Question

Aqeela Asifi, who fled to Pakistan as a young woman, has spent her life teaching other Afghan refugees.

For her efforts, Ms. Asifi, who is 49, has won the 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. She also gets $100,000 to help pay for her education projects. The UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award honors extraordinary service to people who have been forced from their homes. Eleanor Roosevelt, Graca Machel and Luciano Pavarotti are some of the other winners of the award.

Asifi faced many problems in Afghanistan before she fled to Pakistan. Resources were limited and education for women was discouraged. However, in Pakistan, the 49-year-old was able to bring change to her conservative Afghan community. She persuaded parents to send their daughters to school in a tent at the Kot Chandana refugee village. The village was in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.

Since then, Ms. Asifi has guided more than a thousand refugee girls through their primary education. “When I began my mission to educate Afghan girls, I could not have imagined that one day it will win me this award. I cannot express my happiness,” she told VOA.

Ms. Asifi was a teacher in Kabul when she fled with her family in 1992. “In Afghanistan I was teaching both boys and girls,” she told VOA. “When I left Afghanistan and ended up in this refugee village with my family, I was saddened to find out there were no facilities here, particularly for women and girls.” They made their home in the distant refugee community in Kot Chandana. There she began teaching a small number of students in her tent. She made teaching materials by hand.

Her tent school has led to the opening of several permanent schools in the village. These schools teach more than one thousand children. Support from the UNHCR, local government, and non-governmental organizations helped make these new schools possible.

Ms. Asifi is a mother of six children. She has worked hard to pay for their education. She spends almost all her income to pay her son’s tuition to study engineering at Kabul University.

But seeking higher education for her four daughters is difficult. There is not enough money or secondary schools for girls in the village.

The Afghan teacher hopes more and more children will receive an education in Afghanistan. She hopes her home country becomes better known for higher levels of education, instead of war. “I want my goal to be introduced in parts of Afghanistan where conservative traditions and customs still prevent parents from sending their daughters to outdoor schools,” she said.

1.According to the passage, Asifi was able to win the 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee award mainly because________.

A. she suffered a lot more than other refugees who fled to Pakistan

B. she was the kindest person all over the world

C. she witnessed the cruelest event when she was in Afghanistan

D. she made great contributions to refugees despite leaving her homeland

2.Which of the following is TRUE about Asifi’s experiences?

A. Before she fled to Afghanistan, she had been a teacher in Pakistan.

B. Asifi succeeded in changing attitudes of Afghan refugees toward girl education.

C. Asifi determined to win the award when she began to educate Afghan girls.

D. All the materials needed for teaching were borrowed.

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Resources were unlimited and education for women was encouraged before Asifi fled to Pakistan.

B. Eleanor Roosevelt, Graca Machel and Luciano Pavarotti all fled to other countries from Afghanistan.

C. Asifi’s daughters can enjoy equal opportunities like their brothers to receive higher education at university.

D. Asifi still treats her own country with great affection though living as a refugee in another country.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是Aqeela Asifi的故事。在她年轻的时候就逃亡巴基斯坦，在那里投入毕生精力给其他一些阿富汗难民提供教育。为了表彰她的杰出贡献，2015年她被联合国教科文组织授予南森难民奖，还获得了100000美元的教育援助基金。

1.D考查细节理解题。根据第一段的Aqeela Asifi, who fled to Pakistan as a young woman, has spent her life teaching other Afghan refugees.For her efforts, Ms. Asifi, who is 49, has won the 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award在她年轻的时候就逃亡巴基斯坦，在那里投入毕生精力给其他一些阿富汗难民提供教育。为了表彰她的杰出贡献，2015年她被联合国教科文组织授予南森难民奖。故选D。

2.2】B考查判断推理题。根据文章第三段的She persuaded parents to send their daughters to school in a tent at the Kot Chandana refugee village她在Kot Chandana的难民村说服父母们将他们的女儿帐篷学校里读书。由此判断选B。

3.D考查判断推理题。根据文章最后一段的She hopes her home country becomes better known for higher levels of education, instead of war她希望她的祖国因为更高的教育水平而闻名而不是以战争而闻名。由此判断选D。

【名师点睛】

故事类阅读概念：

这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。

故事类阅读应试技巧：

1、抓住文章的6个要素：

阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序。因此，无论是顺叙还是倒叙，阅读此类文章时，必须要找到它结构中的5个W（when, where, who, why, what）和1个H（how），不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素。毫无疑问，寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件。

2、注意作者的议论和抒情：

高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达，因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中。行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换，也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局。在引出话题，讲完一件事情后，作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等。这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线，它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图，属于必考点，所以要仔细体会。如:4.D考查细节理解题。根据第一段的Aqeela Asifi, who fled to Pakistan as a young woman, has spent her life teaching other Afghan refugees.For her efforts, Ms. Asifi, who is 49, has won the 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award在她年轻的时候就逃亡巴基斯坦，在那里投入毕生精力给其他一些阿富汗难民提供教育。为了表彰她的杰出贡献，2015年她被联合国教科文组织授予南森难民奖。故选D。

3、结合前两点归纳文章中心，把握作者态度：

故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的，它是文章的灵魂。归纳文章中心思想时，尤其要分析文章的结尾，因为很多文章卒章显志，用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心；文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关；也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心。另外，叙述一件事必有其目的，或阐明某一观点，或赞美某种品德，或抨击某种陋习，这就要求我们在阅读时，通过对细节（第1点中的六要素）的理解，把握作者的态度。

4、有章有据进行解题判断：

分析文章，归纳主题，属于分析、概括、综合的表述能力的考查。切忌脱离文章，架空分析，一定让分析在文章中有依据。如：5.2】B考查判断推理题。根据文章第三段的She persuaded parents to send their daughters to school in a tent at the Kot Chandana refugee village她在Kot Chandana的难民村说服父母们将他们的女儿帐篷学校里读书。由此判断选B。

6.D考查判断推理题。根据文章最后一段的She hopes her home country becomes better known for higher levels of education, instead of war她希望她的祖国因为更高的教育水平而闻名而不是以战争而闻名。由此判断选D。

考点：人物故事新闻类阅读理解