Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking & Reading and Thinking
—Comprehending
Ⅰ 阅读理解
A
On her first day teaching students from poor families at an after-school program in New York City, Alyssa Kapasi noticed how many kids were lining up for free sandwiches and fruit in the school cafeteria．One of the workers explained that many of these students don’t get enough to eat at home, so a school lunch or an after-school meal might be the most food they would get all day．
Kapasi, who attends private school, was very surprised．What’s more, she made up her mind to help．“I want other kids to understand that if you see a problem, you don’t have to wait to grow up to fix it，”says Kapasi．She and a group of friends are now putting their programming skills to work to create an app called Food for Thought, which will allow parents, students, and even kind-hearted strangers to donate to a lunch account for a student in need at a nearby school．
About 20 million American kids receive free lunches．Two million more can have low-price meals, and those students’ families have to pay for part of their food．When they don’t have the money on any given day，the students might have to settle_for an “alternative(可代替的) meal”such as a cheese sandwich．
The app—which is getting financial(财政的) support from a GoFundMe page—provides anonymity(匿名)to those who receive lunch and donors．To receive help，a family will need only a recommendation(推荐) from a school teacher, and no one else has to know．
“I want to make an app that all users feel no shame in using，”says Kapasi．She hopes to test the app in a school district this fall．
【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了美国纽约市一名叫Alyssa Kapasi的女孩设计了一款应用程序来解决贫困家庭学生的饥饿问题。
1．Why does Kapasi want to create an app? A．To teach kids how to help others． B．To practise her programming skills． C．To introduce her school to the public．
D．To solve the problem of hunger in schools．
D 解析：推理判断题。第一段介绍了Kapasi设计应用程序的缘由——她看到许多在学校餐厅排队领取免费食物的孩子，并了解到很多孩子在家吃不饱；再由第二段中的she made up her mind to help．．．to work to create an app called Food for Thought 可知，她致力于解决来自贫困家庭的学生的饥饿问题。
2．What does the underlined phrase “settle for” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Buy． C．Accept．
B．Make． D．Offer．
C 解析：词义猜测题。由前文中的About 20 million American kids receive free lunches．Two million more can have low-price meals．．．可知，本段介绍了美国孩子享受免费或者低价午餐的情况。对于那些没有钱支付低价午餐的孩子，他们可以得到诸如奶酪三明治之类的食物来替代午餐。
3．What should a family do if they want to get help from Food for Thought? A．Visit a GoFundMe page． B．Get in touch with Kapasi． C．Be recommended by teachers． D．Donate something else instead．
C 解析：细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的To receive help, a family will need only a recommendation(推荐) from a school teacher可知，想要获得Food for Thought帮助的家庭，只需被学校老师推荐即可。
4．What can we infer about the users of Kapasi’s app? A．They won’t lose face in using it． B．They will make money by using it． C．They will know who offers them help．
D．They won’t meet their donors until this fall．
A 解析：推理判断题。由倒数第二段中的The app．．．provides anonymity(匿名) to those who receive lunch and donors和最后一段中的I want to make an app that all users feel no shame in using可知，该应用软件提供匿名服务，这样不会让使用者丢面子。
B
Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history．
Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way．Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the
earth forever．Hundreds more are on the danger list today．About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger．
Why should people care？Because we need animals．And because once they are gone, there will never be any more．
Animals are more than beautiful or interesting or a source of food．Every animal has its place in the balance of nature．Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems．
For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks(鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed by mice．Why？Because hawks eat mice．With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the mice multiplied quickly．
Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals．Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem．And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger．
Quite a few countries have passed laws．These laws forbid the killing of any animal or plant on the danger list．Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing．
【解题导语】 本文是一篇关于动物保护的说明文。目前，世界范围内动物的数量正在不断下降，保护动物刻不容缓。保护动物不仅是为动物，也是为我们人类自己的生存考虑。幸运的是，现在有的国家已经开始行动，例如成立保护组织或制定法律等对动物进行有效的保护。
5．What is the best title for the passage? A．Save the Animals B．Useful Animals C．Laws for Animals D．Animals in Danger
A 解析：标题归纳题。文章提到动物面临的生存现状、保护动物的必要性以及目前一些国家对野生动物所采取的保护性措施等都体现了保护动物的主题，故文章标题应是“保护动物”。
6．Animals are important to us mainly because ________． A．they give us a source of food B．they are beautiful and lovely C．they keep the balance of nature D．they give us a lot of pleasure
C 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的Animals are more than．．．in the balance of nature．可知，每一种动物的存在都是有道理的，都是为了维持自然界的平衡。
19-20学年新教材高中英语UNIT2WILDLIFEPROTECTIONSectionⅠListe
