Question

    It’s 1944, in occupied Paris. Four friends spend their days in an arrow room atop a Left Bank apartment building. The neighbors think they’re painters — a cover story to explain the chemical smell. In fact, the friends are members of a Jewish resistance cell. They’re operating a secret laboratory to make false passports for children and families about to be deported to concentration camps (集中营). The youngest member of the group, the lab’s technical director, is practically a child himself. Adolfo Kaminsky, age 18.

In the summer of 1943, he and his family were arrested and sent to Drancy, the internment camp for Jews near Paris that was the last stop before the death camps. This time, their passports saved them. Argentina’s government protested the family’s detention, so they stayed at Drancy for three months, while thousands of others were swiftly sent on to die. The Kaminskys were eventually freed, but they weren’t safe in Paris, where Jews were under constant threat of arrest.

To survive they would have to go underground. Kaminsky’s father arranged to get false papers from a Jewish resistance group, and sent Kaminsky to pick them up. When the agent told Kaminsky that they were struggling to erase a certain blue ink from the documents, he advised using lactic acid, a trick he’d learned at the dairy. It worked, and he was invited to join the resistance. Kaminsky’s cell was one of many. Historians estimated that France’s Jewish resistance networks together saved 7,000 to 10,000 children.

Kaminsky never took a penny form forging. He thought the money would ruin his belief. He made a living by taking some commercial photos. To this day, 94-year-old Kaminsky feels guilty he survived the Holocaust, in despite of the fact that his remarkable work as a forger during World War II saved the lives of thousands of Jews. “I saved lives because I can’t deal with unnecessary deaths — I just can’t. All humans are equal, whatever their origins, their beliefs, their skin color.”

1.What is the main duty of the Jewish resistance cell?

A.To provide an apartment building for painters.

B.To protect Jewish people from being killed.

C.To make fake identities for all families.

D.To train students to operate laboratories.

2.What happened to Kaminsky in 1943?

A.He was sent to a concentration camp. B.He moved to live in Argentina.

C.He was swiftly sent on to die. D.He protested his family’s detention

3.Which of the following words can best describe Kaminsky?

A.Enthusiastic and gentle. B.Expressive and humble.

C.Disciplined and modest. D.Courageous and helpful.

4.What does the story intend to tell us?

A.Don’t raise the white flag quite yet.

B.You want to get rough, we can get rough.

C.There is always a bit of light even in the darkness.

D.No-one hits the bull’s-eye with the first arrow.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

本文是记叙文。文章讲述了在第二次世界大战期间，Kaminsky和他的朋友们加入犹太人抵抗组织，为即将被驱逐到集中营的儿童和家庭制作假护照，以帮助他们躲避纳粹的抓捕。在此期间，犹太人抵抗组织挽救了成千上万犹太人的生命。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段中的They’re operating a secret laboratory to make false passports for children and families about to be deported to concentration camps (集中营).(他们正在运作一个秘密实验室，为即将被驱逐到集中营的儿童和家庭制造假护照)和第二段中的This time, their passports saved them.(这一次，他们的护照救了他们)可知，犹太人抵抗组织的主要职责是帮助犹太人不被杀害。故选B项。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的In the summer of 1943, he and his family were arrested and sent to Drancy, the internment camp for Jews near Paris that was the last stop before the death camps.(1943年夏天，他和家人被捕，被送往德兰西集中营，这是犹太人在巴黎附近的集中营，是死亡集中营的最后一站)可知，在1943年，Kaminsky和他的家人被逮捕并被送到巴黎附近犹太人的集中营。故选A项。

3.推理判断题。根据第三段中的It worked, and he was invited to join the resistance. Kaminsky’s cell was one of many. Historians estimated that France’s Jewish resistance networks together saved 7,000 to 10,000 children.(这招奏效了，他被邀请加入抵抗组织。卡明斯基的牢房只是其中之一。历史学家估计，法国的犹太抵抗组织总共拯救了7000到10000名儿童)可知，18岁的Kaminsky加入犹太人抵抗组织，说明他很有勇气；帮助孩子和他们的家人仿造假护照，挽救了他们的生命，说明他乐于帮助别人。故选D项。

4.推理判断题。本文讲述了在第二次世界大战期间，Kaminsky和他的朋友们加入犹太人抵抗组织，伪造假护照，挽救了成千上万犹太人的生命。这些犹太人抵抗组织，在黑暗时期给人们带来了生的希望，让他们在黑暗中也能看到一丝光明。故选C项。