Question

    Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well,Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain,but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.

   Greg's story began with failure. In 1993,he set out to climb K2,the world's second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days,he stumbled (芬良跑) into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan,injured (受伤的) and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.

   Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry,and some of them were ill. Also,the village school didn't have a roof (屋顶) and the children wrote on the ground with sticks. Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. ” I'll build you a school," he told the villagers. " I promise."

   Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money!Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger!Since then,Greg9s organization has built around 80 schools and run many others in Pakistan and other countries,too.

   Sreg hasn’t finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes,but it's the smiles of 舰妒children he has helped that make him happy!

Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It's an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary (普通的) people can do with courage and determination (决心) ！

50. How did Greg keep his promise to build a school?

   A. He raised and saved money.

   B. He did business to make money.

   C. He wrote a book to sell for money.

   D. He borrowed money from his friends.

51. What does the underlined word ”this” refer to?

   A. Saving money. B. Living in the car.

   C. Raising money. D. Building the school.

52. What's the main idea of this passage?

   A. Building schools can help people to have a better life.

   B. We have to do something in return to those who help us.

   C. Ordinary people can make a difference to people's lives.

   D. Climbing mountains is a good start to help poor people.

Answer 1

50. A 51. D 52. C

[阅读C篇短文大意]Greg Mortenson在爬山途中受伤了。 他到巴基斯坦北部的一个村庄后，得到了当地村民的帮助和照顾。 他看到村民生活窘迫，决定为他们建一所学校。学校建成之后，他 还继续为其他贫困国家的人们提供帮助。

50. A 由第四段中的"Greg went back home to the USA to raise

money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money!Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school” 可知答案为A.

51. D画线的词是this ,结合上下文的描述可知，”建造那所学校”

只是更大梦想的开始而已，故选D.

52. C通读全文可知，普通人也可以对别人的生活产生影响，故答案为C.