Question

15．Jody Williams was born in Vermont in 1950．Like many teenagers of her generation，she became devoted to the idea of peace while being against the war in Vietnam when young．
In late 1991，Bobby Muller，president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation，called Williams to see if she was interested in working together to ban （禁止） landmines（地雷） worldwide．She was glad to make use of the opportunity to persuade non-governmental organizations to support this worthwhile idea．Millions of landmines remain buried in the ground in countries around the world long after the wars in which they were used have ended．
In October 1992，the International Campaign to Ban Landmines （ICBL） was formally set up．The ICBL called for an end to the use，production，and trade of landmines．As the campaign's leader，Williams wrote and spoke widely on the landmine problem and the need for a total ban．
Together with Shawn Roberts，she wrote a book that described the hidden costs of landmine use，such as the long term effects of landmines．The landmines mean that people cannot travel or work safel y．Land goes unused，causing unemployment and poverty （贫穷）．There is also the huge cost of treating landmine victims （受害者）．
Their efforts were rewarded in 1996，when a meeting hosted by the Canadian government agreed to write out an international treaty （条约） banning landmines．In December 1997，the treaty was signed，with the support of 122 countries．In five years，Jody Williams and the ICBL have achieved their goal of introducing a landmine ban．The Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee awarded Williams and the ICBL the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year．
To date，more than 156 countries have signed the landmine ban treaty．
25．Which of the following is NOT true according to the text？A
A．Jody Williams served during the war in Vietnam．
B．Bobby Muller put forward the idea of banning landmines．
C．Jody Williams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997．
D.122 countries signed the landmine ban treaty in 1997．
26．Jody Williams'book is aboutB．
A．how to reduce the bad effects of landmines 
B．what the possible bad effects of landmines are 
C．how much it costs to remove the hidden landmines
D．what the government can do to remove the hidden landmines
27．An international treaty banning landmines was made inC．
A.1991     
B.1992         
C.1996            
D.1997．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读，属于人物传记，约迪•威廉姆斯于1950年在佛蒙特州出生．与她这一代的许多青少年一样，她在年轻时反对越南的战争，致力于和平的想法．本文以此展开，主要讲述了约迪•威廉姆斯的一些经历以及代表性的文学作品．

解答 25．A．细节理解题．根据Bobby Muller，president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation，called Williams to see if she was interested in working together to ban （禁止） landmines（地雷） worldwide．可知，B选项正确；根据The Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee awarded Williams and the ICBL the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year．可知，C正确；根据In December 1997，the treaty was signed，with the support of 122 countries．可知，D正确．根据文章描述，A．约旦•威廉姆斯在越南战争期间服役是错误的．故选A．
26．B．细节理解题．根据Together with Shawn Roberts，she wrote a book that described the hidden costs of landmine use，such as the long term effects of landmines．可知，他的书是有关写地雷的不良影响的．故选B．
27．C．细节理解题．根据Their efforts were rewarded in 1996，when a meeting hosted by the Canadian government agreed to write out an international treaty （条约） banning landmines．可知，国际地雷禁令条约是1996年出台的．故选C．

点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题．做题时学生应仔细阅读原文，把握文章主要内容，联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义，从中选出正确答案，一定要做到有理有据，切忌胡乱猜测．