Question

    Tabichi’s father,uncle,and cousins have all worked as teachers. He could see that his relatives were making a real difference to people’s lives and wanted to do the same. So for the past 12 years, Tabichi has worked as a math and science teacher in the hope that his lessons will give students a chance to improve their situations.

However,working at a remote village school in Kenya hasn’t been easy. The unique challenges and obstacles have forced Tabichi to find unique solutions for his students. The school only has one computer and unreliable Internet access. The school also has no library or laboratory. To make matters worse,there are not enough books for all the students and the school is desperately in need of more teachers. Most of the students are not able to concentrate, because they haven’t had enough meals at home.

One of the other major challenges that Tabichi faces is keeping kids in school as long as possible. So Tabichi spends most of his time outside of the classroom working on ways to keep kids in school. When the 36-year-old gets the feeling that a student is at risk of dropping out, he works to persuade families to put more value in education. To help those in poverty afford food,uniforms,and books, Tabichi also gives away 80 percent of his salary. Despite all the obstacles he faces, Tabichi is credited for improving the school and keeping much of the village’s youth in school. He has also managed to set up science clubs and addressed food insecurity issues.

Thanks to his tireless work,his students have excelled. In recent years,students have won national and international science competitions. In March of 2019, Tabichi was voted the best teacher in the world and won the prize of $1 million.

1.What inspired Tabichi to be a teacher?

A.The high salary of teachers.

B.His father’s demand on him.

C.Contributions a teacher can make.

D.His relatives’ encouragement.

2.What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A.The difficulties Tabichi’s school faced.

B.The life of a remote village in Kenya.

C.Tabichi’s unique teaching ways for his students.

D.Most of the students’ distraction on their learning.

3.What occupied Tabichi’s most time?

A.Giving students the best lessons.

B.Helping students get rid of poverty.

C.Persuading students not to drop out.

D.Getting students away from any risk.

4.Which of the following can best describe Tabichi?

A.Pitiful. B.Lucky.

C.Punctual. D. Selfless.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了肯尼亚偏远乡村的教师Tabichi想尽一切方法克服各种困难并捐助自己80%的工资帮助贫困学生，最后取得了令人瞩目的成就。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Tabichi’s father,uncle,and cousins have all worked as teachers. He could see that his relatives were making a real difference to people’s lives and wanted to do the same.”可知，Tabichi的父亲、叔叔和表兄弟都是老师，他见证了他们给人们的生活带来了真正的改变，他也想这样做，由此可知，老师在人们生活中所起的积极作用促使Tabichi想成为一名老师，故C项正确。

2.主旨大意题。通读第二段内容，特别是根据“However,working at a remote village school in Kenya hasn’t been easy. ”及“challenges and obstacles”可知，在肯尼亚一所偏远的乡村学校工作并不容易，充满了挑战和障碍，由此可知，本段主要讲的是Tabichi的学校所面临的困难，故A项正确。

3.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“So Tabichi spends most of his time outside of the classroom working on ways to keep kids in school.”可知，Tabichi把大部分时间花在研究如何让孩子们留在学校上，也就是说他的大部分时间都用于劝阻学生辍学，故C项正确。

4.推理判断题。根据全文的讲述可知，Tabichi为学生付出了很多，特别是根据第三段中的“To help those in poverty afford food,uniforms,and books, Tabichi also gives away 80 percent of his salary.”可知，为了帮助那些贫困学生买得起食物、校服和书本，Tabichi还捐出了80%的工资，因此他是无私的，故D项正确。