A
Dear Max,
Your mother and I don’t yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future.We believe all lives have equal value,and that includes the many more people who will live in future generations than live today.Our society has an obligation to invest now to improve the lives of all those coming into this world,not just those already here.
Our hopes for your generation focus on two ideas:advancing human potential and promoting equality.
Today your mother and I are committing to spend our lives doing our small part to help solve these challenges.I will continue to serve as Facebook’s CEO for many,many years to come,but these issues are too important to wait until you or we are older to begin this work.By starting at a young age,we hope to see compounding benefits throughout our lives.
As you begin the next generation of the Chan Zuckerberg family,we also begin the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to join people across the world to advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation.Our initial areas of focus will be personalized learning,curing disease,connecting people and building strong communities.Over short periods of five or ten years,it may not seem like we’re making much of a difference.But over the long term,seeds planted now will grow,and one day,you or your children will see what we can only imagine.
We will give 99% of our Facebook shares—currently about $45 billion—during our lives to advance this mission.We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these issues.But we want to do what we can,working alongside many others.
21.From the passage we can learn that the author is Max’s .
A.mother B.father
C.brother D.grandparent
答案B
解析推理判断题。根据第一段中的“YourmotherandI...”以及第二段中的“Ourhopesforyourgeneration...”可推知,作者应该是Max的父亲。故选B项。
22.Planted seeds referred in the 4th paragraph are to explain that .
A.it is better doing something to improve the world than waiting
B.harvest can be expected after sowing
C.it makes little difference to help solve the challenges
D.it takes time to show their effort works
答案D
解析推理判断题。根据第四段第三句可推知,虽然作者认为他们现在的努力在短时间内不会产生什么效果,但是从长远来看,他们努力的成果会显示出来的。因此,作者用“plantedseeds”是为了解释他们的努力是需要时间才会看到成果的。故选D项。
23.The underlined word “obligation” most probably means “ ”.
A.duty B.effort
C.contribution D.ability
答案A
解析词义猜测题。根据第一段内容可知,作者认为,所有的人,不管是活在世上的还是那些未出生的,都一样重要,因此社会有责任和义务去为改善所有人的生活而努力。由此可推知,“obligation”应意为“责任,义务”,与duty意思相近。故选A项。
24.Through the letter,the author mainly wants to tell Max .
A.he decides to donate 99% of the Facebook shares to help improve the world
B.he will serve as the Facebook’s CEO for many years for her better living
C.he is devoting himself to help realize the equality of the human
D.he is contributed to helping make a better world for her and her generation
答案D
解析写作意图题。根据这封信的内容,尤其是最后三段的内容可推知,作者通过这封信主要是想告诉Max:他要为她和她这一代人创造一个更美好的世界而贡献自己的力量。故选D项。
