Recently, Beyond the Clouds (《我本是高山》), a film about Zhang Guimei, a rural (乡村的) teacher in Huaping county, Lijiang, Yunnan province, has greatly touched many people’s hearts.
About 20 years ago, while on the way to visit a student’s house, Zhang noticed a girl sitting on the hillside. The girl, 13, told Zhang she was about to get married. It was arranged by her parents. “But I want to go to school,” the girl said. Zhang went to her house and tried to persuade her parents to let the girl return to school and promised to pay for her tuition (学费) herself. However, they didn’t agree.
“We always say, each child should stand on the same starting line, but these girls didn’t even have a chance to get on the track (跑道),” she told Xinhua News Agency.
After that, Zhang Guimei made her mind to build a free high school for girls, aiming to help break the cycle that saw girls drop out of education, marry early and spend their whole life in the deep mountains. After years trying to raise money, in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls, a free public high school, was founded at the foot of the Shizi Mountain in Huaping, where Zhang is the headmaster.
More than 1,800 graduates from Huaping High School for Girls have gone to the college, which is an amazing achievement in the deep mountain area. Zhang also says a girl can influence three generations (代), and she wants more girls from the mountains to attend the best universities.
Zhang Guimei has lighted the hopes of many girls. “I was built to be a mountain not a creek (溪流), rising to the high peaks with the small valleys at my feet. I was born to be great, not worthless, standing on the shoulders of the giants, the petty cowards (懦夫) beneath me.” That is the promise that every student there makes to themselves.
36. What happened to the 13-year-old girl when Zhang Guimei visited her house?
A.The girl climbed a hill. |
B.The girl returned to school. |
C.The girl paid for her tuition. |
D.The girl’s parents were going to marry her to someone. |
37. What does the underlined phrase “
persuade” in Paragraph 2 mean?
38. What is the right order of the following events?
①Huaping High School for Girls was founded.
②More than 1,800 graduates from Zhang’s school have gone to the college.
③
Beyond the Clouds, a film about Zhang Guimei, touched many people’s hearts.
④A visit to a girl’s house made up Zhang’s mind to build a free high school for girls.
A.①→②→③→④ | B.②→④→①→③ | C.④→①→②→③ | D.④→③→②→① |
39. Which of the following best describes the promise that every student makes according to Paragraph 6?
A.Painful and sad. | B.Confident and proud. |
C.Humorous and funny. | D.Disappointed and shame. |
40. What can be the best title for the text?
A.A free high school | B.Education in rural China |
C.Zhang Guimei’s students | D.A common but great teacher |