19.Every day Lillian Weber makes another dress for a small child she'll never meet."I could probably make two a day,but I only make one."she says.The dresses are collected and sent overseas to little girls in Africa by a Christian group called"Little Dresses for Africa".
In the past two years she's made more than 840dresses and she plans to make 150more by May 6th of next year.You see,by next May,Lillian will turn 100years old and it will be her one thousandth dress.In Lillian's Scott County farmhouse are completed dresses for little girls,made from a pattern,but each with extra individual details,designed to give each child a little extra pride.
"She personalizes them all,"says Lillian's daughter,Linda Purcell."It's not like good enough that she makes the dresses.a(chǎn)nd she has to put something on the front to make it look special,to give it her touch(裝飾)."
What started as a hobby has become a daily labor of love.
"I just think she's somebody to look up to,somebody not just sitting around and wasting her life,"says Tonya Urbatsch,who nominated(提名) Lillian for the"Pay It Forward"award."I'm amazed at her every day,"adds Linda."I'm very,very proud of my mother."Family and friends will continue to be proud of Lillian,well after her 1000th dress.After all,1000is just a number."When I get to that thousand,if I'm able to,I won't quit.I'll go at it again."
When Lillian is finished with her dresses,her daughters deliver them to"Little Dresses for Africa",founded in 2008in Michigan.Its founder,Rachel O'Neill,says 2.5million dresses have been distributed to orphanages,churches,and schools in Africa.Rachel says she's traveling to Africa again and hopes to be able to present to a child one of the dresses personally made by Lillian.
41.According to the passage,LillianB.
A.will have made 990dresses by May 6th of next year
B.will keep making dresses after turning 100years old
C.makes dresses to win the"Pay It Forward"award
D.makes dresses to kill the time
42.It can be inferred from the passage that LillianD.
A.makes only one dress a day because she is too old
B.takes pride in being nominated for the award
C.presents the dresses to African girls personally
D.expresses her love for African girls through every special dress
43.The sentence underlined in Paragraph 3probably shows thatA
A.Lillian makes the dresses with great enthusiasm and patience
B.Lillian is too old to make the dresses well
C.Lillian isn't satisfied with the dresses she made
D.Lillian isn't good at making dresses
44.What would be the best title for the passage?C
A.Little Dresses for Africa
B."Pay It Forward"Award
C.99-year-old Sewing for Africa Every Day
D.1000Dresses for Africa.
分析 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀,主要講述了2011年莉莉安召集了一群80歲以上的老奶奶,開始做衣服支持非洲"小裙子".這個組織的創(chuàng)建者說目前已經(jīng)收集到了250萬條裙子,并且把它們捐給了47個非洲國家.他們的目標(biāo)是為那些世界上最脆弱的孩子提供衣服并且在這些孩子的心里根植希望.
解答 41.答案:B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)"Lillian will turn 100years old and it will be her one thousandth dress"可知,莉莉安100歲后將繼續(xù)制作禮服.故選B.
42.答案:D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,尤其是"In Lillian's Scott County farmhouse are completed dresses for little girls,made from a pattern,but each with extra individual details,designed to give each child a little extra pride."以及"What started as a hobby has become a daily labor of love."可知,莉莉安表達(dá)了她對非洲女孩的愛通過每一個特殊的衣服.故選D.
43.答案:A.句意理解題.根據(jù)"It's not like good enough that she makes the dresses.a(chǎn)nd she has to put something on the front to make it look special,to give it her touch(裝飾)"可知,莉莉安帶著極大的熱情和耐心制作禮服.故選A.
44.答案:C.主旨大意題.閱讀全文,根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,本文主要講述了99歲的莉莉安召集一群老奶奶,做衣服捐給非洲的孩子.故C符合文章內(nèi)容.故選C.
點評 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,句意理解題,推理判斷題,主旨大意題.做題時學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測.