14．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 1951 in 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 boilingB？
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．
分析 干旱在肯尼亞是常見的．之前它每10年來一次，但現(xiàn)在它們似乎來的更頻繁并且更長時間．
我們給干旱起了名字："longoza"是許多動物死亡．還有"planes（飛機）"是因為食物是從飛機上投擲，還有一個特別嚴重的干旱被稱為"man who dies with his money in his fist（錢攥在手里死去的人）"，因為即使有錢也買不到食物．
我出生于1951年的馬查科斯．我媽媽告訴我，當我是7歲時，出現(xiàn)了嚴重的干旱．我清楚地記得，惡劣的天氣和饑餓．我不能告訴你有多少次沒有吃東西就去睡覺了．"我就那樣睡去"我們是這樣描述它的．我數(shù)不清有多少天"我就那樣睡去"，或者描述臨睡前饑餓的感覺，我知道我醒來時仍然是沒有早餐的．
我的父親會提前離開，背著一個小籃子，奢求食物．每晚他都是10：00左右回來．我媽媽會盡量鼓勵我，告訴我要讓鍋里的水保持沸騰，這樣，當我的父親回來了，我們可以用準備好的水快速地做飯．我會讓火燃燒，水沸騰，并且期待著我們會吃上食物．但是我爸爸兩手空空沮喪地回來．然后，我就那樣睡去了．
解答 本文屬于日常生活類閱讀，主要講述了自己饑餓的童年時光，重點描述了一家人在家里等父親外出尋找食物的情景．
59．答案A 標題歸納題 由文中可知，本篇文中作者主要描述了自己饑餓的童年生活，一個由干旱引起的饑餓的童年，故選A
60．答案C 詞義猜測題 由文中"longoza"was the drought when many animals died 可知"longoza"是許多動物死亡，故選C
61．答案B 細節(jié)理解題 由文中 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 可知 我媽媽會盡量鼓勵我，告訴我要讓鍋里的水保持沸騰，這樣，當我的父親回來了，我們可以用準備好的水快速地做飯，故選B
62．答案D 細節(jié)理解題 由文中 I can't tell you how many times I went to bed without eating 可知 我不能告訴你有多少次沒有吃東西就去睡覺了，故選D
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