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(山东新高考命题研究专家原创卷)Uminur Kuchukova of Russia could have retired years ago. Yet the 61yearold teacher keeps working at a school in the Siberian village of Sibilyakovo.She continues to teach for one reason: the school's one and only student, a nineyearold boy. Kuchukova is to leave next year for health problems, which means the school will close.
Sibilyakovo is like thousands of villages across Russia: Many people moved out of it after the closure of the local stateoperated collective farm. Sibilyakovo is mainly home to Tatars, a Turkic group that is one of many minorities in Russia. In the 1970s, the village had a population of 550 and a primary school with four classes. Each class had about 18 children.Today the village's population has shrunk to 39.
Kuchukova has taught at the school for 42 years. She has bought a home in the town of Tara, about 50 kilometres away and plans to retire there with her husband at the end of the school year. By then，she hopes, her only student will be old enough to travel to a neighboring village for classes. But the nearest school is a 30minute boat ride across the Irtysh River followed by a 20minute ride on a school bus.
Kuchukova does not think her student, Ravil, is ready yet for making such a trip every school day. “His parents don't want to leave Sibilyakovo yet and it's scary to send a little boy like him over the Irtysh. There are such big waves，” she says.
And even when she herself will finally retire and go to live in Tara, Kuchukova will not leave her past behind，saying，“My parents are buried here; a part of me is here.”
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。俄罗斯的一个名字叫Sibilyakovo的小村庄，因为Kuchukova老师的退休，面临小学关闭的问题，Kuchukova老师对此感到依依不舍。
1．Why did so many people leave Sibilyakovo?
A．Because there was no good school.
B．Because it wasn't comfortable to live there.
C．Because they wanted to make a living.
D．Because they hated working on the local farm.
C [细节理解题。根据第二段的“Many people moved out of it after the closure of the local stateoperated collective farm”可知，当地国营集体农场关闭后，许多人搬走了，也就是说农场的关闭导致他们失业，他们只好到其他地方谋生，故选C。]
2．How does Kuchukova feel when it comes to Ravil?
A．Worried. B．Hopeful.
C．Proud. D．Guilty.
A [观点态度题。根据第三段的“But the nearest school is a 30minute boat ride across the Irtysh River followed by a 20minute ride on a school bus”可知，Ravil去最近的学校需要乘30分钟的船和乘坐20分钟的校车，再根据第四段的“it's scary to send a little boy like him over the Irtysh.There are such big waves”可推知，Kuchukova老师担心Ravil的安全问题。故选A。]
3．Which of the following best describe Kuchukova as a teacher?
A．Responsible and caring.
B．Careful and positive.
C．Patient and determined.
D．Selfless and confident.
A [推理判断题。根据第一段的“She continues to teach for one reason：the school's one and only student”可知，这位老师是有责任心的(responsible)；第四段提到她担心9岁的Ravil一个人去上学的安全问题，说明她对学生很关心(caring)，故选A。]
4．What does the last paragraph convey?
A．Kuchukova's love for Tara.
B．Kuchukova's plan for future.
C．Kuchukova's memory of her parents.
D．Kuchukova's bond with the village.
D [推理判断题。根据尾段的“Kuchukova will not leave her past behind”和“My parents are buried here；a part of me is here”可知，Kuchukova不会忘记自己在这个小村庄过去的生活，而且她认为自己的一部分就在这里，由此可推知，她与这个小村庄之间有很深的情感牵绊。故选D。]
