首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
You’d think Pauline Hord would have served her time by now. After all, she recently celebrated her 90th birthday, and by the tim
You’d think Pauline Hord would have served her time by now. After all, she recently celebrated her 90th birthday, and by the tim
admin
2020-03-14
62
问题
You’d think Pauline Hord would have served her time by now. After all, she recently celebrated her 90th birthday, and by the time she achieved that breathtaking(激动人心的) milestone, she’d already done a 10-year stretch in the Mississippi State Prison.
Ms. Hord is a sweet-natured, gentle-talking, white-haired Southerner who never owed a debt to society—thus, she never had to pay one. So you have to wonder what a woman like this is doing in a place where most people are
itching
to get loose. Unlike the rest of the population, Ms. Hord goes to prison freely and eagerly. And when she gets there, she persuades prisoners of every sort to sing little ditties(短歌谣) about their ABCs and XYZs.
At age 80, Ms. Hord began teaching prisoners to read during a chance visit to the State Prison with a lawyer friend. "When I got there, I heard that a group of volunteer workers had been praying for a teacher. They asked me if I would come and I said I would be thrilled(非常激动的)," she said.
On a personal level, Ms. Hord considers this rewarding work. "If you get at the reason why these men went into crime, you will find that none of them succeeded in their early years of schooling. They went to school at 5 believing they were going to learn to read. When they didn’t learn in the first or second grade, they realized something was wrong. By 8, they were having problems. By 12 or 13, they were drinking or using drugs. And it’s getting worse. I’m seeing younger and younger prisoners who know less and less. They can’t read well enough to function in this society," she said.
It is this situation that Ms. Hord goes to prison week after week to correct. And when her most difficult students finally begin to read, she is sure that she, too, knows why the caged birds sing.
Ms. Hord regarded her job as______.
选项
A、unique
B、valuable
C、interesting
D、tough
答案
B
解析
由第四段首句可知,霍德夫人认为这个工作是有价值的,选项B)valuable与原文中的rewarding意思相近,因此答案为B)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/9Q4K777K
本试题收录于:
大学英语三级A级题库大学英语三级分类
0
大学英语三级A级
大学英语三级
相关试题推荐
Anchor’sCareathomeservicesofferafullrangeofpersonalcareassistanceaswellashelpwithdomestictaskstosupportyou
(71)Becauseeachcollegeoruniversityfeaturesadifferentcampusenvironment,theday-to-daylifeofstudentsvarieswidelyfr
AnewpollshowsthatpeoplebelievethatcomputersandtheInternethavemadelifebetterforAmericans,butpeoplealsoseeso
ThisATMhasbeenoutofserviceforafewdays.Itshould______lastweek.
Whatisthepositionwantedintheadvertisement?_____________totheSalesManager.Whatfavorabletermsareofferedtothej
They’resatisfiedwiththerepliesthey’vereceivedfromthepublic______far.
Thereislittledoubtthattraininghasbecomesuchanacceptedpartofbusinessthatithasreceivedtremendousattentionfrom
Ifit(rain)______tomorrow,thefootballmatchwillbecancelled.
Upongraduationfromcollege,shedidnot(intention)______togotograduateschool;instead,shejustwantedtogetajobtosu
TheWorldNoTobaccoDaythemefor2003isTobaccoFreeFilmsTobaccoFreeFashionAction!WorldNoTobaccoDayiscelebratedar
随机试题
关于大脑的叙述,错误的是
患者,男,自幼时起,经常有鼻腔堵塞、流涕等症状,遂去医院就诊,耳鼻喉科专科检查后,考虑患者可能患鼻旁窦炎。患者鼻腔的内容物可能来自于
长江公司为增值税一般纳税人,适用的增值税税率为17%,长江公司相关交易或事项有关资料如下: (1)长江公司于2010年9月30日向黄河公司销售一批产品。应收黄河公司的货款为9360万元(含增值税)。黄河公司于当日开出一张期限为6个月,票面利率为8%的商
箱顶、侧壁和端壁的一部分可打开,能从上面装卸的是()。
《草叶集》中“草叶”的象征有()。
外汇储备
“年龄在18~25之间”这种约束是属于数据库当中的()。
刘老师正准备制作家长会通知,根据考生文件夹下的相关资料及示例,按下列要求帮助刘老师完成编辑操作:(1)将考生文件夹下的“Word素材.docx”文件另存为“Word.docx”(“.docx”为扩展名),除特殊指定外后续操作均基于此文件,否则不得
Twoofthemostvitalfunctionsperformedinanyeconomyare_________________6
Anallowance(零花钱)isanimportanttoolforteachingkidshowtobudget,saveandmaketheirowndecisions.Childrenrememberan
最新回复
(
0
)