Rob and Paul Forkan lost their parents in the 2004 Asian tsunami (海啸). Now, over ten years later, they’re using their flip flop (夹脚拖鞋) business to help others.

The brothers had an unusual childhood. They were just 11 and 13 when their parents, Kevin and Sandra, took them out of the UK education system and moved the family to Goa in India. There they mixed with the local community. 

It was when the family were on holiday in Sri Lanka that the tsunami hit. Although the children managed to escape, their parents tragically couldn’t. 

But Paul says their upbringing (教养) meant they were able to cope with this tough blow. 

“Our parents gave us this confidence that we could do anything, that nothing was hard to achieve,” says Paul.

What the boys did was start a business selling sandals. They say they can make money and do good at the same time: they give 10% of their profit to charity (慈善机构), and have set up their own foundation (基金会) through which they’ve been able to open a children’s home in Sri Lanka.

Nonetheless, the brothers had problems early on with the quality of the flip flops, which were handmade in India.

“If you brought in 100, you could only sell 10 of them, because of poor quality control,” says Paul.

They were able to solve the problem by moving production to a factory in China.

And what about the sandals themselves? They’re called ‘Gandys’ after the father of India’s independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi.

“He was in all our schoolbooks as kids, he’s on all the money over in India, he’s famous for wearing his flip flops,” says Paul.

1.The Forkan brothers are ________.

A Chinese

B Indian

C British

D Sri Lankan

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句They were just 11 and 13 when their parents, Kevin and Sandra, took them out of the UK education system and moved the family to Goa in India.可知在他们分别是11岁和13岁时，他们的父母从英国搬家到印度，所以他们是英国人（搬家并不能改变他们英国人的身份）。故选C。

2.The “tough blow” in the passage refers to ________.

A escaping the tsunami

B losing their parents

C moving to India

D selling flip flops

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据第三段第二句Although the children managed to escape, their parents tragically couldn’t.可知虽然他们幸免于难，但是他们的父母却不幸遇难。tough blow（狠狠的打击）指的就是父母遇难的事。故选B。

3.The flip flops sold are made in ________.

A China

B India

C the UK

D Sri Lanka

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段They were able to solve the problem by moving production to a factory in China.可知他们通过把生产转移到中国的工厂后才解决了前文提到的夹脚拖鞋的质量问题。故选A。

4.What do the Forkan brothers do for charity?

A They help people by selling flip flops to them.

B They build children’s home in India.

C They give away all their money.

D They have a charity foundation.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第六段第二句里的they give 10% of their profit to charity (慈善机构), and have set up their own foundation (基金会)可知他们为了做慈善，建立了自己的基金会。故选D。

5.The flip flops are called “Gandys” because ________.

A they are made in a place called Gandy

B they were first sold by Gandhi

C Gandhi likes to wear them

D Gandhi invented them

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。 根据倒数第二段可知拖鞋是根据印度独立运动之父Mahatma Gandhi的名字命名为Gandys；根据最后一段最后一句he’s famous for wearing his flip flops可知Gandhi喜欢穿夹脚拖鞋。故选C。