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Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes,accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales (童话)
The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained ?10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschtveiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag; similar plain white anonymous (匿名)envelopes, each containing ?10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.
The envelopes keep coming, and so far at least ?190,000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper’s own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of ?500 inside , with a copy of the article. The name of the family was underlined.
"I was driving when I heard the news,” Claudia Neumann, the boy’s mother, told DerSpiegel magazine. “I had to park on the side of the road; I was speechless. ”
The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible .and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.
“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing," Mrs. Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.
Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said: “Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know. ” However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city’s hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.
小题1:The Braunschweiger Zeitung is the name of             .
A.a churchB.a bankC.a newspaperD.a magazine
小题2:Which of the following is TRUE about the donation to Tom?
A. The donation amounted to ?190,000.
B.The donation was sent directly to his house.
C.The money will be used for his education.
D. His mother felt astonished at the donation.
小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that           .
A. the donator is a rich old man
B.the donation will continue to come
C. the donation comes from the newspaper
D. the donator will soon be found out
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Money Is Raised by the Newspaper
B. Newspaper Distributes Money to
C. Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes
D. Robin Hood Returns to the City

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
社会现象——夹叙夹议类
【文章大意】本文主要讲述一个匿名英雄用信封捐钱来默默传递爱心的故事,告诉我们爱心无处不在,要学会用自己的爱来温暖身边那些需要帮助的人群,那么这个世界将会变成美好的人间。
小题1:推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句中的accompanied by an article from the local paper可推知 Braunschweiger Zeitung 是一份报纸的名字,另外在第三段第一句话有一个one of them was sent to the newspaper’s own office有提示。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第四段谈到这位受害男孩母亲听到她的孩子被匿名捐赠的消息后表示的一句话“I was speechless”可知她很震惊,很无语。D项表达正确。
小题3:推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句话“报纸的编辑告诉记者不要找这个城市的英雄,因为担心发现后他就可能不再进行捐赠的活动”也可推知这个匿名捐赠活动还会继续下去,B项表达正确。
小题4:标题推断题。本文主要讲述用信封匿名捐赠的事情在社会引起很大反响,这个捐赠者还会继续把这个善举进行下去,用C项Unknown Hero Spreads love in Envelopes“匿名英雄用信封传递爱”最能概括文章大意。
【长难句解析】For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing.在每个人都想着自己的这样的社会中,还有人表现得那么无私,这是令人震惊的。which引导的定语从句先行词为a society。
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