Question

9．Droughts （干旱）are common in Kenya．Before，they came every 10years，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"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 1951in 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 hungry，knowing I'd 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 10：00p．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 hopes that we would eat that night．But my father would arrive frustrated and empty-handed．And I would sleep like that．

59．The best title for the text isA．
A．A Hungry Childhood Caused by Droughts
B．Food and Hunger
C．Protecting the Environment
D．Droughts and Their Names
60．What does the drought of the"longoza"refer to （指代）？C
A．Many animals needed food dropped by planes．
B．People had to eat animals because of hunger．
C．Many animals died because of the droughts．
D．People died of hunger even if they had money．
 61．Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling？B
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．
62．The sentence"I slept like that"means"D．"
A．I was disappointed when my father came back empty-handed
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

分析 干旱在肯尼亚很常见．以前十年一遇，但是现在好象变得更经常，持续时间也更长了．
    我们为干旱取了名字："longoza"是导致许多动物死去的干旱的名字；"飞机"是因为干旱导致颗粒无收，要用飞机投放食物； 一种尤为严重的干旱叫"手里拿着钱死去的人"，因为即使有钱，也没有食物可买．
    我1951年出生于马查科斯．妈妈告诉我，当我七岁时有一场严重的干旱，我清晰地记得当时的坏天气和饥饿．我无法告诉你我有多少次空着肚子睡觉，我自己也数不清有多少次那样的睡眠，也无法描述睡时的饥饿感觉以及明明知道第二天早饭也没有食物可吃的绝望．
    第二天早上爸爸会带个小篮子去赊食物，每天他大约晚上10点回家．妈妈会鼓励我让锅里的水开着以便于爸爸回来我们可以快速地在开着的水中煮食物．我会一直烧着火让水开着，延续着那晚我们能吃到东西的希望．但是爸爸会垂头丧气地回来，两手空空，我也会像那样饿着睡觉．

解答 59．A 阅读短文可知，这篇短文中作者主要描述了自己饥饿的童年生活．故选A，一个由干旱引起的饥饿的童年．
60．C 根据下文was the drought when many animals died 描述，可知这个单词指的是，很多动物由于干旱死了．故选C．
61．B 根据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．描述，可知一直保持水开着是因为准备随时做饭．故选B．
62．D 联系前一句I can't tell you how many times I went to bed without eating．描述，可知这句话指的是不吃饭就睡觉．故选D．

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