20．At the age of sixteen，I joined a volunteer group with my dad．I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia．On the night we arrived，we discovered that"our family"was living in a trailer（活動房車） that was in poor conditions．A crew had been wolfing on it for two weeks，but every time they finished one problem，another surfaced．
We decided the only reasonable solution was to bridle a new house-something unusual but necessary under these circumstances．The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms，a bath and a kitchen．
On Tuesday of that week，while we ate lunch together，I asked the family's three boys，Josh，Eric and Ryan，"What do you want for your new room？"Expecting toys and other gadgets that children suavity ask for，we were astonished when Josh responded，"I just want a bed．"
The boys had never slept in a bed!They were accustomed to plastic mats．That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift．On Thursday night，a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding．
When we saw the delivery truck coming，we told the family about the surprise．We could hardly contain ourselves．It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning．
That afternoon，as we fitted the frames of the beds together，Eric ran into the house to watch us．Too dirty to enter his room，he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway．
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows，Eric asked，"What is that？"
"A pillow，"he replied．
"What do you do with it？"Eric continued to ask
"When you go to sleep，you put your head on it，"I answered softly．Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow．
"Oh…that's soft，"he said，hugging it tightly．
Now，when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent，my dad gently asks，"Do you have a pillow？"
We know exactly what he means．
41．The author's first volunteer project wasD．
A．working on a poor trailer
B．helping a poor family
C．donning beds and bedding
D．dealing with a housing problem
42．On hearing Josh's answer，the author was shocked becauseD．
A．the family lived in a trailer
B．Josh didn't know what a bed was
C．Josh expected to get some toys
D．The boys had no bed to sleep in
43．By"We could hardly contain ourselves．"，the author means that they allB
A．felt confused
B．felt excited with joy
C．couldn't help laughing
D．failed to keep the secret
44．From the passage，we can learn that what Eric had never seen before isC．
A．a(chǎn) trailer
B．a(chǎn) bed
C．a(chǎn) pillow
D．a(chǎn) truck
45．From the last two paragraphs，the author's father means thatA
A．what the author wants to get may be unnecessary
B．the author should not waste money on small things
C．the author should do more volunteer work for the poor
D．what he will buy is not what the author wants but a pillow．
分析 本文主要講述了我在十六歲時與父親一起從事志愿者活動，幫助一貧困家庭建房子，買床和床上用品的故事．
解答 41．答案D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)題干中的"first"，可把答案定位于第一、二段，第一段提到our family"was living in a trailer（活動房車）和第二段首句提到"We decided the only reasonable solution was to bridle a new house"知，第一個志愿項目是處理住房問題．A．在一個貧窮的活動房車工作；B．幫助一個貧困家庭；C．床和床上用品；D．處理住房問題．故選D．
42．答案D．細節(jié)理解題．由題干中的"Josh's answer"可把答案定位于第三、四段．根據(jù)第三段最后一句話"we were astonished when Josh responded，"I just want a bed．"和第四段第一句話"The boys had never slept in a bed!"知男孩們沒有床睡覺．故選D．
43．答案B．語義理解題．根據(jù)第五段最后一句話"It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning"可知"孩子們興奮而且高興"．故選B．
44．答案C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第七段"As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows，Eric asked，‘What is that？'"可知Eric以前沒見過枕頭，故選C．
45．答案A．語義理解題．從全文可以看出"pillow"對我和爸爸幫助的一家孩子來說是必要的物品．當作者想買東西，爸爸總會問"Do you have a pillow？"，由此可知爸爸的意思指"已有‘枕頭'類的必要東西，其他不必要的東西就不必買"，故選A．
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