【题目】阅读下列短文,从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

I am a single working mother and going to college for a better life for my three-year-old child and myselfI am taking a nurse course called “Urban Community(社区)We were asked to do a major project on problems in urban communitiesI chose the topic “Homeless”

Each day I would walk down the streets of the homeless and offer them something to drink and to eatI know it’s tough to survive on the streetsLast night I ran into a group of 30 kids who were living on the streets in New York____________and I just wanted to cryBut I had to be strong

I asked about their families and if they contacted them to let them know they were aliveMost of them said, “NO!” They all looked like a happy family and they took care of one anotherI tried to persuade them to get help and to contact their families but they did not want toI did not want to make them to do it as they had their own reasons

All these kids were very respectfulNone of them was high on drugs nor were they drinkingSome of them enjoyed reading and writingSome of them enjoyed skateboarding, dancing and playing music

One girl asked me if I could give her a hug and I did soShe started to cry and said, “Thank you for not treating us as freaks(怪人)like everyone else doesPeople don’t realize that we all have our own problems and some are worse than others” She told me that her stepfather (继父) was extremely mean to her and her mother did not believe herShe ran awayHer street name was Little Mary

They were good kids just trying to make ends meetI told them that I didn’t have much to offer because I was a single mother just making ends meetI had offered them sandwiches and drinksThey were so happy to have something to eat and told me that I couldn’t change the world but at least there was someone who really cared

1The author is _______

A. a homeless mother with a three-year-old kid

B. a single mother who attends college in New York

C. a teacher who teaches the “Urban Community” course

D. a full-time housewife with a three-year-old kid

2What does “My heart went out to them” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. My heart was taken away by them

B. I wanted to hug them

C. I felt sympathy for them

D. I fell in love with them

3What kind of feeling did the author show when she failed to persuade the children to contact their families?

A. Sorrow B. Anxiety C. Anger D. Understanding

4Little Mary left home and became a wanderer because ________

A. her stepfather didn’t want to live with her

B. her stepfather treated her so badly that she was injured

C. her mother treated her so badly that she felt hurt

D. her mother didn’t believe her and her stepfather treated her badly

5What’s the best title for this passage?

A. A Story of a Single Mother

B. Care for the Homeless Kids

C. An Urban Community

D. How to Survive on the Streets

【题目】More than three billion people are at risk from indoor air pollution because of the heating or cooking fuels they use. Most live in Africa, India and China. They use wood, crop waste, animal waste or coal. These solid fuels may be the least costly fuels available. But they are also a major cause of health problems and death.

The Aprovecho Research Center has been designing cooking stoves for the developing world. People having less money use wood or biomass for cooking; the richer people use oil and gas. It's estimated that wood is running out more quickly than oil and gas.

The group has made stoves using mud, bricks, sheet metal, clay, ceramics and old oil drums. Most of the stoves look like large, deep cooking pots. They have an opening at the bottom for the fire and a place on top to put a pot.

In the late 1970s, Aprovecho produced a popular stove called the Lorena. The Lorena was good at reducing smoke and warming homes. But new tests years later found that it was not efficient. The used twice as much wood as an open fire, and took much longer to heat food. Since then, they have experimented with count-less other designs.

Their goal is to make an inexpensive stove—let's say five dollars— that makes little smoke, and it's safe for health and reduces global warming and deforestation(采伐森林).

Aprovecho has now partnered with a stove manufacturer in China. The company is making Aprovecho's first mass produced stoves. They are said to use 40% - 50% less wood than an open fire, and produce 50% -70% less smoke. A company called Stove-Tec is selling them through its Web site for less than ten dollars. Dean Still says that more than one hundred thousand have been sold so far.

【1】 The underlined word " biomass " ,in Paragraph 2 refers to __________

A. oil and gas B. wood

C. coal D. crop waste or animal waste

【2】 The following sentence is taken from the passage, it is probably placed at the end of __________.

A World Health Organization estimate that over 1,500,000 people a year die from breathing smoke from solid fuels.

A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2

C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4

【3】 Which information about the Lorena mentioned in Paragraph 4is WRONG?

A. It was a popular stove which began to produce in 1970.

B. It was able to be used to bring down smoke.

C. It was good at heating houses.

D. It turned to consume more fuel later.

【4】 Stoves the Aprovecho Research Center has been designing should have the following characteristics :__________.

(1)enormous (2)costly (3)efficient (4)low-carbon (5) cleaner

A. 1. 2. 4 B. 3. 4. 5.

C. 2. 3. 5. D. 1. 3. 4.

【5】 You can probably read the passage in a magazine about __________

A climate change

B. financial crisis

C. an environmentally-friendly life

D. commercial advertisement

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