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(2021·温州模拟)
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 COVID-19(新冠肺炎).
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 canceled: 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 OK. ”
【文章大意】本文是一篇新闻报道类阅读, 主要讲述了由于新冠肺炎的爆发美国大学里的很多活动都被取消了, 与此同时, 哈达德的学校正在提供一些在线教学, 哈达德计划参加A. P. 考试, 尽管她觉得很难想象45分钟的手机友好版考试会是什么样子。
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.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段“Saminah Haddad, a seventeen-year-old senior at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, wasn’t expecting her college offers until later in the spring可知, 哈达德直到今年春天晚些时候才收到大学录取通知。故选D。
2. How does Haddad feel about the A. P. exam?
A. Doubtful. B. Bored.
C. Excited. D. Nervous.
【解析】选A。观点态度题。根据倒数第二段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. 可知哈达德对A. P. 考试是怀疑的。故选A。
3. In which section of a newspaper may the passage appear?
A. Family. B. Society.
C. Education. D. Health.
【解析】选C。文章出处题。阅读全文可知本文主要讲述了由于新冠肺炎的爆发美国大学里的很多活动都被取消了, 与此同时, 哈达德的学校正在提供一些在线教学, 哈达德计划参加A. P. 考试, 尽管她觉得很难想象45分钟的手机友好版考试会是什么样子, 所以适合教育相关的, 会出现在教育板块。故选C。
