5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A．An organized activity B．Greg Woodburn's life C．How to collect sneakers

D．Recycled sneakers fit for sharing

专题限时训练(十二)

A

【要点综述】 美国歌手派蒂·佩芝与世长辞，享年85岁；她是美国战后时期最受欢迎的女歌手之一。

1．B 根据“…died on January 2nd, 2013, when she was 85.”可推断她出生于1927年，再根据第二段“Born in Claremore, Oklahoma, a small town near Tulsa…”可知她出生在一个小镇，由此可判断选B项。

2．C 根据第四段“And then, there was Doggie in the Window. The creative tune was a huge hit, but with its repeated barking sounds and silly lyrics(歌词), the song has been used by many people as an example of all that was wrong with pop music in the early 1950s.”可推断Doggie in the Window受到许多人的批评，故选C项。

3．A 根据第一段“She was one of the most beloved singers of the post-war era.Take her Tennessee Waltz for example, it sold more than 10 million copies and was her biggest hit.”可知此处是举例说明她是美国战后时期最受欢迎的女歌手之一，故选A项。

4．B 根据第三段“In 1948, she signed her first recording contract with Mercury Records and two years later enjoyed her first hit record.She stayed with Mercury for the next 14 years…”可推断出她是在35岁的时候离开了水星唱片公司，故选B项。

5．D 根据派蒂·佩芝不断引起轰动的歌曲可知她是一位成功的歌手，根据最后一段可推断出她同时也是一位成功的演员，故选D项。

B

【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了一位从20世纪80年代到21世纪一直维持声名的、狂放不羁的，并且拥有迷人性格的美国演员约翰尼·德普。

1．B 根据第二段第一句“Born in 1963, Depp was somewhat troublesome as a youth, occasionally turning to petty-crime and drugs.”可知德普是一个麻烦制造者，故选B项。

2．D 根据画线词所在句“…with Depp often unable to pay his rent, sleeping on friends' sofas and even in his car.”可知德普付不起房租，睡在朋友的沙发上，甚至是他的车子里，由此可推断出make ends meet意为“勉强维持生计”。

3．B 根据第二段第二句“When his parents divorced in 1978, Depp dropped out of school against his mother's wishes and started a music band called the Kids.”可知b发生在1978年；根据第三段第一句“In 1983, the ever-optimistic Depp and his new wife, Lori Anderson, moved to Hollywood, California to further Depp's musical career.”可知e发生在1983年；根据第三段第二句“But life there continued to be a struggle and Depp was forced to take a job selling pens door to door to support his new family.”可知d发生在婚后，到此答案就可以确定了，应该选B项。

4．C 根据第四段第一句“…later admitting that he hated the show's unoriginal storylines…”可知他认为这部电视剧没有创造性，也就是这部电视剧很糟糕，故选C项。

5．A 根据本文最后一句“This subsequent hit movies have placed Depp at the very top of the commercial film industry (with a pay-check of $20 million for each such movie), but he still continues to make the smaller, stranger films for which he is so greatly admired.”可知他更珍视有趣的工作，甚至超过了对金钱的追求，故选A项。

C

【要点综述】 本文主要讲述了一名大学生收集旧运动鞋，捐赠给贫困孩子的故事。 1．A 由文章的第二、三段可知，Greg Woodburn 是南加利福尼亚大学一个在校的田径明星。因膝盖和臀部受伤住院后，他开始反思体育给他带来的好处，他意识到很多孩子没有鞋子穿，于是他决定捐出穿过的旧鞋给他们。

2．C 根据文章的第四段可知，Woodburn本打算在2006年圣诞节前搜集到100双旧运动鞋，可是他搜集到的旧鞋竟然超过了500双。于是他决定把收集旧鞋变成一件全年都要做的事情。

3．B 根据文章的第七段可知，为了运输搜集来的旧鞋，Woodburn与一个名叫Sports Gift的慈善机构合作。Sports Gift把足球和棒球设备免费送给世界各地的儿童。

4．B 根据文章的第七段可知，Sports Gift的创始人Keven Baxter说，那些旧的运动鞋是一些贫困孩子仅有的鞋子。他们穿着它们上学和运动。可见，有很多穷孩子需要Greg Woodburn捐赠来的旧鞋。

5．D 本文讲述了一名大学生收集旧运动鞋，捐赠给贫困孩子的故事，所以选D项。