A
Nelda Billie has been waiting to turn on lights in her home for 15 years. ''We've been living off those oil lanterns,'' she says. ''Now we don't have to have flashlights everywhere. All the kids have a flashlight. When they get up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, they have a flashlight to go to the outhouse. ''
Billie, her husband and their five kids live in a tiny, one-room cottage built with wood and mud, which is a traditional Navajo home. Their three sheep are on the green grass that carpets the rolling hills of Dilkon, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the US. They watch two men in a cherry picker hook the last power line to their home.
Billie says they've gone through too many electrical machines to count. ''My two boys, they have really bad allergies and they have asthma(哮喘), so sometimes they need the sprayer. '' Billie says. ''So we usually go to their grandma's house, travel in the middle of the night over there back and forth. ''
The Billies are not alone. About 10% of Navajos on the reservation live without electricity. And as much as 40% of them have to haul their water far away and use outhouses. A poll(民意调查) of Native Americans conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health found that more than a quarter of Native Americans have experienced problems with electricity, the Internet and with the safety of their drinking water.
Outside the Billies' home, the couple waits patiently for the workers to finish the job. Finally, after waiting for so long, the Billies watch the foreman turn on the meter behind their house and close the cover. Nelda then runs inside to open the switch. ''It's so exciting to finally have electricity here after so many years without it, '' Billie says. ''My kids are going to be so happy. They keep asking every day… They go, 'Mum, we're going to have light! We're going to finally have light! '''
Now the family will wait and pray for running water and the Internet.
1. Why did Billie's children have flashlights in the past?
A. They used them as toys.
B. They wanted to save electricity.
C. They needed them to light up late at night
D. They prepared these for going to grandma's house.
2. What can we learn from paragraph 2?
A. The Billies lead a green but poor life.
B. Electricity can bring about great changes.
C. The situation of Native Americans is serious.
D. There is an urgent need for electricity in Billie's house.
3. How does Billie often find electricity to treat her children's illness?
A. By walking a long way to a friend.
B. By producing electricity herself.
C. By inviting workers to her house.
D. By going to her mum's house.
4. What does the underlined sentence ''The Billies are not alone. ''imply in paragraph 4?
A. The Billies live far from cities but never feel lonely.
B. More Navajos suffer greatly from no electricity.
C. Only 10%of Navajos live without safe drinking water.
D. A quarter of Navajos have experienced problems with electricity.
5. What is the best title for the text?
A. The Disappearing Oil Lanterns B. Poor People's Bright Future
C. Electricity Bringing Hope D. Power Lines Construction
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了美国的原著居民纳瓦霍人在多年的等待后，终于有了电，大家都很开心，并期待可以便利使用水和网络。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段的When they get up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, they have a flashlight to go to the outhouse.(当他们半夜起来上厕所时，他们可以打着手电筒到外面去)可知，在过去，Billie 的孩子需要手电筒是因为需要在晚上照明。C. They needed them to light up late at night(他们需要它们来照亮夜晚)符合以上说法，故选C项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段的Billie, her husband and their five kids live in a tiny, one-room cottage built with wood and mud, which is a traditional Navajo home. Their three sheep are on the green grass that carpets the rolling hills of Dilkon, (Billie，她的丈夫和他们的五个孩子住在一间用木头和泥土建造的一居室小屋里，这是传统的纳瓦霍家庭。他们的三只羊躺在铺满起伏山丘的绿草地上)可知，Billie和家人过着环保，但贫穷的生活。A. The Billies lead a green but poor life.( Billie一家过着环保，但贫穷的生活)符合以上说法，故选A项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段的''My two boys, they have really bad allergies and they have asthma(哮喘), so sometimes they need the sprayer. '' Billie says. ''So we usually go to their grandma's house, travel in the middle of the night over there back and forth. ''(Billie说：“我的两个孩子，他们有非常严重的过敏和哮喘，所有有时他们需要喷雾器。因此我们通常会在半夜去他们奶奶家，来回奔波。”)可知，Billie 去她妈妈的家寻找电源，给孩子治病。D. By going to her mum's house.(去她妈妈的家)符合以上说法，故选D项。
【4题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第四段的The Billies are not alone. About 10% of Navajos on the reservation live without electricity.可知，比利家并不是唯一的。大约10%的纳瓦霍人生活在没有电的环境中。由此推测划线部分的意思是：还有更多的纳瓦霍人因为没有电，遭受了很多不便。B. More Navajos suffer greatly from no electricity.(更多的纳瓦霍人，因没有电，而遭受巨大的痛苦)符合以上说法，故选B项。
【5题详解】
主旨大意题。根据的主要内容，尤其倒数第二段的'It's so exciting to finally have electricity here after so many years without it, '' Billie says. ''My kids are going to be so happy. They keep asking every day… They go 'Mum, we're going to have light! We're going to finally have light! '''(“在这么多年没有电的情况下，这里终于有了电，这太令人兴奋了。” Billie说“我们的孩子也会非常高兴，他们每天都在问。他们说：‘妈妈，我们终于要有电了！我们终于要有电了’”) 和最后一段的Now the family will wait and pray for running water and the Internet. (现在，这个家庭将等待和祈祷自来水和因特网)可知，本文主要讲述了美国的原著居民纳瓦霍人在多年的等待后，终于有了电，大家都很开心，并期待可以便利使用水和网络。C. Electricity Bringing Hope(电带来希望)可以作为本文标题，故选C项。
