(2016·遼寧高中聯(lián)考)When Armida Armato’s daughter，Alexia，came home from school one day last year keen to go on a school trip to Ecuador，she wasn’t too sure how to feel.She was happy that her daughter could experience something she never did as a teen but was fearful of letting her travel to such a remote part of the world.

Alexia was 16 at the time，a student at Westwood High School.The school sponsored a humanitarian trip for 26 students and two teachers to spend 18 days living in a mountain village to build a one­room school.Even though Armato trusted her daughter，the other students and the teachers，she was worried about the side effects from the travel vaccines，possible accidents，and medical care.

Now that Alexia was home，Armato said she saw her daughter’s new maturity，greater confidence and independence.“This is the best thing I ever did，”Alexia said.“The experience was so eye­opening and life­changing.You’re with people who are not as lucky as you are.They live in very poor conditions but they’re so happy and outgoing.You say，‘My God.I’m taking everything for granted back home.’”

She said they built a one­room school from_scratch with no mechanical cement mixers.They used their hands，shovels and basic tools.She and another student lived with a local family in a small village about eight hours outside the capital，Quito.Despite the initial strangeness and knowing only basic Spanish，she said they grew very close and felt like a family.

Every year，groups of students at Montreal High School like Alexia pack their bags and fly off with classmates and teachers to developing countries where they volunteer for a variety of projects.

“Armato’s worries are very common among parents，”says Bill Nevin，a teacher at St.George’s High School.He organizes a humanitarian trip to India to the Sheela Bal Bhavan orphanage and says the three biggest fears families have are health，security and contact.

【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】　本文是一篇記敘文。年僅16歲的高中女孩Alexia和她的同學(xué)及老師一起飛往偏遠(yuǎn)的發(fā)展中國(guó)家參加志愿者活動(dòng)�；貋�(lái)后，她的母親發(fā)現(xiàn)她成熟且獨(dú)立了。這項(xiàng)志愿者活動(dòng)促進(jìn)了學(xué)生的成長(zhǎng)和發(fā)展。

5.When hearing the news that her daughter would go on a school trip to Ecuador，Armato was ________.

A.proud and happy

B.supportive but concerned

C.fearful and nervous

D.excited but puzzled

解析：選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句“She was happy that her daughter could experience something she never did as a teen but was fearful of letting her travel to such a remote part of the world.”可知，Armato對(duì)于她的女兒去Ecuador一事感到高興，因?yàn)榕畠耗芙?jīng)歷到她不曾經(jīng)歷的東西，所以她支持她的女兒;但是讓一個(gè)女孩去這么遙遠(yuǎn)的地方她又有點(diǎn)擔(dān)心。故B項(xiàng)正確。

6.The underlined phrase “from scratch” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.

A.having great help

B.using high technology

C.ending up in failure

D.starting from the beginning

解析：選D。詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)畫(huà)線詞后面的內(nèi)容“with no mechanical cement mixers.”以及下一句“They used their hands，shovels and basic tools.”并結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知，她們建造了一所只有一間房間的學(xué)校，沒(méi)有使用機(jī)械水泥攪拌機(jī)，只是用她們的雙手、鐵鏟和最基本的工具。結(jié)合四個(gè)選項(xiàng)可知，畫(huà)線詞意為“從頭開(kāi)始”。故D項(xiàng)正確。