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Giving Back

Fair Way

The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />WestboroughHigh School golf team had taken the official photos with the. state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Woburn High had won. "No one would have known," said Woburn’s instruc­tor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn't a difficult decision: "The prize wasn't ours to take.

Coin Stars

"College students are lazy, but they also want to help," says University of pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her" Change for Change" effort has collected $ 40 ,000 for charities( 慈善機構) , which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

A school in Massachusetts received a $ 9. 5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took offi­cials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

60. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

A. Took photos of Doran.

B. a meeting with Doran.

C. Returned the prize to the organizer.

D. Apologized to WoburnHigh School.

61. Greg Rota's decision shows that he was _________.

A. honest                      B. polite

C. careful                     D. friendly

62. The underlined word" Change" in the second paragraph means

A. Idea                      B. Decision

C. Cups                     D. Coins

63. What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth?

A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

64. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because________.

A. the school asked for it

B. he had no need for that much money

C. the school had helped 'him in the past

D. he wanted to be remembered by the students

【回答】

60 C 點評：細節理解題。從第一篇文章最後一句“Theprizewasn’tourstotake”説明Greg認為獎品不應歸他們所有，可以知道正確*為 C。

61 A 點評：整體理解題。文中 Greg Rota首先發現比賽分數被弄錯了，之後下了個決定要把獎牌歸還，這些事實都很好説明正確*為 A。

62 D 點評：整體理解或記憶搜索。文中 Dana讓學生們把“spare coins”捐出來攢在茶杯中或直接根據所學單詞 change有“零錢”一意，可知 D 為正確*

63 .A 點評：細節理解題。950萬美元不是一個小數目，校方收到這筆錢肯定要找出捐贈者這樣做的原因，故選 A。

64 C 點評：從文中“when hisfamily fellon hard times，hewasoffered freeroom and board”説明 Danna知恩圖報，可以知道 C 為正確選項。

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