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Today, as I was relaxing at the beach, I couldn't help but eavesdrop（窃听，偷听） on a conversation four high school kids were having on the beach blanket next to me. Their conversation was about making a positive difference in the world. And it went something like this…

"It's impossible to make a difference unless you're a huge company or someone with lots of money and power," one of them said.

"Yeah man," another replied. "My mom keeps telling me to move mountains – to speak up and stand up for what I believe. But what I say and do doesn't even get noticed. I just keep answering to ‘the man’ and then I get slapped back（山谷回声） in place by him when I step out of line."

"Repression…" another snickered.

I smiled because I knew exactly how they felt. When I was their age, I was certain I was being repressed and couldn't possibly make a difference in this world. And I actually almost got fired from school once because I openly expressed how repressed(压抑) I felt in the middle of the principals’ office.

I Have A Dream.

Suddenly, one of the kids noticed me eavesdropping and smiling. He sat up, looked at me and said, "What? Do you disagree?" Then as he waited for a response, the other three kids turned around too.

Rather than arguing with them, I took an old receipt out of my wallet , tore it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece. Then I crumbled the pieces into little paper balls and handed a different piece to each one of them.

"Look at the word on the paper I just gave you and don't show it to anyone else." The kids looked at the single word I had handed each of them and appeared confused. "You have two choices," I told them. "If your word inspired you to make a difference in this world, then hold onto it. If not, give it back to me so I can recycle the paper." They all returned their words.

I walked over quickly , sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket and laid out the four words that the students had returned to me so that the words combined to form the simple sentence, "I have a dream."

"Dude, that's Martin Luther King Jr.," one of the kids said.

"How did you know that?" I asked.

"Everyone knows Martin Luther King Jr." the kid snarled. "He has his own national holiday, and we all had to memorize his speech in school a few years ago."

"Why do you think your teachers had you memorize his speech?" I asked.

"I don't really care!" the kid replied. His three friends shook their heads in agreement. "What does this have to do with us and our situation?"

"Your teachers asked you to memorize those words, just like thousands of teachers around the world have asked students to memorize those words, because they have inspired millions of repressed people to dream of a better world and take action to make their dreams come true. Do you see where I'm going with this?"

"Man, I know exactly what you're trying to do and it's not going to work, alright?" the fourth kid said, who hadn't spoken a word until now. "We're not going to get all inspired and emotional about something some dude said thirty years ago. Our world is different now. And it's more screwed up than any us can even begin to imagine, and there's little you or I can do about it. We're too small, we're nobody."

Together

I smiled again because I once believed and used to say similar things. Then after holding the smile for a few seconds I said, "On their own, ‘I' or ‘have’ or ‘a’ or ‘dream’ are just words. Not very compelling or inspiring. But when you put them together in a certain order, they create a phrase that has been powerful enough to move millions of people to take action – action that changed laws, perceptions, and lives. You don't need to be inspired or emotional to agree with this, do you?"

The four kids shrugged and struggled to appear totally indifferent, but I could tell they were listening intently. "And what's true for words is also true for people," I continued. "One person without help from anyone else can't do much to make a big difference in this crazy world - or to overcome all of the various forms of repression that exist today. But when people get together and unite to form something more powerful and meaningful then themselves, the possibilities are endless.

Together is how mountains are moved. Together is how small people make a big difference.

小题1:Why were the kids repressed?

A．Because they were scolded by their teachers

B．Because they lacked confidence of making a difference in the world

C．Because they didn’t have lots of money or power.

D．Because one of them almost got expelled from school.小题2:What did the writer do when one of the kids noticed him eavesdropping?

A．He argued with them.

B．He played a game with them.

C．He scooted over sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket .

D．He took an old receipt ,ripped it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece.小题3:Which of the following is not true?

A．“I Have A Dream” was delivered by Martin Luther King.

B．A national holiday was named after Martin Luther King to honor him.

C．Teachers asked kids to memorize Martin Luther King’s famous speech.

D．Martin Luther King made a difference because he is a man with power.小题4:Give a proper Chinese translation to explain the underlined sentence.

A．车到山前必有路

B．从我做起

C．团结就是力量

D．三人行,必有我师小题5:Which of the following sentences is true according to the story.

A．The kids and the writer are complaining about their life.

B．All of the four kids don’t believe they can change the world.

C．The word on the paper inspires the four kids.

D．The writer’s purpose is to tell them to a faith in the life.小题6:Which of the following can be the best title for the story?

A．How adults persuade kids

B．How small people make a big difference

C．How young adults build up their confidence

D．How create a better world to live in

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题2:D

小题3:B

小题4:C

小题5:D

小题6:B

答案解析：

文章讲述作者偶然在海边听见四个孩子的对话，他们对于怎么影响世界很困惑，怀疑凭自己的力量怎么改变世界，这也是作者年轻的时候困惑的地方，作者给孩子讲了两个道理，一个是要有梦想，还有一个是团结。

小题1:推理题：从第二段和第三段的句子：It's impossible to make a difference unless you're a huge company or someone with lots of money and power ，But what I say and do doesn't even get noticed.可知这些孩子觉得不能对世界产生影响，所以感到压抑，选B

小题2:细节题：从I Have A Dream这部分里面的句子：可知一个男孩发现作者偷听后，作者拿出一个收据，撕成四片，每片上写一个不同的单词，选D。

小题3:细节题：从文章的句子：He has his own national holiday, and we all had to memorize his speech in school a few years ago."可知马丁路德金有自己的纪念日，但是文章没有说是用自己的名字命名的，选B。

小题4:句意理解题：最后一句话：Together is how mountains are moved. Together is how small people make a big difference.意思是团结可以撼动山，团结可以让小人物有大作为，意思和“团结就是力量”意思相符。选C。

小题5:细节题：从文章的句子：because they have inspired millions of repressed people to dream of a better world and take action to make their dreams come true. 可知作者的目的是让孩子要有人生的信念，选D

小题6:主旨题：从全篇文章和最后一段的句子：Together is how mountains are moved. Together is how small people make a big difference.可知这篇文章讲的是小人物怎么影响这个世界，选B。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。