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as able to make this amazing donation because he purchased $1,000 worth of Walgreens stock seven decades ago whose value has grown recently.” 格雷梅爾之所以能夠做出這一驚人的捐贈(zèng),是因?yàn)樗?0年前購(gòu)買了價(jià)值1000美元的沃爾格林股票,而這些股票的價(jià)值最近一直在增長(zhǎng)。他經(jīng)常給社會(huì)慈善機(jī)構(gòu)捐錢。He bought Walgreens stock at age 28.C. Gremel had lost his own beloved Chihuahua earlier this year. When he reached out to Collins about Winnie, she felt this could be a good match. That feeling grew when she brought Winnie to his house for a meet and greet, and Winnie was introduced not only to Gremel but also some of his friends and neighbors. One had brought over a lot of fresh strawberries。s donation was extremely generous. It39。 (3)考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Walt Whitman39。D.The form of poetry is special.C. Walt Whitman was born in eighteen nineteen in New York City. During his long life, he watched America grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world. As a young man, Whitman worked as a school teacher, a printer and a newspaper reporter. He was thirtysix years old when he published his first book of poetry in eighteen fiftyfive. He called it Leaves of Grass. It had only twelve poems. The poems are written in free verse. The lines do not follow any set form. Some lines are short. Some are long. The words at the end of each line do not have a similar sound. They do not rhyme. 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)第四段中的“Her 2016 novel An Exaltation of Larks stole the show at the 25th Annual Writer39??芍?,Laqueur是一個(gè)兼職作家。拉克爾大半生教舞蹈,設(shè)計(jì)舞蹈,在舞臺(tái)表演,以舞蹈的形式講述故事。was shown to people.C.Her own passion toward art.(3)Which of the following can best replace the phrase stole the show in Paragraph 4? A.The desire to make money.C.didn39。 (3)考查推理判斷。Favorable. way of visiting libraries? A.s Library. My 18imonthold son, Colin, and I find ourselves in Sea Cliff several times a week, meeting and making friends. Well, that is what many people don39。2.閱讀理解 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 (1)考查推理判斷。 But by starting to do volunteer work when I was 14, I turned my problem into a passion for helping others. The opportunity to practice kindness made me feel like my life had a greater purpose. The more positive energy I shared, the more kindness and appreciation I received. I realized that my purpose in life would be to reach out to people, specifically teenagers, and help them feel less alone.Books were my true friends back then. I was so thankful that the authors wrote those books. The kindness they offered me with their books saved my life. One of my biggest dreams was to bee an author so I could write books that would help other teenagers the way those books helped me.s life like when he was 12? ....(2)How did the volunteer work benefit the author? made him popular in his town. helped him find the meaning of life. helped him understand others39。 (2)考查推理判斷。 (4)考查推理判斷。When I was small, my mother and I would walk to our local library in Franklin Square. As we didn39。s a munity.t always easily visit their local libraries, the library is always with them.(1)Why does the author consider herself lucky today? A.She has access to a reliable car now.C.Reading books in a library.C.To express her deep love for libraries.C. (1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 (4)考查推理判斷。s disinterest in running the studio changed when she became a selfpublished author. In the fall of 2013, she decided to pursue Selfpublishing as a way of sharing her first pleted novel with friends and family. During the process, she realized that following her true passion—telling stories through writing—made the business of the art worthwhile, and owning that business meant she could direct her writing career however she chose. she says. If you work with traditional publishing, it39。was interested in running her mother39。s said? A.s Digest)自出版圖書獎(jiǎng)上大出風(fēng)頭。根據(jù)第三段中的“Yet Laqueur39。 (4)考查推理判斷。 One of America39。His poems have the same rhyme.B.There are only 12 poems in it.(3)What does the underlined word denounced in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A.Downloaded.Walt Whitman—an Unfortunate PoetC.這位詩(shī)人以多種方式表達(dá)了他對(duì)美國(guó)及其人民的熱愛(ài)。 (4)考查主旨大意。 A single man with no kids, Gremel has lived in the same Chicago house for 95 years, and has always lived simply, neighbor Patrick Falso told TODAY. Falso said he heard Gremel say many times the money wasn39。how Gremel earned the moneyB.s neighbors from the text? A.t mine to begin with and that he always intended to give it away. ”格雷梅爾是一個(gè)沒(méi)有孩子的單身男人,他在芝加哥同一所房子里住了95年,一直過(guò)著簡(jiǎn)樸的生活。 (3)考查推理判斷。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案。levelC.an extinct bird idea of taking eggs from the birds39。Carl Jones 通過(guò)人工繁殖的方式是瀕臨滅絕的鳥類的數(shù)量逐漸增加,并且因此獲得了2016年的印第安的波利斯獎(jiǎng)。 (4)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s life.s degree in Colorado. She and her parents believe the holistic (整體) approach and individualized focus were key to her recovery. And they know they had access to unique resources. We were fortunate, says Duffy. We could pay for everything. But this approach is costly: approximately $650 per day. Realizing that the price tag puts WaterStone out of reach for many, the Duffys created the WaterStone Foundationa charity that provides aid to patients who can39。Many people die from eating disorder in Canadian public hospitals.C.Only private clinics can give proper treatment to the patients.B.根據(jù)第三段中的“But many can39。 (4)考查推理判斷。 overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the animal. Still, he thought about it anyway. In a few years he would be getting too old for the hard fieldwork. I must get a dog then. He said to himself. songs and sang them pretty well in the coffeehouse of Seattle. When he was home in the old days, he drove her to the shows and sat in the audience while she sang. He did