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　　A

　　Six years ago, I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold, rainy day. Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter. This time as I was walking down the row of pens full of barking dogs I noticed a small boy looking into one of them.

　　He had a malnourished(營養(yǎng)不良的) look

　　ing body and a bony face with a big nose sticking out of the middle of it. He was looking at a small, golden dog. Its bony ribs were showing and its thin tail was folded between its legs. It wasn’t begging for attention like the other puppies but was hiding in the corner instead. The boy looked up at me with sad eyes and asked what was wrong with it. “It was probably abused and abandoned”, I said. “That is why it is so scared.” The boy immediately turned to an older lady and said, “Grandma, I want this one.” The old woman smiled and walked to the front desk to fill out the adoption forms. I followed and asked about the boy. I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too. She had just gotten custody(監(jiān)護(hù)權(quán)) of him after the

　　state had taken him from his parents. She had hoped getting a dog would make it

　　easier on him. I looked back at him, holding his scared puppy, and said a prayer for them both. It was yesterday. I was driving down the road enjoying a gloriously sunny, spring day. Then in a green front yard I saw the boy. His teenage body was tall and strong. His nose no longer seemed big but fit well into his smiling face. He was throwing a ball to a healthy, happy dog with shining golden hair. His little act of love and kindness had indeed gone a long way. It had saved a dog’s life, healed his own heart, and given this middle

　　-aged man fresh hope for us all.

　　1. The author entered the animal shelter because ____________ .

　　A. he loves dogs and pets

　　B. it was too cold outside

　　C. he wanted to buy a dog

　　D. he wanted to see the boy

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter.因為他家已經(jīng)有許多狗了，他因為喜歡去看狗和寵物，故選A。

　　2. The reas

　　on why the dog was so scared is that _______ .

　　A. it was afraid of the cold

　　B. it had been ill-treated

　　C. it was frightened by the boy

　　D. it was frightened by the author

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It was probably abused and abandoned它被虐待，所以看起來很害怕的樣子，故選B。

　　3 . Why did the boy want to adopt the golden dog?

　　A. Because the dog looked attractive.

　　B. Because his grandma also liked the dog.

　　C. Because they had something in common.

　　D. Because the author advised him to adopt it.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too因為小男孩和這只小狗有共同之處，故選C。

　　4.The Grandma wanted the boy to adopt a dog so that ___________ .

　　A. his life could be easier

　　B. he could play balls with it[來源:Zxxk.Com]

　　C. he could forget about his parents

　　D. the dog could be taken good care of

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him.她讓小男孩領(lǐng)養(yǎng)一只狗以便讓他的生活過得更加輕松，故選A

　　5. What can we learn from the last paragraph ?

　　A. The author is a ki

　　nd-hearted old man.

　　B. The boy’s nose has become smaller than before.

　　C. The author enjoys watching people playing with dogs.

　　D. Both the boy and the dog are growing healthily and happily.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It had saved a dog’s life, healed his own heart,小狗和小男孩都幸福滴健康地成長，故選D。

B

　　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-centra

　　l United State

　　s. 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.

　　1. What is true about the author before last summer?

　　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

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Until last summer I had a very comfortable life因為父母已經(jīng)給作者安排好了一切，故選B。

　　2.We can learn from the second paragraph that _______________.

　　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”[來源:學(xué)|科|網(wǎng)]

　　D. the author never thought about poor people after the program

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)We lived in a “Tribal Village,” in a hot, dry

　　open grassland in Arkansas, a state of the south-central United States.作者在Tribal Village過著非常艱難的一段時間，故選C。

　　3. The author feel pain because ____________ .

　　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

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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.因為作者不想殺死這些兔子，故選C。

　　4. What does the underlined word “simulation” in the fourth paragraph probably mean?

　　A. Reality B. Experience C. Imagination D. Imitation

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二自然段的內(nèi)容可知作者是在Tribal Village體驗生活，所以即使這種生活是一種仿制的(Imitation)，但是也改變了作者，故選D。

　　5. What influence did the author’s experience in the “Tribal Village” have on her?

　　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.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hunger.使她堅信以后要多幫助別人，故選A。