题目内容
I have a friend who had financial problems and needed my help occasionally.
He was in his final year in University while I was in my third year. He needed some money for school fees and other academic purposes, and he came to me. Being a student, ______,but I gave him what he needed on the agreement that he would pay back. I didn’t bother him after that. I never asked when he’d pay back.
Later on,after he finished school,he got into another period of deep financial stress and called me on the phone. He asked to borrow some more money,promising that he’d pay all of it back once he landed a job. Out of kindness,I still gave him the exact amount he needed,which was twice the amount I had given him initially. He was so grateful. It’s so hard to find someone willing to lend you that amount of money,even with interest.
Fast forward a few months later. One evening,I was feeling happy and love filled my heart. I felt like performing a special act of kindness. And then I thought,“Why not cancel my friend’s debt? Things are so difficult for him,you know? ”So I called him up and told him I had canceled his debt. He was shocked! He couldn’t believe it. He was so happy and later sent me a message of heart-felt gratitude.
Me too! And I felt grateful for his gratitude.
In life,it is the small but powerful actions of love that matter. When life is over,that’s what counts.
【小题1】For what purpose did the author’s friend turn to him for help when they were in university?(no more than 10 words)
【小题2】Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
【小题3】According to Paragraph 4,what did the author decide to do?(no more than 10 words)
【小题4】How did the author’s friend feel after he received the phone?(no more than 5 words)
【小题5】What does the author intend to tell us?(no more than 10 words)
【小题1】For school fees and other academic purposes.
【小题2】I didn’t have much money.
【小题3】To call his friend up and cancel his debt.
【小题4】He felt happy and grateful./ Happy and grateful.
【小题5】In life, small but powerful actions of love matter
解析试题分析:本文讲述了作者一直在借钱给朋友,帮助他脱离难关。最后作者免除了对方所有的债务,告诉我们一些善意的帮助会产生很大的作用。
【小题1】For school fees and other academic purposes.
细节题。根据文章第二段第2句He needed some money for school fees and other academic purposes可知他借钱是因为学习的费用以及其它一些学习方面的目的。
【小题2】I didn’t have much money.
根据前句Being a student, 和后句中的but I gave him what he needed on the agreement that he would pay back.这里的but说明上下文是转折关系,也就是我也没有什么钱,但是我还是借钱给他了。
【小题3】To call his friend up and cancel his debt.
细节题。根据第4段2,3行,“Why not cancel my friend’s debt? Things are so difficult for him,you know? ”So I called him up and told him I had canceled his debt.可知我打电话给他,是通知他不要还钱了。
【小题4】He felt happy and grateful./ Happy and grateful.
细节题。根据文章倒数2,3行He was so happy and later sent me a message of heart-felt gratitude.
Me too! And I felt grateful for his gratitude.可知作者的朋友非常感激他。
【小题5】In life, small but powerful actions of love matter.
本文主要告诉我们在生活中一点点的善意的帮助都会给别人带来很大的好处。建议我们多帮助他人。
考点:考察人生感悟类短文阅读
Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of benefit than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be an unusual field for economists, but increasing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its focus on rewards, provides an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of(剥夺)an education.
Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school — the predict becomes self-ffulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of neglect.
An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters and sons are given fair chances. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle(良性循环).
Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.
Topic: The significance of 【小题1】 in developing countries
| Viewpoint | Educating girls is more 【小题2】 than any other investment. | |
| | From low-income families | From educated mothers’ families |
| Attitudes | Girls are of 【小题3】 than boys. | Development should be for 【小题4】 . |
| Practices | ●There is 【小题5】 investment in daughters. ●Girls are made to stay at home, 【小题6】 housework. | Girls and boys are sure to have 【小题7】 . |
| Consequences | A vicious circle | 【小题8】 |
| 【小题9】 | Educating girls contributes to social benefits, 【小题10】 and health practices, including family planning. Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding. | |