单选题 As a 50th birthday present to herself, Belva Davis bought her first home, a brick house, in a friendly neighborhood ten miles east of downtown Detroit. The 72-block enclave, East English Village, was the kind of place where kids still pedaled bikes on the sidewalk and neighbors invited you over for parties."It felt like a community, like when I was growing up," says Davis, who moved there from a rental apartment in inner-city Detroit."I didn't hear gunshots. I didn't hear people cursing. It was peaceful."
Two years after moving in, the 52-year-old lost her job as a nonprofit administrator and fell ＄18,000 behind on her mortgage. Even after she found full-time work again, her mortgage lender refused to negotiate."I told them, 'I have a job. I can make payments,'" says Davis."But nobody was willing to work with me." In 2008, the foreclosure notice arrived in the mail.
It wouldn't be the neighborhood's first foreclosure by a long shot. Detroit's economic woes had hit East English Village hard; month in and month out, 5 to 10 percent of the homes there sat empty. Usually people were too ashamed to say they'd lost their home until the moving van pulled into their driveway. Not Davis. At the next neighborhood association meeting, she grabbed the microphone."I want to stay in my home, but the mortgage company isn't listening to me," she said."Would you be willing to protest?"
For many longtime residents, it was what they had been waiting for."We were just so glad someone was willing to stand up to what was happening to our neighborhood," says neighbor Nancy Brigham. She and a handful of other residents helped Davis organize a series of protests against her eviction. They distributed flyers in the area and convinced the local newspaper and television station to cover the events.
In December 2008, locals waved signs in Davis's yard during a snowstorm; come summer, the protest turned into a backyard barbecue. City council and neighborhood association members gave speeches about Davis's plight. Another neighbor posted video footage of the protests and interviews with local residents on YouTube, attracting hundreds of views.
But the bank didn't budge. Davis lived in fear. In fall 2009, she made a final push, asking neighbors to flood the bank president with e-mails and phone calls. On a sunny September Saturday, a few dozen of Davis's supporters marched in front of a local branch, chanting, "Let Belva stay! She's not going away!" At last, Davis got a phone call. The bank would modify her mortgage loan. She would get to keep her home."I'm just glad I live in the type of neighborhood where people help each other," says Davis."Not only in Detroit but all over the nation, neighborhoods are being devastated. If more people would band together, people could stay in their homes. But one person can't do that by herself. It takes a community of people./

单选题 According to the passage, Belva Davis
A．began to live with her kids after her 50th birthday.
B．invited many neighbors to her 50th birthday party.
C．grew up in a community with friendly neighborhood.
D．lived on the rent of her apartment in inner-city Detroit.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。首段首句提及“...Belva Davis bought her first home...in a friendly neighborhood”，同时首段第三句提及“'It felt like a community, like when I was growing up,' says Davis,”，由此可知Davis是在一个邻里和睦的社区里长大的，故C为答案。A中“live with her kids”原文并未提及，故排除；原文首段只是提及“As a 50th birthday present to herself, Belva Davis bought her first home,”，B是对原文的曲解，故排除；根据首段第三句中的“who moved there from a rental apartment in inner-city Detroit.”排除D。

单选题 It can be inferred from the moving van that
A．Belva Davis lost her home in East English Village.
B．people were too ashamed to live with Belva Davis.
C．Belva Davis had to leave because of her new job.
D．East English Village was influenced by Detroit.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。第三段第三句提及“Usually people were too ashamed to say they'd lost their home until the moving van pulled into their driveway.”，同时该段第二句提及“Detroit's economic woes had hit East English Village hard...5 to 10 percent of the homes there sat empty.”，由此可推知D含义与此相符，故为答案。由第三段第四句“Not Davis.”排除含义相反的A；由第三段第三句中“Usually people were too ashamed to say they'd lost their home”排除B；由第三段倒数第二句“'I want to stay in my home, but the mortgage company isn't listening to me.'”排除C。

单选题 All of the following helped Belva to protect her home EXCEPT
A．many longtime local residents. B．hundreds of YouTube viewers.
C．members of the city council. D．neighborhood association members.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。第五段末句虽提及“Another neighbor posted video footage of the protests and interviews with local residents on YouTube, attracting hundreds of views.”，但并不能由此得出YouTube viewers帮助了Belva，B含义与原文不符，故为答案。由第四段第三句中“She and a handful of other residents helped Davis...”可知A的含义与原文相符，故排除；由第五段第二句“City council and neighborhood association members gave speeches about Davis's plight.”可推知C和D的含义与原文相符，故均排除。

单选题 In response to Belva's protests, the bank president
A．accepted to let her keep her home. B．met her supporters in a local bank.
C．made a phone call to her in person. D．agreed to give up her mortgage loan.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。末段第五至七句提及“At last, Davis got a phone call. The bank would modify her mortgage loan. She would get to keep her home. ”，由此可知A与原文相符，故为答案。末段第四句虽提及“a few dozen of Davis's supporters marched in front of a local branch...”，但并未提及银行行长与之见面，故排除B；末段第五句提及“At last, Davis got a phone call.”，但是并未提及是银行行长所为，故排除C；由末段第六句“The bank would modify her mortgage loan.”可推知D中“give up”的含义与此不符，故排除。