When Russell Lyons volunteered for the fir

题目内容：

When Russell Lyons volunteered for the first time, he read Goodnight Moon to a class of San Diego preschoolers. And it wasn’t reading－he’d memorized the book and was reciting it out loud. He was 4. Still, he said it felt good up there, in front of the other kids, lending a hand. He wanted more of that feeling.

Thirteen years later, he’s getting a lot of it. He’s on a five-month road trip across America－not sightseeing, but volunteering.

The University City resident has spent time at an animal reserve in Utah, a women’s shelter in St. Louis, a soup kitchen in New York, a retirement home in Tucson. This week he’s in Los Angeles, at a program that supports disabled youth.

“I just like helping people and feeling that something I do is making a difference,” he said. He resists the idea that his “Do Good Adventure” is all that unusual. It bothers him that the media often describes young people as lazy, self-centered and materialistic. So he sees his trip as a chance to make a statement, too. “about 55 percent of teens do volunteer work, higher than the rate of adults,” he said, according to a 2002 study. “Not everybody knows that.”

Of course, some teens do volunteer work because it looks impressive on their college applications. Lyons said he mentioned his trip on his submissions. But charity work is a habit with him. Even before the cross country trip, he was volunteering abut 200 hours a year at various places. He’s made sandwiches for homeless families in Washington D.C.. He’s taught math to fifth-graders in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

He gets some of that drive from his mother, Leslye Lyons, who has been involved in nonprofits for much of her life. She was there when her son “read” to the preschoolers－a memory of hers “that will never go away.”

小题1: What did Russell Lyons think of his first volunteering?

A．Creative.

B．Impressive.

C．Persuasive.

D．Imaginative.小题2:The third paragraph is meant to ______.

A．indicate Russell Lyons is working as a volunteer

B．introduce some tourist attractions across America

C．appeal to volunteers to offer help to those in need

D．show volunteers are needed in all parts of America小题3: According to Paragraph 4, Russell Lyons is against the idea that ______.

A．what he has done is common

B．most teens do volunteer work

C．young people don’t work hard

D．adults prefer to be volunteers小题4:Russell Lyons has been doing volunteer work because ______.

A．it is necessary for college applications

B．he ought to keep his promise to Momit

C．he likes the feeling of being praised

D．has become a natural part of his life

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题2:A

小题3:C

小题4:D

答案解析：

文章介绍Russell Lyons做自愿者的事情，不想其他的年轻人做志愿者是为了让自己的大学申请上给人印象深刻，而是他自然的一部分，他做自愿者是受妈妈的影响。

小题1:推理判断题。从第一段中的“He was 4.Still， said it felt good up there， front of he in the other kids，lending a hand.He wanted more of that feeling.”可知，Russell Lyons 四岁 时作为志愿者为学前儿童读书，这给他留下了极深的印象。 creative 有创造性的； persuasive 有说服力的；imaginative 有想象力的，均与短文语境不符，故选 B 项。

小题2:段落大意题。文章第三段中提到了 Russell Lyons 曾经所从事过的各种志愿者工 作，而在这一段的后半部分则提到他现在正在洛杉矶，从事一个支持残疾青年的项目。 由此可知，本段意在表达 Russell Lyons 正在从事志愿者工作。选A

小题3:细节理解题。由文章第四段“It bothers him that the media often describes young people as lazy，self-centered and materialistic.So he sees his trip as a chance to make a statement，too.‘about 55 percent of teens do volunteer work，higher than the rate of adults，’．..”可知，Russell Lyons 是反对所谓年轻人都懒惰，以自我为中心和追求物 质利益这种观点的。选C

小题4:推理题。从倒数第二段的句子：But charity work is a habit with him.可知，Russell Lyons 从事志愿者工作已经成为他生活的自然的一部分了。选D

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。