Question

    Seven years ago, Joyce Akinpe moved to Australia to start a new life, finding an exciting job in Sydney. After the outbreak (爆发) of COVID-19, she suddenly lost her job.

Seeing that there were many others like herself in trouble from the outbreak, Akinpe and her two roommates, Michele Gomez and Maureen Lee, brainstormed ideas for how to help their local community. They came up with a street pantry（储藏柜）. Gomez said the idea was very simple, “Take what you need and leave what you can.”

With the help of Gomez’s father, they built the Blessing Box – a street pantry, with shelves and hanging baskets and two doors made from old furniture.

It sits just at the back of the three girls’ home, so they can look after it. They put some information notices into their neighbors’ mailboxes, and the Blessing Box was quickly filled with the donations (捐赠)from the community, “It is the community’s strong support that keeps the project alive,” Akinpe said.

We now have hundreds of people visiting our box every day. It might only a hours for the box to be full and next hour it might become empty again. “We are now helping others to carry out similar projects in their own communities, too”, Gomez said.

Lee said things in the box were mostly convenience foods, as well as some necessary life things such as spaghetti and toilet paper. “Few people take everything at once. They think there are other people who need them more.” Lee added.

There were many people rushing there for donations. The three girls needed to sanitize (消毒）all the donations and make sure all food packages were not broken. Gomez said that they had no time for rest, but what they did was well worth.

1.Paragraph 2 mainly talks about ________.

A.the way to build the Blessing Box

B.the help from the local community

C.the purpose of building a street pantry

D.the trouble from the outbreak of COVID-19

2.Put the following sentences in the right order according to the passage.

a. The three girls thought up a good idea.

b. The three girls received and sanitized the donations.

c. The three girls put information notices into their neighbors’ mailboxes.

d. The three girls built the Blessing Box with the help of Gomez’s father.

A.c—a—b—d B.c—b—a—d. C.a—b—-d—c D.a—d—c—b

3.Few people take everything they need at once because __________.

A.they would like to use their own things

B.they think other people need these things more

C.there aren’t enough donations in the Blessing Box

D.it's not safe to use the things from the Blessing Box

4.The best title for the passage can probably be _________.

A.Challenges through Life B.Happiness from Strangers

C.Friendship during the Hard Times D.Kindness behind the Blessing Box

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

在疫情期间，为了帮助当地社区，三个女孩建立了祈福箱，人们可以在箱子里拿走需要的东西，也可以在箱子里留下自己不需要的东西。

1.

主旨大意题。根据第二段中“Michele Gomez and Maureen Lee, brainstormed ideas for how to help their local community. They came up with a street pantry（储藏柜）.”可知，米歇尔·戈麦斯和莫林·李为如何帮助当地社区集思广益，他们想到了一个街头储物柜的想法，所以本段主要讲建立街头储物柜的目的。故选C。

2.

篇章结构题。根据第二段中“They came up with a street pantry.”可知，这三个女孩首先想到了这个主意，所以a排第一；根据第三段中“With the help of Gomez’s father, they built the Blessing –Box – a street pantry”可知，三个女孩在戈麦斯父亲的帮助下，建造了祈福箱，所以d排第二；根据第四段中“They put some information notices into their neighbors’ mailboxes…”可知，她们在邻居的信箱里贴了一些信息通知，所以c排第三；根据最后一段中“There were many people rushing there for donations. The three girls needed to sanitize all the donations and make sure all food packages were not broken.”可知，这三个女孩收到了人们的捐赠物，并给这些捐赠物消了毒，所以b排第四。故选D。

3.

细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“Few people take everything at once. They think there are other people who need them more.”可知，很少有人一次性拿走所有东西，因为他们认为还有其他人更需要这些东西。故选B。

4.

选择最佳标题。根据第三段中“With the help of Gomez’s father, they built the Blessing Box – a street pantry, with shelves and hanging baskets and two doors made from old furniture.”并结合全文可知，三个女孩为了帮助当地的社区，所以想出了建立祈福箱的想法，人们可以留下自己能留下的东西，拿走自己需要的东西，所以最佳标题为Kindness behind the Blessing Box。故选D。