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    After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled, Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. “Everyone else was already admitted to college,” her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home. “So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said , ‘You have to let me in .’ “

“Impressed--she was a National Merit ( 英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil—Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist,” her mother said.

On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled( 炮击) the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.

“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”, Mrs. Colvin said. “Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.”

Mrs. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. “If you knew my daughter,” she said, “it would have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying ‘Don’t do this.’ This is who she was , absolutely who she was and what she believed in :cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.” “So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism,” her mother said.

1.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1, we can infer that    .

A.Yale was her last choice

B.Marie Colvin was confident of herself

C.Yale must keep its promise to Marie Colvin

D.Marie Colvin was good at persuading

2.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin’s life ?

a. She was doing a story in Syria and got killed. b. She was admitted to Yale University.

c. She studied in Brazil as an excellent student.

d. She was hired by The Sunday Times of London. e. She began to take an interest in journalism.

A.d→e→c→a→b B.b→c→d→e→a

C.e→d→c→b→a D.c→b→e→d→a

3.From the last paragraph, we can know that Mrs. Colvin    .

A.dislikes the choice of her daughter.

B.cares little about her daughter.

C.knows her daughter very well.

D.doesn’t fully appreciate her daughter.

4.What can be the best title of the text ?

A.Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area.

B.Applying for Top Universities, a Successful Case

C.Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest.

D.Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Colvin回忆女儿Marie Colvin的一些故事。从中我们可以知道，她的女儿是一位优秀的新闻记者，在叙利亚冲突地区作报道时不幸殉职。

1.推理判断题。根据文章第一段中“Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices.”（ 玛丽·科尔文(Marie Colvin)回家后发现，她的同学们都已经被大学录取了，）以及划线句子“So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said , ‘You have to let me in ”（ 所以她开着我们的车，开到耶鲁，说，‘你得让我进去”）。由此可知，Marie Colvin就选择耶鲁大学，对自己很有信心。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第一段中“After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled, Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices.”（ 她在巴西参加了一个学生交换项目，待了一年之后，回到家时发现同学们都已经被大学录取了，”）以及第二段中“Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist,”（ 印象深刻--她是在巴西学习葡萄牙语的全国优秀学生(英才)决赛入围者--耶鲁大学录取了她，让她进入1978年的班级，在那里她开始为”耶鲁每日新闻“撰稿，并决定成为一名记者。”）以及文章第三段中“On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled( 炮击) the city of Homs.”（ 周三，56岁的伦敦《星期日泰晤士报》资深记者玛丽·科尔文在叙利亚军队炮击霍姆斯市(炮击)时遇害。）由此可知，Marie Colvin先参加了在巴西的一个交换生项目，然后被耶鲁大学录取，接着她对新闻业产生兴趣，被伦敦《星期日泰晤士报》雇佣，最后在叙利亚做报道时被杀害。结合选项，故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“Mrs. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. “If you knew my daughter,” she said, “it would have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying ‘Don’t do this.’ This is who she was , absolutely who she was and what she believed in :cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.” “So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism,” her mother said.”（ 科尔文夫人说，试图阻止她的女儿去冲突地区是没有意义的。“如果你了解我女儿，”她说，“那就是白费口舌了。”她很坚定，她对自己所做的事情充满热情，这是她的生活。没有人说‘不要这样做’。这就是她，绝对的她是谁，她的信仰是什么：报道这个故事，不仅仅是照片，而且要用你能做到的最深层次的方式让它栩栩如生。“。“所以，当她对新闻业感兴趣时，这并不令人惊讶，”她的母亲说。）由此可知，Mrs. Colvin非常了解自己的女儿。故选C。

4.标题判断题。根据根据文章第一段中“After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled, Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices.”（ 她在巴西参加了一个学生交换项目，待了一年之后，回到家时发现同学们都已经被大学录取了，”）以及文章第三段中“On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled( 炮击) the city of Homs.”（ 周三，56岁的伦敦《星期日泰晤士报》资深记者玛丽•科尔文在叙利亚军队炮击霍姆斯市(炮击)时遇害。）可知，文章主要叙述了Mrs. Colvin对女儿的回忆，一个在叙利亚冲突地区被杀害的记者。故D（Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria.）作为标题，能够概括文章大意。故选D。