单选题 On August 10, 1999, Donna Dees-Thomases watched as every parent's nightmare unfolded on TV: A gunman had shot and injured two young children at a California day camp. "My heart was in my throat," she says. "Those children could have been mine."
Anger and fear led Dees-Thomases, 46, a mother of three from Short Hills, NJ, to organize the Million Mom March on Mother's Day in 2000. A stand against the 30 000 deaths and 75 000 gun-related injuries a year in the United States, it drew an estimated 750 000 to Washington, DC.
Now the second Million Mom March, set for May 9 in DC, will urge the federal government to renew and strengthen the assault weapons ban (set to expire in September). And Dees-Thomases' new book, Looking for a Few Good Moms: How One Mother Rallied a Million Others against the Gun Lobby, will be published this month by Rodale, Prevention's parent company.

单选题 How many children does Donna Dees-Thomases have?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在第二段的第一句：Anger and fear led Dees-Thomases，46，a mother of three from Short Hills，NJ，to organize the Million Mom March on Mother's Day in 2000.
[解题秘籍] a mother of three 作为插入语，进一步说明Dees-Thomases 的情况，这种插入语常作题眼，考生应注意。
单选题 Why did Donna Dees-Thomases organize the Million Mom March?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案来自文章第二段的第一句话：Anger and fear led Dees-Thomases，46，a mother of three from Short Hills，NJ，to organize the Million Mom March on Mother's Day in 2000.愤怒和恐惧促使她组织了这场大游行。
[解题秘籍] lead sb. to do something 致使某人做某事。
单选题 How many people were injured by guns each year?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[名师精解] 文章第二段中有：the 30000 deaths and 75000 gun-related injuries a year in the United States；Dees-Thomases 之所以组织大游行，就是因为美国每年死于枪击的人有3万，受伤的有7.5万人。
[解题秘籍] a stand against 指“对……表示反对的一种立场”。
单选题 Which of the following statements is true?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在最后一段的这句话中：Now the second Million Mom March... will urge the federal government to renew... the assault weapons ban (set to expire in September). 第二次大游行的目的是敦促政府更新攻击性武器的禁令(9月即将失效)。因此，选项A“武器禁令 9月将要失效”符合文章原意。
[解题秘籍] 括弧内的信息往往会作为命题的题眼。