河北省保定市2021届高三上学期摸底考试英语试题带答案解析+详解点睛.docVIP

第 PAGE 2 页 共 NUMPAGES 3 页 河北省保定市2021届高三上学期摸底考试英语试题带答案解析+详解点睛 姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________ 题型 选择题 填空题 简答题 xx题 xx题 xx题 总分 得分 评卷人 得分 第 1 题：In April, Jackline Oyamo, 31, was laid off from her job as an electronic sales assistant at a shop in Kibera, one of the world’s largest slums (贫民窟) of Nairobi, Kenya. The measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic meant fewer customers and staff cutbacks. “After losing my job, it was extremely difficult to keep feeding myself after I exhausted my small savings,” she says. But Oyamo is able to get fresh produce for free from Victor Edalia, a 30-year-old urban farmer in her neighborhood. Last November, Edalia, who works.as a driver by day, changed a trash dump site in the slum into an urban garden. He signed an agreement with a local chief to use the land. Now, the plot, about a quarter of an acre, grows vegetables such as tomatoes, onions and spinach. Edalia originally started the farm to increase his income. The idea was to sell vegetables to hotels. But once the pandemic hit, he changed the plan. He wanted to find a way to “give back,” he says. So throughout the pandemic, Edalia has been providing free supplies of vegetables to 10 needy families and individuals in Kibera. They include young people who lost their jobs in the pandemic, like Oyamo, as well as single mothers and families with households of more than seven people. They can drop by the farm up to three times a week to pick up a supply of vegetables. Moses Omondi team leader of Adopt a Family, a local nonprofit that’s been providing dry food donations like maize flour to 500 families in Kibera, thinks Edalia’s program is promising. “I think it’s a pretty smart approach,” he says. “In addition to supporting struggling families during these tough times that face starvation while at home, it helps to reduce anxiety and helplessness of a Kibera family.” 1. What happened to Oyamo in April? A. She had a very hard time after lo