单选题 As a group of young African immigrants struggles to adapt to life in the United States, an after-school drama program at White Oak Middle School aims to make their lives easier by first making them a little harder.
Project X is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with significant language barriers. A final unveiling of their creation will be performed for friends and family at the end of the year at Imagination Stage.
Wanjiru Kamau, coordinator of White Oak's African Club said it's important to give troubles to group members to help them find their place at the school. "It comforts those who are uncomfortable, and it discomforts those who are comfortable," Kaman said of Project X.
Kamau teamed up with Imagination Stage after she noticed that many African students seemed uncomfortable talking about problems, such as being laughed at by their fellow students about how they look and talk. When most of the kids join the club, they speak little or no English, Kamau said. Each week, the club typically draws five to 10 students who are originally from Africa for discussion sessions and the Project X program.
"We're going to express ourselves through our words and our actions, and that's powerful," said teaching artist Meg Green as she introduced fill-in-the-blank poems the students wrote about their identities.
One student, Franck Ketchouang, 13, wrote, "I am from the world; I am love," which drew oohs and aahs from the group. Ketchouang has been in the United States less than a year, said Program Coordinator Chad Dike. When Ketchouang started attending Project X, he had been in the United States for two months and spoke no English. Now he's one of the group's most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from English to Creole for the group's newest member, who is from Haiti.
Many people will give up when there's a language barrier, "but these students prove them wrong," Kamau said. "You do have something to give. You are important. When TV, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up./

单选题 Project X is intended for helping the young African immigrants to______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 第1段中的aims to…以及第2段第1句中的to help…表明Project X的目的是为了帮助青少年移民处理难题,因此,本题应选B。
[点睛] A中的language barriers在第2段第1句末提及,这是描述pre-teen immigrants的定语,而不是Project X的目的,故不能选A;C看起来与该句中提到的drama,dance,poetry等活动有关,但这些活动只是途径,而且没有提到目的是为了丰富移民的课余生活,因此,C不正确;同样道理,D也不正确。
单选题 How well the members learn in the Project X program is demonstrated by______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该句开头的A final unveiling可以理解为“最后的成果展示”,表明学生的学习成果会以“表演”的方式展示出来,因此选A。
[点睛] 原文没有提到对学生学习成果的评价方式,也没有提到观众或老师会对他们的表演打分,因此其他三个选项均缺乏原文依据。
单选题 What do we know about the Imagination Stage?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该句中的teamed up表明Kamau和“梦想舞台”是合作伙伴,而根据上一段第1句可知Kamau代表着“白橡树中学的非洲俱乐部”,故D正确。
[点睛] 只要明白了“梦想舞台”和“白橡树中学的非洲俱乐部”为平等的合作关系,就可以将A和C排除。而虽然第2段提到学生在每年年底才在梦想舞台展示他们的学习成果,但这并不意味着“梦想舞台”每年只用作一次表演,因为它并不光为Project X服务,因此,B不正确。
单选题 According to the author, what Franck Ketchouang wrote was______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 原文该句的oohs and aahs都是表示感叹拟声词,至于这种感叹是赞赏还是不屑,可从该段最后一句找到线索。最后一句中的most outgoing和helps等词表明Franck Ketchouang的学习成果很好,由此可见,oohs and aahs表示对Franck Ketchouang的称赞,因此本题选C。
[点睛] 其他选项的词义都是消极的,与原文的感情色彩相反。
单选题 The passage is written mainly to ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本文前四段介绍了Project X的运作方式,接着两段则介绍了Project X的效果,最后一段介绍Project X的意义,归纳起来本文都是在介绍Project X,因此本题应选D。
[点睛] 本题最具干扰性的是B,因为最后一段大部分的内容看起来都与此有关,但事实上,该段最后一句将关注点又引回到]Project X上来,表明最后一段的内容都是为了说明Project X的意义。其实本文第1段是一个总起的段落,一开始就已经表明文章的焦点是Project X。