Four million children are caught up in the war in Syria. Thirteen-year-old Rabia is one of them. Tall and thin, she sits shaking in a yellow T-shirt at the Al Marj settlement, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Home for Rabia was once a two-story house near Damascus. Now it is a tent shared with her nine family members.
Rabia’s face is covered with dirt, and she is tired and cold. She has just finished work, picking up potatoes that fell from a truck. Her typical day starts at 4 a.m., and she works a double shift that lasts about 16 hours, putting potatoes into bags. The only choice for her is that she can choose the first eight hours or the second eight hours. For this, she gets paid about $8 a day.
Working means Rabia misses school. Back in her village, she was the best in her class and good at everything. Her favorite subjects were Arabic literature and math. But, like many children now living in the settlements—there are no official refugee （难民）camps in Lebanon —that was Rabia’s old life. Life before war, before her family moved five times to escape the bombs, before leaving behind her bedroom, her toys and her friends without packing a bag, before “half the people I know”were dead.
The old life was full of laughter with her sister, Wala. But Wala, 14, got married two days ago to an 18-year-old Lebanese. Rabia is happy for her sister. Life in the settlement is tough— the children have nowhere to play, the bathing is poor and sexual abuse is out of control. You can’t blame parents —often confused, illiterate （不识字的）and poor—who want to marry off their daughters. They fear for their safety.
Increasing numbers of Rabia’s girlfriends are getting married. Once in rural Syria, a girl got married at 16. According to UNICEF, the age is now dropping to 12 or 13. It is no secret that Lebanese men want to marry Syrian refugee girls, who work hard and don’t ask for anything.
【小题1】Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from? A．A news report.B．A book review. C．A history book.D．A travel magazine.【小题2】The underlined word “shift”in Para. 3 probably refers to . A．the extra taskB．the low payC．the potato factory.D．the working period【小题3】The writer's purpose for writing Para. 4 is to .A．present the dream of RabiaB．show the damage of the warC．predict the future of Syrian girlsD．pare the life before war and now【小题4】Why are so many young Syrian girls getting married?A．They have no good friends to play with. B．They want money from the husband family. C．Their parents are worried about their safety. D．Their parents are confused，illiterate and poor.A
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(答案→)A
解析：文章通过叙利亚女孩Rabia的故事向人们报道了叙利亚战后的糟糕的形势，人们的正常生活受到破坏，很多女孩很早就结婚，以此获得安全。
【小题1】文章题材题：文章通过叙利亚女孩Rabia的故事向人们报道了叙利亚战后的糟糕的形势，人们的正常生活受到破坏，很多女孩很早就结婚，以此获得安全。所以是一篇新闻报道，不是书评，历史书，也不是旅游杂志，选A
【小题2】猜词题：从第三段的句子：The only choice for her is that she can choose the first eight hours or the second eight hours.可知Rabia 每天工作两个工作时段持续16小时，所以shift=working period，选D
【小题3】段落大意题：从第四段的内容：可知战争让Rabia辍学，失去家园，失去朋友，成为难民，使很多人死亡，所以这段讲的是战争的危害，选B
【小题4】推理题：从倒数第二段的句子：You can’t blame parents —often confused, illiterate （不识字的）and poor—who want to marry off their daughters. They fear for their safety. 可知很多父母让年轻的女孩结婚是因为担心她们的安全。选C。