Question

Katherine Com male is an 11-year-old girl from Pennsylvania. At the age of five she began raising money to buy nets for children in Africa to help stop the spread of malaria(疟疾).

When she was five, Katherine learnt about malaria in Africa. She learnt that every 30 seconds a child died from this disease. She, also learnt that people wouldn’t get that disease if they had enough bed nets. “I was really sad to learn that a child died every half a minute because of malaria.” Says Katherine, “I wanted to send nets right away, so that’s what I did.”

Five-year-old Katherine made presentations at churches and schools. She told students and others how important bed nets were for Africans. After people heard the presentations, many of them donated money. Katherine sent the money to NBN. NBN is an organization that sends bed nets to Africa.

Besides_, every holiday Katherine makes something called “ net gift certificate” with the help of her friends and brothers. On each l0-dollar certificate there is a message. It explains that a bed net would be sent to Africa. When more certificate orders come, Katherine gets help from students in her school.

Katherine has helped to raise $200,000 for NBN. “It makes me proud to help African children. I won^’t stop working until everyone in Africa has a bed net.” says Katherine.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.When Katherine was six, she began helping children in Africa.

B.Katherine learnt that two children died from malaria one minute.

C.Katherine did a lot and helped to raise $ 20,000 for NBN.

D.Katherine’s parents helped her make “bed net gift certificate”.

2.In Paragraph 4, “It” refers to “     ”.

A. a 10-dollar note B. a gift certificate

C. an organization   D. a message

3.From the passage we know Katherine did the following EXCEPT_______.

A.raising a great deal of money for NBN

B.giving presentations at churches and schools

C.explaining the importance of nets for Africans

D.orderingpeople to learn to use the nets well

4.It can be inferred from the passage that         .

A.Katherine’s work is very helpful and meaningful

B.the spread of malaria in Africa will be more serious

C.every child in Africa gets a net with Katherine’s help

D.Katherine has received much money from NBN

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了一个名叫凯瑟琳的女孩得知买蚊帐可以阻止非洲人死于疟疾，于是她在教堂和学校做演讲，为给非洲人买蚊帐而筹集资金。在假期，凯瑟琳让人们买一种礼券，每10美元为非洲人买一个蚊帐。凯瑟琳的努力，为NBN筹集到了大量资金，为非洲人提供了很多蚊帐，她觉得要继续努力，争取让每个非洲人都有一个蚊帐。

1. She learnt that every 30 seconds a child died from this disease.可知Katherine 得知每30秒就有一名孩子死于疟疾，也就是1分钟会有2个孩子死于这种病。故选B。

2. On each l0-dollar certificate there is a message.可知此处指的是每个10美元单据就是一个信息，这个可以证明这些钱可以买一个蚊帐。故选D。

3.Katherine sent the money to NBN. 可知凯瑟琳为NBN筹集资金，故A项与文中意思相符。根据Five-year-old Katherine made presentations at churches and schools. 可知凯瑟琳在教堂和学校做演讲。故B项与文中意思相符。根据She told students and others how important bed nets were for Africans.可知她告诉学生和其他人蚊帐对于非洲人是多么重要。故C项与文中意思相符。文中没有提凯瑟琳命令人们如何使用蚊帐，故选D。

4.Katherine has helped to raise $200,000 for NBN. 可知凯瑟琳的努力，为NBN筹集到了大量资金，为非洲人提供了很多蚊帐，因此是有作用的和有意义的。故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。