Question

9．Droughts （干旱）are common in Kenya．Before，they came every 10years，but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time．
We gave the droughts names："longoza"was the drought when many animals died； there was the drought of the"planes"because food was dropped from the air by planes； and one particularly bad drought was called"man who dies with his money in his fist （拳頭）"，because，even if there was money，there was simply no food to buy．
I was born in 1951in Machakos．From what my mother tells me，when I was 7，there was a serious drought．I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger．I can't tell you how many times I went to bed without eating．"I slept like that，"is how we described it．I can't count the number of days when"I slept like that，"or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry，knowing I'd wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast．
My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit （賒欠）．Each night he would return home around 10：00p．m．My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water．I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling，along with the hopes that we would eat that night．But my father would arrive frustrated and empty-handed．And I would sleep like that．

59．The best title for the text isA．
A．A Hungry Childhood Caused by Droughts
B．Food and Hunger
C．Protecting the Environment
D．Droughts and Their Names
60．What does the drought of the"longoza"refer to （指代）？C
A．Many animals needed food dropped by planes．
B．People had to eat animals because of hunger．
C．Many animals died because of the droughts．
D．People died of hunger even if they had money．
 61．Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling？B
A．To wait for her father to come back to have supper．
B．To cook the food that her father would bring back．
C．To keep her house warm all night．
D．To make her hungry mother happy．
62．The sentence"I slept like that"means"D．"
A．I was disappointed when my father came back empty-handed
B．I felt sorry because my family got hungry again
C．I went to sleep with no food for breakfast．
D．I went to bed with nothing to eat．

Answer 1

分析 干旱在肯尼亞很常見．以前十年一遇，但是現(xiàn)在好象變得更經(jīng)常，持續(xù)時間也更長了．
    我們?yōu)楦珊等×嗣�字�?longoza"是導(dǎo)致許多動物死去的干旱的名字；"飛機"是因為干旱導(dǎo)致顆粒無收，要用飛機投放食物； 一種尤為嚴(yán)重的干旱叫"手里拿著錢死去的人"，因為即使有錢，也沒有食物可買．
    我1951年出生于馬查科斯．媽媽告訴我，當(dāng)我七歲時有一場嚴(yán)重的干旱，我清晰地記得當(dāng)時的壞天氣和饑餓．我無法告訴你我有多少次空著肚子睡覺，我自己也數(shù)不清有多少次那樣的睡眠，也無法描述睡時的饑餓感覺以及明明知道第二天早飯也沒有食物可吃的絕望．
    第二天早上爸爸會帶個小籃子去賒食物，每天他大約晚上10點回家．媽媽會鼓勵我讓鍋里的水開著以便于爸爸回來我們可以快速地在開著的水中煮食物．我會一直燒著火讓水開著，延續(xù)著那晚我們能吃到東西的希望．但是爸爸會垂頭喪氣地回來，兩手空空，我也會像那樣餓著睡覺．

解答 59．A 閱讀短文可知，這篇短文中作者主要描述了自己饑餓的童年生活．故選A，一個由干旱引起的饑餓的童年．
60．C 根據(jù)下文was the drought when many animals died 描述，可知這個單詞指的是，很多動物由于干旱死了．故選C．
61．B 根據(jù)My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water．描述，可知一直保持水開著是因為準(zhǔn)備隨時做飯．故選B．
62．D 聯(lián)系前一句I can't tell you how many times I went to bed without eating．描述，可知這句話指的是不吃飯就睡覺．故選D．

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