One Tuesday evening in the beginning of the fall 1996 semester at Shippensburg University, sirens(警笛) sounded. These sirens were not in celebration; they were a cry to the university that something was wrong. A house, only one block away, was on fire. Nine of the university's students lived there.
From the minute the word got out that help was needed, it seemed like everyone showed up. The victims of the fire were offered endless invitations for housing for the night. The very next day, everyone got into gear to do their part in helping them. Flyers (小傳單) were posted with items that were immediately needed, just to get these students through this next couple of days. Boxes for donations and money jars were placed in every residence hall（學(xué)生宿舍）．
As a residence director，I went before the students in my hall to ask them to do what they could. I knew that college students don't have much, but I asked them to do their best: “Every little bit will help." I really didn't think they could do much. I was proved wrong.
At the hall council meeting the night after the fire, my residents decided to have a wing competition, where each wing of the building would team up to see who could bring In the most donations. I announced that the wing who won would receive a free pizza party.
Thursday evening we announced over the PA system that we were beginning the wing competition. Within minutes, the place exploded. The single large box that I had placed in the lobby (太廳) was over-flowing. We quickly grabbed more boxes, and we watched in amazement as they, too, filled to the brim. Members of the resident assistant staff and I began to count the items. I was astonished by what I saw, and I was inspired by these kids.
When we came to the final tally（得分）, the winners turned to me and announced that they would like to donate their winnings as well. They wanted the victims of the fire to have their pizza party.
Tears welled up in my eyes. I had watched these students jump to action, work tirelessly and donate all that they could. And then, as if that were not enough, they handed over their reward’s was touched and so very proud of them.
小題1:The writer mainly wanted to      by the story.
A．tell us the suffering of nine of the college students from a fire
B．praise the college students helping the victims selflessly
C．tell us how successful the wing competition was
D．show he was deeply moved by the college students' action
小題2:The phrase "get into gear" in the second paragraph means      .
A．be eagerB．take actionC．be preparedD．start working
小題3:At first, the residence director thought      .
A．it was impossible to expect the college students to donate anything
B．it was easy to collect a lot of donations from the college students
C．the college students would donate not much
D．the college students would donate all the items they had
小題4:The wing competition was held      .
A．on Tuesday eveningB．on Thursday
C．on Wednesday eveningD．the very next day
小題5:How did the residence director feel when he saw the brimful boxes?
A．Terrible．B．Funny．C．Surprised．D．Serious

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:C
一方有難八方支援。每個人都有一顆美好的心靈。文章通過一個感人的小故事告訴我們這個道理。
小題1:主旨大意題。通讀全文，特別是最后三段。
小題2:猜測詞義題。采取代入法可知所有人應(yīng)該是采取了行動來幫助受害者。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段I really didn't think they could do much.說明我起初沒有想到那些學(xué)生會捐那么多東西。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題。倒數(shù)第三段Thursday evening we announced over the PA system that we were beginning the wing competition.可知答案為B。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題。文章倒數(shù)第三段l was astonished by what I saw, andI was inspired by these kids.可知我非常驚訝。
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