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(2019·Õã½­È𰲸ßÈýµÚÒ»´Îµ÷ÑÐ)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 impressed them most when it came 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£º“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(³öÏÖ) 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 covered by desert, the continent has large areas of savannas(Ï¡Ê÷²ÝÔ­) where lions, giraffes and zebras live, the snow­capped 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 China­Africa 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.”

1£®Which of the following best explains the underlined “cradle” 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.

2£®Which of the following would Huang agree with?

A£®To see is to believe.

B£®Think twice before you do.

C£®A miss is as good as a mile.

D£®Don’t judge a person by his appearance.

3£®What can be a suitable title for the text?

A£®Valuing a Culture

B£®Understanding Africa

C£®Paying a Visit to Africa

D£®Discovering a Continent