【題目】Some people collect postage stamps -- the small pieces of paper you place on letters orpostcardsbefore mailing them. Other people collect works of art or musical instruments. But a man in the American state of Maryland collects secrets.

For the past 10 years, people from throughout the world have been sending Frank Warren postcards and other objects with secrets written on them. He now has a million secrets. Mr. Warren lives in Germantown, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. Ten years ago, he created an art project he calls "PostSecret."

"I invited strangers from all around the world to write down their deepestconfession(自白)on a postcard, something they'd never told anyone else before, but something that was true. And I asked them to mail it to my homeanonymously(匿名地)."People send him postcards, other objects and emails telling their secrets. Every Sunday, he chooses 10 secrets and puts them on the PostSecretwebsite.

Mr. Warren says he created PostSecret so people would have a safe place in which to share their secrets." I was struggling with secrets in my own life. And it was by creating this safe place where others could share their secrets with me without judgment -- anonymously -- I think that space was something I needed just as much as they did."

He has published six books full of the secrets people have shared with him. One secret in each book is his. The project itself was once one of Mr. Warren's secrets. His wife Jan did not know exactly what he was doing until the first book was published.

Some people tell Frank Warren of their secret desire to kill themselves. So he and the PostSecret community have raised more than $1 million to help prevent suicides(自殺).

1How many secrets can Frank Warren get per year on average in the past 10 year?

A. About 100 thousand secrets.

B. About a million secrets.

C. About a billion secrets.

D. About 10 thousand secrets.

2What can we do on the PostSecretwebsite?

A. We can get some help when we are in trouble.

B. We can learn about some secrets of other people.

C. We can express our views freely.

D. We can put all our secrets on the website.

3Why did Mr. Warren create PostSecret?

A. To keep his own secrets.

B. To find out more secrets of other people.

C. To offer a good place to share secrets.

D. To help other people get out of their trouble.

4What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Mr. Warren probably once saved some people’s life.

B. Mr. Warren’s wife helped him to create PostSecret.

C. Mr. Warren makes many friends because of PostSecret.

D. Mr. Warren is an open, easy-going and generous man.

【答案】

1A

2B

3C

4A

【解析】試題分析: 一些人喜歡收集郵票,就是在寄信或者明信片的時(shí)候貼的那一小片紙。還有一些人喜歡收集藝術(shù)品,股東或者樂器。但是美國馬里蘭州的一名男子喜歡收集,秘密

1A 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到For the past 10 years, people from throughout the world have been sending Frank Warren postcards and other objects with secrets written on them. He now has a million secrets. 在過去的十年里,來自全世界的人都向Frank Warren郵寄明信片或者寫有他們秘密的東西,F(xiàn)在他已經(jīng)收集了一百萬個(gè)秘密,故選A項(xiàng)。

2B 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段提到I invited strangers from all around the world to write down their deepestconfession(自白)on a postcard, something they'd never told anyone else before, but something that was true. And I asked them to mail it to my homeanonymously(匿名地)我邀請(qǐng)全世界范圍的陌生人在一張明信片上寫下他們內(nèi)心深處最內(nèi)疚的懺悔,一些他們從沒有給別人說起過的事情,但是是真實(shí)的故事。我要他們把這張明信片以匿名方式寄到我家,故選B項(xiàng)。

3C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段提到Mr. Warren says he created PostSecret so people would have a safe place in which to share their secrets.Warren說他創(chuàng)建了PostSecret網(wǎng)站所以人們可以找到一個(gè)安全的地方來分享他們的小秘密,故選C項(xiàng)

4A 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段提到Some people tell Frank Warren of their secret desire to kill themselves. So he and the PostSecret community have raised more than $1 million to help prevent suicides(自殺)一些人跟Frank Warren說他們的秘密快把他們逼瘋了。所以他和PostSecret社區(qū)已經(jīng)籌集了100多萬美元的資金用來防止人們自殺,故選A項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn) :日常生活類閱讀。

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