Question

    No matter how long it took, or how much birthday money he would have to save, the 6-year-old South Carolina boy named Bell would spend his special day in "The Happiest Place On Earth."

And, as local TV station reports, he was pretty close to realizing that dream, planning for a visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom just in time for his seventh birthday this month.

Then he heard the story of the hurricane: how it transformed the Bahamas into the unhappiest place on Earth—and how it continues to churn up(搅动)the East Coast, leaving tears in its wake.

How could Bell dream of Disney World when so many others were living a nightmare?

So the boy gathered his savings—and went to the grocery store. Instead of a romp(嬉闹)in Disney's Animal Kingdom, Bell bought much-needed food and water for thousands of people forced to leave their homes in advance of the storm.

“The people that are traveling to go to places, I wanted them to have some food to eat, so they can enjoy the ride to the place that they're going to stay at,” Bell told a reporter. Indeed, Bell made it hard for anyone to miss his offer. He pulled a couple of homemade signs to Highway 125 in Allendale with the words "Free hot dogs and water" on them. And he stood at the side of that highway, calling out to motorists, many of them tired and traumatized after leaving their homes behind. In all, he served more than 100 evacuees(被撤离者).

"I am very proud," his grandmother Aretha Grant told CNN. "We knew Bell was very special, but we didn't know he was special in this way, to be such a giver like this."

Indeed, at his little stand in Allendale, Bell is giving people something much more precious than hot dogs. He's offering hope—and along the way, the little boy with the big heart is making his own magic kingdom.

1.What can we learn about Bell at the beginning of the story?

A.He quit his birthday plan. B.He visited the Bahamas.

C.He played happily at Disneyland. D.He experienced the hurricane.

2.How did Bell help the victims of hurricane?

A.By donating money. B.By offering food.

C.By providing shelters. D.By making campaigns.

3.What does the underlined word “traumatized” probably mean?

A.In great relief. B.In great sorrow.

C.With great appreciation. D.With great caution.

4.What does the writer intend to tell us in the last paragraph?

A.Bell's act makes a big difference.

B.Hot dogs are more precious than hope.

C.People should have a lifelong ambition.

D.Children are full of imagination and creativity.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。讲述了Bell放弃了去迪士尼的生日计划，用积蓄帮助遭受飓风灾难的人们的故事。

1.

细节理解题。根据第二段“planning for a visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom just in time for his seventh birthday this month”和第四段“How could Bell dream of Disney World when so many others were living a nightmare?”可知，Bell本来打算在生日那天去迪士尼动物王国的，但是在听说飓风席卷东海岸之后，认为他不能在其他人生活在噩梦中的时候还梦想去迪士尼，所以他决定把钱捐出去，停止了自己的生日计划，故选A。

2.

细节理解题。根据第五段“Bell bought much-needed food and water for thousands of people forced to leave their homes in advance of the storm.”可知，Bell为上千个在暴风雨来临之前被迫离开家园的人们购买了急需的食物和水，故选B。

3.

词义猜测题。在“many of them tired and traumatized after leaving their homes behind”中，traumatized与tired用并列连接词and连接，所以感情色彩相同或相近，tired意为“疲劳的”，与之感情色彩相同的为B选项“悲伤的”，故选B。

4.

主旨大意题。根据最后一段主旨句“Bell is giving people something much more precious than hot dogs.”可知，Bell给人们带来的东西远比热狗要珍贵的多，所以最后一段的目的是告诉我们Bell的行为意义重大，故选A。