单选题 Burkina Faso student teacher Hema Cecile has a lot more time to crack the books thanks to a recent initiative from the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The launch of the Lighting Africa program by the two organizations this year has made it possible for Cecile to swap kerosene lamps for a solar-powered LED lantern.
Lighting Africa is a ＄12 million project which intends to bring light to the poorest regions across sub-Saharan Africa. The program works with the lighting industry to develop clean, affordable lighting and energy solutions for millions without access to electric grids. Its aim is to accelerate the market and to develop education programs that inform off-grid populations currently dependent on costly, inefficient and hazardous fuel-based lighting about modern alternatives.
Cecile used to spend ＄3-4 a month on kerosene for her lamp. That is a large proportion of her earnings—like 70 percent of the population she lives on less than ＄2 a day. In the weeks since buying her lantern she has managed to read four books including Madame Bovary. by Gustave Flaubert and Emile Zola's Germinal. She is among the most learned in a society which has the world's lowest literacy rate, according to a 2007 UN Human Development Report. When she graduates next year she will teach in a local junior school She makes ends meet by holiday jobs as a cleaner and an IT trainer. To earn her daily ration of cornmeal she does shifts from May to September in a corn field.
The lanterns are designed to look like the kerosene ones they are replacing in order to increase adoption among the population. Each has a small solar panel on the top and costs an average ＄30, although some cost ＄100, depending on the size of the battery and the number of LED lights it contains.
Because of the large number of sunlight hours in Burkina Faso, the lamps can be relied on to work whenever needed. The battery life is 2-4 years, and can be replaced once they lose their storage capacity. The LED lights last 5-10 years.
Although it is barely out of its trial period the project, Chabanne said there are signs the project is a boon for the population in areas other than household savings and education. "There are fewer people reporting eye problems to the local hospital./

单选题 The word "swap" ( Line 4, Para. 1 ) most probably means ______.
[A] to exchange [B] to destroy
[C] to invent [D] to copy

单选题 The purpose of the Lighting Africa program is to ______.
[A] do market research
[B] provide new energy solutions
[C] help African people to be independent
[D] promote modernization across sub-Saharan Africa

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题；考查文章中一个关键的项目Lighting Africa，在原文的第二段我们可以找到“Its aim…”这样的表达，所以我们需要的答案就是“to accelerate the market and to develop education programs…”的同义表达。在4个选项之中，B选项貌似和原文表达差异很大，但实际上表达的意思是一致的，就是说这样一个项目它的根本目的是为了推广新的能源，原文的表达是“that inform off-grid populations currently dependent on costly，inefficient and hazardous fuel-based lighting about modern alternatives”，而这里的关键表达“modern alternatives”和B选项的“new energy solutions”表达的内涵是一致的，是正确答案。

单选题 Which one of the following statements is true about Cecile?
[A] She is illiterate, just like many of the citizens in her region.
[B] She works only from May to September every year.
[C] She is a full time employee in an IT company.
[D] She is still a student now.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题；根据题目中的定位词．Cecile，我们在原文的第三段寻找相关信息。比较4个选项和原文，A选项和原文中“She is among the most learned in a society which has the worlds lowest literacy rate”的表达是不完全一致的，Cecile所在的社会的识字率确实是最低的，但她本人是读过书的。B选项和原文“does shifts from May to September”的真实含义有出入，原文说的是她在这段时间内更换另外一个工作来做，但选项说她只在这个时期之内工作。C选项的“ a full time employee”和原文的“When she graduates next year”相冲突。D选项则是正确的。

单选题 Which one of the following is NOT one of the measures to promote the use of the new lanterns?
[A] Similar looks with the old kerosene ones.
[B] Fixed price of $30 for all models.
[C] Reliable to work when needed.
[D] Replaceable batteries.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题；在原文的第四段和第五段，我们可以找到相关信息。A选项和原文的 “The lanterns are designed to look like the kerosene ones they are replacing”内涵一致，不能作为反向选项的答案。B选项和原文的“costs an average＄30，although some cost＄100”不符，是我们需要寻找的答案。C选项和D选项则分别和原文的“the lamps can be relied。on to work whenever needed”和“can be replaced once they lose their storage capacity”才目对应。

单选题 What does the author think about the future of the project mentioned in this passage?
[A] Uncertain. [B] Optimistic.
[C] Pessimistic. [D] Worried.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 作者观点态度题；在分析前4个题目所涉及的原文内容的基础上，我们继续查看剩余部分，尤其是作者直接表明自己观点和态度的“Although it is barely out of its trial period the project，Chabanne said there are signs the project is a boon for the population”，我们可以知道，作者对于这一项目的未来还是比较乐观的，也就是说B选项是正确选项。