Question

【題目】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（A/B/C/D）中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited（繼承）a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn't happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn't have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave $ 10,000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.
Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each $200 a month. The money is used for the children's study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a report each year on the children's progress(進(jìn)步）They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,”he said.“Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn't know anything about their life.” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa, he said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very, very happy,”he said.“And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping these children.”
（1）Jack has sent some poor children ______ each $200 a month to help them.
A.only in Washington
B.only in England
C.only in Africa
D.around the world
（2）The money Jack gives the children is NOT used for the children's ______.
A.clothing
B.medicine
C.study
D.playing
（3）Jack learns about the children's progress by _______.
A.going to visit them
B.getting a report each year
C.staying with them
D.talking to them in English
（4）underlined phrase“for a good cause”means “_______” in Chinese.
A.施舍
B.行善
C.優(yōu)惠
D.賞賜
（5）What's the main idea of the story?
A.Help others, and you'll feel happy.
B.It's necessary to write letters to poor children.
C.Live a simple life, and you can give others help.
D.It's the most important to help the children in Africa.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）D
（3）B
（4）B
（5）A
【解析】文章大意：這篇短文主要介紹了杰克繼承了大量的財(cái)產(chǎn)但是高興不起來，后來他把錢捐獻(xiàn)給了慈善機(jī)構(gòu)以幫助孩子們過上好的生活，雖然他沒有了更多的錢，但是他非常快樂，作者想告訴我們幫助他人，我們會獲得快樂。
（1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each ﹩200 a month.描述,故選D。
（2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文描述，可知這些錢不用來讓這些孩子玩，故選D。
（3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Jack receives a report each year on the children's progress.描述，故選B。
（4）詞義猜測題。聯(lián)系上文描述,可知這些錢是用來做善事的，故選B.
（5）主旨大意題。這篇短文主要介紹了杰克繼承了大量的財(cái)產(chǎn)但是高興不起來，后來他把錢捐獻(xiàn)給了慈善機(jī)構(gòu)以幫助孩子們過上好的生活，雖然他沒有了更多的錢，但是他非�？鞓�，作者想告訴我們幫助他人，我們會獲得快樂。故選A。