单选题 I"ve been reporting on extraordinary people for 25 years as a television journalist, but this small Oregon town and the man at its center, Woody Davis, stand alone in my memory.
When I read a newspaper clip about the community"s reaction to Woody"s declining health, I knew that this would be a special story. But nothing prepared me for what happened when I traveled to Oregon last December and began knocking on doors. Every single person knew Woody and had countless stories to tell about his selflessness and generosity.
For five decades, he helped plow cars out of snow, cut wood, repaired farm equipment, and more. He was the perfectly good neighbor, and in his time of need, the community was rallying around him. I"d never seen anything like it.
Folks in this small town east of Portland are now going out of their way to thank Woody for the thousands of good deeds he"s done for them over the past 50 years.
Recently, they all got together to cut and stack his firewood for winter. A couple of guys fixed up his old pickup. Someone even built him a beautiful wooden box and invited the whole town to sign it.
Woody"s son Clint said all the work his dad did for people had been repaid tenfold. "Bill Gates could not come to Corbett and buy this. You can"t buy the love that people have poured out for Dad."
A few months ago, Woody was diagnosed with ALS—Lou Gehrig"s disease. Doctors tell him he has about six months. The disease, which attacks the nervous system, is already making it hard for him to lift much of anything or even talk. But his attitude remains unaffected.
"What do you think of what everybody"s been doing for you?" I asked.
"I feel blessed that I"m dying slowly."
I really didn"t think I"d heard him right. "Wait, did you just say you feel blessed that you"re dying slowly?"
"Because people have a chance to express to me how they feel," he said.
In most communities, death is whispered, and praise is saved for the eulogy (悼词、颂词). But Woody Davis and the people of Corbett, Oregon, show us why that may be too late. Turns out even angels like to know they"ve made a difference.
单选题 What is implied by the author in Paragraph One?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 引申推断
此题考查考生根据文章细节进行引申推断的能力。问题问：作者在第一段中暗示了什么?作者在第一段指出，25年来，作为一名电视新闻记者，他一直在报道那些不同寻常的人物，但唯独俄勒冈州的这个小镇和住在镇中心的伍迪·戴维斯却留在他的记忆中。由此可以推断出，作者想要说的是，伍迪·戴维斯已经在他的记忆中深深地扎下根来。所以本题正确答案是C。
干扰项A：伍迪·戴维斯时常一个人待着；干扰项B：他曾经报道过伍迪·戴维斯；干扰项D：伍迪·戴维斯住在镇中心。选项A和选项B的内容原文没有提及；选项D的内容是作者在原文中直接陈述的事实，不是他所暗示的内容。
单选题 Woody Davis was remembered by every person in the small town for ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 细节判断
此题考查考生根据文章具体内容进行细节判断的能力。问题问：小镇上的每一个人都因为伍迪·戴维斯的______而记着他。文章第二段最后一句指出，每一个人都知道他，而关于他的无私和慷慨，每个人都有说不完的故事。由此可以判断，小镇上的人都是因为伍迪·戴维斯的无私和慷慨而记得他。所以本题正确答案是D。
干扰项A：关于他的数不清的故事；干扰项B：他对邻居的友好；干扰项C：他修理农具的技术。这三个选项的内容都与原文不符。
单选题 In what way was Woody Davis repaid according to Clint, Woody"s son?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 细节推断
此题考查考生根据文章具体内容进行细节推断的能力。问题问：在伍迪·戴维斯的儿子克林特看来，他得到了什么方式的回报?文章第六段提到，伍迪·戴维斯的儿子克林特对作者说，他父亲为别人所做的一切得到了十倍的回报，即使是比尔·盖茨也买不到人们对他父亲的爱。由此可以判断，伍迪·戴维斯所得到的回报是像比尔·盖茨这样的人即使是用钱也买不来的无价之爱。所以本题正确答案是A。
干扰项B：他有资格买到爱；干扰项C：他的邻居们照顾他；干扰项D：他得到很多关注。这三个选项的内容原文都没有提及。
单选题 Woody Davis said he felt blessed that he was dying slowly because ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 细节判断
此题考查考生根据文章具体内容进行细节判断的能力。问题问：伍迪·戴维斯为什么说他为正这样慢慢地死去而感到幸运?原文第七至第十二段谈到，几个月前，伍迪·戴维斯被诊断出患了疾病，大概只能活6个月。他说，他为正这样慢慢地死去而感到幸运，因为这样，人们就有机会表达他们对他的看法。所以本题正确答案是C。
干扰项A：他还有时间继续为人们做事；干扰项B：镇子上的每个人都有机会为他做点事；干扰项D：他或许还有机会战胜疾病。这三个选项的内容原文都没有提及。
单选题 It can be inferred from the last Paragraph that ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 引申推断
此题考查考生根据文章细节进行引申推断的能力。问题问：根据最后一段能得出什么推断?文章最后一段指出，在许多社区，人们都是小声地谈论死亡，而对死人的颂扬也都是留在悼词里说。但伍迪·戴维斯和小镇上的人们却用行动告诉我们，如果是这样的话，可能就太晚了。由此可以推断，人们应该毫不犹豫地向别人表达赞美之情。所以，本题正确答案是C。
干扰项A：人们不会公开谈论死亡；干扰项B：人们通常不太情愿赞美他人；干扰项D：人们应该知道做些改变。这三个选项内容原文都没有提及。