't ours to take.”

Coin Stars

“College students are lazy, but they also want to help,” says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her “Change for Change” effort has collected $ 40 000 for charities (慈善机构), which were decided upon by students.

Neuer Forgotten

A school in Massachusetts received a $ 9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT＆T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

1. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

A. Took photos of Doran.

B. Had a meeting with Doran.

C. Returned the prize to the organizer.

D. Apologized to Woburn High School.

2. Greg Rota's decision shows that he was

A. honest

B. polite

C. careful

D. friendly

3. The underlined word “Change” in the second paragraph means

A. Idea

B. Decision

C. Cups

D. Coins

4. What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth?

A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

5. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because

A. the school asked for it

B. he had no need for that much money

C. the school had helped him in the past

D. he wanted to be remembered by the students

 

Answer 1

答案：C;A;D;A;C
解析：

1. C。考查考生根据短文有关内容进行简单推断的能力。从130b Doran和Rota的话语可以推断，Greg Rota最后将奖杯退还给了比赛的组织者，而组织者又将其颁给了真正的获胜者。 2. A。考查考生对短文的理解和总结能力。不是自己的拿了也要退回，这反映了一个人诚实的品质。 3. D。考查考生根据短文中相关内容对词语的含义进行简单推断的能力。针对大学生比较懒惰但乐于助人的特点，Dana Hork想了一个让他们较为容易地做好事的方法，其结果是收到了4万元的慈善经费，而学生们则可以共同决定这笔钱的用途，这件事情势必会使学生的行为发生一些变化。Change for Change的意思应该是“为变化而投零钱”，其中的第一个change应该是指“零钱”。 4. A。考查考生对短文中细节信息的理解情况。短文中说到 But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school，这说明他们想方设法查找LeBermuth向学校捐款的原因。 5. C。考查考生对短文中细节信息的理解情况。短文中说到 when his family fell on hard times，he was offered free room and board，这其实就是LeBermuth向学校捐款的原因：知恩图报。

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