24. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?
- A. Your life style.
- B. Your life value.
- C. Your trouble in life.
- D. Your life experience.
答案：B
答案句：Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.
参考译文：梦想着你是否想读心、透视墙壁或拥有超人力量，听起来可能很傻，但它实际上触及了你生活中真正重要的事情的核心。
定位线索：题干“the underlined part in Paragraph 2”→答案句取自第2段“what really matters in your life”；文中“what really matters”对应选项B“life value”（生活价值）。
解析：题干问第2段划线部分指代什么，答案句明确指出“what really matters in your life”（你生活中真正重要的东西），即生活价值。选项B“Your life value”是对此的同义转述。选项A“生活方式”、C“生活中的麻烦”、D“生活经历”均与原文“真正重要”不符，属于无中生有。
25. Why does the author say they are inspired every day?
- A. They possess different kinds of superpowers.
- B. They have got the power to change the world.
- C. Some people around them are making the world better.
- D. There are many powerful people in their life and work.
答案：C
答案句：Every day in our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary things to improve the world.
参考译文：每天在工作中，我们受到所遇之人的鼓舞，他们做着非凡的事情来改善世界。
定位线索：题干“inspired every day”→答案句“we are inspired by the people we meet”；文中“doing extraordinary things to improve the world”对应选项C“making the world better”。
解析：题干问作者为何每天受到鼓舞，答案句直接说明是因为遇到“doing extraordinary things to improve the world”（做非凡事情改善世界）的人，即选项C“Some people around them are making the world better”。选项A“拥有不同超能力”是比喻，非真实原因；选项B“改变世界的力量”偷换概念，原文是“改善世界”而非“改变”；选项D“生活和工作中有很多有权势的人”无中生有。
26. What does the author stress in Paragraph 5?
- A. Learning more and contributing more to a cause.
- B. Rising above self and acting to help others.
- C. Working hard to get a bigger opportunity.
- D. Trying your best to help the poor.
答案：B
答案句：But we do think that you can live a more powerful life when you devote some of your time and energy to something much larger than yourself. … Find an issue you are interested in and learn more. Volunteer or, if you can, contribute a little money to a cause. Whatever you do, don’t be a bystander. Get involved.
参考译文：但我们确实认为，当你把一些时间和精力投入到比自己更宏大的事情上时，你能过上更有力量的生活。… 找到一个你感兴趣的问题并了解更多。做志愿者，或者如果可以，为一项事业捐一点钱。无论你做什么，不要做旁观者。参与进来。
定位线索：题干“Paragraph 5”→答案句取自第5段“devote some of your time and energy to something much larger than yourself”；文中“something much larger than yourself”对应选项B“Rising above self”；文中“Get involved”对应选项B“acting to help others”。
解析：题干问作者在第5段强调什么，答案句核心是“devote...to something much larger than yourself”（奉献给比自己更宏大的事）和“Get involved”（参与），即超越自我、行动帮助他人，对应选项B。选项A“学习更多并贡献更多”是具体做法，非核心强调；选项C“努力工作获得更大机会”偷换概念，原文是“make your biggest difference”而非“opportunity”；选项D“尽力帮助穷人”范围缩小，原文是“something much larger than yourself”，不限于穷人。
27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
- A. The author believes the lives of the poorest will get better.
- B. Much more progress will be made in the near future.
- C. The work on health is the most valuable experience.
- D. People’s efforts have been materially rewarded.
答案：A
答案句：Our own experience working together on health, development, and energy the last twenty years has been one of the most rewarding parts of our lives. It has changed who we are and continues to fuel our optimism about how much the lives of the poorest people will improve in the years ahead.
参考译文：过去二十年，我们在健康、发展和能源方面合作的经验一直是我们生活中最有回报的部分之一。它改变了我们，并继续激发我们的乐观情绪，即最贫困人民的生活在未来几年将改善多少。
定位线索：题干“inferred from the last paragraph”→答案句取自末段“continues to fuel our optimism about how much the lives of the poorest people will improve”；文中“optimism”对应选项A“believes”；文中“the lives of the poorest people will improve”对应选项A“the lives of the poorest will get better”。
解析：题干要求从末段推断，答案句明确说“continues to fuel our optimism about how much the lives of the poorest people will improve”（继续激发我们对最贫困人民生活改善的乐观），可推断作者相信最贫困者的生活会变好，对应选项A。选项B“未来会有更多进步”范围扩大，原文仅指最贫困者生活；选项C“健康工作是最有价值的经历”偷换概念，原文是“one of the most rewarding”而非“the most”；选项D“人们的努力得到物质回报”无中生有，原文未提物质回报。