16．Twelve years ago，I arrived in Central Florida from Puerto Rico．I had heard of a job opportunity and decided to pursue it，but it never became a reality．I quickly learned that being alone without resources in an unfamiliar city was not a comfortable situation to be in．
Once my limited funds ran out I became homeless and spent a year and a half living on the streets of Orlando．Apart from feeling not being noticed and missing my family，I had to face another challenge-hunger．
For the first time in my life，I，as a foreign man，who had lived my life in the relative comfort of the middle class，understood the frustration someone feels when they don't get enough to eat．I clearly remembered having run a distance of more than 7miles on many occasions just to make it to a local feeding program before they closed at 7pm．
Once the need for food was met，the next challenge would arise-where to find a place to sleep for the night．Fortunately，local programs like the Coalition for the Homeless，Second Harvest Food Bank and the Wayne Densch Center were an important part of my ability to survive my painful experience．
With the help of these programs，I was accepted by a college scholarship program through the Coalition and obtained two degrees from Valencia．
My experience has helped me understand that devoting my life to helping others offers lasting rewards．Today，I am employed as Childhood Hunger Programs Manager at Second Harvest Food Bank and oversee the summer feeding，Hi-Five Kids Pack，and Kids Café programs．I am so proud to be able to distribute food resources to those wonderful programs and help hundreds more like me．
12．What can be inferred from Paragraph 1？B
A．The author wouldn't go to Central Florida again．
B．The author felt hopeless in Central Florida at that time．
C．Florida was not a good place for people living there at that time．
D．People like to live with friends in a familiar city．
13．Why did the author run a distance of over 7miles on many occasions？B
A．Because he didn't want to be late for work there．
B．Because he desired to get some food to eat．
C．Because he went there to help the poor．
D．Because he helped distribute food resources to the poor．
14．Before being accepted by a college scholarship program，the authorC．
A．had lived with his relatives happily
B．had won his degree in a university
C．had been struggling financially
D．had lost hope of facing the future
15．From his experience，the author learns thatD．
A．people can learn a lesson from difficulties
B．people may suffer a lot in an unfamiliar city
C．people should not give up even in trouble
D．people might be rewarded if they're kind to others．
分析 本文中作者講述了自己從波多黎各來到美國后找不到工作成為了無家可歸的流浪漢，后來在一些慈善機構(gòu)的幫助下作者完成了學(xué)業(yè)，最后決定去幫助他人，把愛心傳遞下去．
解答 12．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第一段"I quickly learned that being alone without resources in an unfamiliar city was not a comfortable situation to be in"我很快就學(xué)會了獨自一人，在一個陌生的城市沒有資源是不舒適的；可知作者感到絕望；故選B．
13．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三段最后一句I clearly remembered having run a distance of more than 7 miles onmany occasions just to make it to a local feeding program before they closed at 7 pm．可知作者走了7英里，就是為了趕上當(dāng)?shù)氐慕o無家可歸者食物的一個活動．故選B．
14．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段第一句Once my limited funds ran out I became homeless and spent a year anda half living on the streets of Orlando．可知作者的錢用完以后，就變得無家可歸了，在奧蘭多的大街上睡了一年．故選C．
15．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段第一句My experience has helped me understand that devoting my life to helping others offers lasting rewards．和最后一句I am so proud to be able to distribute food resourcesto those wonderful programs and help hundreds more like me．可知這次經(jīng)歷讓我理解幫助他人意義巨大，正是因為自己受到了別人的幫助，所以作者也要去幫助別人．故選D．
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
