In my living room，there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to“Bloom (開花) where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy.I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s，when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville，Kentucky.The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program.Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who“bloomed”in her remote area.

Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County，Kentucky，Appalachian Mountain area.To get to her school from the town of Harlan，I followed a road winding around the mountain.In the eight?mile journey，I crossed the same railroad track five times，giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times.Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains，I found it depressing.The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.

From the moment of my arrival at the little school，all gloom (憂郁) disappeared.Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom.I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen.The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects.Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for“dinner”(lunch)．In case you don’t know，poke greens are a weed?type plant that grows wild，especially on poor ground.

Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students.Her enthusiasm never cooled down.When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Certification，Dorothy was ready.She came to the assessment and passed in all areas.Afterward，she invited me to the one?and?only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory，as if she had received her Ph.D.degree.After the meal，she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand.She said it was a family heirloom (傳家寶)，but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things.

1.“Early Childhood Development”in Paragraph 1 refers to________.

A．a program directed by Dorothy

B．a course given by the author

C．an activity held by the students

D．an organization sponsored by Union college

2.In the journey，the author was most disappointed at seeing________.

A．the long track

B．the poor houses

C．the same train

D．the winding road

3.Upon arriving at the classroom，the author was cheered up by________.

A．a warm welcome

B．the sight of poke greens

C．Dorothy’s latest projects

D．a big dinner made for her

4.What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph?

A．She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant.

B．She got a pen as a gift from the author.

C．She passed the required assessment.

D．She received her Ph.D.degree.

5.What does the author mainly intend to tell us?

A．Whatever you do，you must do it carefully.

B．Whoever you are，you deserve equal treatment.

C．However poor you are，you have the right to education.

D．Wherever you are，you can accomplish your achievement.

 

【答案】

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。文章主要講述了作者作為一個(gè)項(xiàng)目的評(píng)估專家去拜訪一位貧困山區(qū)的教師的故事。開始一路上的窮困景象讓作者很沮喪，但后來這位教師以及她的學(xué)生們的熱情和樂觀使作者深受感動(dòng)且印象深刻。

1.

2.2】解析：選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句：“...the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.”可知，看到破舊的小屋時(shí)作者感到最失望，而不是看見“長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的軌道”“同一列火車”或“蜿蜒的道路”時(shí)，所以正確答案是B。

3.3】解析：選A。推理判斷題。推理判斷就是根據(jù)已知的材料內(nèi)容、已有的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和知識(shí)結(jié)構(gòu)，進(jìn)行合乎上下文情景的推斷。因此，不能只看語言文字堆積成的表象材料，而應(yīng)讀懂語言背后的意思。根據(jù)第三段第二句“Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom，I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen.”可知作者一到Dorothy的教室，就受到了“女王”般的待遇，即受到了熱烈歡迎，所以正確答案是A。

4.4】解析：選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第四句“She came to the assessment and passed in all areas.”可知她通過了所需的評(píng)估，所以正確答案是C。A、B兩項(xiàng)的描述與原文相反，應(yīng)該是她請(qǐng)作者去吃飯慶祝，并送給作者一支鋼筆；原文中說她像得到博士學(xué)位一樣高興，而不是真的得到了博士學(xué)位，故D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。

5.5】解析：選D。主旨?xì)w納題。作者在文章開頭提到了那塊有著不尋常意義的匾上的字，“Bloom where you are planted.”，即“在你被播種的地方開花”，并通過一個(gè)真實(shí)的故事告訴我們，不管我們?cè)谀睦�，都可以�?shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想，取得成就，所以正確答案是D。

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