Question

【題目】

A shy 15-year-old boy was heartbroken to hear that his favorite teacher Kim or Miss K was retiring from her position. So she could do something for Beat Disease—a group that raises money for medical research.

To help Miss K, Waylon decided to take the pig he’d raised and auction（拍賣） it off at the town fair and give away all the money. But after several people heard about his unselfishness, the auction took a very unexpected turn.

The boy had e-mailed his situation to several companies who would be buying—hoping they would bid（出價） higher than the usual price of $3-to-4 per pound. His plan worked. When the bidding kicked off, the price jumped to $11, but then one of the bidders, Dan, had an idea and reached an agreement with his competitors. He won the bidding on the pig. Then he gave it back to be auctioned again. The second winner bought it for $10 a pound, but then he gave it back, too.

Then, a third competitor, Dave Moll, was free to buy—he, too, unexpectedly gave away the pig back for a third time. Dave Moll, who is Waylon’s father’s boss, said, “I hadn’t planned to spend that much money or give the pig back. But that’s what the people ahead of me did, and I felt like it was the right thing to do, so I did.”

The pig was finally bought and sold a fourth time for $5.50 per pound, meaning that Waylon managed to raise $10,070 for his teacher’s charity. “I did not see that happening,” Waylon said. “Usually, they just sell it once!My dream got bigger and bigger every time they said, ‘Give it back.’”

“I’m so proud of him; he is unusual,” Miss K said. “He doesn’t know the influence that he is having. Someday he will.”

【1】Why did Waylon auction his pig off?

A.Because he wanted to buy Miss K a present.

B.Because he wanted to make money for himself.

C.Because he wanted to help Miss K raise money.

D.Because he wanted to make money for his education.

【2】Waylon sent e-mails to these companies to_____________ .

A.sell the pig at a better priceB.tell them how good the pig was

C.ask them if they would buy the pigD.tell them where the auction would be held

【3】What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A.Waylon’s father is a good boss.

B.The pig was bought by Dave Moll at last.

C.People didn’t expect Dave Moll to return the pig.

D.Dave Moll didn’t want to keep the pig himself at first.

【4】What is the best title for this passage?

A.An Unexpected E-mailB.An Unexpected Winner

C.An Interesting Auction ActivityD.An Unusual Auction Activity

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了一個15歲的小男孩的最喜歡的老師Miss K，退休決定為醫(yī)學(xué)研究籌集資金的組織做一些事情，那個小男孩決定幫助老師，韋倫決定把他養(yǎng)的豬帶到集市上拍賣，最后他成功了。

【1】細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文中To help Miss K, Waylon decided to take the pig he’d raised and auction（拍賣） it off at the town fair and give away all the money.可知，為了幫助K小姐，韋倫決定把他養(yǎng)的豬帶到集市上拍賣，然后把所有的錢都捐了出去。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文中The boy had e-mailed his situation to several companies who would be buying—hoping they would bid（出價） higher than the usual price of $3-to-4 per pound. 這個男孩把他的情況發(fā)電子郵件給幾家公司，希望他們能出價高于通常每磅3到4美元的價格�？芍�，韋倫給這些公司發(fā)了電子郵件，要求以更好的的價格賣這頭豬。故選A。

【3】推理判斷。根據(jù)文中Then, a third competitor, Dave Moll, was free to buy—he, too, unexpectedly gave away the pig back for a third time及Dave Moll, who is Waylon’s father’s boss, said, “I hadn’t planned to spend that much money or give the pig back.可知，人們沒想到戴夫·莫爾會把豬還回來。故選C。

【4】標題歸納。這篇短文主要講述了一個小男孩幫助老師做慈善事業(yè)的一個有創(chuàng)造性的拍賣行動。故標題是——不尋常的拍賣活動。故選D。