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【題目】 CARMEL VALLEY - You don’t necessarily have to be older to be a Good Samaritan. Take Carmel Valley resident, Daniella Marie Benitez, 14, who is not your average teen. Daniella is helping Tijuana families have roofs over their heads — one family at a time.

It began in 2017 while she was volunteering for Build A Miracle and building a home for a family in need in Tijuana, Mexico. Daniella found it so fulfilling that she took the lead in building another home with the support of her family and friends.

To date, she has raised $32,000 for her cause and recently headed to Tijuana to begin building her team’s second home.

“It has been an unbelievable experience,” Daniella, a freshman at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, said. She learned about Build A Miracle through her previous school, Notre Dame Academy. It is a nonprofit organization that takes a family in need from a shack (棚屋) to a new home with electricity, bedrooms, kitchen and a bathroom. It has built more than 350 homes since 1999.

During this most recent trip to Tijuana, Daniella and her team poured the foundation (基金) for the second new home. Additionally, she used her other volunteering position as a member of KIDBOX’s Kids board of directors to help distribute $10,000 worth of brand new KIDBOX clothing to her BAM community’s kids.

Between BAM and KIDBOX, the busy teen said she would continue to volunteer both locally and in Mexico to “stay humble.” She isn’t about to stop helping others; in fact, it’s something she treasures. “I’ve been working with BAM for about a year and a half. I got involved at the end of seventh grade when my previous school sponsored the building of a school sponsored home; my mom forced my family and me to go down to TJ to actually help build the house,” she said. “Meeting the family and seeing their delight and relief when they walked into their new home was priceless and is what inspired me to keep doing this.”

【1】What made Daniella stand out among teens?

A.Her constant efforts to help those less fortunate.

B.The building of a school sponsored home.

C.Her attempt to raise a fund for her cause.

D.The organizing of Build A Miracle.

【2】How did Daniella make connections between BAM and KIDBOX?

A.She encouraged KIDBOX to collect money for BAM.

B.She promoted a donation to BAM from KIDBOX.

C.She held leading positions in both organizations.

D.She built a platform for them to communicate.

【3】What chiefly inspired Daniella to keep helping others?

A.The support from her parents.B.Carmel Valley’s traditional values.

C.Tijuana families’ happy reactions.D.The influence from her previous school.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要介紹了今年14歲的卡梅爾山谷的居民Daniella Marie Benitez因?yàn)椴粩酁樾枰獛椭��?/span>Tijuana家庭修建屋頂而在青少年中脫穎而出。文章主要說(shuō)明了這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)發(fā)起的經(jīng)過(guò)、Daniella的捐贈(zèng)活動(dòng)和看法。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中Take Carmel Valley resident, Daniella Marie Benitez, 14, who is not your average teen. Daniella is helping Tijuana families have roofs over their heads — one family at a time.可知，以卡梅爾山谷的居民Daniella Marie Benitez為例，她今年14歲，并不是你想象中的普通青少年。Daniella正在幫助Tijuana的家庭蓋屋頂——一次一個(gè)家庭。結(jié)合后文論述了Daniella從2017年開(kāi)始不斷為一個(gè)需要幫助的家庭建造一個(gè)家園。由此可知，不斷努力幫助那些不幸的人讓Daniella在青少年中脫穎而出。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中Additionally, she used her other volunteering position as a member of KIDBOX’s Kids board of directors to help distribute $10,000 worth of brand new KIDBOX clothing to her BAM community’s kids.可知，此外，她還利用她作為KIDBOX兒童董事會(huì)成員的其他志愿職位，幫助向她的BAM社區(qū)的孩子們分發(fā)價(jià)值1萬(wàn)美元的全新KIDBOX服裝。由此可知，Daniella通過(guò)推動(dòng)了KIDBOX對(duì)BAM的捐贈(zèng)，讓BAM和KIDBOX之間建立了聯(lián)系。故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中“Meeting the family and seeing their delight and relief when they walked into their new home was priceless and is what inspired me to keep doing this.”可知“見(jiàn)到他們的家人，看到他們走進(jìn)新家時(shí)的喜悅和寬慰，這是無(wú)價(jià)的，也是激勵(lì)我繼續(xù)這樣做的原因�！庇纱丝芍�，Tijuana家庭的快樂(lè)反應(yīng)促使Daniella不斷地幫助別人。故選C。

文章主題和中心思想的闡述往往需要大量細(xì)節(jié)信息的支持，這些細(xì)節(jié)對(duì)于理解全文內(nèi)容至關(guān)重要，同時(shí)也是歸納和概括文章中心思想的基礎(chǔ)。命題人往往會(huì)要求考生根據(jù)不同的要求閱讀文章，以獲得某些特定的信息，或準(zhǔn)確地尋求所需的細(xì)節(jié)，并對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行直接或間接辨認(rèn)和理解。文章細(xì)節(jié)的理解可以細(xì)化為：（1）一一對(duì)應(yīng)型。（2）語(yǔ)言轉(zhuǎn)述型。（3）語(yǔ)意理解型。（4）是非辨別型。（5）事實(shí)排序型。如第三小題，根據(jù)最后一段中“Meeting the family and seeing their delight and relief when they walked into their new home was priceless and is what inspired me to keep doing this.”可知，“見(jiàn)到他們的家人，看到他們走進(jìn)新家時(shí)的喜悅和寬慰，這是無(wú)價(jià)的，也是激勵(lì)我繼續(xù)這樣做的原因。”由此可知，Tijuana家庭的快樂(lè)反應(yīng)促使Daniella不斷地幫助別人。故選C。