Question

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
UNICEF says more than 3,700 children across West Africa have lost one or both parents to Ebola. Doctors Without Borders Axelle Vandoornick said, “The growing number of Ebola orphans is a crisis of its own. There are many orphans. This is again when we talk about crisis in a crisis; this is one of the consequences at a social level. There are more and more orphans.”
Child care services in Sierra Leone are almost non-existent. Ministry of Health Social Services officer Doris Mansare is in charge of running Kailahun's first Ebola orphanage. She said, “It's difficult for us to find family members, so this short-term care center was established to basically insure that we get the children from the treatment center, those that are cured from the Ebola virus and also those that are with their parents, but then are negative. We bring them to the short-term care center for three or four days, then they are reunited with family members at their separate locations. These three siblings were living alone after both parents died of Ebola. Their village rejected them. We have children who are unaccompanied and living alone in their family home, about 50 of such children, who are living alone.”
Vandoornick said. “It can be hard to find surviving family. Ebola is wiping out entire families because the infection inside the families is the highest. A mother kissing her child, a father taking his daughter in his arms, and when you have one suspected case in one family, soon after we have basically all members of the family.”
The fate of many of these children is unclear. Some of their parents are still sick, kept in isolation at one of Sierra Leone's Ebola case management centers. Doris Mansare said she hopes the new center will help the growing number of orphans, but she worries about their future. “We are having more orphans, more unaccompanied children and children will become vulnerable in the future; some will not be able to cope with the care givers where we place them, and what can happen is that it will lead to other child protection issues like they becoming street children,” said Doris Mansare. Vandoornick hopes there will be many child care centers set up across Sierra Leone.
（1）What’s the best title of this passage?
A.The Children in West Africa.
B.The Orphans in West Africa.
C.The Children Suffered from Ebola in West Africa.
D.Ebola in West Africa.
（2）What do you think of child care services in Sierra Leone?
A.They are helpful.
B.They are considerate.
C.They are in good condition.
D.They are in bad condition.
（3）The meaning of the underlined word siblings in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to____________.
A.brothers and sisters
B.brothers or sisters
C.brothers
D.sisters
（4）What is the fate of the children suffered from Ebola in West Africa?
A.They have a bright future.
B.They have an uncertain future.
C.They are isolated.
D.They are promising.
（5）What does Vandoornick hope to do for the children suffered from Ebola in West Africa?
A.Donating more money.
B.Setting up more child care centers.
C.Adopting the children.
D.Finding their parents.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）D
（3）A
（4）B
（5）B
【解析】（1）根据Paragraph 1中的“UNICEF says more than 3,700 children across West Africa have lost one or both parents to Ebola. ”以及下文多次提到受埃博拉病毒影响的儿童的生存状况可知应选答案C。
（2）根据Paragraph 2中的“Child care services in Sierra Leone are almost non existent. ”说明塞拉利昂的儿童关爱机构几乎不存在，状况很差，形同虚设，故选答案D。
（3）根据Paragraph 2 中的“These three siblings were living alone after both parents died of Ebola. ”可知在父母死于埃博拉病毒后这三个兄弟姐妹独自生活，故选答案A。
（4）根据Paragraph 4中的“The fate of many of these children is unclear. Some of their parents are still sick, kept in isolation at one of Sierra Leones Ebola case management centers.” 可知答案选B。
（5）根据Paragraph 5中的“Vandoornick hopes there will be many child care centers set up across Sierra Leone.” 可知答案选B。