In many African countries, the care of orphans has been mainly led by foreign donor organizations. However, Sister Florence has changed all that. Using her own resources, Sister Florence is leading the work of raising orphans from different backgrounds. Sister Florence Wanjala’s biggest motivation to start the orphan program was when she saw a little boy whose parents had died. The boy was living with a cruel grandparent and he would visit the grave of his mother, crying for support. Sister Wanjala wanted to give a helping hand and give him hope. From that time, she started feeling the call to help a larger number of orphans.
She opened an office with a few friends and coordinated (协调）a program to help the orphans. All the registrations were done in the office and the program so far has 8000 children. Sister Wanjala said, “My dream is to help the orphan to live a holistic (完整)life and be a good Kenyan citizen to help this country. Many people think that the way to support orphans is to put them in an institution（孤儿院）. Others support them up to the age of eighteen, but here, we do it very differently.” For Sister Wanjala, putting a child in an institution is normally her last choice. She prefers the orphans to live in a foster(寄宿的) home.
She said, “I’m so encouraged and happy to see the orphans succeeding. When they come first or second in class, it shows how the program has helped them, and that’s encouraging to me as I continue to coordinate the program.”Through her charity work, more than 1000 orphans have been able to find a home. Sister Wanjala, as a mother, takes care of her own family.
小题1:What inspired Sister Wanjala to start the orphan program?
A．Her preference for kids.
B．Her own similar experience.
C． A sad story about an orphan.
D．Her successful charity work.小题2:Sister Wanjala opened an office mainly to ______.
A. set up as many institutions as possible for orphans
B start a program to offer orphans a foster family
C. provide school education for those orphans
D. raise more money for the homeless kids
小题3:What does the underlined sentence probably mean?
A． She didn’t want orphans to live in an institution.
B． She preferred to put orphans into an institution.
C． She had no choice but to put orphans in institutions.
D． She sent orphans into an institution in the end.小题4:What can we learn from the text?
A． Sister Wanjala finally adopted the little boy.
B． Sister Wanjala found foster homes for 8000 orphans.
C． Sister Wanjala was too busy to care for her own family.
D． Sister Wanjala was not alone in helping orphans.
