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[2019·银川质检] Recently I accepted a challenge to join Naasih, a motivational speaker, on a voyage through India designed to refresh my spirit. After too many hours, Naasih and I arrived in the slum (贫民窟) just as the sun was breaking across the smoggy Delhi sky. It seemed as if the small houses extended for miles, an ocean of tin roofs and laundry lines.
Finally, Naasih stopped and turned to me. “Give me your bag，” he said. I handed it to him. I had promised to follow his directions, and in return, I was hoping to find whatever I thought was missing from my life. “I will meet you back here at sunset，” Naasih said and walked away.
I began to walk through the streets. No one paid too much attention to the tall, hairless man walking among them. My throat was dry, my stomach turning over with hunger. And then I saw a small house and I knocked softly on the door.
A young, skinny man, no older than 25, came to answer it. As I soon found out, the man is named Sankar and he was a Lakers fan. I also learned that he was a recently graduated university student who had left his family to go after a dream of success in the big city. Instead, he had found work in the back of a restaurant.
After lunch, Sankar took me to play basketball with a group of children in a trashfilled field down the road. The sun was beginning to fall as the laughter of the basket games echoed (发出回声) through the slum. I was so caught up in my day with Sankar. I had started the morning in fear and exhaustion, but I was ending the day connected to something much larger.
After the game, Sankar and I walked to Rata Road. There stood Naasih. He said, “You're_shining,_Leon.” I had been knocked entirely out of my comfort zone, and I felt that wild burst of life that had been missing from my own.
体裁：记叙文 题材：日常生活 主题：旅游经历
【语篇解读】 本文讲述了作者的一次旅行。
【难句分析】 I also learned that he was a recently graduated university student who had left his family to go after a dream of success in the big city.
分析：本句包含that引导的宾语从句；who引导定语从句，修饰先行词a recently graduated university student，并在从句中作主语。
译文：我还了解到，他是一名刚毕业的大学生，为了追逐在大城市取得成功的梦想，他离开了自己的家。
1．Why did the author come to Sankar's home?
A．To play a game with him.
B．To respond to Naasih's request.
C．To relieve his hunger and thirst.
D．To learn how disadvantaged people live.
答案与解析：C 考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“My throat was dry, my stomach turning over with hunger. And then I saw a small house and I knocked softly on the door”可推知，作者来到Sankar家的原因是为了缓解他的饥渴。
2．What can we learn about Sankar?
A．He didn't live as he dreamed.
B．He found a good job in the city.
C．He studied cooking in university.
D．He had a great talent for basketball.
答案与解析：A 考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“I also learned that he was a recently graduated university student who had left his family to go after a dream of success in the big city. Instead, he had found work in the back of a restaurant”可推知，Sankar并没有像他梦想的那样生活。
3．What does Naasih mean by saying “You're shining, Leon” in the last paragraph?
A．Leon is an inspiration to him.
B．Leon has changed his state of mind.
C．Leon is popular among the children.
D．Leon is good at connecting with others.
答案与解析：B 考查句意理解。根据最后一段中的“I had been knocked entirely out of my comfort zone, and I felt that wild burst of life that had been missing from my own”可知，作者被完全地从舒适区中撞了出来，感受到了自己的生活中缺失的那种激情。由此可推知Leon改变了他的心态。另外，第一段中的“on a voyage through India designed to refresh my spirit”也是提示。
4．What is the best title of the passage?
A．A Chance to Make Acquaintances
B．The Power of Sports Games
C．The Pleasure from Indian Slums
D．A Voyage of Finding the Self
答案与解析：D 考查主旨大意。根据全文内容尤其是第一段第一句“Recently I accepted a challenge to join Naasih, a motivational speaker, on a voyage through India designed to refresh my spirit”可知，这篇文章的主旨是寻找自我的一次旅行。
