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Erin Brockovich grew up in Kansas, USA. She studied at a business college for a year, and then she went to California.
In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she had a car accident. A law firm(律师事务所)helped her after the accident, so she started to work for them later.
Her job was to organize papers. One day Erin realized that there were lots of very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She felt it was unusual, so she started to look for more information about the town.
Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories. All the sick people lived near a big factory called Pacific Gas and Electric. Then she discovered that there was something called chromium(铬)in the water they drank. It was from the factory and Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to help them.
Erin started a law case(诉讼)against Pacific Gas and Electric. The factory wasn't happy about this. They didn't agree that the people were ill because of the water, but in 1996, the judge ordered Pacific Gas and Electric to pay the people in Hinkley 500,000 each.
In 2000, there was a film about Erin Brockovich. Julia Roberts played Erin and the film was very successful. Now Erin is famous—she has her own firm and she gives talks all over the world.
(
A. she studied law in college
B. she wanted to help sick people
C. the firm paid her lots of money
D. the firm helped her after a car accident
(
A. Strange.
B. Satisfied.
C. Angry.
D. Worried.
(
A. 坚持
B. 考虑
C. 发现
D. 抱怨
(
A. the food they ate
B. the water they drank
C. the house they lived in
D. the factory they worked in
(
A. Erin's life experience
B. a film in 2000
C. how to work on a law case
D. how to care for sick people
Erin Brockovich grew up in Kansas, USA. She studied at a business college for a year, and then she went to California.
In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she had a car accident. A law firm(律师事务所)helped her after the accident, so she started to work for them later.
Her job was to organize papers. One day Erin realized that there were lots of very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She felt it was unusual, so she started to look for more information about the town.
Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories. All the sick people lived near a big factory called Pacific Gas and Electric. Then she discovered that there was something called chromium(铬)in the water they drank. It was from the factory and Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to help them.
Erin started a law case(诉讼)against Pacific Gas and Electric. The factory wasn't happy about this. They didn't agree that the people were ill because of the water, but in 1996, the judge ordered Pacific Gas and Electric to pay the people in Hinkley 500,000 each.
In 2000, there was a film about Erin Brockovich. Julia Roberts played Erin and the film was very successful. Now Erin is famous—she has her own firm and she gives talks all over the world.
(
D
)16. Erin worked for a law firm because D
.A. she studied law in college
B. she wanted to help sick people
C. the firm paid her lots of money
D. the firm helped her after a car accident
(
A
)17. How might Erin feel when she found many papers had to do with Hinkley?A. Strange.
B. Satisfied.
C. Angry.
D. Worried.
(
C
)18. What does the underlined word “discovered” in paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?A. 坚持
B. 考虑
C. 发现
D. 抱怨
(
B
)19. Erin found the people in Hinkley were sick because of B
.A. the food they ate
B. the water they drank
C. the house they lived in
D. the factory they worked in
(
A
)20. The passage is mainly about A
.A. Erin's life experience
B. a film in 2000
C. how to work on a law case
D. how to care for sick people
答案
16.D 17.A 18.C 19.B 20.A
解析
【分析】
这是一篇人物传记类阅读理解，解题时可以按照先标记题干关键词，再返回原文定位对应段落的思路逐一推导：
1. 第16题抓住"在律所工作的原因"这个核心信息，直接定位到原文第二段找因果相关的描述；
2. 第17题抓住Erin发现大量和Hinkley相关内容后的感受，定位第三段找到她对这件事的评价，匹配对应情绪选项；
3. 第18题词义猜测题，结合前文她花大量时间走访、搜集信息的行为，推断划线单词的中文含义；
4. 第19题抓住"居民生病的原因"，定位第四段直接找到对应的诱因描述；
5. 第20题主旨大意题，梳理全文从Erin成长、工作、维权到成名的完整脉络，排除只覆盖局部内容的干扰项，选出正确主旨。
【解析】
16. 定位原文第二段"In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she had a car accident. A law firm helped her after the accident, so she started to work for them later."，可知Erin是车祸后得到该律所的帮助，之后才入职律所，对应选项D。
17. 定位原文第三段"One day Erin realized that there were lots of very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She felt it was unusual"，句中unusual意为不寻常的、奇怪的，对应选项A的Strange。
18. 前文提到Erin花五年时间走访病人、搜集信息，之后得知居民饮用水里含有铬，这个动作的含义是发现、查明，对应选项C。
19. 定位原文第四段"Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water"，可知居民生病的诱因是他们饮用的水，对应选项B。
20. 全文按时间顺序完整介绍了Erin的人生经历，B选项的2000年电影只是文中局部细节，C、D完全不符合文章核心，因此选A。
【答案】
16.D 17.A 18.C 19.B 20.A
【知识点】
细节信息查找，词义猜测，主旨大意把握
【点评】
本题是典型的初中人物传记类阅读题，大部分题目都可以通过回原文准确定位直接得到答案，难度较低，仅主旨题需要学生区分局部细节和全文核心，避免把文中某一片段内容错当成全文主旨。
【难度系数】
0.8
这是一篇人物传记类阅读理解，解题时可以按照先标记题干关键词，再返回原文定位对应段落的思路逐一推导：
1. 第16题抓住"在律所工作的原因"这个核心信息，直接定位到原文第二段找因果相关的描述；
2. 第17题抓住Erin发现大量和Hinkley相关内容后的感受，定位第三段找到她对这件事的评价，匹配对应情绪选项；
3. 第18题词义猜测题，结合前文她花大量时间走访、搜集信息的行为，推断划线单词的中文含义；
4. 第19题抓住"居民生病的原因"，定位第四段直接找到对应的诱因描述；
5. 第20题主旨大意题，梳理全文从Erin成长、工作、维权到成名的完整脉络，排除只覆盖局部内容的干扰项，选出正确主旨。
【解析】
16. 定位原文第二段"In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she had a car accident. A law firm helped her after the accident, so she started to work for them later."，可知Erin是车祸后得到该律所的帮助，之后才入职律所，对应选项D。
17. 定位原文第三段"One day Erin realized that there were lots of very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She felt it was unusual"，句中unusual意为不寻常的、奇怪的，对应选项A的Strange。
18. 前文提到Erin花五年时间走访病人、搜集信息，之后得知居民饮用水里含有铬，这个动作的含义是发现、查明，对应选项C。
19. 定位原文第四段"Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water"，可知居民生病的诱因是他们饮用的水，对应选项B。
20. 全文按时间顺序完整介绍了Erin的人生经历，B选项的2000年电影只是文中局部细节，C、D完全不符合文章核心，因此选A。
【答案】
16.D 17.A 18.C 19.B 20.A
【知识点】
细节信息查找，词义猜测，主旨大意把握
【点评】
本题是典型的初中人物传记类阅读题，大部分题目都可以通过回原文准确定位直接得到答案，难度较低，仅主旨题需要学生区分局部细节和全文核心，避免把文中某一片段内容错当成全文主旨。
【难度系数】
0.8
