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One Tuesday evening in the beginning of the fall 1996 semester (學期) at Shippensburg University, sirens sounded. These sirens were not in celebration; they were a cry to the university that something was wrong. A house, only one block away, was on fire. Nine of the university’s students lived there.

From the minute the word got out that help was needed, it seemed like everyone showed up. The victims (受災者) of the fire were offered endless invitations for housing for the night. The very next day, everyone got into gear to do their part in helping them. Flyers(傳單) were posted with items that were immediately needed, just to get these students through this next couple of days. Boxes for donations (捐贈品) and money jars were placed in every residence hall (學生宿舍)．

As a residence director, I went before the students in my hall to ask them to do what they could. I knew that college students don’t have much, but I asked them to do their best: “Every little bit will help.” I really didn’t think they could do much. I was proved wrong.

At the hall council meeting the night after the fire, my residents decided to have a wing competition, where each wing of the building would team up to see who could bring in the most donations. I announced that the wing who won would receive a free pizza party.

Thursday evening we announced over the PA system that we were beginning the wing competition. Within minutes, the place exploded. The single large box that I had placed in the lobby (大廳) was overflowing. We quickly grabbed more boxes, and we watched in amazement as they, too, filled to the brim(邊；沿). Members of the resident assistant staff and I began to count the items. I was astonished by what I saw, and I was inspired by these kids.

When we came to the final tally(得分), the winners turned to me and announced that they would like to donate their winnings as well. They wanted the victims of the fire to have their pizza party.

Tears welled up in my eyes. I had watched these students jump to action, work tirelessly and donate all that they could. And then, as if that were not enough, they handed over their reward. I was touched and so very proud of them.

1.The writer mainly wanted to________ by the story.

A．tell us nine of the college students suffered from a fire

B．sing praise of the college students helping the victims selflessly

C．describe how successful the wing competition was

D．express he was deeply moved by the college students’ action

2.At first, the residence director thought ________.

A．it was impossible to expect the college students to donate anything

B．it was easy to collect a lot of donations from the college students

C．the college students would donate something, but not much

D．the college students would donate all they could

3.The wing competition was held ________.

A．several days after the fire B．the night after the fire

C．a(chǎn) week after the fire D．two days after the fire

4.The phrase “in amazement” in Paragraph 5 means ________.

A．satisfactorily B．excitedly

C．surprisedly D．happily

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是記敘文。全文敘述了在救災捐助活動中，大學生的積極表現(xiàn)，以此贊揚他們正義的精神。

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