苹果承诺支持重建巴黎圣母院
According to Business Insider, Apple, one of the richest and most valuable companies in the world, has pledged its support to help rebuild Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris. The company’s CEO, Tim Cook, announced Apple’s involvement in a tweet on April 16th.
Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris is an iconic building, having been constructed in the 12th century and surviving more than 850 years of existence.
French President Emmanuel Macron called Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris fire a “terrible tragedy,” but promised the French people that they will “rebuild this cathedral together”.
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1.Which company will help rebuild Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris?
A Apple.
B Tencent.
C Alibaba.
D Samsung.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句According to Business Insider, Apple, one of the richest and most valuable companies on the planet, has pledged its support to help rebuild Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris.可知是苹果公司承诺支持巴黎圣母院的重建工作，故选A。
2.When was the Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris built?
A In the 10th century.
B In the 11th century.
C In the 12th century.
D In the 21st century.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段The Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris is an iconic building, having been constructed in the 12th century and surviving more than 850 years of existence.可知巴黎圣母院是一座标志性建筑，始建于12世纪，至今已有850多年的历史，故选C。
3.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “tragedy”?
A “喜剧”.
B “悲剧”.
C “话剧”.
D “歌剧”.
解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据上文可知法国的标志性建筑巴黎圣母院发生了火灾，这对整个法国来说都应是一个不幸的消息，结合所给选项可知“悲剧”最符合画线单词的语境，故选B。
4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A Apple’s CEO promised to help rebuild Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris.
B Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris has a history of more than 850 years.
C President Emmanuel Macron felt very sad after the fire in the cathedral.
D Emmanuel Macron will use all his money to help rebuild the cathedral.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段的but promised the French people that they will “rebuild this cathedral together”，可知法国总统承诺会同法国人民一起重建巴黎圣母院，但并未提到他会捐出自己的全部积蓄来，故选D。
5.Where can we probably see the passage?
A In a newspaper.
B In a science fiction.
C In an art book.
D In a notebook.
解析：选A。推理判断题。根据全文可知，文章主要叙述了苹果公司承诺帮助重建巴黎圣母院的相关信息，属于新闻类的文章，最有可能出现在报纸上，故选A。