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【题目】Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Named to change the way we think of education and those who are the recipients, Barefoot College has launched 1, 300 locations in 80 countries.

Deihi social worker Sanjit "Bunker Roy was concerned about the poverty of India in his youth and moved to one of the poorest Indian states to work. With his help and that of local farmer Merghaj, Barefoot College came into being in 1972. 【1】 Within eight years, women came to the campus in Tilonia, Rajasthan, from around the globe to be trained as solar engineers, mostly learning through demonstrations, practice and sign language.

Barefoot College, the worlds first fully solar-electrified campus, trains its students to build and maintain solar panels and other instruments. These include lamps, water heaters, cookers and even a water-purifying system.

【2】 As a matter of fact, women are prioritized as an underserved population that is essential to bringing villages together. Another central principle of the college is self-dependence, teaching students to support and think for themselves. 【3】

As Barefoot College continued to develop, it journeyed past Indian borders to the Middle East and Latin America In 2013 Bunder Roy won the Clinton Global Citizen Award, which prompted the Indian government to provide funds for five regional centers in Africa. 【4】 In addition, the organization's Pacific Soiar Initiative should result it three times the beneficiaries(5ma) by 2018through work on island nations

If successful, Barefoot College will have managed to spread light, both literally and figuratively, across the entire world

A. The philosophy of Barefoot College is largely inspired by the principles of Gandhi, starting with equality beyond gender or religion.

B. Barefoot College also offers education to the younger generation both during the day and at its solar bridge schools at night.

C.The first is up and running in Zanzibar while others are still under construction in other African nations.

D. Barefoot College insists that letting individuals apply their own local wisdom to new knowledge is vital to this go.

E..Several years later donations enabled the purchase of several acres of land for expansion.

F. Despite the objection from families, young women registered at the college and did what they had never imagined before.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】A

【3】F

【4】D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了Barefoot大学的历史和发展，以及它的教学理念。

【1】上文With his help and that of local farmer Merghaj, Barefoot College came into being in 1972.说在他和当地农民Merghaj的帮助下，Barefoot大学于1972年成立。该空承接上文，E选项“几年后，捐赠使得购买了几英亩土地用于扩张”切题，故选E。

【2】下文As a matter of fact, women are prioritized as an underserved population that is essential to bringing villages together.说事实上，妇女作为服务不周到的人口被优先考虑，这对团结村庄至关重要。该空引出下文，A选项“Barefoot大学的哲学很大程度上受到甘地原则的启发，从超越性别或宗教的平等开始”切题，故选A。

【3】上文Another central principle of the college is self-dependence, teaching students to support and think for themselves.说学院的另一个中心原则是自立，教导学生自立和独立思考。该空承接上文，F选项“尽管遭到家人的反对，年轻女性还是注册了这所大学，并做了她们以前从未想过的事情”，故选F。

【4】上文In 2013 Bunder Roy won the Clinton Global Citizen Award, which prompted the Indian government to provide funds for five regional centers in Africa.说2013年，本德·罗伊获得克林顿全球公民奖，促使印度政府为非洲的五个地区中心提供资金。下文 In addition, the organization's Pacific Soiar Initiative should result it three times the beneficiaries(5ma) by 2018through work on island nations说此外，通过对岛国的工作，到2018年，本组织的太平洋Soiar倡议将使受益人数增加3倍。该空承上启下，D选项“学院坚持认为，让个人将自己的本地智慧应用到新知识中去，这一点至关重要”切题，故选D。