With over 300 years of history, Harvard University, US, welcomed its first ever Chinese commencement speaker. On May 26, He Jiang, a 2016 PhD graduate, gave a speech that stood for the graduate students at commencement. It’s one of the highest honors for a Harvard graduate.
In his speech, he told a story about his childhood. He grew up in a poor village in Hunan. Once a spider bit him on the hand, and his mother had to set his hand on fire to cure him. There were no doctors in the village, and this was the only cure a rural woman knew. When he got older, he couldn’t help but think about why there wasn’t a better cure at that time. And he thought out the answer—the unequal distribution of knowledge in the world. “Even today we haven’t been very successful in bringing knowledge to where it’s needed most,” said He. “Even basic life-saving knowledge we can get easily in the modern world is often unavailable in poor areas.”
According to the China Children and Teenagers Foundation, there are still around 3 million children in China lacking education, and most of them live in rural areas.
“One of the biggest problems for rural students is that they lack chances as well as motivation. It disturbs me that many people in rural areas think studying is useless.” Said He.
But He Jiang knows how education can change people’s lives. “I just hope my experience can give those rural students a bit of encouragement and hope,” said He.
Word Bank commencement 毕业典礼 PhD 博士学位 rural 偏远的 unavailable 难以获得的 motivation 积极性 |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
6. When did the story He Jiang told happen?
A.In his childhood. | B.In his youth. | C.Two years ago. | D.Four years ago. |
7. How was He Jiang cured after a spider bit him?
A.The doctor gave him an injection. |
B.Nobody helped cure him. |
C.The doctor asked him to take some medicine. |
D.His mother set his hand on fire to cure him. |
8. What does the underlined phrase “
unequal distribution” mean?
A.广泛传播 | B.不平衡分布 | C.重要作用 | D.消极影响 |
9. How many children are still short of education in China?
A.About 3,000. | B.About 3,000,000. |
C.About 300,000. | D.About 30,000,000 |
10. From the underlined sentence we can know many rural students are short of ________.
A.chances of studying | B.motivation of studying |
C.the way of making money | D.A&B. |