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【題目】 Students in Kenya are returning for their third term. They begin their school year in January and it is broken up into three terms. In Kenya, in the past, students were not required to attend school an the education was not free, either.

I taugth math, English and physics at Chamasiri Secondary School whiel I was a teacher in Kenya. This school had four classrooms—one for each grade, Form 1, Form 2, Form 3 and Form 4. They are equivalent (對等) to our 9th ,10th ,11th, and 12th grade. Teachers traveled from classroom to classroom instead of the students going from room to room. The Form 1 class had 60 students, Form 2 had 45, Form 3 had 30, and Form 4 about 12 students. The class sizes became smaller as the grades continued on. Why did this happen? Many families were very poor and couldn’t afford the school fees(學(xué)費(fèi)).

Most countryside schools in Kenya did not have a lot of money. As a result, there were very few textbooks for the students to use. I had seven math texts for my Form 2 class and 14 for the Form 1 class. Anything the students needed to know was put up on the blackboard and the students copied it down into their noetbooks. The notebooks became the students’ textbooks.

Kenya students study ten different subject areas. Some of the students spend over an hour running home. They do chores at home and hopefully manage to find some time to study before it gets dark. Most familes do not have electricity and may not even have candles for their children to study by.

Luckily, Kenya education has been becoming better and better in the past few years. I’m sure it will have a good future.

【1】Which grade does Form 3 refer to (指的是) in ther writer’s country?

A. Grade 9.B. Grade 10.C. Grade 11.D. Grade 12.

【2】Why did the notebooks become the students’ textbooks?

A. The students did not pay the schools.

B. The schools couldn’t afford the textbooks.

C. The students preferred to use their notebooks.

D. The teachers asked the students to take notes.

【3】Why do some students run home from school?

A. They aren’t allowed to stay at school.

B. They don’t like studing in the school.

C. They hope to have more time to study.

D. They want to get candles in the stores.

【4】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. In Kenya, a school year has three terms.

B. The Form 1 class had the most students.

C. Each family has electricity in Kenya.

D. Kenya education has been improving.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

文章大意：這是一篇教育文化類閱讀，主要介紹了肯尼亞的一些鄉(xiāng)村學(xué)校現(xiàn)狀和孩子們的學(xué)習(xí)現(xiàn)狀。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Form 1, Form 2, Form 3 and Form 4. They are equivalent (對等) to our 9th ,10th ,11th, and 12th grade.可知，Form 3對應(yīng)的是Grade 11，故答案選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Most countryside schools in Kenya did not have a lot of money.肯尼亞的大多書鄉(xiāng)村學(xué)校沒有很多錢，可推知是學(xué)校買不起教科書，所以筆記本變成了學(xué)生的課本，故答案選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題題。題目是問為什么有的學(xué)生要從學(xué)校跑回家，根據(jù)Some of the students spend over an hour running home．They do chores at home and hopefully manage to find some time to study before it gets dark． Most families do not have electricity and may not even have candies for their children to study by．一些學(xué)生花費(fèi)一個多小時跑回家。他們在家做家務(wù)，并希望天黑之前找到一些時間去學(xué)習(xí)。大多家庭沒有電，甚至沒有蠟燭供孩子們學(xué)習(xí)用。因此孩子們跑回家是為了有更多的時間學(xué)習(xí)，故答案選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題目是問以下哪一個選項(xiàng)是不對的，根據(jù)Most families do not have electricity and may not even have candies for their children to study by．大多家庭沒有電，甚至沒有蠟燭供孩子們學(xué)習(xí)用。可知C選項(xiàng)“肯尼亞的每個家庭都有電”，與原文不符，故答案選C。