网络陌生人快递餐盘送温情 拯救一个自闭症患者的家庭
When Tamar Dubin accidentally broke her brother Daniel's favorite plate, her heart also broke as quickly as the precious plate. This wasn't just a regular plate that could easily be replaced. Daniel, 19, has autism, and the plate, which draws characters from the television show Dragon Tales, was one of his most prized possessions and had helped him communicate. "Dragon Tales is one of his favorite shows," Tamar said, noting he often likes to draw and paint characters from the show and other programs. "
Tamar says Daniel was sad at first and would ask our mother, “Where is Daniel’s plate?” and “When is Daniel’s plate coming?” I think she tried to explain that he could use a regular plate for now, but I think he was still pretty shocked and confused. Nobody in the Dubin family knew what to do. The plate was no longer in production and there were no similar plates on the Internet. Tamar eventually turned to Reddit, hoping that someone would help her. Fortunately, her post drew Forrest Markham's attention.
Markham immediately texted his mom, and knew that she still had the plate. He drove to get it from her and went about sending it to the Dubin family — via express shipping and at no cost to Tamar, who offered to pay him several times.
The whole Dubin family was happy to see Daniel's reunion with the plate, and both his sister and mom made sure to publicly thank Markham on Reddit. "The Reddit community was really supportive for the most part. Everybody was really great about it," Tamar said.
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1.The first paragraph mainly tells us __________.
A how Daniel got the plate
B why the plate is so important
C when Daniel got the plate
D who gave the plate to Daniel
解析：选B。主旨大意题。根据第一段可知，对Daniel来说这个盘子是不可替换的，是患有自闭症的Daniel最珍贵的财产之一，帮助了他与人交流，故选B。
2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to ___________.
A the plate
B the program
C the Reddit community
D the television show
解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据第三段第一、二句Markham immediately texted his mom, and knew that she still had the plate. He drove to get it from her and went about sending it to the Dubin family可知，Markham立刻给他妈妈发了短信，知道她还留着盘子，他开车去把盘子拿来，由此可知是把盘子寄给Dubin一家，故选A。
3.What’s the right order according to the passage? ①Tamar accidentally broke her brother's favorite plate. ②Markham sent the plate to the Dubin family. ③Tamar and her mother publicly thanked Markham on Reddit. ④Tamar turned to Reddit for help.
A ③④①②
B ②③④①
C ④①②③
D ①④②③
解析：选D。细节理解题。通读全文可知，首先是Tamar不小心把弟弟最喜欢的盘子打破了，然后Tamar在Reddit社区上发贴求助，接着Markham把盘子寄给了Dubin一家，最后Tamar和她妈妈在Reddit社区上公开感谢Markham，故选D。
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A A terrible illness.
B A helpful sister.
C A special plate.
D An interesting television show.
解析：选C。主旨大意题。根据全文可知，本文讲述了Tamar不小心打破了弟弟最喜欢的盘子，而那个盘子是患有自闭症的Daniel最珍贵的财产之一，帮助了他与人交流。但是最终通过Reddit社区，网络陌生人Markham把家里的盘子寄给Tamar，帮助拯救了一个有自闭症患者的家庭，故事围绕这个特殊的盘子展开，故选C。