During the past decades, Zhang Guimei has been devoting her life to helping children, in poor mountainous areas in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, improve their education. She founded a high school offering free education to girls in Huaping, a county in Yunnan.

Born in Heilongjiang Province, Zhang studied Chinese in Lijiang College of Education from 1988 to 1990. There she met Dong Yuhan. She married him soon after she graduated. In 1990, the couple moved to Dong’s hometown, Xizhou, a town in Yunnan, to teach at a middle school. Soon after her husband died, Zhang moved to Huaping. She started a new life, teaching in Huaping Minzu Middle School.

While Zhang taught at Huaping Minzu Middle School,    ▲   . Zhang knew these girls’ parents, who were poor and less-educated, failed to realize the importance of education. And Zhang realized she should improve the education level of the local girls. That inspired her to found a free-of-charge senior high school for girls.

With support from the local government, Zhang set up Huaping Girls’ Senior High School in August 2008. On the first day of the new school year (September 1, 2008), 100 students enrolled in the school. Since 2011, more than 2,000 girls from the school have been admitted to universities after they passed gaokao. “I hope all of my students will try their best to improve their studies, so they can live a better life and help those in need in the future,” said Zhang.

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1.Zhang Guimei is trying her best to ________.

A travel around Yunnan Province

B help poor children go to schools

C found more high schools for girls

D make Huaping the best town ever

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第一段的“helping children, in poor mountainous areas in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, improve their education”可知，张桂梅致力于帮助穷苦的孩子上学。故选B。

2.Which of the following is in the right order? ① Zhang met Dong Yuhan. ② Zhang moved to Xizhou. ③ Zhang moved to Huaping. ④ Zhang graduated from college.

A ③①②④

B ①④②③

C ③④②①

D ①②③④

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段可知，张桂梅在上大学期间认识了自己的丈夫，毕业后很快结婚然后搬家到了喜洲；丈夫去世后她又搬到了华坪。故选B。

3.Which of the following can be put in “ ▲ ”?

A a new high school for girls was set up

B some children’s parents asked her for help

C many girls were forced to drop out of school

D some girls did farm work at home at weekends

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段可知，张桂梅在上大学期间认识了自己的丈夫，毕业后很快结婚然后搬家到了喜洲；丈夫去世后她又搬到了华坪。故选B。

4.What’s the main idea of Paragraph Three?

A When Zhang founded the school.

B How long Zhang taught in Huaping.

C How Zhang helped the girls’ parents.

D Why Zhang founded the school for girls.

解析：选D。D段落大意题。根据第三段最后一句“That inspired her to found a free-of-charge senior high school for girls.”可知，前面提到的情况让她萌发了创办一所免费的女子高中的想法，即本段主要介绍张桂梅为什么想建立女子高中。故选D。

5.Which part of the newspaper does this passage come from?

A Inspiring People.

B Wonderful Schools.

C Chinese Cultures.

D National Projects.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文向我们介绍了“女高”校长张桂梅的故事，因此本文最有可能来自介绍人物的版块。故选A。