2．When Josephine Cooper was growing up，she learned the importance of charity from her parents．Although they made a modest living for their family of 10，they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate．
Half a century later，Mrs Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank，where she devoted herself to helping others．She organized and ran a distribution center from a church，helping it become the organization's largest emergeney fooddistribution center in San Diego．She was one of 25outstanding senior volunteers in the nation selected and invited Washington D．C．to receive the award．
"She was the main person who helped us make that program grow，"said Mike Doody，former director of the Food Bank．"She had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard．She was determined and stubborn，but in a good way．She had a good heart．"People knew her as"Grandma"because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families．"She reminded people of their Grandma．"Doody said．
As a widow with a young child in 1979，Mrs．Cooper was helped through a difficult financial time when the Food Bank provided her with groceries．"She dedicated her life to giving back，"said her daughter，Monica Cooper．It wasn't unusual for a local church to call Mrs Cooper to ask her to aid a needy family．"She would give people food out of her cupboard．Sometimes we would cook a meal for a frailly living out of their car，"Cooper said．
Although Mrs Cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work，she said being able to help others was her reward．She died of liver disease and kidney failure，aged 93．
56．The underlined word"charity"in Paragraph 1refers toA．
A．offering help B．donating money
C．providing services D．showing sympathy
57．The San Diego Food Bank is meant toB．
A．distribute food in case of emergency
B．help hungry children and families
C．give basic first-aid treatment
D．train some senior volunteers
58．Which of the following is true of Mrs Cooper？C
A．She died at an early age．
B．She refused the national award．
C．She was kind and devoted．
D．She was not easy to get along with．
59．From what Monica Cooper said，we know thatD．
A．she is in financial trouble
B．she was finally rewarded
C．she once misunderstood her mother
D．she thinks highly of her mother
60．Mrs Cooper's story suggests thatB．
A．everyone needs a Grandma nearby
B．children are what their parents are
C．a sound mind is in a sound body
D．a mother's love never changes．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了Cooper夫人致力于慈善事业的一生，尽管自己的家庭也并不富裕，她还是竭尽全力帮助别人，参加了志愿者去帮助饥饿的孩子和家庭奉献，并获得了国家奖．
解答 56．A．词义推断题．根据文章第二段"Half a century later，Mrs Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank，where she devoted herself to helping others"半个世纪后，Cooper夫人在圣地亚哥食物银行成为可爱的志愿者，在那里她致力于帮助别人，可知我从父母的身上学会了帮助他人，因此词义为提供帮助；故选A．
57．B．细节理解题．根据文章第三段"People knew her as"Grandma"because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families"人们知道她"奶奶"，因为她的无私和她去帮助饥饿的孩子和家庭奉献，可知The San Diego Food Bank 是用来帮助饥饿的孩子和家庭；故选B．
58．C．推理判断题．根据文章第二段"Half a century later，Mrs Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank，where she devoted herself to helping others"半个世纪后，Cooper夫人在圣地亚哥食物银行成为可爱的志愿者，在那里她致力于帮助别人；可知她是善良和忠诚的；故选C．
59．D．推理判断题．根据文章第四段"She dedicated her life to giving back，"said her daughter，Monica Cooper"她将她的生命献给了回报社会，可知Monica Cooper很敬重她的母亲；故选D．
60．B．细节理解题．根据文章第一段"When Josephine Cooper was growing up，she learned the importance of charity from her parents"当Josephine Cooper长大后，她从父母学会了慈善的重要性，由此可见，孩子会学习她的父母；故选B．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
