单选题 I came to India a year ago to find a village in which I could live and write, but it was many months before I settled down.
I wasted a lot of time looking for the "typical" village. Yet no such thing exists. Often the villagers themselves were puzzled. Why had I come? I had put aside my work as a newspaper reporter because my ideas had changed. I had come to believe that what was happening in the developing countries was more important than anything else. But to understand how three-quarters of the world's people live, and how their future might affect ours, I felt that I first had to try and share their way of life.
In the end I chose a mountain village because it was a little cooler than those in the plains. I took the bus from town along a rough road. Then came a rough walk down a path to the river. After this I began the climb into the hills. Every time I stopped to catch my breath, there was a wonderful sight. After several hours' walk the village was in sight.

单选题 The story is mainly about ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 主旨题。文章第一段为主旨段，首先指出自己来印度的目的是“to find a village”，然后指出自己花了数月才找到这样的一个村庄定居下来。而第二段、第三段则描述了自己找寻“typical” village的过程和其中的感想。因此答案是就是[B]。其余三项都只是文中提到的一些词句，不能作为全文主旨。

单选题 The writer had to change his lifestyle because ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 推理判断题。第二段第五句首先指出自己改变原来的生活的原因是because my ideas had changed，而由后面两句所说明的内容可以看出，他的想法改变就是不再认为发达国家的事情比发展中国家的事情更重要，而是希望了解和体验发展中国家人们的生活和未来，因此应选[C]。

单选题 Which of the following statements is true?

A、 After the writer had arrived in India he spent years looking for a certain village.
B、 While the writer was looking for a "typical" village, the villagers made him feel puzzled.
C、 Before the writer chose a mountain village he first settled down in a town.
D、 Before he came to India, the writer had written for newspapers.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。本题为细节比对题。[A]中的years与第一段中的month不符；[B]与第二段第三句不符；[c]中的settled down in a town在文中没有提及；[D]与第二段第五句中的as a newspaper reporter相符，是正确答案。

单选题 The village where the writer finally decided to settle down ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。答案信息对应于第三段第一句：...because it was a little cooler than those in the plains(因为这儿比平原上的村庄要凉爽一些)。其余三项都与该段内容不符。