题目内容
任务型阅读
阅读下面的短文，完成相关任务。
In the Charles E．Johnson Elementary School in New York, there is a special radio．It gives people warnings(警报)about bad weather．
One day, there came a sound from the radio．This sound brought the piece of news：a heavy storm was coming．William Tomic, principal(校长)of the school, asked teachers to bring children indoors and put them in a safe place at once．
Minutes later, the storm came．However, because of the warning of the radio and the quick work of the principal, no one was hurt．
“The radio really did work very well．________(我们对它的工作感到很高兴)，”William Tomic said．“The parents were as well．”
The U．S．government hopes there will be more such success stories．It plans to give this kind of radios to all 97,000 public schools in the country．
Every year, more than 10,000 big thunderstorms, 2,500 floods, 1,000 tornadoes(龙卷风)and some hurricanes(飓风)take place in the U．S．, so the waming radios are very useful．They not only give people warnings about bad weather, but also give warnings about other dangerous things．
(一)请根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题．
1．What does the special radio give people?
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2．Why was no one hurt in the school in the storm?
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(二)请根据短文中所给汉语完成句子。
3．_____________________________
(三)请把短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
4．_____________________________
(四)请给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。
5．_____________________________
解析：
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1．It gives people warnings about bad weather． 2．Because of the warning of the radio and the quick work of the principal． 3．We felt/were happy about its work． 4．它们不但给人们关于坏天气的警报，还发出关于其他危险事情的警报。 5．A special radio．/The warning radios．/Radios to help keep students safe． |
任务型阅读
阅读下面的短文，从文后方框中选择恰当的句子填入文中空白处。
When you read this sentence, the population of the earth has grown by 10 people.1_________
Most of these new people are born in developing countries.2_________
In the developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly. This is because women in these countries have, on average(平均), only one or two children. 3_________
In the developing countries, more than one billion people already live below the poverty line (贫困线).
4_________ Children get little or no time at school and suffer from many kinds of diseases.
The UN has said that the world’s population will reach 12.5 billion people by the year 2100. If the number makes your head spinning(眩晕), you’re not alone. Many experts are worrying that so fast population growth could have very bad results. 10_________
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A. These countries are found in much of Africa, South America and parts of Asia. B. These people don’t have enough food to eat and they live in poor housing. C. That may not sound much, but it’s about 14,000 people per hour. D. But in the developing countries, many women have five or more children. E. It could hurt the environment and increase the number of poor people. |