"HIV/AIDShascomeknockingoneveryone'sdoor"says17-year-oldYetarikamemberoftheAnti-AIDSAssociation"TaborWegagan"inAwassasouthcentralEthiopia.ButwhenYetarikandothermembersoftheassociationtrytoprovideinformationabout

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"HIV/AIDS has come knocking on everyone's door " says 17-year-old Yetarik a member of the Anti-AIDS Association " Tabor Wegagan" in Awassa south central Ethiopia. But when Yetarik and other members of the association try to provide information about HIV infection they still face hostility (敌意) from some people. "They blame us for having HIV and for its spread " Yetarik says. "Every time 1 am faced with this attitude I know that we have to work even harder."

Tabor Wegagan was founded six years ago by a group of young people who wanted to tell other children about the disease destroying their country.   They began by practising what they lecture. "All 20 of us decided to have ourselves tested for HIV to prove our own condition and to be an example for other youth to follow " says Yetarik.

Then with help from a local nongovernmental organization the association trained "peer educators" to spread the word about HIV among young people. Each of these peer educators is responsible for gathering a group of five to ten adolescents and sharing information about HIV twice a week for a period of two months.

The association also creates and performs plays on subjects related to HIV/ AIDS such as the discrimination (歧视) HIV-positive people face in Ethiopia. And it runs a football team and a small circus which both present more opportunities to spread awareness about the epidemic and fight against stigma        (耻辱) .

"Our goal is not only to equip young people with the knowledge and skills that are needed to survive this epidemic but also to foster a more tolerant and caring community that does not simply abandon unfortunate victims out of ignorance and fear " says Yetarik. "We want a society that finds the heart and sympathy to take care of them and ease their suffering as much as possible."

1. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph may mean "       ”.

   A. everyone is likely to suffer from HIV/AIDS

   B. it is impossible to prevent HIV/AIDS spreading

   C. the door can be used to keep HIV/ AIDS spreading

   D. there are signs of suffering from HIV/AIDS in advance

2. What is the job of "peer educators"?

   A. To make performance in a small circus.

   B. To share information on AIDS with teenagers.

   C. To perform in some plays on HIV/AIDS.

   D. To match in a football team.

3. The aim of Tabor Wegagan is to       .

   A. equip youngsters with knowledge to survive the competitive world

   B. teach youngsters skills of leading a healthy life

   C. build a world full of love to the victims of AIDS

   D. make youngsters infected with AIDS get rid of fear

4. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

   A. AIDS spreads amazingly

   B. Children are infected with AIDS easily

   C. People misunderstand the spread way of AIDS

   D. HIV comes knocking

Answer 1

本文主要介绍了一个青少年组织帮助青少年了解艾滋病知识的情况。

1. A句意理解题。这句话的含义是"艾滋病在敲每个人的门"，言外之意是指每个人都有患上艾滋病的危险，所以选A.

2. B   细节理解题。根据第三段的"Each of these peer educa?tors is responsible for gathering a group of five to ten adoles?cents and sharing information about HIV twice a week for a period of two months."可知选   B.

3. C   细节理解题。结合最后一段的"'We want a society that finds the heart and sympathy to take care of them and ease their suffering as much as possible.'"可知建立Tabor Wegagan是想为那些患艾滋病的人建立一个充满爱和关怀的社会。

4. D主旨大意题。由文章首句"HIV/AIDS has come knocking on everyone's door…"及下文的介绍可知D符合主题。