【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 nd the opportunities that have historically been available in the United States. My parents came to this country with almost nothing, Bacow said. I wouldn39。t be here if this country had not been open to people like my parents at that time. Nor would I if my father hadn39。t had the opportunity to get the college education. Bacow grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. His father39。s family fled antiJewish (反猶太的) violence in Minsk, then part of the Soviet Union, before the start of World War II and went to the United States. His mother arrived in Brooklyn at age 19, having survived Auschwitz concentration camp. She was the only Jew from her town to have survived the war. Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad. Bacow has spent most of his professional career at MIT, Harvard and Tufts. He was a professor of environmental studies at MIT, and later a principal at the university. He led Tufts from 2001 to 2011. At Tufts, Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being overshadowed by its peers in Boston. He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. As the Tufts president, Bacow traveled around the country, reaching out to alumni (校友), and he urged his faculty and deans to do the same, in an effort to boost donations to finance Tufts39。 academic ambitions. He raised more than $20 million for faculty recruitment, attracting upanding professors by offering junior faculty perks (福利), such as long academic leaves that they couldn39。t get elsewhere. Under Bacow39。s leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to lowine students.（1）The reason why Bacow appreciates college education is that ________. A.college education is out of reach to many AmericansB.his family changed their fate due to college educationC.few opportunities were available when his father came into the countryD.a college degree helped his mother survive Auschwitz（2）What can we infer from the passage? A.The fellow townspeople of Bacow were all killed besides his mother.B.Bacow39。s mother stimulated his interest in science.C.Bacow39。s father was good at working with electronics.D.Bacow39。s father came to the . after World War II broke out.（3）The underlined word shaking up in paragraph 5 probably means ________. A.reactivatingB.causingC.damagingD.taking over（4）What is this passage mainly about? A.How to be admitted to Harvard University.B.The history of Bacow39。s family.C.The art of Bacow39。s leadership in Tufts.D.Bacow39。s way to individual success.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇名人傳記，講述了Bacow的個(gè)人成功之路。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“his family39。s journey had reflected the power of college education to transform generations and the opportunities that have historically been available in the United States.”他的家庭經(jīng)歷反映了大學(xué)教育改變幾代人的力量，以及美國歷史上一直存在的機(jī)遇?？芍xB。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad.”Bacow欣賞大學(xué)教育的原因是他的家庭因?yàn)榇髮W(xué)教育改變了他們的命運(yùn)”。可知，Bacow的父親擅長電子產(chǎn)品。故選C。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第五段中的“He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis.”他還因領(lǐng)導(dǎo)美國度過911和2008年金融危機(jī)而受到贊譽(yù)?？芍?，Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being overshadowed by its peers in Boston.“Bacow因改變了一所沉睡的在波士頓的其他大學(xué)面前黯然失色的大學(xué)而贏得了聲譽(yù)?！蓖浦?jiǎng)澗€詞的意思是“使……恢復(fù)”。故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Under Bacow39。s leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to lowine students.”在Bacow的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下，Tufts花了數(shù)百萬美元在實(shí)驗(yàn)室和圖書館上。他還在全國范圍內(nèi)發(fā)表演講，闡述讓低收入學(xué)生更容易接受和負(fù)擔(dān)得起高等教育的必要性?！北疚闹v述的是Bacow的個(gè)人成功之路。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人物類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Friends always ask why I, a middleaged woman with no athletic talent, travel to perilous places—the jungles of Thailand or Borneo, for example, where the water is often unsafe and the food risky。 places with infectious diseases, poisonous snakes and the wildest animals。 some places where the locals are just a few generations past headhunting. I never know how to answer. My travel decisions assumed a new gravity nine years ago after I suffered a stroke. To prevent another stroke, my doctors told me, I39。d have to take dangerously high levels of blood thinner (血液稀釋劑) for the rest of my life and any travel would be risky. I had to think about what was important to me: family, of course, and friends. But then what? No matter how many times I thought about it, no bucket list was plete without travel. Then I had to decide how I might manage the risk. I had to decide how lucky I felt. My return to travel after my stroke came in baby steps. The first real test of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband, Jack, on a business trip to China. After we39。d toured the remains of a Tang dynasty temple on a high mountain, Jack wanted to ride down on a toboggan (長雪橇). Before the stroke it would39。ve seemed like fun. But now? I hesitated. My mental klaxon (高音喇叭) screamed warnings about the consequences of a cut, a fall, and a crash. Then, gaining confidence from who knows where, I lowered myself carefully into the toboggan, which marked my adventure travel eback. In the years since then, I39。ve traveled about twentyfive percent of the time. Through it all, my lucks held out—no deadly falls, no car accidents or serious infections. For me, adventure travel is a risk worth taking. Travel broadens my world and keeps me connected to nature. What39。s more, saying yes to travel keeps me connected to myself.（1）What does the underlined word perilous in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A.Unique.