Question

Three Cups of Tea is the true story of our time. In 1993, a young American mountain climber named Greg Mortenson walks into a tiny village high in Pakistan’s beautiful and poor Karakoram Himalaya region. Sick, exhausted, and depressed after failing to climb the summit of K2, Mortenson regains his strength and his will to live due to the generosity of the people of the village of Korphe. Before he leaves, he makes a promise that will completely change both the villagers’ lives and his own—he will return and build them a school.

       The book describes how Mortenson kept this promise and many more in the high country of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The region is remote and dangerous as a breeding ground (滋生地) for terrorists. In the course of his work, Mortenson was taken prisoner and threatened with death. He suffered from local opposition, deep misunderstandings, jealousy, not to mention dangerous roads and extreme weather. But he believed strongly that balanced, non-extremist education, for boys and girls alike, is the most effective way to fight the violent discrimination that breeds terrorism. Today, Mortenson’s Central Asia Institute has constructed fifty-five schools, and his work continues.

       Mortenson first approached Karakoram as a climber and he never lost the mountaineer’s appreciation for the region’s simple beauty and incredible physical challenges. His coauthor(合著者) David Oliver Relin skillfully described high-altitude landscapes. Gradually he transformed himself from a poor climber to a director of a helpful institute.

       In the course of this description, readers come to know Mortenson as a friend, a husband and father, a traveling companion, a son and brother, and also as an imperfect human being. Relin does not shy away from describing the man’s annoying qualities—his impatience, disorganization and sleeplessness. But Mortenson never asks others to make sacrifices that he has not already made himself time and time again.

       Pakistan and Afghanistan appear in the news as the breeding grounds of terrorist training camps. In Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson and Relin take readers behind the headlines to reveal the true heart and soul of this region and to show how one man’s promise might be enough to change the world.

Greg Mortenson promised to build a school for the villagers of Korphe to _________.

A. show admiration for the region’s beauty         B. show appreciation for their generosity

C. remember his physical challenges                  D. promote his strength and will to live

Greg Mortenson has devoted so much to building schools because he believes that ________.

A. both boys and girls should be fairly educated

B. people there must suffer a lot from terrorist attacks

C. people there have to deal with opposition and misunderstandings

D. education is the best way to fight discrimination that leads to terrorism

The passage seems to think that the coauthor David Oliver Relin is ________.

A. straightforward and honest                          B. unhappy with Greg’s behaviours

C. good at describing a character                     D. embarrassed to admit Greg’s mistake

The writing purpose of the book Three Cups of Tea is to _______.

A. reveal the breeding grounds of terrorism       

B. share the true beauty of the region

C. show the great power of one’s promise  

D. inspire others to make sacrifices

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題1】D

【小題1】A

【小題1】C

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