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VI. Reading Comprehension: 每題2分 (16%) (1) One day, in Jordyn Lexton’s English class at East River Academy, a school for the imprisoned youth on Rikers Island, a student asked if he could be an architect someday. She told him yes. Another student who had been sleeping throughout the class raised his head and shouted, “No disrespect, Miss, but you’re selling dreams.”       In that moment Lexton realized that most of these kids would never actually have a chance to live their dreams—not because they didn’t have the potential, but because opportunities for these young people are greatly limited.      Her students were all 16, 17, and 18 years old, yet had been seen as adults in the New York state prison system. In addition, even if they were lucky enough to leave East River Academy with a high school diploma, the chances of them ending up back in jail were high—70% would return, in fact. Future employment and further schooling would be also tough due to their criminal record.     “Regardless of what I was doing inside the facility, it wasn’t enough. I wanted to literally stop selling dreams and actually create channels for young people to have a successful re-entry experience,” Lexton said. Therefore, she founded a company called Drive Change. It builds and operates locally sourced food trucks that hire, teach and empower formerly imprisoned young people.      Drive Change has rolled its first truck “Snow Day” out during the first week of January. Now, it is alternating between three set locations in DUMBO, Lower Manhattan and Chelsea. If you see Snow Day on the road, why not having some delicious food while supporting Lexton’s idea on helping imprisoned youth fit in the society again?
55. What is this passage mainly about?
(A) Life Inside Prison.
(B) The History of East River Academy.
(C) Jordyn Lexton, Best Teacher in America.
(D) The Reason for Founding Drive Change.

參考答案

答案：B
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(2),C(1),D(2),E(0)

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