11．Until last summer I had a very comfortable life：winter vacations skiing and summer cruises（乘船游覽）．My parents spent a lot of money on a private school，so they could get me into a competitive middle school．Everything was about tomorrow，next year，my graduation．We never had to worry about today．
Before last summer I never thought much about the people in the world who live day to day，every day，whose lives are controlled by poverty and hunger．Then I enrolled in a two-week intensive program．We lived in a"Tribal Village，"in a hot，dry open grassland in Arkansas，a state of the south-central United States．I am a tribal member in Mozambique，a country of southeast Africa．Every meal，I make the fire for my family，and feel the flames lick up my nostrils as I blow to keep the fuel alive．I cook mush with vegetables．This is all my family is ever given．
I feed the hen and three rabbits their dinner．I grow attached to the rabbits，even though I know I shouldn't．I name them．I'm not getting enough to eat； it's time to decide whether or not to kill the rabbits．I feel pain but it's a privileged child's pain because I know I will soon be eating again．That's not true for a lot of other children around the world．
Growing up comfortably in the U．S．，I've never had to worry about my dinner，and even though this whole process was only a simulation，it changed my life．Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hunger．
So I've become president of Roots and Shoots，a group working to improve local environments for people and animals．I'm also working to create a program at my high school called the"Safe Passage"trip to help young people in the Guatemala City dump．And I've got plans to do more．
I'm often thinking of laboring in the hot sun and the millions who still do．Now，I try to live for today and stop worrying so much about the future．When I eat or feel full，I am grateful for this fortunate life and want to extend the same feeling to others．
I believe in offering help to those who need it．
61．What is true about the author before last summer？D
A．Her life was under great pressure
B．She had to worry about her dinner
C．She didn't have to worry about the future
D．Her life was well-planned．
62．We can learn from the second paragraph thatB．
A．the author raised some rabbits as pets
B．the author had a very difficult life in the"Tribal Village"
C．the author took part in a two-week program in Africa
D．the author never thought about poor people after the program
63．The author feels pain becauseA．
A．she doesn't want to kill the rabbits               
B．she is not getting enough to eat
C．she is a privileged child                   
D．she can't go back to her regular life
64．What does the underlined word"simulation"in the fourth paragraph probably mean？
B
A．Reality          B．Imitation                C．Imagination          D．Experience
65．What influence did the author's experience in the"Tribal Village"have on her？
C
A．It has made her life more comfortable．
B．It taught her to be grateful to her parents．
C．It gave birth to a belief in helping others．
D．It inspired her to start two groups to help others．

分析 本文講述了作者在Tribal Village體驗生活后，從一個養(yǎng)尊處優(yōu)，不知民間疾苦者轉(zhuǎn)變成一個以具體的行動去幫助他人的人．

解答 DBABC
61．D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段第二句My parents spent a lot of money on a private school，so they could get me into a competitive middle school．父母花錢讓其讀私立便于進入好的中學．作者的人生得到了很好的安排．故選D；根據(jù)第一段第一句Until last summer I had a very comfortable life：winter vacations skiing and summer cruises．可知，作者過著舒適的生活：寒假去滑雪，暑假坐游輪．所以，作者的生活沒有壓力，故A錯誤；根據(jù)第一段最后兩句Everything was about tomorrow，next year，my graduation．We never had to worry about today．無需擔心現(xiàn)在，唯有明年的畢業(yè)．故C錯誤；根據(jù)第四段第一句…I've never had to worry about my dinner無三餐之憂，故B錯誤．
62． B 推理判斷．根據(jù)第二段的大意，第一句話以及后面的描述Every meal，I make the fire for my family，and feel the flames lick up my nostrils as I blow to keep the fuel alive．I cook mush with vegetables．This is all my family is ever given．可知，作者在去Tribal Village之前，從未想過世界上每天有如此多的人生活在貧窮和饑餓之中．作者每日生火做飯，用嘴吹以�；鸩粶纾艹缘降囊簿褪敲婧褪卟耍纱丝芍畹钠D苦和困難．故選B．
63．A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段五、六句it's time to decide whether or not to kill the rabbits．I feel pain but it's a privileged child's pain because I know I will soon be eating again．可知，作者本不想殺它們的．故選A．
64．B詞義猜測題．根據(jù)第二段可知，作者在Tribal Village體驗艱苦生活；再由劃線單詞所在句子以及前面一句可知，現(xiàn)實中的作者是在美國舒服地長大，無三餐之憂，所以這種生活只是模擬體驗．故選B．
65．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第四段最后一句Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hunger．第五段講述的作者幫助他人的具體事例以及最后一段I believe in offering help to those who need it．可知，作者正在以具體的行動去幫助需要幫助的人．故選C．

點評 本文講述了一個很有哲理的故事，以推理題的考查為主，測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關系，對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋．考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點．

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