北京市门头沟区2015考英语阅读理解一轮优化训练.docVIP

北京市门头沟区2015高考英语阅读理解一轮优化训练（9）及答案 故事记叙型阅读理解(一) One Tuesday evening in the beginning of the fall 1996 semester (学期) at Shippensburg University, sirens(警报) sounded.These sirens were not in celebration; they were a cry to the university that something was wrong.A house, only one block away, was on fire.Nine of the university’s students lived there. From the minute the word got out that help was needed, it seemed like everyone showed up.The victims (受灾者) of the fire were offered endless invitations for housing for the night.The very next day, everyone got_into_gear to do their part in helping them.Flyers(＝handbills) were posted with items that were immediately needed, just to get these students through this next couple of days.Boxes for donations (捐赠品) and money jars were placed in every residence hall (学生宿舍)． As a residence director, I went before the students in my hall to ask them to do what they could.I knew that college students don’t have much, but I asked them to do their best: “Every little bit will help.” I really didn’t think they could do much.I was proved wrong. At the hall council meeting the night after the fire, my residents decided to have a wing competition, where each wing of the building would team up to see who could bring in the most donations.I announced that the wing who won would receive a free pizza party. Thursday evening we announced over the PA system that we were beginning the wing competition.Within minutes, the place exploded.The single large box that I had placed in the lobby (大厅) was overflowing.We quickly grabbed more boxes, and we watched in amazement as they, too, filled to the brim(边；沿)．Members of the resident assistant staff and I began to count the items.I was astonished by what I saw, and I was inspired by these kids. When we came to the final tally(得分), the winners turned to me and announced that they would like to donate their winnings as well.They wanted the victims of the fire to have their pizza party. Tears welled up in my eye