Question

   Becki and Bonsa are such close friends that people often mistake them for sisters. Becki and Bonsa live in Adukrom,a small village,in Ghana,an English-speaking West African country. Adukrom has no running water,electricity or television.

   At 6：45 am,Bonsa and Becki walk to school carrying chairs on their heads. The school has only desks. It also has no bus,so some children have to walk many miles to get there.

   Outside the school,a woman sells gravy rice. Most children buy the breakfast because their mothers have left their homes so early. A child walks around the playground ringing a bell to announce the start of classes,which begin at 7:15 am sharp. Like every student,Becki and Bonsa will ring the bell for a week. All the students know that being on time is important.

   Becki and Bonsa and the other students gather in rows,one class in each row,in front of a senior teacher. Any late students are sent into the nearby forest to gather firewood.

   After school,the girls wash their hands and use their fingers to eat out of a common bowl. The girls take their evening meal with their own mothers and aunts. The fathers eat with their male relatives at their fathers’ houses. Ashanti men and women do not eat together.

   When there is work to do after school,the girls do it first. Once their work is done,they are free to play. Sometimes they pick oranges,jump rope,dance,or play a board game.

   After sunset,the villagers take chairs outside and join their neighbors to talk about the day. No one is rich. But everyone seems happy.

1. From the passage,we know that Adukrom is a village.

   A. crowded

   B. poor

   C. dirty

   D. polluted

2. When Bonsa and Becki go to school,they always.

   A. take their chairs to school

   B. walk many miles every day

   C. buy some bread at the school gate

   D. carry a bell in the schoolbag

3. If Becki is late for school,she has to .

   A. sit in the last row in the classroom

   B. ring the bell for a week

   C. run around the playground for 10 minutes

   D. collect firewood in the forest

4. After school,Becki and Bonsa first.

   A. pick oranges

   B. jump rope

   C. dance

   D. play a board game

5. The passage mainly tells us about two girls’.

   A. team spirit

   B. favourite school

   C. everyday life

   D. close friendship

Answer 1

1. B 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. C

  本文記敘了 Becki和Bonsa —天的生活。通過對她們 生活的描述，我們了解到在Adukrom的人們生活很貧苦，但 每個人都生活得很快樂。

1. B細節理解題。根據第一段最后一句“Adukrom has no running water,electricity or television. ”可知，Adukrom 是一個貧窮的小村莊。故選B項。

2. A細節理解題。由第二段第一句“…Bonsa and Becki walk to school carrying chairs on their heads. ” 可知，她們 自己帶著椅子去上學。故正確答案為A項。

3. D細節理解題。根據第四段最后一句“Any late students are sent into the nearby forest to gather firewood. ”可知， 如果Becki遲到，就會被送到附近的樹林里撿木柴。因 此選D.

4. A細節理解題。由第六段中“When there is work to do after school,the girls do it first. ”可知，放學后她們先干 農活，然后再玩。

B、C、D三項都是玩游戲。pick oranges意為“摘橘子”，A項符合題意。

5. C主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，本文記敘了 Becki和Bonsa一天的生活:早上帶著椅子去學校，放學后先做農活然 后一起玩，晚上坐在一起聊天。故C項符合題意。

   加納(Ghana) 是非洲西部的一個國家，位于非洲 西部、幾內亞灣北岸，西鄰科特迪瓦，北接布基納法 索，東毗多哥，南瀕大西洋，海岸線長約562公里。

障礙句分析

   Once their work is done,they are free to play. 一旦她們的工作完成后，她們就可以自由玩耍。

   once用作連詞時，意為“一旦……就……”，用于連接時 間狀語從句，相當于as soon as。注意:once引導的是時間狀 語從句，從句要用一般現在時代替將來時。