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【題目】TimRichterandhiswife，Linda，hadtaughtforover30yearsnearBuffalo，NewYork-heincomputers,sheinspecialeducation．“Teachingmeanseverythingtous，”Timwouldsay．InApril1998,helearnedhewouldneedaheartoperation．Itwasthekindofnewsthatleadstosomeseriousthinkingaboutlife’spurpose．

Notlongafterthesurgery，TimsawabrochuredescribingImaginationLibrary,aprogramstartedbyDollyParton’sfoundation（基金會）thatmailedabookeverymonthtochildrenfrombirthtoagefiveinthesinger’shometownofSevier，Tennessee．“Ithought，maybeLindaandIcoulddosomethinglikethiswhenweretire，”Timrecalls．Heplacedthebrochureonhisdesk，“asareminder．”

Fiveyearslater，nowretiredandwiththatbrochurestillonthedesk，Timclickedonimaginationlibrary．com．Theprogramhadbeenopeneduptopartnerswhocouldtakeadvantageofbookandpostagediscounts．

ThequalityofthebookswasofgreatconcerntotheRichters．Ratherthansignuponline，theywenttoDollywoodforalook-see．“Wedidn’twanttogivethechildrenrubbish，”saysLinda．Thebooks-reviewedeachyearbyteachers，literacyspecialists，andDollywoodboardmembers-includedclassicssuchasEzraJackKeats’sTheSnowyDayandnewerbookslikeAnnaDewdney’sLlamaLlamaseries．

Satisfied，thecouplesetuptheRichterFamilyFoundationandgottowork．Since2004，theyhaveshippedmorethan12，200bookstopreschoolersintheirarea．MeganWilliams，amotheroffour，ismorethanappreciative：“ThisprogramintroducesustobooksI’veneverheardof．”

TheRichtersspendabout﹩400amonthsendingbooksto200children．“Somepeoplesitthereandwaittospan>die，”saysTim．“Othersgetasbusyastheycaninthetimetheyhaveleft．”

【1】WhatledTimtothinkseriouslyaboutthemeaningoflife？________

A. Hishealthproblem．

B. Hisloveforteaching．

C. Theinfluenceofhiswife．

D. ThenewsfromtheWeb．

【2】WhatdidTimwanttodoafterlearningaboutImaginationLibrary？________

A. Giveoutbrochures．

B. Dosomethingsimilar．

C. Writebooksforchildren．

D. Retirefrombeingateacher．

【3】WhydidtheRichtersgotoDollywood？________

A. Toavoidsigninguponline．

B. TomeetDollywoodboardmembers．

C. Tomakesurethebookswerethenewest．

D. Toseeifthebookswereofgoodquality．

【4】WhatcanwelearnfromTim’swordsinthelastparagraph？________

A. Heneedsmoremoneytohelpthechildren．

B. Hewonderswhysomepeoplearesobusy．

C. Hetriestosavethosewaitingtodie．

D. Heconsidershiseffortsworthwhile．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。文章通過介紹Richter夫婦從接觸一個(gè)名為Imagination Library的項(xiàng)目到成立自己的基金會的歷程并找到生活的真正價(jià)值。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段最后兩句話可知是Tim 得病導(dǎo)致他思考生命的意義。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段Tim說的話中“I could do something like this when we retire”,知道他打算在退休后做類似的事，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第四段前兩句話中得出，“We didn’t want to give the children rubbish“ 比喻指我們不想要質(zhì)量不好的東西。從本段首句主題句中也能得出the Richters 關(guān)心的是書的質(zhì)量。故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。從最后一段Tim的話” 有些人坐而等待死亡，而有些人則在他的余生盡可能的忙碌著“ 可知，他認(rèn)為自己做出的事情是值得的有意義的。故選D。