Question

Andreea, 18, from Romania, sent a photograph of the view from her window and included a brief (简短的）apology: “Sorry, this picture is plain and boring. No one would like it.”

At home in New Jersey, US, Coreen Burke, 16, clicked on the same image in her inbox. She saw a village with its old houses, and a distant chimney puffing smoke.

“Isn’t this amazingly different from my country?” she thought to herself.

Burke saw potential in that photo. She posted it to her blog, Outside My Window，which features a daily snapshot (快照）of someone’s window view from different people    around the  world.

The concept (理念）is simple: We can all relate to the act of staring through a pane of lass (一块玻璃)，onto the scene on the other side,

“Maybe if we understood the way people from all over the world live,” she added, “we would  get along better than we have been lately.”

On the sit，Can see Frederic's window in the south of France, looking out on sailboats anchored in a tranquil  harbor(宁静的港湾).0r Virginia's view in Canada, a winter scene with trees

laced in white.

Like most high school students, Burke has yet to travel the world. But she hopes to someday collect many stamps in her passport,starting in Greece and India. In the meantime,

however, she's devoting herself to her website.

she posted the first window view from Switzerland, a sunset captured (拍摄）by  an 18-year-old.Then others came flowing in by email, up to seven a day, from as far as Kazakhstan and Indonesia.

Contributors are marked on a map on her bedroom wall: A blue dot indicates (表示）their country and a pink dot shows their city, if they provide it. The most responses have come from Europe - Estonia, Poland, Italy, Germany and Sweden, to name a few. She is crossing her Angers that she 11 receive a photo from Africa or Antarctica, which are unrepresented so far.

And while Burke’s become a cyber crusader (斗士）for appreciating the beauty outside our own windows, it will probably come as a surprise to learn that she doesn’t actually have a window in her own bedroom. But with the views out of other people’s she can enjoy whenever she wants to, she surely doesn’t mind.

1.How might Burke describe Andreea’s picture?

A. Boring.    B. Charming.

C. Strange.    D. Plain.

2.Outside My Window is a blog intended to share    .

A. the view from Burke’s window

B. pictures of rural New Jersey

C. photos of window views from people worldwide

D. beautiful scenes of places of interest

3.It can be concluded from the article that Burke        .

A. believes we should reach out to people of different cultures

B. has been invited to visit various places thanks to her website

C. was inspired to create a website after her trip to Switzerland

D. has collected the most pictures from America and Europe

4.What does Burke hope to do now?

A. To have a window of her own.

B. To become a cyber crusader.

C. To own a large world map in her bedroom.

D. To get responses from Africa or Antarctica.

Answer

1. B

2. C

3. A

4. D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。Burke认为我们应该通过博客接触来自世界各地不同文化的人。

1.推理判断题。根据第二段和第三段At home in New Jersey, US, Coreen Burke, 16, clicked on the same image in her inbox. She saw a village with its old houses, and a distant chimney puffing smoke.和“Isn’t this amazingly different from my country?” she thought to herself.可知，Burke 可能描述 Andreea的画是迷人的。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第四段Burke saw potential in that photo. She posted it to her blog, Outside My Window，which features a daily snapshot (快照）of someone’s window view from different people around the world.可知，Outside My Window是一个博客，旨在分享世界各地人们的窗口视图照片。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据第六段“Maybe if we understood the way people from all over the world live,” she added, “we would get along better than we have been lately.”可知，从这篇文章可以得出结论，Burke认为我们应该接触不同文化的人。故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段最后一句She is crossing her Angers that she 11 receive a photo from Africa or Antarctica, which are unrepresented so far.可知，现在Burke她希望得到来自非洲或南极洲的回应。故选D。