When his book Little Princes began, Conor Grennan was planning a year-long trip around the globe, a journey that began with a three-month volunteer service at the Little Princess Children’s Home, an orphanage (孤儿院）in Nepal.
Arriving there, Conor was immediately welcomed by all the children even though he had no previous experience in working with children. He quickly grew to love the job. But it wasn’t long before Conor came to learn that the children were not orphans at all—they were actually children who had been separated from their parents by a child trafficker (贩子).
This realization turned Conor’s global journey into a strong desire to try to find a way to reunite these children with their families. As a part of his efforts, Conor did a great amount of work when he was back in America. He started up a nonprofit organization called Next Generation Nepal (NGN), raising funds in order to buy a house in Nepal for another children’s home. Then, back in Nepal, he began a life-changing trip into remote villages.
It is really amazing to read about Conor communicating with the children and to read his descriptions of each of them. He made me truly care about the kids. I wanted them to be able to reunite with their families, too! Unfortunately, this was simply not possible for some of the children. But there were some lucky ones. Jagrit, for example, had thought for years that both his parents were dead. So, Conor was surprised when he visited Jagrifs village and was introduced to the boy’s father!
Conor successfully found many of the families of the children and also found his future wife while in Nepal.
【小题1】What do we know about Little Princess Children’s Home?
| A．Many children ended there due to illegal trade. |
| B．The children in it are all orphans. |
| C．It is a worldwide profitable organization. |
| D．It has many branches all over Nepal. |
| A．a, b, d | B．b, c, d | C．b，c，e | D．c，d，e |
| A．is a friend of the author | B．likes teaching very much |
| C．has already settled in Nepal | D．is the author of Little Princes |
【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】D
解析试题分析：本文是记叙文。讲述了在创作Little Princes这本书的过程中，作家Conor Grennan付出了很大的努力来帮助被拐卖的孩子们。而他的所作所为深深地触动了本文的作者。
【小题1】考查考生对具体信息的理解能力。从第二段的they were actually children who had been separated from their parents by a child trafficker 可知，这些孩子是被贩卖后与父母分开的。故选A。
【小题2】考查考生对多细节的综合推理判断能力，第三段可知，Conor放弃了全球旅行的计划，转而想办法帮助孤儿院的孩子与父母团聚，为此他创立了NGN非赢利组织，还去边远地区找线索，将几个信息综合总结，故选C。
【小题3】考查考生简单推断的能力。由第一段的When his book Little Princes began和倒数第二段的to read his descriptions of each of them可以判断出Conor Grennan 就是这本书 的作者，书中是他对自己经历的讲述。故选D
考点：考查人物传记类短文
点评：人物传记短文会有一些时间线索，做这道阅读理解的时候，要考生注意比较不同的数字。在解答这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息，充分利用题干信息来定位准确。
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