Question

    Droughts (干旱) are common in Kenya. Before,they came every 10 years,but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time.

     We gave the droughts names :“longoza” was the drought when many animals died; there was the drought of the “planes” because food was dropped from the air by planes; and one particularly bad drought was called ^u a man who dies with his money in his fist (拳头) ”，because even if there was money,there was simply no food to buy

     I was born in 1951 in Machakos. From what my mother tells me,when I was 7 there was a serious drought.I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger. I can’t tell you how many times I went to bed without eating. “ I slept like that” is how we described it.I can’t count the number of days when “I slept like that” or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungrily,knowing Td wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast.

      My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit (赊欠) . Each night he would return home around 10： 00 p.m.My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water. I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling,along with the hope that we would eat that night.But my father would arrive frustrated and emptyhanded.And I would sleep like that.

41. The best title for the text is“       ”

A .Hungry Childhood Caused by Droughts

B. Food and Hunger 

C.Protecting the Environment 

D.Droughts and Their Names 

42.What does the drought of the “longoza”refer to (指代) ？

A.Many animals needed food dropped by planes.

B.People had to eat animals because of hunger.

C.Many animals died because of the drought.

D.People died of hunger even if they had money.

43.Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling?

A.To wait for her father to come back to have supper.

B.To cook the food that her father would bring back.

C.To keep her house warm all night.

D.To make her hungry mother happy.

44.The sentence “I slept like that ” means“       ”

A.I was disappointed when my father came back emptyhanded

B.I felt sorry because my family got hungry again

C.I went to sleep with no food for breakfast

D.I went to bed with nothing to eat

Answer 1

41.A文章主要叙述旱灾及作者7岁时，他们是怎样渡过那场旱灾的，故选A.

42.C 根据第一段中 “ longoza ” was the drought when many animals died可知，在旱灾中许多动物死去，这样的旱灾被称为“longoza”。故答案为C.

43.B 由第四段中 My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water.可知，作者是在等待父亲带食物回来煮。故选 B. 

44.D由第二段中 I can’t tell you how many times I went to bed without eating.“I slept like that” is how we described it.可知，“我像那样睡去”指的是没有吃任何东西就去睡了。故选D.