Question

In a generous display of maturity and sympathy, one Jewish boy made his first deed as a man in his faith a great act of charity. Joshua Neidorf, a 13-year-old boy from Los Angeles, donated most of his birthday money to Operation Mend, a program that reconstructs the faces of severely burned U. S. veterans（退伍老兵）.

The young man decided to donate his money after getting to know Army Sgt. Louis Dahlman, who was undergoing a series of reconstruction surgeries（手術(shù)）at UCLA（University of California at Los Angeles）thanks to Operation Mend. The Neidorfs had signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”, spending time with him whenever he visited Los Angeles for a surgery.

“I just love knowing that it’s going somewhere...to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day,” said Neidorf. His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”

In all, Neidorf gave $13,000 to Operation Mend. He also encouraged his friends to donate to the cause. He is the organization’s youngest donor so far.

Operation Mend is a privately funded program that works in partnership with the UCLA Medical Center. Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin, a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face.

Mankin ended up being Operation Mend’s first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 2007. In a 2011 interview, Katz shared how his experience of helping Mankin made him realize the need to establish a more permanent program. “My wife and I soon realized that there were dozens of Aarons out there,” Katz said. “They deserve the best that we offer them.”

1.Neidorf decided to help veterans because ________.

A. he benefited from Operation Mend                             B. he was afraid of burned faces

C. he thought they deserved help                        D. he didn’t know how to spend money

2.Operation Mend was founded after ________.

A. Neidorf donated part of his birthday money

B. the Neidorfs signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”

C. Ron Katz saw a TV programme about a veteran

D. Mankin was successfully operated on at UCLA

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Neidorf’s mother was opposed to his decision to donate money.

B. Mankin’s face was burned in a fire in America.

C. Mankin went through more than 30 facial surgeries at UCLA.

D. Many facial surgeries are needed to reconstruct a seriously burned face.

4.The last two paragraphs mainly tell us ________.

A. the process of Mankin’s surgery       B. how Operation Mend was set up

C. how Katz became famous            D. veterans are respected by people

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章從一個十三歲的小孩兒Joshua Neidorf將自己的生日得到的錢捐給了這個Operation Mend組織開始，介紹了這個組織的主要工作，發(fā)起這個組織的原因以及他們工作的意義。Operation Mend是一個幫助在戰(zhàn)爭中遭到毀容的軍人為他們整容的組織，以Mankin為例，取得了很好的效果。并且他們認(rèn)為這是很值得的。

1. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。..to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day,” said Neidorf. His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”

Joshua Nerdorf說，他想去幫助那些拯救我們的生命，每一天都讓我們安全的那些人，他的媽媽補(bǔ)充說，正是這些事情使我感覺到下一代人的世界正在朝一個正確的方法發(fā)展。所以從我些表達(dá)上我們知道，他們認(rèn)為這么做是有意義的，是值得的。故答案為C。A Neidorf 從這個組織中受益是錯誤的，這個組織是一個醫(yī)學(xué)組織，他并沒有進(jìn)行醫(yī)療方面的事情。B 他害怕被燒傷的臉，文中并未說明。他不知道如何去花這些錢，文中并未反映，更不符合常理，故是錯誤的。

2.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin, a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face.本句的意思為：Ron Katz是這家醫(yī)院的一名董事，是在2006年看了有關(guān)Aaron Mankin這個人的一個電視節(jié)目之后開始的Operation Mend這個項目的。Aaron Mankin是一個在伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭中臉完全被燒毀經(jīng)歷了數(shù)十次手術(shù)的老兵。故答案應(yīng)為C。

3.D細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”他的媽媽補(bǔ)充說，正是這些事情使我感覺到下一代人的世界正在朝一個正確的方法發(fā)展。由此可知A選項他的媽媽反對他捐錢的決定是錯誤的。a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face. Aaron Mankin是一名在伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭中燒傷臉的老兵，由此可知B選項是錯誤的。a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face. Mankin ended up being Operation Mend’s first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 2007.文中兩次提到動手術(shù)的次數(shù)，一次是前句中的dozens of surgeries 再一次是后一句中的the first of 20，但都未說到具體的是30多次故答案C是錯誤的。但無論兩句中的哪個數(shù)字都說明D是正確的。

4.B段落理解題。文章的倒數(shù)第二自然段大意是：Ron Katz是這家醫(yī)院的一名董事，是在2006年看了有關(guān)Aaron Mankin這個人的一個電視節(jié)目之后開始的Operation Mend這個項目的。Aaron Mankin是一個在伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭中臉完全被燒毀經(jīng)歷了數(shù)十次手術(shù)的老兵。本自然介紹了這個項目的起因，文章的最后一自然段是說，Aaron Mankin是他們接受的第一位病人，在2007年經(jīng)歷了二十多次手術(shù)，在幫助Aaron Mankin的過程中，Ron Katz意識到建立這樣一個項目的必要性。妻子和我都意識到，還有很多和Aaron Mankin一樣的老兵值得我們?yōu)樗麄兲峁┳畲蟮膸椭�。故答案是B。

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