Droughts (干旱)are common in Kenya . Before ,they came every 10 years ,but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time .

We gave the droughts names :“longoza”was the drought when many animals died ; there was the drought of the “planes” because food was dropped from the air by planes; and one particularly bad drought was called “ man who dies with his money in his fist (拳头)”,because ,even if there was money , there was simply no food to buy .

I was born in 1951 in Machakos. From what my mother tells me , when I was 7, there was a serious drought . I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger. I can’t tell you how many times I went to bed without eating . “ I slept like that ,” is how we described it . I can’t count the number of days when “ I slept like that,” or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry ,knowing I’d wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast.

My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit (赊欠). Each night he would return home around 10:00p.m. My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water . I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling , along with the hopes that we would eat that night. But my father would arrive frustrated and empty -handed. And I would sleep like that.

1.The best title for the text is ________.

A. A Hungry Childhood Caused by Droughts

B. Food and Hunger

C. Protecting the Environment

D. Droughts and Their Names

2. What does the drought of the “ longoza”refer to (指代)?

A. Many animals needed food dropped by planes.

B. People had to eat animals because of hunger.

C. Many animals died because of the droughts.

D. People died of hunger even if they had money .

3.Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling?

A. To wait for her father to come back to have supper .

B. To cook the food that her father would bring back .

C. To keep her house warm all night .

D. To make her hungry mother happy.

4. The sentence “I slept like that ” means “ ________ .”

A. I was disappointed when my father came back empty-handed

B. I felt sorry because my family got hungry again

C. I went to sleep with no food for breakfast.

D. I went to bed with nothing to eat

阅读下面短文,根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂A,错误的涂B。(共5小题,每小题2分;计10分)

Here are some of the fastest animals in the animal world. As you read about them, remember that top speed of hummer runners is 20 to 25 miles an hour. And the fastest human runner can only run at this speed for a few hundred meters.

Heavy people do not run very fast. But some heavy animals can run at amazing

speed. Black rhinos can run at a speed of almost 30 miles an hour, even though they may weigh over 3,500 pounds.

Cheetahs are the fastest land mammals (哺乳动物) over short distances (距离).

They can run at a speed of over 70 miles an hour. But they can get tired quickly and usually stop after a few hundred meters.

Pronghorn antelopes are the fastest land mammals over long distances. They can run at a speed of 35 miles an hour for many miles. Their top speed is probably more than 50 miles an hour.

Hummingbirds are the smallest birds. But they move their wings (翅膀) faster than other birds. Some of them beat their wings 4,500 times a minute.

Ostriches can't fly, but they can run faster than other birds and most other animals as well. They can run at a top speed of 43 miles an hour for a short distance, but can keep up a speed of more than 30 miles an hour over long distance. They are also the largest of all birds, and they lay the largest eggs.

1.Black rhinos can run faster than the fastest human runners.

2.Though cheetahs run very fast, they get tired soon.

3.Pronghorn antelopes are the fastest animals over short distances.

4.Hummingbirds move their wings faster than other birds because they are large.

5.Ostriches can run fast over long distances.

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