Question

    I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. The job has taught me many unforgettable (令人难忘的）lessons. I have seen wars,poverty and death,but I have also seen courage,hope and happiness.

  In India I saw many homeless children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the streets : begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady called ： Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year,she was : looking after two hundred children. She clothed them,: fed them and taught them. She gave them hopes.  

  Another time,I was in Turkey after a terrible ; earthquake. I found an old lady whose house broke」 down. Her son was missing and people said there was no chance that he was still alive. But the lady did not give 八 up hope. For four days,she moved heavy stones once a  time. She did not stop until she found her son. He was ： alive.

   Here inChina. I was surprised when I met a young — boy who had had twenty  operations and spent nearly his ^ whole life in hospital. I thought he would be sad,but when I met him,his smile was so warm and welcoming. ^ In life,we need models that we can learn from. \ When my life is difficult,I try to remember the courage -i and goodness of these three people.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. The underlined word poverty probably means         .   

A. one’s birth place

B. a factory producing food

C. the state of being bright

D. the state of being poor     

(   ) 2. The speaker drew unforgettable lessons from     .  

A. the poor life of people

B. the people full of hope      

C. the difficulty that people met     

D. the dark and bright side of the society  

（   ）3. What happened to the old lady’s son?

A. He  was trapped in the  broken  house.    

B. He  was hit by a lot of  stones.     

C. He died in the earthquake.

D. He was saved by some people.

(   ) 4. Why was the speaker surprised while meeting the sick boy?     

A. He had had so many operations.

B. He     was not sad at all.

C. He     was in hospital all  his life. 

D. He     could welcome the  speaker.   

(   ) 5. The main purpose(目的）of the speaker is to    

ask people to         .

A. live with hope and courage

B. get out of the dark society

C. fight for a bright world

D. try to get happiness

Answer 1

 1. D war,death 指不好的事情，courage,hope, happiness 指好的事情 。所以 poverty 指不好的事情。根据选项只有D项符合。poverty指 “贫穷”

2.D根据第二段最后两句可知作者不仅看到了战争、贫穷和死亡等社会的黑暗面，也看到了勇气、希望和幸福等社会光明的一面，故选D.

3. A根据第三段可知老夫人的儿子是被困在了地 震后倒塌的房子中。

4.B根据第四段第三句可知作者之所以惊讶是因为病中的男孩不仅没有悲伤，相反却用温暖的笑脸迎接作者。

5.A根据最后一句可知作者是希望人们可以充满勇气和希望生活。