四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题3分，共45分。) 阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。
A
In 2006,Charleston Middle School started an outdoor classroom program by a small group of teachers.“This program is well on its way to being a great success for our school and community(社区).The students love it because they get to see nature at work.I love it because I see it in their eyes that they are learning about the outdoors.”said Coach Nathan Ross,a 5th grade teacher at Charleston Middle School.These teachers took their summer break to get this program started.The money for the outdoor classroom came from collecting cans,school plays，and teachers vs.students basketball games.
The outdoor classroom has different kinds of trees and plants labeled(挂上标签)so that the students can see and know what is in their school backyard.They built an outdoor theater,bridge and bird?houses.The bridge is a walkway over a small river,which is still under construction.The bird?houses are home to many different kinds of birds.“I think the outdoor classroom is so much fun!My favorite thing is the bird?houses because I love to listen to the birds sing.”said 4th grader Kailee Porter.
The outdoor classroom connects the students with the outdoors and provides a new setting and environment(环境)for learning.“I like the outdoor classroom because we don’t have to sit in the hot classroom all day.We get to go outside and enjoy nature,”said Scott Ross,a 5th grader.
第36题The teachers started an outdoor classroom program in order to______.
A. help students learn about nature
B. take students away to the countryside
C. see what the school backyard looks like
D. get something to do when school is over
【正确答案】A
第37题Part of the money for the outdoor classroom came from______.
A. students in the program
B. the income from students plays
C. a can collector in the community
D. parents interested in the program
【正确答案】B
第38题_____is one of the activities in the outdoor classroom.
A. Building bird?houses
B. Holding basketball games
C. Having classes in the theater
D. Catching different kinds of birds
【正确答案】A
B
Joseph Lemasolai wrote a book about his life.His people,the Maasai,are nomads,meaning they do not stay in one place for long.They move their villages in search of good grass and fresh water for their cattle.“The cow is the centerpiece of pretty much everything we do,”Joseph explains.“That’s why we move.We could not be nomads without cattle.You can’t move for nothing—you can’t just walk around!”
When he was very young,Joseph spent much of his time looking after his family’s cattle,taking them to food and water and watching out for lions.He played on the grassland with his friends.
When Joseph was about six years old,he left his family to attend a boarding school(寄宿学校).There,Joseph faced difficulties much like other children do.He was laughed at because he was fat.He got into trouble daily with his teachers.
But Joseph also faced difficulty most children do not.“Every time school closed for vacation,I had to find my way home,”Joseph says.“That was one of the hardest things:The village might be 5 miles away,or it might be 50.Sometimes I wouldn’t know exactly where my family was.I had to search for them.”
Joseph later attended high school in a city.After graduation,he went to college.Finally,he became a social studies teacher,and now he is teaching seventh and eighth graders at a school.
Every summer,Joseph travels back to the grassland to visit his mother,brothers,and friends.And he takes a group of students with him to see both the beauty and the difficulty of growing up in that part of the country.“I like to show them the other side of the coin,”Joseph says.
第39题The word "centerpiece" in Paragraph 1 means "______".
A. the reason of moving
B. the things already done
C. the most important part
D. the animal in the middle
【正确答案】C
第40题Before going to school,Joseph spent a lot of his time______.
A. visiting his friends from place to place
B. getting food and water for his family
C. taking care of his familys cattle
D. watching lions on the grassland
【正确答案】C
第41题When school closed for vacation,Joseph usually had great difficulty______.
A. finding out where his home and village were
B. understanding what he was required to do
C. getting in touch with his teachers
D. walking 5 to 50 miles in a day
【正确答案】A
第42题By taking some of his students home,Joseph wants them to______.
A. deal with difficult situations
B. know about his love for his family
C. realize what the people really need
D. learn about a different way of living
【正确答案】D
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