Question

In a generous display of maturity and sympathy, one Jewish boy made his first deed as a man in his faith a great act of charity. Joshua Neidorf, a 13-year-old boy from Los Angeles, donated most of his birthday money to Operation Mend, a program that reconstructs the faces of severely burned U. S. veterans（退伍老兵）.

The young man decided to donate his money after getting to know Army Sgt. Louis Dahlman, who was undergoing a series of reconstruction surgeries（手术）at UCLA（University of California at Los Angeles）thanks to Operation Mend. The Neidorfs had signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”, spending time with him whenever he visited Los Angeles for a surgery.

“I just love knowing that it’s going somewhere...to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day,” said Neidorf. His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”

In all, Neidorf gave $13,000 to Operation Mend. He also encouraged his friends to donate to the cause. He is the organization’s youngest donor so far.

Operation Mend is a privately funded program that works in partnership with the UCLA Medical Center. Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin, a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face.

Mankin ended up being Operation Mend’s first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 2007. In a 2011 interview, Katz shared how his experience of helping Mankin made him realize the need to establish a more permanent program. “My wife and I soon realized that there were dozens of Aarons out there,” Katz said. “They deserve the best that we offer them.”

1.Neidorf decided to help veterans because ________.

A. he benefited from Operation Mend                             B. he was afraid of burned faces

C. he thought they deserved help                        D. he didn’t know how to spend money

2.Operation Mend was founded after ________.

A. Neidorf donated part of his birthday money

B. the Neidorfs signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”

C. Ron Katz saw a TV programme about a veteran

D. Mankin was successfully operated on at UCLA

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Neidorf’s mother was opposed to his decision to donate money.

B. Mankin’s face was burned in a fire in America.

C. Mankin went through more than 30 facial surgeries at UCLA.

D. Many facial surgeries are needed to reconstruct a seriously burned face.

4.The last two paragraphs mainly tell us ________.

A. the process of Mankin’s surgery       B. how Operation Mend was set up

C. how Katz became famous            D. veterans are respected by people

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章从一个十三岁的小孩儿Joshua Neidorf将自己的生日得到的钱捐给了这个Operation Mend组织开始，介绍了这个组织的主要工作，发起这个组织的原因以及他们工作的意义。Operation Mend是一个帮助在战争中遭到毁容的军人为他们整容的组织，以Mankin为例，取得了很好的效果。并且他们认为这是很值得的。

1. C细节理解题。..to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day,” said Neidorf. His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”

Joshua Nerdorf说，他想去帮助那些拯救我们的生命，每一天都让我们安全的那些人，他的妈妈补充说，正是这些事情使我感觉到下一代人的世界正在朝一个正确的方法发展。所以从我些表达上我们知道，他们认为这么做是有意义的，是值得的。故答案为C。A Neidorf 从这个组织中受益是错误的，这个组织是一个医学组织，他并没有进行医疗方面的事情。B 他害怕被烧伤的脸，文中并未说明。他不知道如何去花这些钱，文中并未反映，更不符合常理，故是错误的。

2.C细节理解题。Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin, a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face.本句的意思为：Ron Katz是这家医院的一名董事，是在2006年看了有关Aaron Mankin这个人的一个电视节目之后开始的Operation Mend这个项目的。Aaron Mankin是一个在伊拉克战争中脸完全被烧毁经历了数十次手术的老兵。故答案应为C。

3.D细节判断题。His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”他的妈妈补充说，正是这些事情使我感觉到下一代人的世界正在朝一个正确的方法发展。由此可知A选项他的妈妈反对他捐钱的决定是错误的。a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face. Aaron Mankin是一名在伊拉克战争中烧伤脸的老兵，由此可知B选项是错误的。a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face. Mankin ended up being Operation Mend’s first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 2007.文中两次提到动手术的次数，一次是前句中的dozens of surgeries 再一次是后一句中的the first of 20，但都未说到具体的是30多次故答案C是错误的。但无论两句中的哪个数字都说明D是正确的。

4.B段落理解题。文章的倒数第二自然段大意是：Ron Katz是这家医院的一名董事，是在2006年看了有关Aaron Mankin这个人的一个电视节目之后开始的Operation Mend这个项目的。Aaron Mankin是一个在伊拉克战争中脸完全被烧毁经历了数十次手术的老兵。本自然介绍了这个项目的起因，文章的最后一自然段是说，Aaron Mankin是他们接受的第一位病人，在2007年经历了二十多次手术，在帮助Aaron Mankin的过程中，Ron Katz意识到建立这样一个项目的必要性。妻子和我都意识到，还有很多和Aaron Mankin一样的老兵值得我们为他们提供最大的帮助。故答案是B。

【考点】考查社会生活类文章的阅读理解。