杨舒平演讲稿实则是一道雅思阅读题

日前，一名叫杨舒平的中国留学生在美国马里兰大学的毕业典礼上发表了一个“激荡人心”的演讲，其主题之“深刻”，“发人深省”。按捺住激（ma）动（ren）的心情过后，Vivian老师丧心病狂地把该演讲稿变成了一道雅思阅读T/F/NG题，咱们一起借着时事，学习一下英语。广大考鸭们，快来试试你们能拿多少分吧！

READING PASSAGE 1

Shuping Yang’s Commencement Speech at the University of Maryland

People often ask me: Why did you come to the University of Maryland? I always answer: fresh air. Five years ago, as I step off the plane from China, and left the terminal at Dallas Airport, I was ready to put on one of my five face masks, but when I took my first breath of American air, I put my mask away. The air was so sweet and fresh, and oddly luxurious. I was surprised by this.

I grew up in a city in China, where I had to wear a face mask every time I went outside, otherwise, I might get sick. However, the moment I inhaled and exhaled outside the airport, I felt free. No more fog on my glasses, no more difficult breathing, no more suppression. Every breath was a delight. As I stand here today, I cannot help, but recall that feeling of freedom.

At the University of Maryland, I assume feel another kind of fresh air, for which I will be forever grateful- the fresh air of free speech. Before I came to United States, I learned in history class about the Declaration of Independence, but these words had no meaning to me- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I was merely memorizing the words to get good grades. These words sounded so strange, so abstract and so foreign to me, until I came to University of Maryland. I have learned the right to freely express oneself is sacred in America. Each day in Maryland, I was encouraged to express my opinions on controversial issues. I could challenge a statement made by my instructor. I could even rate my professors online. But nothing prepared me for the culture shock I experienced.

1. The reason why Shuping applied for the Univeristy of Maryland was because of the sweet air.

题目解析：这道题的答案在演讲稿的第一段的第一句话，其中reason和sweet air分别与讲稿中的Why和 fresh air形成了同义替换，且信息一致，因此答案是TRUE。

2. Shuping thought the air was bad in America before landing at Dallas Airport.

题目解析：根据T/F/NG顺序出题的原则（此处敲黑板），此题答案应在第一题之后。利用定位小帮手Dallas Airport (利用人名地名国家名来定位)，我们可以轻松将此题答案锁定到讲稿第一段的第二、三句话。而根据该句信息“当飞机落地，我正准备戴上我准备好的口罩的时候，我呼吸到了第一口美国的空气，于是我把口罩拿开了——啊，空气是多么的清甜，清甜到奢侈——我被震惊了”来判断，此题答案应该是TRUE。

这里有的同学可能会问了，明明第一题和第二题这两个statement出现了逻辑上的冲突，为什么答案还都是TRUE 呢？大家要记住，做T/F/NG题的时候，一定要严格依照文章提供的信息来进行判断，不能因为文章本身在胡说八道抑或逻辑混乱就撕卷子。

3. People in Kunming have to wear face masks to protect themselves from sickness.

题目解析：利用题目中的sickness与讲稿中的sick来定位（敲黑板again：同词不同词性的同义替换原则），锁定答案应在第二段的第一句话。然而，这一句话中并没有出现任何与Kunming相关的信息——虽然哪怕是个中国人都能用常识来判断这句话之荒谬，这道题的答案仍然是NOT GIVEN。因此，大家做题的时候一定要注意，必须贴紧原文信息来进行判断。

最后祝各位考鸭在考试中拿到好成绩，进入梦想的学府，学习热爱的专业，报效我们热爱的祖国！

-- by Vivian

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