9.Some people like to collect stamps.Others prefer posters or coins.But Pinky Bhutia is different.She collects children.In her mountain village,in Sikkim,she is known as the wonderful young woman who adopts(領(lǐng)養(yǎng)) all the children she can.
Pinky was 14when she adopted her first child,a Nepali baby girl,whose patents passed away.Pinky's parents did not mind.Pinky left school and started working full time because she had a baby to feed.Today,she has twelve adopted children,and two sons from her marriage.
Pinky is about 30years old and she comes from a common family.If you passed her on the street,you wouldn't give her a second look.She lives in a brown mud-washed(泥刷的) house.There is a vegetable garden outside.Red hens with noisy chicks run all over the garden looking for food.
If you ask her why she provides a home to so many kids,she smiles shyly.But her eyes are serious."I know what it is to be poor and hungry."As a child,her only dream was to eat a full meal,and her favorite amusement was watching people with shoes and imagining what it felt like.By adopting poor and homeless children she is making sure that they never feel that hopeless.
Pinky feels very proud when she sees her children happy and bright,Her oldest baby,Aarita Rai,is now 20years old,Then,there is 19-year-old Nimbe who came to Pinky because her mother was unable to look after her.She started to work in a government office two years ago.Ten-year-old Bhim and 14-year-old Kumar came to Pinky five years ago,after their father's death.They started living on a patch of land given by Pinky and grew vegetables for sale.
"I like children.It's not one more mouth to feed but one more soul saved,"Pinky says.
34.After Pinky adopted her first child,sheB.
A.began to raise some chickens
B.didn't go to school anymore
C.a(chǎn)sked her parents for help
D.left her mountain village
35.By adopting those poor and homeless children,Pinky wants toC.
A.teach them to grow vegetables
B.offer them good jobs
C.make sure they live in hope
D.help them become rich
36.Whic of the following statements is TRUE?B
A.Pinky likes collecting coins and posters.
B.Bhim and Kumar are from the same family.
C.People in Pinky's village have no shoes to wear.
D.Sartita Rai works in a government office.
37.We can infer from the passage that Pinky is aA person.
A.kind
B.strict
C.bright
D.careful.
分析 本文主要介紹了收養(yǎng)孩子的一位偉大的女性的故事.
解答 34.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)Pinky was 14 when she adopted her first child,a Nepali baby girl,whose parents passed away.Pinky's parents did not mind.Pinky left school and started working fulltime because she had a baby to feed.可知當(dāng)Pinky收了她的第一個孩子,她就再也不去學(xué)校了,故選B.
35.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)By adopting poor and homeless children she is making sure that they never feel that hopeless.可知通過收養(yǎng)貧窮和無家可歸的孩子,她確保他們永遠(yuǎn)不會感到絕望.故選C.
36.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)Ten-year-old Bhim and 14-year-old Kumar came to Pinky five years ago,aftertheir father's death.可知兩個孩子來自同一個家庭,故選B.
37.A 理解推斷題.通讀全文可知這位無私收養(yǎng)孩子的女性是非常善良的,好心的.故選A.
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