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Kathy Fletcher and David Simpson have a son named Santi. He had a friend who sometimes went to school hungry. So Santi invited him to occasionally eat and sleep at his house.
That friend had a friend and that friend had a friend, and now when you go to dinner at Kathy and David's house on Thursday night there might be 15 to 20 teenagers gathering around the table, and later there will be groups of them crashing in the basement or in the few small bedrooms upstairs. The kids who show up at Kathy and David's have suffered the pains of modern poverty: homelessness, hunger, abuse.
And yet by some miracle, hostile soil has produced beautiful flowers. Kids come from around the city. Spicy chicken and black rice are served. Cellphones are banned. The kids who call Kathy and David “Momma” and “Dad,” are polite and clear the dishes. Birthdays and graduations are celebrated. Songs are performed. Each meal we go around the table and everybody has to say something nobody else knows about them. Each meal the kids show their promise to care for one another.
The adults in this community give the kids the chance to present their gifts. “At my first dinner, Edd read a poem that I first thought was from Langston Hughes, but it turned out to be his own. Kesari has a voice that somehow appeared from New Orleans jazz from the 1920s. Madeline and Thalya practice friendship as if it were the highest art form.”
“They give us a gift — complete intolerance of social distance. When I first met Edd, I held out my hand to shake his. He looked at it and said, “We hug here,” and we've been hugging since.”
Bill Milliken, a veteran youth activist, is often asked which programs turn around kids' lives. “I still haven't seen one program change one kid's life,” he says. “What changes people is relationships. Somebody is willing to walk through the shadow of the valley of adolescence with them.” Souls are not saved in bundles. Love is the necessary force.
（1）Why do kids come to Kathy and David's house on Thursdays?
A.To help the homeless at first hand.
B.To experience the feeling of home.
C.To learn about the modern poverty.
D.To plant beautiful flowers in poor soil.
（2）Why isn't the use of cell phones allowed at Thursday dinners?
A.Kids need to tell stories about themselves.
B.Kids are expected to care more for each other.
C.Kids have to do house chores around the home.
D.Kids prepare songs for birthdays and graduations.
（3）What gift did the writer get at a Thursday dinner?
A.The practice of the art form.
B.The pleasure of enjoying jazz.
C.The chance to listen to poems.
D.The zero distance between souls.
（4）What does Bill mean in his words?
A.Love is the power to change a kid's life.
B.Money is needed to start programs for kids.
C.A program can change a group of kid's lives.
D.Kids change their relationships in a program.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）B
（3）D
（4）A
【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。主要講述了Santi一家在每個星期四的晚上都會邀請Santi的那些無家可歸、飽受饑餓以及受到虐待的同學來家里吃晚餐的事，在這個社區(qū)里，這些孩子受到了應有的尊重，收獲了缺失的親情。愛代替了仇恨，宣揚了愛的偉大力量。

（1）細節(jié)理解題。根據“The kids who show up at Kathy and David's have suffered the pains of modern poverty: homelessness, hunger, abuse”，可知，這些孩子都是一些無家可歸或者遭受貧困的孩子們，他們來到Kathy和David的家里，是為了體驗家的溫暖。故選B。

（2）細節(jié)理解題。根據“Each meal we go around the table and everybody has to say something nobody else knows about them. Each meal the kids show their promise to care for one another. ”可知，在這個家庭聚會的時候，孩子們不能使用手機，目的是希望他們多多體會家的溫暖并學會關心照顧別人。故選B。

（3）細節(jié)理解題。根據“They give us a gift — complete intolerance of social distance”，他們給了我一個禮物——完全沒有偏狹的接觸，心緊密相連。故選D。

（4）細節(jié)理解題。根據““I still haven't seen one program change one kid's life,””以及““What changes people is relationships. Somebody is willing to walk through the shadow of the valley of adolescence with them.” Souls are not saved in bundles. Love is the necessary force”，可知， Bill認為，一個節(jié)目并不能改變一個人的人生，只有親密的關系才能讓青春期受到心理陰影的孩子走出人生的低谷。因此，靈魂不能通過捆綁而獲得救贖，只有愛才是必須的力量。故選A。