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If the world were a village of 1 000 people it would include:

·584 Asians

·124 Africans

·95 Eastern and Western Europeans

·84 Latin Americans

·55 former Soviets(including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)

·52 North Americans

·6 Australians and New Zealanders

The people of the village would speak:

·165 Mandarin

·86 English

·83 Hindu/Urdu

·64 Spanish

·58 Russian

·37 Arabic

The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65.Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipment.

This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, three of them for lack of food, one from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and ten deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1 018.

In this village of 1 000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.

About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.

Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.

The village has a total yearly budget(预算),public and private, of over $3 million, that is,$3 000 per person if it is distributed evenly of the total $3 million:

$181 000 goes to weapons and warfare

$159 000 to education

$132 000 to health care

These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.

1.Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.

B.About 8.25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

C.About 16.5 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

D.Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.

2.Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

A.Poverty.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.Education.

C.Environment.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.Marriage.

3.The underlined part “have access to”(in Para.4) means_____________.

A.use　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.buy

C.produce　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.try

4.According to the passage, which continent has the second largest population?

A. Asia.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.America.

C.Africa.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.Australia.

5.The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____________.

A.a peaceful world　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.good education

C.better health care　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.a life without anxiety

 

Answer 1

答案：1C2D3A4B5A
解析：

1、该题为计算题。根据文中提到的在该村1 000人中，“165 Mandarin”，可以计算出答案。 2、根据全文内容进行判断。 3、该短语的意思是“接近；会见；进入；使用”。 4、该题判断的关键是知道美洲包括北美洲和拉丁美洲（拉丁美洲包括南美洲所有国家和北美洲的墨西哥）。 5、该题为推理判断题。从文中可以看出，人们所拥有的大量武器，只有极少部分可以控制，这对人们的安全构成威胁，因此人们深深地担忧。