1 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors 阅读理解 A 2020 长沙四校模拟 Josh Morrison 17 dreamed of raising 100 000 to build a home for a low income family After years of hard work his dream has come true The house is now in the early stages of building Six years ago Josh and his dad went into a Habitat for Humanity ReStore a home improvement store and donation center run by the nonprofit organization They were there to buy a sink Josh then 11 also noticed a collection of pennies I instantly felt the urge to help out with that he said Josh set a fundraising 筹款 deadline of four years Many people doubted whether he could reach his goal of 100 000 but it didn t shake his faith He raised money at his school and other nearby schools He collected money from neighbors got publicity from local newspapers and placed cans in stores so that people could donate extra change Josh s fundraising efforts began to produce results Still there were challenges Four months before his deadline he was 30 000 short He decided to hold a Family Fun Fair and Spaghetti Dinner in Uxbridge which is in the province of Ontario The event raised 19 000 I didn t care how long it took me Josh said I would raise 100 000 With three weeks left a company called Josh s house offering to donate 18 000 Eventually Josh reached a total of 124 000 before his deadline The momentum just kept going and we decided to do more he said Josh s Penny House is being built by Habitat for Humanity in the city of Oshawa along with 24 new townhouses Josh has helped with some of the construction as have other volunteers He will choose the family that moves into the unit Next year the 17 year old will head to college in British Columbia Canada s westernmost province As an 11 year old kid when starting fundraising Josh was able to send a powerful message across the world No matter how old you are if you have a dream and are willing to do anything to achieve it it can come true 1 Which word can best describe Josh Morrison in paragraph 2 A Straightforward B Open minded C Determined D Cautious 2 2 Why was the Family Fun Fair and Spaghetti Dinner event in Uxbridge held A To call for more attention B To attain his goal C To win approval from the locals D To find sponsors for a family 3 What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean A His project became more popular B He received continuous donations C The result was beyond expectations D He got more support from the company 4 What will be the best title of the text A An Astonishing Fundraiser B A Boy with a Warm Heart C Kindness from a Company D The Penny House Dream B 2020 江西临川一中等六校联考 When Huang Lizhi took her first class in African sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in February her professor asked her and her classmates what impresses them most when it comes to Africa Unexpectedly Huang 31 found that words like poverty and safari negative words that were often associated with the continent in media reports were the kind of terms her African classmates didn t want to hear Instead they preferred to hear the question answered in this way Africa is the cradle of humankind and Africans are passionate and generous Apparently there are some misunderstandings between us It s true that with incidents like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the emergence 出现 of pirates off the coast of Somalia hitting the news it s easy for us to keep forgetting that Africa has one of the world s oldest civilizations Egypt born by the world s longest river the Nile The proof is in the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza which are both popular among tourists And the tombs of ancient Egypt have also become endless sources for the literature and film industries When it comes to the natural environment of Africa our misunderstandings are only bigger But the truth is that instead of being extremely hot all year round and 3 covered by desert the continent has large areas of savannas 稀树草原 where lions giraffes and zebras live the snow capped Kilimanjaro the highest mountain in Africa and even thick forest on the island of Madagascar These misunderstandings are one of the reasons why the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation was held on Sept 3 and 4 to understand each other better Indeed only by visiting Africa herself did Huang see the convenient living conditions the amazing natural beauty and the friendly people In her eyes her classmates were as hopeful about the future of their own countries as they were about Africa as a whole and they were quick to demonstrate both their strong will and activity At that moment I knew exactly what they wanted they wanted their culture to be respected 5 Which of the following best explains cradle underlined in Paragraph 2 A A small bed for babies B A basket to hold something C A place for people to relax themselves D A place where something important began 6 What can we infer about Africa according to the passage A It is very hot all year round B It s not a safe