This year’s World Food Prize will honor two leaders of hunger-fighting groups based  in the United States. The winners are David Beckmann of Bread for the World and Jo Luck of Heifer International. They will share the prize of 250,000 dollars. The World Food Prize usually goes to researchers or top policy officials. This is the first time it will recognize the work of nongovernmental groups.
Heifer International provides donated animals and training to farmers in 50 countries. Jo Luck remains president until next year. Under her leadership, the group’s budget grew from less than 10,000,000 dollars to more than 130,000,000 dollars. Jo Luck, “People pass on their gifts of not just animals but also gifts of training and leadership. We have seen cases where we have been gone 5 and 10 years and we go back and they have developed roads and built schools, and they have other communities receiving the animals and the training. You just give them those resources and that training and opportunity, and you cannot hold them back.” She told the story of a woman from a poor village in Zimbabwe. A family member helped send her to school in the United States with earnings from a donated milk goat. She received a doctoral degree. Jo Luck, “That is what a goat did. That is one example. The animal is only the catalyst（催化劑）. That is the beginning of many other things that follow.”
David Beckmann became president of Bread for the World in 1991. He is an economist and a Christian clergyman（牧師）. Bread for the World organizes people from religious and non-religious groups to write, call and visit members of Congress（國會(huì)）. The purpose is to support measures to improve the lives of the poor. David Beckmann points to big increase in American development assistance. He said, “I think that would not have happened without the support of hundreds of thousands of people and churches that are part of Bread for the World and that keep the pressure on their members of Congress.” The prize committee also credited his efforts with helping to increase aid to needy families in the United States.
【小題1】The World Food Prize honors ________.

A．people who fight against hunger
B．researchers or top policy officials
C．people from nongovernmental groups
D．people who have advanced human development
【小題2】Why does Jo Luck receive the prize?
A．Under her leadership, people develop roads and build schools.
B．She has served Heifer International for almost 20 years.
C．Under her leadership, Heifer International helps farmers in 50 countries.
D．She makes the group’s budget grow to more than 130 million.
【小題3】What has David Beckmann done to deserve the prize?
A．He has trained farmers in 50 countries.
B．He has made a great contribution to science.
C．He has led Bread for the World for more than 20 years.
D．He has aimed to support measures to improve the lives of the poor.


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】D

解析試題分析：文章講述了今年的世界糧食大獎(jiǎng)獎(jiǎng)給了David Beckmann 和Jo Luck。這是第一次獎(jiǎng)給了非政府組織人員，以前的該獎(jiǎng)均是頒給了研究人員和政府人員，同時(shí)也介紹了這兩個(gè)人獲得這份榮譽(yù)的原因，即兩人在幫助人們戰(zhàn)勝饑餓，擺脫困難方面所取得的成績。
【小題1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由本句This year’s World Food Prize will honor two leaders of hunger-fighting groups based in the United States可知，答案應(yīng)為A，意為：今年的世界糧食大獎(jiǎng)授與了美國兩個(gè)反饑餓組織的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。由此可知這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)是授予反饑餓人士的。
【小題2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Heifer International provides donated animals and training to farmers in 50 countries.此句為第二自然段的概括句，意為：海菲國際公司向農(nóng)民捐助了動(dòng)物并對農(nóng)民進(jìn)行了培訓(xùn)，而Jo Luck 是該組織的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。所以答案應(yīng)為C。
【小題3】D段落大意題。The purpose is to support measures to improve the lives of the poor意為：目的是支持一些改善窮人生活的措施。David Beckmann became president of Bread for the World in 1991. He is an economist and a Christian clergyman（牧師）句意為：David Beckmann在1991年成為了這個(gè)組織的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。由此可知，David Beckmann作為該組織的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人，他們的目的在于支持一定的措施去改善窮人的生活，故答案應(yīng)為D。
考點(diǎn):人物傳記類文章的閱讀理解。

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