Enlighten our Future, a charity that reaches students in the countryside how to write poems.
\and little money, but the happiness and satisfaction I feel is rewarding enough.\26. What's the poem about at the beginning of the passage? A. A world which is full or love.
C. A child who is in need of mother's love.
B. A mother who misses her child. D. A child who can feel the sun's warmth
27. What’s the meaning of the underlined word \abandon\A. work out
B. carry out
C. give up
D. make up
28. Which of the following information is TRUE according to the passage? A. Kang ever worked at a school named Enlighten our Future. B. The school held eight poetry classes for students every term. C. Kang said she was doing a well-paid job and had some vacations. D. Before Kang set up the charity, she taught in Yunnan for about two years. 【答案】26. C 27. C 28. D 【解析】
康玉毕业于中国人民大学，毕业后不久，她去了云南的一个小镇，在那里的一所中学当老师。她觉得与城市的孩子相比，农村的孩子更需要用一种方式来表达他们的情感，让更多的人都听到他们的心声。于是她在这所学校里每年给孩子们举行八节诗歌课。她甚至为了这些学生放弃了出国的机会，并且建立了一个叫“点亮未来”的公益组织，教农村的孩子们写诗。 【26题详解】
细节理解题。根据短文开头的这首诗歌的内容以及第二段This poem was written by a middle school student in a lonely mountainous town in Yunnan Province during her first poetry class. The girl missed her mother, who died when she was 5.可知，这首诗表达了女孩对妈妈的思念以及渴望得到妈妈的爱。由此可知应选C。 【27题详解】
词义猜测题。work out计算出，锻炼；carry out实施；give up放弃；make up编造，弥补。根据短文第五段After she finished her teaching at the school in June 2017, she returned to Beijing and planned to study abroad.可知，康玉准备出国；再根据划线单词所在的句子She felt she was needed and decided to abandon her plan of studying abroad.“她感觉她是被需要的”以及最后一段Now, I go to several places every week.可知，康玉最后没有出国，而是建立了一个组织，教农村的孩子们写诗。由此可猜测abandon的意思应该是“放弃”，故应选C。
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推理判断题。根据短文第三段Kang Yu, the teacher who taught the girl how to write the poem, graduated from Renmin University of China in Beijing in 2015. Soon after her gradation, Kang moved to a town in Yunnan, and worked as a teacher at a middle school there.可知，康玉是在2015年大学毕业后不久来到了云南。再根据短文第五段After she finished her teaching at the school in June 2017, she returned to Beijing可知，康玉在2017年回到了北京。由此可知她在云南待了大约两年的时间，故应选D。根据she set up Enlighten our Future, a charity that reaches students in the countryside how to write poems.可知A不对；根据第四段the school held eight poetry classes for students every year.可知B不对；根据最后一段I sleep less than six hours a night and the job provides no vacations and little money可知C不对。
B
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29. How many characters are mentioned in the story? A. Five.
B. Six.
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D. Eight
30. Why did Logan and Grant go to Henderson's house? A. Because the girl Fran who attended the party disappeared. B. Because they went to the party held in, Henderson's house. C. Because Henderson's neighbours called them for the noise. D. Because they wanted to know why Henderson held the party.
31. What can be inferred (推断) from Grant's question \What do you mean, probably?\A. Grant helped Logan to ask this question. B. Grant didn't understand Henderson's words. C. Grant himself wasn't a party animal like David. D. Grant wanted to know the exact time of David's leaving. 【答案】29. B 30. A 31. D 【解析】
这篇短文是一个侦探故事的节选，Henderson举行了一个聚会，但有一个叫Fran的女孩从那以后一直没有回家，她失踪了。因此警察Logan和他的搭档Grant来向Henderson了解聚会的一些情况。 【29题详解】
细节理解题。根据短文第一段\Logan.、短文第四段said Logan. \、第七段\
you know Clare?\以及第十五段\可知，文章中提到了Henderson, Logan, Fran, Clare, David和Grant一共六个人物。故应选B。 【30题详解】
细节理解题。根据短文第四段\been home yet\可知，因为一个来参加聚会的叫Fran的女孩失踪了，因此警察来找Henderson进行调查。故应选A。 【31题详解】
推理判断题。根据语境\He probably left early.\
\What do you mean, probably?\
\可知，Henderson说David可能很早就离开了，Logan和他搭档Grant对这个模糊的回答不满意，他们想要知道David离开晚会的具体时间，故应选D。
Some researchers explain how most people form their social groups with people of their age. Especially, as children and teenagers, even adults, people make their friends based on proximity (邻近) more than anything else. Even in a college classroom, the students may not make friends with those who have similar personalities and interests. It's the people they really sit next to. Clearly, who stands nearest to you has the greatest influence on you. As Jim Rohn has widely said. \平均) of five people you spend the most time with.\
Over the past ten months, I've paid Ryan, a famous writer of several bestselling books, to help with the book I'm writing. Working with him has shown me just how low my standards for my work are. For example, every time I send him a drab (草稿), he shows me how it could be 10 times better, and he holds me to that standard.
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