We were driving along the village of Simdara. I 36 to my right and saw an old sh

We were driving along the village ofSimdara. I  36  to my right and saw an old shelter 20 metersfrom the side of the road that appeared to be filled with  37 .

“Would you mind  38 ?”  Iasked the driver Waris. “I think there is a(n)  39 .”

Waris laughed. “No, Greg, that’s actually apublic toilet,” explained Waris and he kept  40 .

“But why are there so many kids? What arethey doing there? We need to  41 ,” I insisted. The word caughtWaris  42  and he stopped the car.

When we reached the shelter, to mysurprise, it was  43  a toilet—or at least it had been at onetime. The roof was gone now, and the four toilet pits (坑) had been  44  withold boards. There were 25 children between 4 and 5 years old, one  45 ,and a wooden board against the wall.

Though having a tough learning environment,the students are quite  46  to chat with us about their classand curriculum (课程). After about ten minutes, the teacher  47  if wemight like to see “the rest of the school”. We  48  andfollowed her up the hill.

Just over the top of the hill, there was anold tent. It was very  49  inside because nearly 100 studentswere packed like sardines (沙丁鱼). These students were a little  50  , fourth-, andsixth-graders, and all of them were sitting on the ground.  51  theteacher, they were doing extremely well —  52  most of themhad no books, paper or even pencils.

We were forced to  53  to catchour plane. We were all  54  and decided to collect money tobuild a school for these children who had a hunger for  55 .

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】文章介绍了再旅途中看见的一所学习，我们被这所学校简陋的情况所打动，决定去帮助他们。

1.动词辨析。根据句意可知我看向路边。

2.上下文串联。后面说到的小孩。

3.动词辨析。根据句意可知我以为是一所学校，是想让司机停车去看一下。

4.名词辨析。解析同上。

5.上下文串联。根据下文可知此事司机没有停车，而是继续向前开动。

6.短语辨析。A查明，搞清楚；B当心；C放弃；D分解，打破；根据句意可知A正确。句意：我想搞清楚。我的话引起了司机的注意，他终于停下了车。

7.名词辨析。Catch one’s attention引起某人的注意。解析同上。

8.副词辨析。A容易地；B从未；C几乎不；D真的；根据句意可知那真的是一个厕所。

9.动词辨析。厕所的坑被一块旧木板盖着。

10.上下文串联。根据下文可知这里是一个简易的学校，里面有一位老师。

11.上下文串联。根据句意可知A正确。尽管学习的环境很差，但是学生还是很开心地和我谈论他们的课程。

12.动词辨析。根据句意可知B正确。那个老师请求我们去看看学校的其它部分。我们点头表示同意。

13.动词辨析。解析同上。

14.上下文串联。根据下文的packed like sardines (沙丁鱼).可知这里非常拥挤。

15.上下文串联。上文提及大那些孩子都是4 and 5 years old。这里的学生都是年龄更大一些的fourth-, and sixth-graders。

16.介词短语辨析。根据句意可知是老师告诉我们，A正确。

17.连词辨析。根据上下文可知尽管大部分孩子没有书等，但是他们学习的非常好。

18.动词辨析。根据句意可知我们不得不离开去赶飞机。我们都被感动了决定筹集钱帮他们建一所学校来学习知识。

19.词义辨析。解析同上。

20.名词辨析。解析同53.