In my living room, there is a plaque(匾) that advises me to “Bloom(開花) where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s，when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.

Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight­mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.

From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom(憂郁) disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy's classroom, I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner”(lunch). In case you don't know, poke greens are a weed­type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.

Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Cerlification, Dorothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the one­and­only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph.D. degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom(傳家寶), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things.

61．“Early Childhood Development” in Paragraph I refers to ________．

A．a(chǎn) program directed by Dorothy

B．a(chǎn) course given by the author

C．a(chǎn)n activity held by the students

D．a(chǎn)n organization sponsored by Union College

62．In the journey, the author was most disappointed at seeing ________．

A．the long track  B．the poor houses

C．the same train  D．the winding road

63．Upon arriving at the classroom, the author was cheered up by ________．

A．a(chǎn) warm welcome  B．the sight of poke greens

C．Dorothy's latest projects  D．a(chǎn) big dinner made for her

64．What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph?

A．She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant.

B．She got a pen as a gift from the author.

C．She passed the required assessment.

D．She received her Ph.D. degree.

65．What does the author mainly intend to tell us?

A．Whatever you do, you must do it carefully.

B．Whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment

C．However poor you are, you have the right to education.

D．Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement.

【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，通過作者對(duì)一塊匾引起了回憶。想起了當(dāng)年在一個(gè)窮困的山村里的一個(gè)課程，印象最為深刻的是Dorothy。在敘述過程中寫出了作者由之前看到低矮破舊的房子產(chǎn)生的沮喪心情，到后來受到了學(xué)生的熱烈歡迎及學(xué)生的表現(xiàn)而心理產(chǎn)生了變化。

段落

關(guān)鍵詞、句

大意推測

第一部分（Para. 1）

It reminds me of…occasional visits to the classroom…in my memory…

睹物思人，看到匾，想到了Dorothy,進(jìn)行回憶。

第二部分（Para.2）

...the same track five times...rather than feeling excited...,Ifound it depressing.

去山村學(xué)校路上帶來的一些麻煩，以及低矮破舊的房子產(chǎn)生了沮喪之情。

第三部分（Para.3）

I was greeted with...and treated like a queen.

...serving poke greens salad ande combread...

到校后收到了學(xué)生的熱烈歡迎。

第四部分（Para.4）

…enthusiasm never cooled down

…to celebrate her victory…a treasue symbol of …

Dorothy的出色表現(xiàn)，以及我對(duì)他的評(píng)價(jià).

【解析】

61.B。事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。難度：中等。文章第一段中提到：I was teaching “Early Childhood Development” through a program,可知Early Childhood Development是作者教的一門課程。

干擾項(xiàng)排除: A 選項(xiàng)出現(xiàn)了program，容易誤導(dǎo)學(xué)生選擇，但后面給的是Dorothy,而這是作者的記憶深刻的人；C選項(xiàng)明顯錯(cuò)誤；D選項(xiàng)提到了Union College，但說的是由Union College贊助的一個(gè)組織，而這是錯(cuò)誤信息。

62.B。推理判斷題。難度：較易。文章第二段“the small shabby house house gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.”,題干是作者看到了什么而感到非常失望，所以答案選擇B。

干擾項(xiàng)排除:A選項(xiàng)是the long track, C選項(xiàng)的the same train 及D選項(xiàng)的the winding road ,這三個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是作者在去這個(gè)學(xué)校途中的幾件事，作者用了“3而不是讓作者失望的事。

63.A。推理判斷題。難度：較易。文章第三段  I was greeted with.smiling faces and treated like a queen可知作者受到了熱烈歡迎。

干擾項(xiàng)排除：B選項(xiàng)poke greens salad,是Dorothy 告訴作者他們正在做，作者沒有看到。C選項(xiàng)沒有提及。D選項(xiàng)這頓飯并不是為她做的，是學(xué)生們were preparing … for dinner.

64. C。推理判斷題。難度：中等�！� ´she come to the assessment and passed in all areas.可知答案選擇C。

干擾項(xiàng)排除：A 選項(xiàng)Dorothy邀請作者去“steak house”來慶祝她的成功,而選項(xiàng)給的是restauant,故錯(cuò)誤。Ｂ選項(xiàng)文中提到的是dorothy 給作者一支鋼筆，而不是Dorothy 得到了一支鋼筆。D選項(xiàng)說Dorothy 獲得博士學(xué)位，而文中的信息是用了虛擬語氣，“as if she hade received her Ph.D.degree.”

65.D。推理判斷題。難度：中等。文章開篇明義，開頭部分： in my living room,there is a plaque that advises me to “bloom where you are planted”,指出，無論在哪都能實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的成就。因此，答案選擇D。

【難句學(xué)習(xí)】

1.      It reminds me of Dorothy.

翻譯：這讓我想起Dorothy。

分析：remind sb of sth.讓某人想起某物。還可以用: remind sb to do; remind sb that……

2. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.

翻譯：在我的記憶里，Dorothy作為一位在她自己偏遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)“開著花的”人而印象尤為脫出。

分析：stand out ,動(dòng)詞短語，突出，杰出。Who 引導(dǎo)了定語從句，修飾先行詞one.bloom, 在此處用了比喻的說法，bloom in her remote area,是指哪怕在偏遠(yuǎn)地方也照樣開著花，也就是在哪都會(huì)獲得成就。

3．Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains , I found it depressing.

翻譯：我沒有感到驅(qū)車過大山時(shí)的興奮，相反，我感到很沮喪。

分析：rather than… “沒有、而不是” 。I found it depressing，本句用了動(dòng)賓補(bǔ)結(jié)構(gòu),it 這里指前文的drive through the mountains, depressing，這里是令人沮喪的。

4. She invited me to the one –and- only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory,as if she had received her Ph.D.degree.

翻譯：她邀請我去本地區(qū)唯一一家牛排店來慶祝她的勝利，好像是她拿到了博士學(xué)位似的。

分析：as if 此處引導(dǎo)了虛擬語氣，與過去事實(shí)相反，用了過去完成時(shí)。

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