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【題目】There are many different voices on charity donations recently. Chen TianQiao, one of the Chinese billionaires, gave away $115 million to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to help promote brain research. Chen has been interested in the brain research, believing it can advance the industries of artificial intelligence and virtual reality. However, this huge donation has caused heated discussions among Chinese scholars and internet users.

Many criticized him for giving money to a foreign university rather than domestic institutes for brain research, which are developing fast and are catching up with the US in just a few years. RaoYi, a biologist at Peking University, even said the donation was a typical mistake.

Others, however, support his choice. They believe Caltech is a more reasonable choice compared with Chinese research Institutes. Caltech has a long history and has taken a leading position in biology, and therefore it produces more efficient results. What’s more, the results of the research will benefit not only the Americans, but also the rest of the world.

A similar controversial (有爭議的) case started two years ago when Pan ShiYi, chairman of SOHO China, donated $15 million to Harvard University to help disadvantaged Chinese Students.

Many believe that China is still far behind in management and use of donated money, and that as a result, Chinese donators are looking abroad. In comparison, Western countries like the US, which have a long history of donating money, have well-developed systems that use money efficiently. They can also provide full access for donors who want to track the use of the money. To get more donations, Chinese universities should be braver and more honest. They need self-reflection rather than envy.

【1】Why did Chen’s huge donations draw people’s attention?

A. It was used for brain research rather than for the poor.

B. It was not used efficiently.

C. It was the largest donation.

D. It should have been donated to a Chinese college.

【2】Which of the followings can best replace the underlined word “domestic” in the second paragraph?

A. home B. family

C. household D. homepage

【3】The example of PanShiYi was used to ________.

A. inform some Chinese students are poor at education

B. show off the generosity of Chinese billionaires

C. present the widespread disagreement over donating abroad

D. prove the Chinese are crazy about donations

【4】What is the main advice does the author give to the Chinese universities?

A. Developing artificial intelligence.

B. Educating the braver and more honest graduates.

C. Developing fast to catch up with the US.

D. Developing systems to use the donations efficiently.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】本文主要講了中國有很多的富人把錢捐贈給國外大學(xué)，而不是國內(nèi)的大學(xué)。作者針對這一問題建議中國的大學(xué)應(yīng)該發(fā)展有效使用捐贈的體系。

【1】推理判斷題。由Many criticized him for giving money to a foreign university rather than domestic institutes for brain research, which are developing fast and are catching up with the US in just a few years.可推知Chen的巨額捐款引起了人們的廣泛關(guān)注是因為它本應(yīng)該被捐給中國的大學(xué)，選D。

【2】詞義猜測題。Many criticized him for giving money to a foreign university rather than domestic institutes for brain research這句話的意思是許多人批評他把錢捐給了國外，而不是國內(nèi)的腦研究學(xué)院，所以“domestic”的意思是國內(nèi)的，選A。

【3】推理判斷題。由A similar controversial (有爭議的) case started two years ago when Pan ShiYi, chairman of SOHO China, donated $15 million to Harvard University to help disadvantaged Chinese Students.可推斷出例舉潘石屹的例子是為了說明捐錢給國外，人們對待此事看法的不同，選C。

【4】推理判斷題。由To get more donations, Chinese universities should be braver and more honest. They need self-reflection rather than envy.可推知作者給中國大學(xué)的建議是發(fā)展有效使用捐贈的體系，選D。