阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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(营养不良的) 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(监护权) 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】细节理解题。根据Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter.因为他家已经有许多狗了，他因为喜欢去看狗和宠物，故选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】细节理解题。根据It was probably abused and abandoned它被虐待，所以看起来很害怕的样子，故选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】细节理解题。根据I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too因为小男孩和这只小狗有共同之处，故选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[来源:Zxxk.Com]
C. he could forget about his parents
D. the dog could be taken good care of
【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。根据She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him.她让小男孩领养一只狗以便让他的生活过得更加轻松，故选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】细节理解题。根据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长，故选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】细节理解题。根据Until last summer I had a very comfortable life因为父母已经给作者安排好了一切，故选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”[来源:学|科|网]
D. the author never thought about poor people after the program
【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。根据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过着非常艰难的一段时间，故选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】细节理解题。根据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.因为作者不想杀死这些兔子，故选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】词义猜测题。根据第二自然段的内容可知作者是在Tribal Village体验生活，所以即使这种生活是一种仿制的(Imitation)，但是也改变了作者，故选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】细节理解题。根据Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hunger.使她坚信以后要多帮助别人，故选A。
