Question

When his book Little Princes begins, Conor Grennan is planning a year-long trip around the globe, a journey that began with a three-month volunteer service at the Little Princes Children’s home, an orphanage(孤兒院) in Nepal.

When he arrived at the orphanage, Conor was immediately welcomed by all the children even though he had no previous experience in working with children. He quickly grew to love the job. But it wasn’t long before Conor came to learn that the children were not orphans at all — they were actually children who had been separated from their parents by a child trafficker(販子).

This realization turned Conor’s global journey into a strong desire to try to find a way to reunite these children with their families. As a part of his efforts, Conor did a great amount of work when he was back in America. He started up a nonprofit organization called Next Generation Nepal(NGN), raising funds in order to buy a house in Nepal for another children’s home. Then, back in Nepal, he began a life-changing trek(艱苦跋涉) into the remote villages in the mountains of Humia.

It is really amazing to read about Conor communicating with the children and to read his descriptions of each of them. He made me truly care about the kids. I wanted them to be able to reunite with their families, too! Unfortunately, this was simply not possible for some of the children. But there were some children who received amazing surprises. Jagrit, for example, had thought for years that both his parents were dead. So, Conor was dumbfounded when he visited Jagrit’s village and was introduced to the boy’s father!

Conor successfully found many of the families of the children. Also, he was successful in finding his future wife while in Nepal.

1.What do we know about Little Princes Children’s Home?

A. It is a profitable organization.

B. The children in it are all orphans.

C. It has many branches all over Nepal.

D. Many children ended up there due to illegal trade.

2. In order to help the children, Conor _________.

a. gave up his plan to travel worldwideb. set up the organization NGN

c. fought against child traffickersd. visited some remote villages

e. decided to settle in Nepal

A. a, b, cB. a, b, d

C. b, c, dD. c, d, e

3.What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Satisfied.B. Interested.

C. Astonished.D. Ashamed.

4.It can be learned from the passage that Conor Grennan _________.

A. is the author of Little Princes

B. is determined to remain single

C. likes teaching very much

D. is a friend of the author’s

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析: 本文講述了在創(chuàng)作Little Princes這本書的過程中，作家Conor   Grennan付出了很大的努力來幫助被拐賣的孩子們，而他的所作所為深深地觸動了本文的作者。

1. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到they were actually children who had been separated from their parents by a child trafficker 可知，這些孩子是被販賣后與父母分開的，故選D項(xiàng)。

2.C推理判斷能力，第三段可知，Conor放棄了全球旅行的計(jì)劃，轉(zhuǎn)而想辦法幫助孤兒院 的孩子與父母團(tuán)聚，為此他創(chuàng)立了NGN非贏利組織，還去邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū) 找線索，將幾個(gè)信息綜合總結(jié)，故選C。

3. 猜測題意題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段提到But there were some children who received amazing surprises. Jagrit, for example, had thought for years that both his parents were dead. So, Conor was dumbfounded when he visited Jagrit’s village and was introduced to the boy’s father!這些孩子會吃驚，比如，Jagrit,原以為父母已經(jīng)死了，因此當(dāng)他去Jagrit的家鄉(xiāng)見到他的父親時(shí)很是吃驚，故選C項(xiàng)。

4.推斷題。根據(jù)第一段的When his book Little Princes began和倒數(shù)第二段的to read  his descriptions of each of them可以判斷出Conor Grennan 就是這本書  的作者，書中是他對自己經(jīng)歷的講述，故選A

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