The village of Baktawng, in India’s north-eastern state of Mizoram, is home to the world’s largest known family, 199 people who live under the same roof in a giant building.

Pu Ziona was the male head of what was generally regarded as the world’s largest family — 38 wives, 89 children, and 36 grandchildren. Ziona passed away in 2021, at the age of 76, due to health problems, but his family continues to live under the same roof. Some of his children got wives of their own, some more than one, and the family member count now stands at 199. They all gather in the great hall of their home twice a day to eat, in a scene that looks more like a busy canteen than a family dining room. The members share everything, from the daily workload to the food and finances.

Keeping a family of 199 members together while also feeding them and putting clothes on their backs is no easy task. Luckily, everyone takes part in it, whether by working in one of the five family piggeries raising about 100 pigs for meat consumption, in the fields, planting various crops, or laboring in one of the family’s four carpentry (木工活) workshops and one aluminum workshop. The two daily meals alone are an arduous task, as they need at least 80 kg of rice plus many other ingredients, which are prepared in giant pots that then have to be cleaned. But these too are shared tasks, so no one complains.

“As humans, we all face difficulties and hardships, but our family has a more positive side as we are a huge family supportive of one another,” one of Pu Ziona’s daughters-in-law said. “When we fall sick, we support one another.”

1.What is the family members’ condition now?

A They build their own houses.

B They still live together.

C They leave for another city.

D They sell their house.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段第二句的“but his family continues to live under the same roof.”可知，齐沃纳去世后他的家人现在仍住在一起。故选B。

2.Which of the following words has the same meaning as the underlined word “arduous”?

A Embarrassing.

B Virtual.

C Interesting.

D Tough.

解析：选D。D词义猜测题。根据划线部分后面的“as they need at least 80 kg of rice plus many other ingredients, which are prepared in giant pots that then have to be cleaned”可知，每天两顿饭需要准备至少80公斤大米和许多其他食材，这些食材是在几口巨大的大锅中准备的，然后这些大锅还必须清洗，由此可见，这是一项艰巨的任务。故选D。

3.What is the daughter-in-law’s attitude to the lifestyle of their family?

A Short-sighted.

B Wait-and-see.

C Optimistic.

D Skeptical.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据最后一段的“but our family has a more positive side as we are a huge family supportive of one another”和“When we fall sick, we support one another.”可知，齐沃纳的一个儿媳说：“作为人类，我们都面临着困难和磨难，但我们的家庭有更积极的一面，因为我们是一个相互支持的大家庭。当我们生病时，我们互相扶持。”故选C。

4.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A The Largest Family Needs Support.

B A Large Family Lost Its Male Head.

C Parents Are Children’s Mirrors.

D The Largest Family Lives Together.

解析：选D。D主旨大意题。本文主要描述了印度一个拥有199口人的大家庭的相关情况，他们一大家人仍然住在同一个屋檐下。故选D。