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“The zoo has money problem,” Grandmother Sandy said.
Angel listened. She heard that Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo didn’t have enough money to take care of its animals.
Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel’s family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had food and water.
Angel felt sorry for the zoo animals. While the others in the family were cooking dinner, Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals. She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: “Give a dollar, help an animal.” She sent the letter and a dollar to The Fresno Bee, a local newspaper.
A few days after that, Angel’s letter was published. Almost immediately, people began sending in money. Angel’s letter was having effect!
At school, Angel went to each classroom to read the letter that appeared on the newspaper. She asked students in her school to give money to the zoo. Next, Angel was asked to appear on television. She was invited to be on a popular talk show.
The workers in the zoo were very happy. Ray Navarro is the person most responsible(有責任的)for the animals. “Angel opened the eyes of Fresno,” said Ray. “She made us see that people can make a difference.”
【小題1】By saying “Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals”, the writer means ___________

A．Angel wanted to cook the animals for food

B．Angel was cooking a meal for the animals

C．Angel wanted to help the animals to run away

D．Angel was thinking of an idea to help the animals

【小題2】Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. Angel appeared on television.            b. People began sending in money.
c. Angel’s letter was published.            d. Angel asked her schoolmates to give money.
e. Angel wrote the letter to a local newspaper.

A．c-a-b-e-d

B．e-a-b-d-c

C．e-c-b-d-a

D．b-d-e-c-a

【小題3】Ray Navarro thought that Angel _________.

A．was most responsible for the animals	B．was good at making animals happy
C．helped the people in Fresno	D．could cure blind people

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要記述了一個愛好動物的女孩幫助當地動物園想辦法,解決資金問題的故事.
【小題1】根據下文She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: “Give a dollar, help an animal.”描述,可知此處指的是她想出了一個辦法幫助這些動物,故選D.
【小題2】根據短文后兩段描述,可知安吉拉的信是首先發表的,最后她出現在電視上,故選C.
【小題3】根據最后一段“Angel opened the eyes of Fresno,” said Ray. “She made us see that people can make a difference.”描述,可知此處的意思是安吉拉幫助了這個城市的人們,故選C.
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