In many African countries, the care of orphans has been mainly led by foreign donor organizations. However, Sister Florence has changed all that. Using her own resources, Sister Florence is leading the work of raising orphans from different backgrounds. Sister Florence Wanjala’s biggest motivation to start the orphan program was when she saw a little boy whose parents had died. The boy was living with a cruel grandparent and he would visit the grave of his mother, crying for support. Sister Wanjala wanted to give a helping hand and give him hope. From that time, she started feeling the call to help a larger number of orphans.
She opened an office with a few friends and coordinated (協(xié)調(diào)）a program to help the orphans. All the registrations were done in the office and the program so far has 8000 children. Sister Wanjala said, “My dream is to help the orphan to live a holistic (完整)life and be a good Kenyan citizen to help this country. Many people think that the way to support orphans is to put them in an institution（孤兒院）. Others support them up to the age of eighteen, but here, we do it very differently.” For Sister Wanjala, putting a child in an institution is normally her last choice. She prefers the orphans to live in a foster(寄宿的) home.
She said, “I’m so encouraged and happy to see the orphans succeeding. When they come first or second in class, it shows how the program has helped them, and that’s encouraging to me as I continue to coordinate the program.”Through her charity work, more than 1000 orphans have been able to find a home. Sister Wanjala, as a mother, takes care of her own family.
小題1:What inspired Sister Wanjala to start the orphan program?
A．Her preference for kids. B．Her own similar experience.
C． A sad story about an orphan.D．Her successful charity work.
小題2:Sister Wanjala opened an office mainly to ______.
A. set up as many institutions as possible for orphans
B start a program to offer orphans a foster family
C.  provide school education for those orphans
D.  raise more money for the homeless kids
小題3:What does the underlined sentence probably mean?
A． She didn’t want orphans to live in an institution.
B． She preferred to put orphans into an institution.
C． She had no choice but to put orphans in institutions.
D． She sent orphans into an institution in the end.
小題4:What can we learn from the text?
A． Sister Wanjala finally adopted the little boy.
B． Sister Wanjala found foster homes for 8000 orphans.
C． Sister Wanjala was too busy to care for her own family.
D． Sister Wanjala was not alone in helping orphans.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:D

試題分析：文章介紹Sister Florence Wanjala創(chuàng)辦孤兒慈善機(jī)構(gòu)，幫助孤兒找到寄宿家庭，過上正常的生活，成為有用的人，在她的幫助下，很多孤兒找到了家。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：Sister Florence Wanjala’s biggest motivation to start the orphan program was when she saw a little boy whose parents had died. 可知Sister Florence Wanjala’是因?yàn)橐粋�可憐的孤兒的故事開始這個計(jì)劃的。選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：” For Sister Wanjala, putting a child in an institution is normally her last choice. She prefers the orphans to live in a foster(寄宿的) home 。可知Sister Florence Wanjala’.的辦公室是給孤兒找一個寄宿的家庭。選B
小題3:句意理解題：這句話的意思是：把孩子放在機(jī)構(gòu)中是她最后的選擇，也就是她不想這么做。選選A
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：She opened an office with a few friends and coordinated (協(xié)調(diào)）a program to help the orphans. 可知她不是一個人在做這個項(xiàng)目。選D
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The awarding ceremony will be held on December 10．The winner will win a medal, a personal diploma and a cash award of about $l million．
小題1:How did Mo Yan feel when he was told about the news?
A．Excited and proud．B． Happy and surprised
C．Worried and cautious D． Uncertain and shocked
小題2:Mo Yan developed his ability for writing when he was        ．
A．on a farmB．in a factoryC．in a schoolD．in the army
小題3:One of Mo Yan's characteristics of writing is that he         .
A．writes about topics he is familiar with
B．focuses on social problems in the country
C．describes his characters in a unique way
D．explains difficult matters in simple words
小題4:Which of the statements is true?
A．Mo Yan published his first book when he was 20 years old.
B．The movie Hong Gaoliang was made in 1987.
C．Mo Yan only writes novels.
D．Mo Yan’s works are mostly about city life.
小題5:What's the best title for this passage?
A．How Mo Yan Gets Nobel PrizeB．An Introduction to Nobel Prize
C．Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize in LiteratureD．A World Famous Writer, Mo Yan

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