题目内容
8.Until last summer I had a very comfortable life:winter vacations skiing and summer cruises.My parents spent a lot of money on a private school,so they could get me into a competitive middle school.Everything was about tomorrow,next year,my graduation.We never had to worry about today.Before last summer I never thought much about the people in the world who live day to day,every day,whose lives are controlled by poverty and hunger.Then I enrolled in a two-week intensive program.We lived in a"Tribal Village,"in a hot,dry open grassland in Arkansas,a state of the south-central United States.I am a tribal member in Mozambique,a country of southeast Africa.Every meal,I make the fire for my family,and feel the flames lick up my nostrils as I blow to keep the fuel alive.I cook mush with vegetables.This is all my family is ever given.
I feed the hen and three rabbits their dinner.I grow attached to the rabbits,even though I know I shouldn't.I name them.I'm not getting enough to eat; it's time to decide whether or not to kill the rabbits.I feel pain but it's a privileged child's pain because I know I will soon be eating again.That's not true for a lot of other children around the world.
Growing up comfortably in the U.S.,I've never had to worry about my dinner,and even though this whole process was only a simulation,it changed my life.Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hunger.
So I've become president of Roots and Shoots,a group working to improve local environments for people and animals.I'm also working to create a program at my high school called the"Safe Passage"trip to help young people in the Guatemala City dump.And I've got plans to do more.
I'm often thinking of laboring in the hot sun and the millions who still do.Now,I try to live for today and stop worrying so much about the future.When I eat or feel full,I am grateful for this fortunate life and want to extend the same feeling to others.
I believe in offering help to those who need it.
31.What is true about the author before last summer?B
A.Her life was under great pressure.
B.Her life was well-planned.
C.She didn't have to worry about the future.
D.She had to worry about her dinner
32.We can learn from the second paragraph thatC.
A.the author raised some rabbits as pets
B.the author took part in a two-week program in Africa
C.the author had a very difficult life in the"Tribal Village"
D.the author never thought about poor people after the program
33.The author feel pain becauseC.
A.she is a privileged child
B.she is not getting enough to eat
C.she doesn't want to kill the rabbits
D.she can't go back to her regular life
34.What does the underlined word"simulation"in the fourth paragraph probably mean?D
A.Reality B.Experience C.Imagination D.Imitation
35.What influence did the author's experience in the"Tribal Village"have on her?
A
A.It gave birth to a belief in helping others.
B.It taught her to be grateful to her parents.
C.It has made her life more comfortable.
D.It inspired her to start two groups to help others.
分析 本文讲述了作者在Tribal Village体验生活后,从一个养尊处优,不知民间疾苦者转变成一个以具体的行动去帮助他人的人.
解答 31.B 细节理解题.根据第一段第二句My parents spent a lot of money on a private school,so they could get me into a competitive middle school.父母花钱让其读私立便于进入好的中学.作者的人生得到了很好的安排.故选B;根据第一段第一句Until last summer I had a very comfortable life:winter vacations skiing and summer cruises.可知,作者过着舒适的生活:寒假去滑雪,暑假坐游轮.所以,作者的生活没有压力,故A错误;根据第一段最后两句Everything was about tomorrow,next year,my graduation.We never had to worry about today.无需担心现在,唯有明年的毕业.故C错误;根据第四段第一句…I've never had to worry about my dinner无三餐之忧,故D错误.
32.C 推理判断题.根据第二段的大意,第一句话以及后面的描述Every meal,I make the fire for my family,and feel the flames lick up my nostrils as I blow to keep the fuel alive.I cook mush with vegetables.This is all my family is ever given.可知,作者在去Tribal Village之前,从未想过世界上每天有如此多的人生活在贫穷和饥饿之中.作者每日生火做饭,用嘴吹以保火不灭.能吃到的也就是面糊和蔬菜.由此可知,生活的艰苦和困难.故选C.
33.C 细节理解题.根据第三段五、六句it's time to decide whether or not to kill the rabbits.I feel pain but it's a privileged child's pain because I know I will soon be eating again.可知,作者本不想杀它们的.故选C.
34.D 词义猜测题.根据第二段可知,作者在Tribal Village体验艰苦生活;再由划线单词所在句子以及前面一句可知,现实中的作者是在美国舒服地长大,无三餐之忧,所以这种生活只是模拟体验.故选D.
35.A 细节理解题.根据第四段最后一句Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hunger.第五段讲述的作者帮助他人的具体事例以及最后一段I believe in offering help to those who need it.可知,作者正在以具体的行动去帮助需要帮助的人.故选A.
点评 词义猜测题可根据上下文对生词做出理解判断.
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C. | they won't invite me | D. | they didn't invite me |
-Honesty,I think.( )
A. | how is it that | B. | how it is that | C. | what is it that | D. | what it is that |
-Well,much of what the lecturer said ________ reasonable.( )
A. | sound | B. | sounds | C. | is sounded | D. | are sounded |
A. | At once | B. | In no time | C. | Right now | D. | The instant |