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【題目】 The promise of college in America is the promise of a clear path to the future, of a reward for all the sleep deprivation and soul-deadening competition of high school, and, most of all, of instant adulthood. As of April, 2020, however, none of that is happening due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus（新型冠狀病毒）.

Saminah Haddad, a seventeen-year-old senior at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, wasn’t expecting her college offers until later in the spring. This year, there will be no spring season, which for Haddad means no four-year college. She is considering Long Beach City College, which is free for state residents. She also lost her job at an amusement park. All of the senior-year milestones that Haddad had been looking forward to have been cancelled: prom, graduation, and an event called the “Pursuit of Excellence Awards,” where she would have been recognized for perfect attendance. She doesn’t yet know if she’ll still be working this summer for her father, who was about to open a juice bar in Brooklyn.

In the meantime, Haddad’s school is offering some online instruction, but in her case the course load has dropped to just two classes: A.P. Literature, which meets virtually, and a government class, which consists of written assignments that she receives by e-mail. Haddad is planning to take her A.P. exam, though she finds it hard to imagine what the forty-five-minute, cell-phone-friendly version of the test will be like. No one knows how colleges will view it, either.

Life has been emptied of content, and the plot is lost. She texts with friends. She argues with her mom and stepdad a lot. “It’s bringing us closer together,” she half joked. “But it’s O.K.”

【1】What can be known about Haddad from Paragraph 2?

A.She has applied to study abroad.

B.She will attend a graduation ceremony.

C.She won’t work in her father’s juice bar.

D.She may get her college offers in late spring.

【2】How does Haddad feel about the A.P. exam?

A.Doubtful.B.Bored.

C.Excited.D.Nervous.

【3】In which section of a newspaper may the passage appear?

A.Family.B.Society.

C.Education .D.Health.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

這是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。文章講述了新型冠狀病毒對一名美國高中生的影響。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句：Saminah Haddad, a seventeen-year-old senior at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, wasn’t expecting her college offers until later in the spring. Saminah Haddad， 一個17歲的長灘理工高中的畢業(yè)班學生，直到今年春天晚些時候才收到大學錄取通知�？梢缘贸觯涸诖禾焱硇�時候，才收到她的大學通知書。選項D符合題意。故選D項。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到文章的第三段。根據(jù)第三段第二句：Haddad is planning to take her A.P. exam, though she finds it hard to imagine what the forty-five-minute, cell-phone-friendly version of the test will be like. Haddad計劃參加AP考試，盡管她很難想象45分鐘的手機版考試會是什么樣子。據(jù)此可以得出她對自己的AP考試是不確定的，選項A“懷疑的”符合題意。故選A項。

【3】推理判斷題�？v觀全文，文章開頭講到了新型冠狀病毒對美國高中教育的影響，在接下來的文章里，結(jié)合一名高中生的現(xiàn)實，講到這個疾病對其的影響。所以可以推斷本篇文章會出現(xiàn)在報紙的教育版面中。選項C符合題意。故選C項。