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【題目】Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Named to change the way we think of education and those who are the recipients, Barefoot College has launched 1, 300 locations in 80 countries.

Deihi social worker Sanjit "Bunker Roy was concerned about the poverty of India in his youth and moved to one of the poorest Indian states to work. With his help and that of local farmer Merghaj, Barefoot College came into being in 1972. 【1】 Within eight years, women came to the campus in Tilonia, Rajasthan, from around the globe to be trained as solar engineers, mostly learning through demonstrations, practice and sign language.

Barefoot College, the worlds first fully solar-electrified campus, trains its students to build and maintain solar panels and other instruments. These include lamps, water heaters, cookers and even a water-purifying system.

【2】 As a matter of fact, women are prioritized as an underserved population that is essential to bringing villages together. Another central principle of the college is self-dependence, teaching students to support and think for themselves. 【3】

As Barefoot College continued to develop, it journeyed past Indian borders to the Middle East and Latin America In 2013 Bunder Roy won the Clinton Global Citizen Award, which prompted the Indian government to provide funds for five regional centers in Africa. 【4】 In addition, the organization's Pacific Soiar Initiative should result it three times the beneficiaries(5ma) by 2018through work on island nations

If successful, Barefoot College will have managed to spread light, both literally and figuratively, across the entire world

A. The philosophy of Barefoot College is largely inspired by the principles of Gandhi, starting with equality beyond gender or religion.

B. Barefoot College also offers education to the younger generation both during the day and at its solar bridge schools at night.

C.The first is up and running in Zanzibar while others are still under construction in other African nations.

D. Barefoot College insists that letting individuals apply their own local wisdom to new knowledge is vital to this go.

E..Several years later donations enabled the purchase of several acres of land for expansion.

F. Despite the objection from families, young women registered at the college and did what they had never imagined before.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】A

【3】F

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了Barefoot大學(xué)的歷史和發(fā)展，以及它的教學(xué)理念。

【1】上文With his help and that of local farmer Merghaj, Barefoot College came into being in 1972.說在他和當(dāng)?shù)剞r(nóng)民Merghaj的幫助下，Barefoot大學(xué)于1972年成立。該空承接上文，E選項(xiàng)“幾年后，捐贈(zèng)使得購買了幾英畝土地用于擴(kuò)張”切題，故選E。

【2】下文As a matter of fact, women are prioritized as an underserved population that is essential to bringing villages together.說事實(shí)上，婦女作為服務(wù)不周到的人口被優(yōu)先考慮，這對(duì)團(tuán)結(jié)村莊至關(guān)重要。該空引出下文，A選項(xiàng)“Barefoot大學(xué)的哲學(xué)很大程度上受到甘地原則的啟發(fā)，從超越性別或宗教的平等開始”切題，故選A。

【3】上文Another central principle of the college is self-dependence, teaching students to support and think for themselves.說學(xué)院的另一個(gè)中心原則是自立，教導(dǎo)學(xué)生自立和獨(dú)立思考。該空承接上文，F(xiàn)選項(xiàng)“盡管遭到家人的反對(duì)，年輕女性還是注冊(cè)了這所大學(xué)，并做了她們以前從未想過的事情”，故選F。

【4】上文In 2013 Bunder Roy won the Clinton Global Citizen Award, which prompted the Indian government to provide funds for five regional centers in Africa.說2013年，本德·羅伊獲得克林頓全球公民獎(jiǎng)，促使印度政府為非洲的五個(gè)地區(qū)中心提供資金。下文 In addition, the organization's Pacific Soiar Initiative should result it three times the beneficiaries(5ma) by 2018through work on island nations說此外，通過對(duì)島國的工作，到2018年，本組織的太平洋Soiar倡議將使受益人數(shù)增加3倍。該空承上啟下，D選項(xiàng)“學(xué)院堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為，讓個(gè)人將自己的本地智慧應(yīng)用到新知識(shí)中去，這一點(diǎn)至關(guān)重要”切題，故選D。