Alex Wood began fundraising when he was four years old. He sold lemonade and cookies to raise money for a school in Haiti. Later, Alex sent 15 bags of food he collected from his neighbors to a food store near his home which asked for donations(捐赠).
Alex wanted to help more people. He decided to donate to Heifer International, an organization that gives farm animals and farm training to poor people around the world. His goal: $5,000 for a “gift ark”. That amount would mean that 15 pairs of animals would be given to people in need. Those families would agree to give one of their animals’ young to other needy families.
Alex decided that baking was the best way to raise money. He started a business, named it Clean Hands Bakery, and now sells his baked goods year round. In his family’s kitchen, he created all kinds of cookies and cakes. He says his top sellers are lemon pound cakes and chocolate cupcakes. Alex likes the baking as much as the fundraising. “I like it that you can take so many ingredients(原料) that don’t taste good on their own and come up with something amazing,” he says.
In September 2011, Alex reached his goal of $5,000 and bought a gift ark. “I feel absolutely overjoyed that I got to my goal,” he says. “I can’t help everybody by myself, but I can do my part, which I hope will inspire other people to do their part, too.” One of the people Alex has already inspired is his younger brother. “He had people donate to me, instead of giving him a birthday present.” Alex explains. “In the end he donated $200 toward my goal.”
So now that he’s met his goal of a gift ark, will Alex keep baking and fundraising? He says yes. He wants to end world hunger, one cupcake at a time.
【小题1】What did Alex Wood donate to Heifer International?
A.$5.000 in cash | B.Farm animals |
C.A gift ark | D.Lemon Hands Bakery |
A.was set up in September 2011 |
B.uses many unusual ingredients |
C.belongs to Heifer International |
D.sells food cooked by Alex himself |
A.Doubtful | B.Curious | C.Supportive | D.Uncaring |
A.A charity helping the poor. |
B.Feeding the world by baking. |
C.The best way to raise money. |
D.Cooking with different ingredients. |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】B
解析试题分析:本文叙述了Alex Wood从四岁就开始攒钱捐款,做善事的故事,他想要帮助更多的人,他通过自己开烤面包房,把烤制的面包卖出后,花5000美元买一个避难所,他最后实现了他的这个愿望,同时他也去说服更多的人去帮助那些需要帮助的人。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据His goal: $5,000 for a “gift ark”.故选C。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据now sells his baked goods year round 故选D。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据He had people donate to me, instead of giving him a birthday present.他的弟弟支持他的工作,故选C。
【小题4】标题归纳题。根据He wants to end world hunger, one cupcake at a time 故选B。
考点:故事类短文阅读。
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届福建省高一下学期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Alex Wood began fundraising when he was four years old. He sold lemonade and cookies to raise money for a school in Haiti. Later, Alex sent 15 bags of food he collected from his neighbors to a food store near his home which asked for donations(捐赠).
Alex wanted to help more people. He decided to donate to Heifer International, an organization that gives farm animals and farm training to poor people around the world. His goal: $5,000 for a “gift ark”. That amount would mean that 15 pairs of animals would be given to people in need. Those families would agree to give one of their animals’ young to other needy families.
Alex decided that baking was the best way to raise money. He started a business, named it Clean Hands Bakery, and now sells his baked goods year round. In his family’s kitchen, he created all kinds of cookies and cakes. He says his top sellers are lemon pound cakes and chocolate cupcakes. Alex likes the baking as much as the fundraising. “I like it that you can take so many ingredients(原料) that don’t taste good on their own and come up with something amazing,” he says.
In September 2011, Alex reached his goal of $5,000 and bought a gift ark. “I feel absolutely overjoyed that I got to my goal,” he says. “I can’t help everybody by myself, but I can do my part, which I hope will inspire other people to do their part, too.” One of the people Alex has already inspired is his younger brother. “He had people donate to me, instead of giving him a birthday present.” Alex explains. “In the end he donated $200 toward my goal.”
So now that he’s met his goal of a gift ark, will Alex keep baking and fundraising? He says yes. He wants to end world hunger, one cupcake at a time.
1.What did Alex Wood donate to Heifer International?
A.$5.000 in cash B.Farm animals
C.A gift ark D.Lemon Hands Bakery
2. According to the passage, Clean Hands Bakery ______.
A.was set up in September 2011
B.uses many unusual ingredients
C.belongs to Heifer International
D.sells food cooked by Alex himself
3. What’s Alex’ younger brother’s attitude towards his fundraising idea?
A.Doubtful B.Curious C.Supportive D.Uncaring
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A.A charity helping the poor.
B.Feeding the world by baking.
C.The best way to raise money.
D.Cooking with different ingredients.
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The next morning Alex was waiting in the FMA president’s suite when Jerome Patterton arrived. Alex filled him in quickly on the Jax report. Then he said, “I want you to give an order to the trust department to sell every share of Supranational we’re holding.”
“I won’t!” Patterton’s voice rose. “Who do you think you are, giving orders-----“ “I’ll tell you who I am, Jerome. I’m the guy who warned the board against in-depth involvement with SuNatCo. I fought against heavy trust department buying of the stock, but no one-----including you -----would listen. Now Supranational is caving in.” Alex leaned across the desk and slammed a fist down hard. “Don’t you understand? Supranational can bring this bank down with it.”
Patterton was shaken. “But is SuNatCo in real trouble? Are you sure?”
“If I weren’t, do you think I’d be here? I’m giving you a chance to salvage something at least.” He pointed to his wristwatch. “It’s an hour since the New York stock market opened. Jerome, get on the phone and give that order!”
Muscles around the bank president’s mouth twitched nervously. Never decisive, strong influence often swayed him. He hesitated, then picked up the telephone.
“Get me Mitchell in the trust department… Mitch? This is Jerome. Listen carefully. I want you to give a sell order immediately on all the Supranational stock we hold… Yes, sell every share.” Patterton listened, then said impatiently, “Yes, I know what it’ll do to the market. And I know it’s irregular.” His eyes sought Alex’s for reassurance. The hand holding the telephone trembled as he said, “There’s no time to hold meetings. So do it! Yes, I accept responsibility.”
He hung up and reached for a glass of water. “The stock is already down. Our selling will depress it more. We’ll be taking a big beating.”
“It’s our clients-----people who trusted us-----who will take the beating. And they’d have taken a bigger one still, if we’d waited. Even now we’re not out of the woods. A week from now the SEC may disallow those sales. They may rule we had inside knowledge that Supranational was about to be bankrupt, which we should have reported and which would have halted trading in the stock.
1. Alex filled him in quickly on the Jax report. The sentence means:
A. He filled his name on the Jax report quickly.
B. Alex signed his name to the Jax report quickly.
C. He offered the FMA president the Jax report smartly.
D. He prepared the Jax report for Patterton to sign smartly.
2. From the context we can infer that ________.
A. SuNatCo would bring the stock market down if it sold all the Supranational stock they held.
B. The president was stubborn and would never listen to others.
C. Alex will take the place of Patterton in the future.
D. the clients would take a bigger beating than the bank
3. The New York stock market is the place where_____.
A. the old stock can be bought and sold
B. shares can be bought and sold
C. paper stock can be bought and sold
D.some of the stock can be taken without being paid for
4. In the sentence “Even now we’re not out the woods.” The phrase “out of the woods” means _____.
A. free from danger B. short of wood
C. running out of wood D. set free
5. In the writer’s opinion, the president is _____.
A. good leader of the U.S.A B. a good manager of a company
C. headmaster D. banker, an indecisive sort of person
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