We were driving along the village of Simdara. I 36 to my right and saw an old shelter 20 meters from the side of the road that appeared to be filled with 37 .
“Would you mind 38 ?” I asked the driver Waris. “I think there is a(n) 39 .”
Waris laughed. “No, Greg, that’s actually a public toilet,” explained Waris and he kept 40 .
“But why are there so many kids? What are they doing there? We need to 41 ,” I insisted. The word caught Waris 42 and he stopped the car.
When we reached the shelter, to my surprise, it was 43 a toilet—or at least it had been at one time. The roof was gone now, and the four toilet pits (坑) had been 44 with old boards. There were 25 children between 4 and 5 years old, one 45 , and a wooden board against the wall.
Though having a tough learning environment, the students are quite 46 to chat with us about their class and curriculum (课程). After about ten minutes, the teacher 47 if we might like to see “the rest of the school”. We 48 and followed her up the hill.
Just over the top of the hill, there was an old tent. It was very 49 inside because nearly 100 students were packed like sardines (沙丁鱼). These students were a little 50 , fourth-, and sixth-graders, and all of them were sitting on the ground. 51 the teacher, they were doing extremely well — 52 most of them had no books, paper or even pencils.
We were forced to 53 to catch our plane. We were all 54 and decided to collect money to build a school for these children who had a hunger for 55 .
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解析：文章介绍了再旅途中看见的一所学习，我们被这所学校简陋的情况所打动，决定去帮助他们。
【小题1】动词辨析。根据句意可知我看向路边。
【小题2】上下文串联。后面说到的小孩。
【小题3】动词辨析。根据句意可知我以为是一所学校，是想让司机停车去看一下。
【小题4】名词辨析。解析同上。
【小题5】上下文串联。根据下文可知此事司机没有停车，而是继续向前开动。
【小题6】短语辨析。A查明，搞清楚；B当心；C放弃；D分解，打破；根据句意可知A正确。句意：我想搞清楚。我的话引起了司机的注意，他终于停下了车。
【小题7】名词辨析。Catch one’s attention引起某人的注意。解析同上。
【小题8】副词辨析。A容易地；B从未；C几乎不；D真的；根据句意可知那真的是一个厕所。
【小题9】动词辨析。厕所的坑被一块旧木板盖着。
【小题10】上下文串联。根据下文可知这里是一个简易的学校，里面有一位老师。
【小题11】上下文串联。根据句意可知A正确。尽管学习的环境很差，但是学生还是很开心地和我谈论他们的课程。
【小题12】动词辨析。根据句意可知B正确。那个老师请求我们去看看学校的其它部分。我们点头表示同意。
【小题13】动词辨析。解析同上。
【小题14】上下文串联。根据下文的packed like sardines (沙丁鱼).可知这里非常拥挤。
【小题15】上下文串联。上文提及大那些孩子都是4 and 5 years old。这里的学生都是年龄更大一些的fourth-, and sixth-graders。
【小题16】介词短语辨析。根据句意可知是老师告诉我们，A正确。
【小题17】连词辨析。根据上下文可知尽管大部分孩子没有书等，但是他们学习的非常好。
【小题18】动词辨析。根据句意可知我们不得不离开去赶飞机。我们都被感动了决定筹集钱帮他们建一所学校来学习知识。
【小题19】词义辨析。解析同上。
【小题20】名词辨析。解析同53.