8.When Duke University refused to accept Siobhan O'Dell,17,by sending her a rejection letter,she refused to take it quietly.
The teenager,from North Carolina,had applied to the famous college in her home state,but in March she was sent a letter telling her she had failed. Mirroring the standard format of college rejection letters,she wrote back:"Dear Duke University,thank you for the rejection letter of March 26,2015.After careful consideration,I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me admission into the fall 2015freshman class at Duke."
Her conclusion reads:"Therefore I will be attending Duke University's 2015freshmen class.I look forward to seeing you then."
Speaking to a newspaper about the letter,Siobhan said:"They sent me a typical college rejection letter saying this year they had an outstanding pool of applicants…blah,blah,blah.It made me realize how much power universities have over students.High School graduates labor over applications,stress over waiting,and sometimes cry over the answer.Then that's it."
"The college has all the power.But what if that wasn't it?What if we got to treat the college like they treated us?I wanted to give them a taste of their own medicine."
Officials at Duke were unmoved by the teenager's courage and obvious intelligence.They did eventually respond to her letter,but didn't appear to share the joke and her sense of humor,instead telling her that"We don't simply reopen and review the file"and"It's very rare that we learn something that leads us to change our decision."While Miss O'Dell's letter didn't earn her a place there,it seems to have got the attention of students on campus,and is even set to feature in the college newspaper.
However,all's well that ends well for Siobhan O'Dell,who has now been accepted by the University of South Carolina."I'm going to major in biology and I look forward to going to USC this fall."
35.Siobhan O'Dell wrote to Duke University officials toB.
A.inform them she would attend Duke anyway
B.express her feelings in a humorous way
C.tease them for the mistake they made
D.demand them to change the decision
36.What was Duke University's response to her letterB?
A.They are moved by her courage and intelligence.
B.They wrote a letter turning her down again.
C.They ran a story about her in newspaper.
D.They promised her to review her file.
37.The underlined word in the second paragraph may be replaced by"D".
A.Reflecting B.Commenting C.Criticizing D.Imitating
38.We can infer from the passage thatC.
A.officials at Duke don't know how to appreciate humor
B.high school graduates are under too much pressure
C.students have little power over admission decisions
D.universities should not reject students'application.
分析 本文講述的是一位被大學拒絕的女學生對大學所做的決定寫信進行抗議,但是拒絕無效,大學并沒有改變最初的決定,又寫了一封信拒絕了她.可見學生是無法改變大學的錄取決定的.
解答 35.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段"she wrote back:"Dear Duke University,thank you for the rejection letter of March 26,2015.After careful consideration,I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me admission into the fall 2015freshman class at Duke.""可知,Siobhan O'Dell寫這封信是為了表達她的想法.而后文中"but didn't appear to share the joke and her sense of humor"可見,她寫的這封信是用幽默的方式表達的.故選B.
36.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段"Officials at Duke were unmoved by the teenager's courage and obvious intelligence"可知,杜克大學的官員對她的來信無動于衷,后文"instead telling her that"We don't simply reopen and review the file"and"It's very rare that we learn something that leads us to change our decision."又提到這些官員又寫了一封信,說不改變最初的決定,再次拒絕了她.故選B.
37.D.詞義猜測題."Reflecting"反射."Commenting"評論."Commenting"批判."Imitating"模仿.原句中"Mirroring the standard format of college rejection letters,"劃線部分后面的解釋為大學拒絕信的格式.根據(jù)她所寫內容可推測,是模仿大學拒絕信的格式.故選D.
38.C.推理預測題.全文講述的是一位被大學拒絕的女學生對大學所做的決定進行抗議,但是拒絕無效,大學并沒有改變最初的決定,可見,學生是無法改變錄取決定的.故選C.
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