题目内容
In parts of Africa, the sky is filled with a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a living cloud made of billions of locusts that are traveling across the continent eating everything in their path.
And in the battle to stop this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 50 kilograms of rice if www..comthey can catch and kill 50 kilograms of locusts. The radio station is in one of Senegal’s worst affected regions.
This is West Africa’s biggest locust disaster in 15 years, and it is moving east, causing huge damage to crops. As they move, they breed, and increase their number and will soon threaten Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it could reach Asia.
Experts say the great damage to crops in areas already suffering from food shortages and war could cause many people to go hungry. Governments in the region are not well equipped to fight the pest.
Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not expected to be enough. “We are now treating 6,000 hectares per day with pesticide, but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster,” said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, director of locust control in Mauritania.
Requests are being made for international aid, which is the only way to limit the crisis, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization warned.
1. The purpose of offering people rice for catching locusts in Senegal is ________.
A. to get more people to eat rice so as to leave less for locusts
B. to get more people involved in the war on the locusts
C. to prevent more people from starvation
D. to get more people to listen to the radio report on locusts
2. Which of the following is not the reason for West Africans going hungry?
A. Locust disaster causes the great damage to crops.
B. Food supply is far from the need of the people.
C. These regions are affected by the war.
D. Governments are unwilling to fight the pest.
3. It can be concluded that, in order to end the locust disaster, ________.
A. leaders of 12 countries in West Africa should call on their people to take action
B. insects experts should be sent to these regions
C. other countries outside Africa should keep close watch on their own lands
D. Help from all over the world is in urgent demand
4. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Food shortage in Africa. B. International aid to Africa.
C. The insects attack on Africa. D. Terrible storm in Africa.
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解析:
1. B 推测题。根据第二段意义,广播电台向听众悬赏捕杀蝗虫。可推测出其目的是让更多的人参与到救灾行动中来。
2. D 细节理解题。根据第四段意义:专家称一些地区本来就食品匮乏,并饱受战火之苦,而灾害给农作物产量造成的损失更是雪上加霜。许多人因此而挨饿。
3. D 推理题。根据短文最后一段的意义:国际社会施以援手是抑制灾情的唯一方法。由此推理可得“国际援助迫在眉睫”。
4. C 主旨题。根据短文第一段的描述及下文的阐发可看出本文的主题是“非洲西部的虫灾”。
Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife.She burst into 36 .I took them to the shoemaker to get them 37 .
The young apprentice (学徒) glanced at the opening and said, " 38 I can do except replace the upper." His master looked at them and said to me, "If you 39 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes." K^S*5U.C#O%
I was 40 and asked why.
He explained, "As if the openings were made 41 for the sake of special style and reuse."
Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 42 shoe, but all the openings were patched (打补丁) by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 43 more unique and interesting than ever.I couldn't help but 44 the master's skill.
Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back.My wife 45 the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it 46 _ and mend it."
Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 47 thread and they 48 a look of ice crystal (冰晶) hanging from a winter's branch. 49 , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt.I 50 with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of 51 !"
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Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is 53 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life.Since you can't 54 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's 55 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful.
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If you want to keep healthy, you should have good habits. What is a habit? It is something we do very often. We don’t even think when we do it. It has become a part of our lives.
“Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” This is an old English saying. Do you know what it means? It means that we must go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy, rich and clever.
Is this true? Perhaps it is. We know the body must have enough sleep. Boys and girls need eight or nine hours’ sleep every day.
Some people go to bed late at night and get up late in the morning. This is a very bad habit. Then you will not think or do your work well. Of course, you can’t be healthy, wealthy or wise.
When we get up early in the morning, we can go out and do morning exercises. Exercise means doing things with the body. Walking, running jumping, swimming, and playing ball games are all exercise. If we don’t exercise, our body will become weak.
Exercise helps the blood (血液) to move around inside our body. Blood takes food to all parts of our body.
Our body also needs air to breathe. Without air, we will die. We must have lots of clean fresh air if we want to be healthy. That is why many people like to go out to do morning exercise.
1.From the passage we know that it is good for our health to ____ .
A.eat a lot |
B.go to bed early |
C.get up late |
D.go to bed late |
2.How long should young boys and girls need to sleep a day?
A.More than ten hours |
B.Over eleven hours. |
C.Less than seven hours. |
D.Eight hours or so. |
3.If we want to keep healthy, we must ____ .
A.eat more food |
B.sleep more |
C.get up late |
D.take enough exercise |
4.Which of the following habits is NOT GOOD?
A.Don’t go to bed until twelve o’clock.. |
B.Take a walk after supper. |
C.Run in the open air early in the morning. |
D.Climb hills for half an hour early in the morning. |
5. Which sport is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.Jumping. |
B.Swimming. |
C.Riding. |
D.Running. |