Question

【題目】 Frederick Phiri is the junk-art king of Zambia: at just 22, he started to earn an international reputation for being able to make complex and elegant sculptures from scrap (廢棄的) metal found in his community.

Phiri’s father died when he was starting primary school. Then his mother abandoned him and he had to stay with his grandfather. His grandfather paid for his schooling through primary school but when he entered secondary school, he had to get various jobs to pay for his fees. Yet even in school, he was always drawing and making things in class.

After graduating, he did what he could to support himself by making animal sculptures from wires and sold them to tourists. His work was so popular that it caught the eye of Karen Beattie, director of Project Luangwa, a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and economic development in central Africa.

“I introduced him to a local welder (焊工),” Beattie told Newsweek.

In 2017, Phiri worked with welder Moses Mbewe during the rainy season, helping to make a complex set of doors for Project Luangwa. The piece sparked an idea in Beattie’s mind: “I handed him a bunch of scrap metal and said, ‘Make something with this.’ And he did. It was wonderful.”

Today, Phiri continues his art, using pieces of junk people bring him—keys, broken bike chains, old metal plugs and whatever scrap metal is lying around. He then turns the junk into abstract animals—elephants, cranes, giraffes, chameleons—and sells them at Project Luangwa headquarters. The community has recognized his talents.

“My dream is to earn enough to study art at the Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka and be able to make a living from it,” Phiri said “and then to make very large sculptures.”

【1】What is Phiri known for?

A.Serving his community.B.Collecting works of art.

C.Being the king of Zambia.D.Turning trash into treasure.

【2】What can we learn about Phiri from paragraph 2?

A.He had an unhappy childhood.B.He paid for his primary school.

C.He had to support his grandfather.D.He missed school to do part-time jobs.

【3】How does Phiri feel about his future?

A.Uncertain.B.Confident.

C.Depressed.D.Satisfied.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A.A Successful Path of Art.B.The Junk-art King of Zambia.

C.A Young Man’s Wildest Dream.D.The Modern Junk Works of Art.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了非洲贊比亞的廢品藝術(shù)之王Frederick Phiri的人生事跡，激勵讀者為了自己的夢想而努力。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容“Frederick Phiri is the junk-art king of Zambia: at just 22, he started to earn an international reputation for being able to make complex and elegant sculptures from scrap metal found in his community.( Frederick Phiri是贊比亞的垃圾藝術(shù)之王:在他22歲的時候，他就開始在國際上享有聲譽(yù)，因?yàn)樗�能夠用在他的社區(qū)里發(fā)現(xiàn)的廢金屬制作復(fù)雜而優(yōu)雅的雕塑。)”可知，他是以利用廢棄金屬制作精美藝術(shù)品而出名的。故選D項(xiàng)。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容“Phiri’s father died when he was starting primary school. Then his mother abandoned him and he had to stay with his grandfather. His grandfather paid for his schooling through primary school but when he entered secondary school, he had to get various jobs to pay for his fees. Yet even in school, he was always drawing and making things in class.( 哈里里的父親在他開始上小學(xué)的時候就去世了。然后他的母親拋棄了他，他不得不和他的祖父住在一起。他的祖父供他上小學(xué)，但當(dāng)他上中學(xué)時，他不得不找各種工作來支付學(xué)費(fèi)。然而，即使在學(xué)校，他總是在課堂上畫畫和做東西。)”可知，小學(xué)時父親去世，之后母親遺棄了他，他只能和祖父生活在一起，中學(xué)后開始打工支付學(xué)費(fèi)，因此可以推知，他的童年并不快樂。故選A項(xiàng)。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段末句以及末尾段內(nèi)容：The community has recognized his talents.“My dream is to earn enough to study art at the Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka and be able to make a living from it,” Phiri said “and then to make very large sculptures.”(社區(qū)已經(jīng)認(rèn)識到了他的才能�！拔业膲粝胧菕甑阶銐虻腻X在盧薩卡的Evelyn Hone學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)藝術(shù)，并以此謀生，”Phiri說，“然后制作非常大的雕塑。)可推知，他的才能得到認(rèn)可，他對未來充滿信心。故選B項(xiàng)。

【4】主旨大意題。文章主要圍繞Frederick Phiri這位贊比亞的廢品藝術(shù)之王做介紹，描述了他的生平和藝術(shù)才能，以及當(dāng)下他對未來的展望。選項(xiàng)B“The Junk-art King of Zambia.”貼合主題，概括了主旨大意，可作最佳標(biāo)題。故選B項(xiàng)。