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【題目】閱讀理解
Pakistani youth activist Malala Yousafzai was awarded the 2014Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, October 10. She is the youngest Nobel winner inhistory. Malala shares the prize with Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old man fromIndia who has helped lead a movement to end child slavery around the world.
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, the SwatDistrict of northwest Pakistan to a Sunni Muslim family. When she was just 11years old, she started blogging about the Taliban takeover of her hometown.Taliban members believe young girls should not go to school. Classroomsthroughout the Swat district were closed for several months. Malala spokepublicly about her desire to go back to school. “All I want is an education,”she told one television broadcaster.
When the Pakistani government regained control, Malala was ableto return to class. She continued to blog and speak out about girls’ right toeducation. But on October 9, 2012, the Taliban tried to silence her. Agunman boarded her school bus and shot her on the left side of her forehead. Malalasurvived, and showed great courage and optimism during her long recovery. Thenshe became a symbol of the struggle for girls’ rights all over the world.
Malala’s mission for peace is unstoppable. Nine months after shewas shot, she gave a now-famous speech at the United Nations. “They thoughtthat the bullets would silence us. But they failed,” she said. “And then, outof that silence came thousands of voice. Weakness, fear and hopelessness died.Strength, power and courage were born.”
（1）How old was Malala when she won the Nobel Peace Prize?
A.11 years old.
B.14 years old.
C.17 years old.
D.60 years old.
（2）After classrooms throughout the Swat district were closed, Malala ________.
A.started blogging about the event
B.expressed her desire for education publicly
C.made a now-famous speech at the UN
D.turned to famous television broadcasters for help
（3）What does the underlined part silence her in the third paragraph probably mean?
A.Kill her.
B.Make peace with her.
C.Offer suggestions to her.
D.Communicate with her in silent ways.
（4）What does the passage mainly tell us?
A.Malala’s peace mission.
B.Malala’s courage and optimism.
C.Malala’s fight with the Taliban.
D.Malala’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）B
（3）A
（4）D
【解析】本文講述的是巴基斯坦青年積極分子尤薩塞10月10日周五被授予2014諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)，主要介紹了尤薩塞獲得和平獎(jiǎng)的原因和主要成就。
(1)C考查細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)文章中第一段的第一句話中獲獎(jiǎng)的時(shí)間是2014年的10月和第二段的第一句話MalalaYousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora尤薩塞生于1997年7月12日�？芍�尤薩塞獲得諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)時(shí)17歲。故選C項(xiàng)。
(2)B 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中第二段的Classrooms throughout the Swatdistrict were closed for several months. Malala spoke publicly about her desireto go back to school當(dāng)Swat地區(qū)的學(xué)校被關(guān)閉幾個(gè)月時(shí)時(shí)，尤薩塞在公開(kāi)表達(dá)自己想回到學(xué)校的愿望，故選B。。
(3)A考查細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段的A gunman boarded her school bus and shot her on the leftside of her forehead. Malala survived, and showed great courage and optimismduring her long recovery一個(gè)持槍者上了她的校車(chē)并開(kāi)槍打中了她的左前額。尤薩塞活下來(lái)了，并在她漫長(zhǎng)的恢復(fù)期表現(xiàn)出了極大的勇氣。其中的shot可知塔里班人想殺死她。A. Kill her殺死她；B. Make peace with her和她講和；C. Offersuggestions to her給她提出建議；D. Communicate with her in silent ways以沉默的方式和她交流。故選A項(xiàng)。
(4)D 考查主旨大意題。通讀全文，并根據(jù)文章的第一段可知這是新聞報(bào)道，主要是報(bào)道了尤薩塞獲得諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)。故選D。