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
2014-02-22
87
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,使人惊叹的) 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 (小诗,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 Igor 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,高兴的) ,” 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 says.
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,
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
选项
A、Many people volunteered to join Ms. Hord in her work.
B、Most of the prisoners had no desire to learn as a child
C、Ms. Hord found some prisoners impossible to teach.
D、Ms. Hord took up her volunteer job by chance.
答案
D
解析
由第三段首句At age 80,Ms. Hord began teaching prisoners to read during a chance visit to the State Prison with a lawyer friend.可以推出她是由于偶然的机会开始做这个工作的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/q1YK777K
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
AIDShaskilled22millionpeopleanditspreadswithfrighteningspeed.Noknowncureexists,yetwedolearnsomelessonsino
Wheredoeshefindtheadvertisement?Whichcompanydoesheworkinatpresent?
Whydoesheresignfromthedepartment?Becauseof__________.Whatkindofimpressiondoesthedepartmentmakeonhim?
Andonceyou’vedecidedwhereyou’regoing,youcaneasilypurchaseyourticketonlinefromserviceswithintheYahoo!Travelpr
A、Friends.B、Holidayguides.C、Relatives.D、Schoolmates.A根据Withfriendswhohadinvitedmetogoandvisitthem一句得知,是朋友邀请男士拜访他们
ThereisanoldsayinginEnglish:"Laughteristhebestmedicine".Untilrecently,fewpeopletookthesayingveryseriously.N
Wouldyouknowhowtohelp?Everyyear,thousandsofdriversandpassengersdieinthefewminutesafteranautocollision.M
Veryoldpeopledoraisemoralproblemsforalmosteveryonewhocomesintocontactwiththem.Theirvalues—thiscan’tberepeate
ThisisthelastplacewhereIexpectedtomeetyou.
Thedeclineintheautomotiveindustrybeganwiththeoilcrisisof1973—1994,whengasolinepricesroseover300percent.Almo
随机试题
_______是在多个网络和介质之间实现网络互联的一种设备。
关于抗原抗体的叙述,正确的是
升麻葛根汤除升麻、葛根外,还有的药物是
(2011年)固体表面进行辐射换热时,表面吸收率α、透射率τ和反射率ρ之间的关系为α+τ+ρ=1。在理想和特殊条件下表面分别称为黑体、透明体和白体,下列描述中错误的是()。
我国产业技术政策措施中,关于加强宏观指导,加快技术创新的政策环境建设的主要内容有()。
方案评价包括()两个阶段。
对监督抽样检验说法正确的是()。
在世界教育史上被认为是“现代教育学之父”或“科学教育学的奠基人”的是()
【资料】进入大班不久,孩子们总是围在一起谈电视、图书中有关恐龙的故事,来园时有的带恐龙玩具,有的带图书资料,对探索恐龙的事情表现出极大的兴趣。区角活动中一个孩子画的恐龙,吸引了很多小朋友。为什么霸王龙是食肉的而剑龙是食草的?恐龙蛋是怎样变成小恐龙的?问题一
A、Findahigh-payingpart-timejob.B、Practicehisknowledgeinfieldwork.C、Borrowsomemoneyfromfinancialaid.D、Preparefo
最新回复
(
0
)