Question

【題目】

A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. The bombing(轟炸) destroyed her home and killed her mother.

Every day we see pictures like this on TVs or in newspapers. We see young Iraqi children begging for food and water from American and British soldiers when they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格達). We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of things almost at the same size as their small bodies as they flee(逃離) their homes in Baghdad.

“Dad, why are the Americans striking （攻擊） us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Sinar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.

He tries to comfort him by saying, “The bombs are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We are going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows this isn’t always the truth, what else can he do? In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to make them sleep so that they won’t hear the sound of bombing. And all the schools are closed.

“All we can do is to listen to and hear the war.” said Abu. “We, all the people and the children, have to live in fear. We feel hopeless and helpless. We don’t know where the next bombs are going. We can do nothing but wait to be killed.”

【1】During the war, children are _______.

A. studying at school B. fighting at the front

C. safer than their parents D. in great danger

【2】The children have to flee their homes because _______.

A. it is dangerous to stay at home because of the bombing

B. their parents are not at home

C. they want to get food and water

D. they want to welcome the foreign soldiers

【3】“Sleeping pills” are _______.

A. a place to keep children safe

B. a kind of thing to help them to be away from the war

C. a kind of medicine to help them to fall asleep

D. a kind of food to make them strong

【4】Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his son, because _______.

A. he doesn’t want to tell him the real reason B. he doesn’t want to tell a lie

C. he doesn’t know how to explain it clearly D. it isn’t good to tell him why

【5】Through the eyes of the girl in the picture, we can see _______.

A. she is looking for something B. she is thinking about something

C. she is angry at somebody D. she feels fearful, helpless and hopeless

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

本文截取片段描寫了伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭期間平民，尤其是孩子們的悲慘遭遇，描寫了他們和父母在面對這場戰(zhàn)爭時心中的無助和絕望。

【1】句意：在戰(zhàn)爭期間，孩子們是處于危險之中。A.在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)B.在前線戰(zhàn)斗C.比他們的父母更安全D.處于危險之中。原文第一段“She has just become motherless. The bombing(轟炸) destroyed her home and killed her mother.”（她剛剛沒有了母親。轟炸毀了她的家并殺死了她的母親。），這則對孩子的描寫說明戰(zhàn)爭來臨孩子們是處在危險之中的，不可能有學(xué)上，也不可能去前線，而是一直在危險中，故選D。

【2】句意：因為轟炸而留在家里是危險的，孩子們不得不逃離家園。A.因轟炸而留在家里是危險的B.他們的父母不在家C.他們想要食物和水D.他們想歡迎外國士兵。原文“The bombs are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers.”（炸彈遠離我們了。 美國人正在與士兵作戰(zhàn)。）說明他們逃脫的目的是遠離炸彈，遠離轟炸，自己的家可能是會被轟炸的，是很危險的，所以他們才不得不逃離家園，故選A。

【3】句意：“安眠藥”是一種幫助他們?nèi)胨�的藥物�?/span>A.一個保護兒童安全的地方B.一種幫助他們遠離戰(zhàn)爭的東西C.一種幫助他們?nèi)胨�的藥�?/span>D.一種使它們變得強壯的食物。原文“In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to make them sleep so that they won’t hear the sound of bombing.”（在巴格達，父母給孩子安眠藥使他們?nèi)胨�，這樣他們就不會聽到轟炸的聲音。）說明“安眠藥”是用來使孩子們能夠入睡的，故選C。

【4】句意：阿布發(fā)現(xiàn)很難向他的兒子解釋這場戰(zhàn)爭，因為他不知道如何解釋清楚。A.他不想告訴他真正的原因B.他不想說謊C.他不知道如何解釋清楚D.告訴他為什么是不好的。原文“We feel hopeless and helpless. We don’t know where the next bombs are going. We can do nothing but wait to be killed.”（我們感到絕望和無助。 我們不知道下一枚炸彈的去向。 除了等待被殺，我們什么也做不了。）說明在阿布心理他也很害怕，他也無法解釋清楚這場戰(zhàn)爭，只有無助和絕望，所以他無法解釋的原因就是他不知道如何解釋清楚，故選C。

【5】句意：通過圖片中女孩的眼睛，我們可以看到她感到害怕，無助和無望。A.她正在尋找一些東西B.她在想什么東西C.她對某人生氣D.她感到害怕，無助和無望。通過圖片可以看得出這個女孩流離失所，眼神中似乎透露著絕望和無助，結(jié)合這篇文章的主題，猜測到這個女孩可能感到害怕，無助和無望，故選D。