Question

    This holiday weekend will be about more than Thanksgiving treats and extra days off from school for eighth-grader Shreya Nair. Shreya will also spend some of her time conducting an interview that will end up in the Library of Congress.

Shreya, 13, is participating in a StoryCorps initiative called The Great Thanksgiving Listen. The project encourages students to interview family members and friends about their lives in an effort to preserve the stories and voices of an older generation.

“ It would be interesting to see her view on life and how it’s different from mine based on the circumstances she grew up in,”Shreya said about her interview.

StoryCorps' aim is to use audio to preserve the stories of people of all ages and backgrounds. Students will be able to record their interviews using a new app and upload them to the StoryCorps Archive at the Library of Congress.

Shreya’s English teacher decided to get involved in spreading the word about the project, by assigning the interview as homework. Alison Matthews teaches Shreya at McCall Middle School in Winchester, Massachusetts. She incorporated(纳入) the StoryCorps interview assignment into a unit on the book, The Giver. Matthews describes the novel as a“story about this community where there’s one man — the giver — who holds all the memories of the community.”

“The StoryCorps project fit in so perfectly. The Library of Congress is the keeper of our memories. So I asked kids to think about the importance of memory in our society,” Matthews said.

Shreya said that her classmates like the assignment.”It’s an interview that will help us not only understand the book we’re reading right now, but help us later in life,” Shreya said.  “One of the things I like about the project is that you get to hear so many other people’s voices,”she added. “Sometimes in this world it feels like our opinion is the only one, but when you sit down and listen, it’s amazing what it can bring.”

1.Whom might Shreya meet this holiday weekend?

A.Her grandmother. B.one of her cousins.

C.Her English teacher. D.one of her classmates.

2.What is the purpose of the project?

A.To start a new tradition.

B.To narrow the distance between people.

C.To record history through oral communication

D.To teach students to communicate more effectively.

3.Why does Matthews support the project?

A.It fits in a lesson perfectly.

B.It is a new teaching method.

C.Her students want to learn about interviewing.

D.Her students want to visit the Library of Congress.

4.What might be the best title of the passage?

A.A Holiday Weekend.

B.A Girl Participating in a New Project.

C.An Interview to the Older Generation.

D.A Meaningful Thanksgiving Day.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了13岁的学生Shreya Nair参加了“伟大的感恩节倾听”计划。该计划鼓励学生采访家庭成员和朋友，这些采访录音将保存在国会图书馆，以保留老一辈的故事和声音。Shreya的英语老师Alison Matthews决定将采访任务布置为作业，从而让孩子们思考记忆在社会中的重要性，倾听他人的见解会带来令人惊奇的效果。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的Shreya will also spend some of her time conducting an interview...和第二段中的The project encourages students to interview family members and friends about their lives in an effort to preserve the stories and voices of an older generation.可知，Shreya在这个假期周末参加了一个采访计划，该计划鼓励学生对家庭成员和朋友的生活进行采访，通过family members(家人)和an older generation（年长的一代人）可以确定她要见的人。故A选项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的The project encourages students to interview family members and friends about their lives in an effort to preserve the stories and voices of an older generation.和第四段中的Students will be able to record their interviews using a new app and upload them to ...可知，该计划的目的是通过采访交流来记录过去和历史，以保留老一辈的故事和声音。故C选项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据第五段中的Alison Matthews teaches Shreya at McCall Middle School in Winchester, Massachusetts. She incorporated(纳入) the StoryCorps interview assignment into a unit on the book.和第六段中的The StoryCorps project fit in so perfectly.可知，这位老师支持该计划的原因是她认为这项计划与教学的课程能够完美的结合起来。故A选项正确。

4.主旨大意题。根据第一段中的This holiday weekend will be about more than Thanksgiving treats and extra days off from school for eighth-grader Shreya Nair. Shreya will also spent some of her time conducting an interview that will end up in the Library of Congress.

可知，八年级学生Shreya Nair在这个假期中将不仅仅享用感恩节大餐和额外放假时间，她还将花一些时间进行一次采访，采访录音将保存在国会图书馆，以保留老一辈的故事和声音，因此这是一个有意义的感恩节。故D选项正确。