Question

As an elementary school student in New York City, Robert Lee would stare in disbelief at his classmates throwing away half-eaten sandwiches after lunch. His Korean immigrant parents had taught him and his older brother not to waste food.

While studying finance and accounting at New York University, Robert remembered this lesson and joined Two Birds One Stone, a food-rescue club on campus that delivered, five days a week, uneaten pasta, vegetables, and other leftovers from the dining hall to nearby homeless shelters.

When Robert and fellow club member Louisa Chen entered a college entrepreneurship（创业） contest, they proposed a slightly different idea for a food-rescue nonprofit group: Their program wouldn’t have a donation minimum (meaning they would gladly pick up one bag of leftover bagels or a single pot of soup), would operate seven days a week, and would be run entirely by volunteers.

Their idea won the competition. With the $1,000 prize, they founded Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in July 2013. In just the first few weeks, Robert’s team delivered a donation of enough spaghetti and meatballs to feed 20 people in line at a New York City homeless shelter that had run out of food.

Robert, who had taken a job at J.P. Morgan, devoted his spare time to creating a network of New York City restaurants that agreed to donate food, and he found volunteers to make food deliveries to homeless shelters. After RLC received national press attention, homeless shelters and soup kitchens in Portland, Oregon, Washington, DC and other cities reached out to Robert for partnership advice. To date, RLC has distributed more than 250,000 pounds of food in 12 cities around the country.

Only a year into his finance job, Robert gave up his six-figure salary to focus on RLC. “I compared one hour of impact at J.P. Morgan to one hour at RLC, and the difference was just huge,” he says. He’s now the group’s only full-time employee.

“One shelter recently told us that our donations allow them to provide entire dinners for more than 300 people, three nights a week,” Robert says. “Things like that make me glad I quit my job.”

1.Which of the following statements about RLC is NOT true?

A. It became successful immediately.

B. It has attracted nationwide attention.

C. It was started from a food-rescue club.

D. It delivers food to shelters by volunteers.

2.Where did Robert get the money to found RLC?

A. He saved money in college.

B. He won the prize at a competition.

C. He borrowed money from his friend

D. He received donations from restaurants.

3.Why did Robert quit his job at J.P. Morgan?

A. He couldn’t make as much money as he hoped.

B. The job at J.P. Morgan takes too much of his time.

C. RLC needs a full-time employee to develop its business.

D. Working for RLC is more meaningful than for J.P. Morgan

4.According to Robert, which of the following words best describes the job at RLC?

A. rewarding    B. surprising

C. tiring    D. exciting

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。全文介绍美国一个24岁的年轻人辞去六位数年薪的工作，通过自己的机构和网络，从纽约市的各大餐馆募集食物送给那些无家可归的人。

1.细节理解题。根据第三段内容After RLC received national press attention, homeless shelters and soup kitchens in Portland,…可知RLC收到的是全国媒体的关注而不是答案B中所说的全国的关注，故选B

2.细节理解题。根据文章第三段内容With the $1,000 prize, they founded Res的uing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in July 2013.可知建立RLC的资金来自于他们参赛获得的奖金，故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段内容Only a year into his finance job, Robert gave up his six-figure salary to focus on RLC. “I compared one hour of impact at J.P. Morgan to one hour at RLC, and the difference was just huge,”Robert的话“我把在J.P. Morgan一小时的影响和在RLC一小时的做比较，他们的差距是非常大的，可推断他放弃六位数工资的工作专注RLC，是因为他认为RLC的工作更有意义。故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容“One shelter recently told us that our donations allow them to provide entire dinners for more than 300 people, three nights a week,” Robert says. “Things like that make me glad I quit my job.”一个收容所最近告诉我们，我们的捐赠能让他们给300多人提供一星期三次的晚餐，那样的事情让我觉得辞去工作也是很快乐的。可推断Robert认为RLC的工作是值得的，故选A。

【名师点睛】

推理题解题技巧

推断题定义：在理解原文字面意思的基础上，通过对语篇逻辑关系的分析和细节的暗示，做出一定的判断和推理，从而得到文章的深层意义及隐含意义的过程。出现特征：在考题中经常出现的词有infer， imply， indicate， conclude， learn from， probably， most likely， prove /according to，mean等。

如3. Why did Robert quit his job at J.P. Morgan?

A. He couldn’t make as much money as he hoped.

B. The job at J.P. Morgan takes too much of his time.

C. RLC needs a full-time employee to develop its business.

D. Working for RLC is more meaningful than for J.P. Morgan

浏览文章，Robert放弃在J.P. Morgan六位数收入的工作，文中并没有直接陈述原因，很明显这是一个推理判断题，我们只能通过他的话语来判断，根据句子“I compared one hour of impact at J.P. Morgan to one hour at RLC, and the difference was just huge,” （我把在J.P. Morgan一小时的影响和在RLC一小时的做比较，他们的差距是非常大的，）可推断出原因是答案D。