I can’t count how many times people have complained, while shaking their heads in obvious disappointment,“just don’t know what is with teenagers today.”
The other day I was in my car on my way to the farmers market when I passed two teens standing by the side of the road with a car washing sign. My car was filthy and my heart was full, so I pulled over. There was a group directing the cars and another group spraying them down. As sponges(海綿) were wiped over every square inch of my dirty car, I sat enjoying the little water bottles. I was amazed at why forty to fifty teenagers had devoted their Saturday to washing cars.
After I handed them a twenty-dollar bill I asked what they were raising money for. They explained to me that a friend of theirs, C.T.Schmitz, had recently died of cancer. He was only fifteen years old. He had gone to school with a lot of the teenagers who were there that day and each of them had memories of a boy sweeter than any they had known. His friend Kevin had decided to put this car wash together because he wanted to honor his friend and also bring together his classmates with his boy scout troop(童子軍). He told me that they wanted to plant a tree in front of their school and if they raised enough money they would put a plaque(紀(jì)念匾) there also. Both would be in memory of their friend C.T.
They handed me a bag of homemade cookies with my receipt(收據(jù)) saying“Thanks for helping us plant a tree of C.T.”
Yeah! I don’t know what is with teenagers today!
小題1:From the passage we can know that the boys were raising money to ______.
A．buy a plaque for their school .
B．help those who suffered from cancer.
C．first plant a tree in memory of their friend.
D．put a plaque near their friend’s home
小題2:From the passage, we can infer that C.T.Schmitz was _____.
A. kind-hearted but lonely          B. brave and popular with his classmates
C. shy and sensitive               D. a boy you can get a good impression of
小題3:What does the underlined word  “ filthy”mean?
A．newB．dirtyC．good-lookingD．ordinary
小題4:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Teenagers TodayB．A Special Day
C．My view on TeenagersD．An Exciting Experience

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：文章從人們經(jīng)常抱怨現(xiàn)在的年輕人，而作者在路上遇到的一群年輕人讓作者對(duì)現(xiàn)在的年輕人有了新的看法。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：He told me that they wanted to plant a tree in front of their school and if they raised enough money they would put a plaque(紀(jì)念匾) there also.可知他們是籌錢為了紀(jì)念一個(gè)朋友而種樹(shù)的。選C
小題2:推理題;從第三段的句子：each of them had memories of a boy sweeter than any they had known.可知C.T.Schmitz 是給人印象好的男孩。選D
小題3:猜詞題：從下文的As sponges(海綿) were wiped over every square inch of my dirty car,可知filthy 和dirty同義。選B
小題4:主旨題;文章的開(kāi)頭提出“just don’t know what is with teenagers today.”結(jié)尾又點(diǎn)題：Yeah! I don’t know what is with teenagers today!可知選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：集中考查了考生的歸納整理能力，要求能抓住段落中的中心句和關(guān)鍵詞準(zhǔn)確的把握段落大意。這類閱讀理解要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對(duì)文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)。
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