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20.At the age of sixteen,I joined a volunteer group with my dad.I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia.On the night we arrived,we discovered that"our family"was living in a trailer(活动房车) that was in poor conditions.A crew had been wolfing on it for two weeks,but every time they finished one problem,another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable solution was to bridle a new house-something unusual but necessary under these circumstances.The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms,a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week,while we ate lunch together,I asked the family's three boys,Josh,Eric and Ryan,"What do you want for your new room?"Expecting toys and other gadgets that children suavity ask for,we were astonished when Josh responded,"I just want a bed."
The boys had never slept in a bed!They were accustomed to plastic mats.That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift.On Thursday night,a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming,we told the family about the surprise.We could hardly contain ourselves.It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.
That afternoon,as we fitted the frames of the beds together,Eric ran into the house to watch us.Too dirty to enter his room,he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows,Eric asked,"What is that?"
"A pillow,"he replied.
"What do you do with it?"Eric continued to ask
"When you go to sleep,you put your head on it,"I answered softly.Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow.
"Oh…that's soft,"he said,hugging it tightly.
    Now,when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent,my dad gently asks,"Do you have a pillow?"
    We know exactly what he means.

41.The author's first volunteer project wasD.
A.working on a poor trailer           
B.helping a poor family 
C.donning beds and bedding            
D.dealing with a housing problem
42.On hearing Josh's answer,the author was shocked becauseD.
A.the family lived in a trailer
B.Josh didn't know what a bed was
C.Josh expected to get some toys
D.The boys had no bed to sleep in
43.By"We could hardly contain ourselves.",the author means that they allB
A.felt confused                       
B.felt excited with joy
C.couldn't help laughing              
D.failed to keep the secret
44.From the passage,we can learn that what Eric had never seen before isC.
A.a trailer                           
B.a bed
C.a pillow                            
D.a truck
45.From the last two paragraphs,the author's father means thatA
A.what the author wants to get may be unnecessary
B.the author should not waste money on small things
C.the author should do more volunteer work for the poor
D.what he will buy is not what the author wants but a pillow.

分析 本文主要讲述了我在十六岁时与父亲一起从事志愿者活动,帮助一贫困家庭建房子,买床和床上用品的故事.

解答 41.答案D.细节理解题.根据题干中的"first",可把答案定位于第一、二段,第一段提到our family"was living in a trailer(活动房车)和第二段首句提到"We decided the only reasonable solution was to bridle a new house"知,第一个志愿项目是处理住房问题.A.在一个贫穷的活动房车工作;B.帮助一个贫困家庭;C.床和床上用品;D.处理住房问题.故选D.
42.答案D.细节理解题.由题干中的"Josh's answer"可把答案定位于第三、四段.根据第三段最后一句话"we were astonished when Josh responded,"I just want a bed."和第四段第一句话"The boys had never slept in a bed!"知男孩们没有床睡觉.故选D.
43.答案B.语义理解题.根据第五段最后一句话"It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning"可知"孩子们兴奋而且高兴".故选B.
44.答案C.细节理解题.根据第七段"As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows,Eric asked,‘What is that?'"可知Eric以前没见过枕头,故选C.
45.答案A.语义理解题.从全文可以看出"pillow"对我和爸爸帮助的一家孩子来说是必要的物品.当作者想买东西,爸爸总会问"Do you have a pillow?",由此可知爸爸的意思指"已有‘枕头'类的必要东西,其他不必要的东西就不必买",故选A.

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