Every year, Tara Atkins collects warm clothing from her community, in order to give to the less fortunate. This year, she took to Facebook to call, for donations and the response was strong-their front porch ( 门厅 ) was filled with bags of clothes. Since the family was traveling to Halifax on November 15 with their daughter Jayda and seven of her friends to celebrate her 8th birthday, Tara decided it was the perfect time to teach the children a valuable life lesson.

The kids spent time handing out coats to any homeless they met on the streets and tied the rest around lamp posts for others to pick up. According to Tara, the experience helped the children better understand the difficult situation of homeless people having to confront the serious winter on the streets.

There is no way to be sure that the coats left hanging on street posts were actually picked up by the homeless, but Tara says she isn’t too worried about that. By next morning, all the jackets and scarves on the posts were gone. Photographs of the inspiring project have been shared about 8,000 times on Facebook, and got over 10,000 likes. Tara, who did something similar in Toronto in December last year, says she’s already planning next year’s coat drive. She’s hoping to spread the word well ahead of time, so more people can contribute. And she also wants to add $5 fast food gift cards so the recipients ( 接受者 ) can also enjoy a hot meal. “We’ve had help from others when we were in need, and we knew how great it made us feel,” said Zachary Atkins, Tara’s husband.

1 ． How did locals react at the sight of the warmly dressed poles?

A ． They got confused.

B ． They were annoyed.

C ． They took photos and spread the news.

D ． They unwrapped and put on the clothes.

2 ． Why did Tara Atkins go to Halifax on November 15?

A ． To go sightseeing.

B ． To celebrate Jayda’s birthday.

C ． To collect warm clothing for the homeless.

D ． To spend the holiday with family.

3 ． What does the underlined word “spread the word” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A ． Make the activity known to more people.

B ． Send clothing to more people.

C ． Teach the word “cold drive” to more people.

D ． Understand the word very well.

4 ． What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A ． Tara is sure that the coats will be picked up by the homeless.

B ． People reacted warmly to the photographs on Facebook

C ． Tara is calling on the government to donate.

D ． Zachary Atkins is against what Tara has done.

答案

1 ． C

2 ． B

3 ． A

4 ． B

【分析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了塔拉 · 阿特金斯每年都会从她所在的社区收集保暖衣物，以便捐给那些不那么幸运的人。今年，为了庆祝女儿杰娅达 8 岁生日，特拉一家和 7 位朋友一起前往哈利法克斯，并借此给孩子们上一堂宝贵的人生课。

1 ．

细节理解题。根据第一段的 “The sight of warmly dressed poles caught recently the attention of locals, who stopped to click pictures to share on social media. ( 最近，穿着暖和的柱子引起了当地人的注意，他们停下来点击图片，在社交媒体上分享 )” 可知，当地人看到后就把此景拍下来并在社交媒体上分享了此事。故选 C 。

2 ．

推理判断题。根据第二段的 “Since the family was traveling to Halifax on November 15 with their daughter Jayda and seven of her friends to celebrate her 8th birthday, Tara decided it was the perfect time to teach the children a valuable life lesson.( 由于这家人 11 月 15 日要带着女儿杰娅达和她的 7 个朋友去哈利法克斯庆祝她的 8 岁生日，塔拉决定这是给孩子们上一堂宝贵的人生课的最佳时机 )” 可知，塔拉 · 阿特金斯于 11 月 15 日前往哈利法克斯庆祝杰娅达的生日。故选 B 。

3 ．

词义猜测题。根据后句 “so more people can contribute.( 所以更多的人可以贡献自己的力量 )” 和上句构成因果关系。由此推知，划线短语 spread the word 的含义为让更多的人知道这个活动，这样可以让人们贡献自己的力量。故选 A 。

4 ．

推理判断题。根据最后一段的 “Photographs of the inspiring project have been shared about 8,000 times on Facebook, and got over 10,000 likes. Tara, who did something similar in Toronto in December last year, says she’s already planning next year’s coat drive. ( 这个鼓舞人心的项目的照片在脸谱上被分享了约 8000 次，获得了 1 万多个赞。塔拉去年 12 月在多伦多做了类似的事情，她说她已经在计划明年的外套促销活动 )” 可知，在脸谱网上很多人关注和点赞。由此推知，人们对这些照片反应热烈。故选 B 。