Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New

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Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some rious thinking about life's purpo. Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennese.“I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls.  He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder." Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-e. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama ries. Satisfied, the couple t up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .” The Richters spend about ＄400 a month nding books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”小题1:What led Tim to think riously about the meaning of life?A．His health problem.B．His love for teaching.C．The influence of his wife.D．The news from the Web.小题2:What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?A．Give out brochures.B．Do something similar.C．Write books for childrenD．Retire from being a teacher.小题3:According to the text, Dollly Parton is   .A．a well-known surgeonB．a mother of a four-year-oldC．a singer born in TenneseD．a computer programmer小题4:Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?A．To avoid signing up online.B．To meet Dollywood board members.C．To make sure the books were the newest.D．To e if the books were of good quality.小题5:What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?A．He needs more money to help the children.B．He wonders why some people are so busy.C．He tries to save tho waiting to die.D．Hconsiders his efforts worthwhile. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:A小题2:B小题3:C小题4:D小题5:D

解析

【文章大意】文章通过介绍Richter夫妇从接触一个名为Imagination Library的项目到成立自己的基金会的历程并找到生活的真正价值小题1:细节理解题。由文章第1段的he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some rious thinking about life's purpo.可知答案。小题2:小题3:小题4:小题5:

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