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【题目】 Earth Day has come and gone, but it’s a fact of daily life that 1.6 billion people around would have no electricity in their homes. Instead, most of them use wood, coal or even animal waste to heat and cook in their homes ,which also gives off greenhouse gases, causing indoor air pollution that kills 1.6million people a year, most of whom are children and women.

It’s not expected to improve much, and in Africa it’s becoming worse now. By 2030, when the Earth’s population will be likely to top 8billion, 1.3 billion people will still lack electricity. Of those, 700 million will be in Africa, and 490 million in South Asia.

Ghana, in West Africa, most of the northern half of the country lives without lights. As a result, three out of four Ghanans in the north are without electricity to refrigerate with and to cook with, to study with and to start businesses with. Like most others around the world in the same situation, these Ghanans use traditional fuels( wood, coal, animal waste) to meet their cooking needs.

What would electricity for everyone around the world cost? The International Energy Agency, which is made up of 28 member countries, figures it would run35 billion dollars a year from 2008 to 2030 to reach that.

The United Nations has been busy with the issue, organizing a meeting on April 28 hosted by Secretary-General Ban Kimoon. ‘ Energy services are very important formeeting basic human needs, reducing poverty, creating and getting together wealth and keeping advances in social development,” He said in an announcement.

【1】How many people still lack electricity in the world now?

A. 1.6 billion. B. 1.6 million

C. 1.3 billion D. 700 million

【2】 Why do many children and women die of indoor air pollution?

A. Because they would rather heat and cook with traditional fuels than with electricity.

B. Because of no electricity they have to use traditional fuels for heating and cooking.

C. Because wood, coal or animal waste does great harm to their health.

D. Because there are too many greenhouse gases from factories.

【3】The underlined word “that” probably refer to______.

A. electricity for everyone B. 35 billion dollars a year

C. traditional fuels D. 28 member countries

【4】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The United Nations is trying to solve the problem.

B. The basic human needs are reducing poverty.

C. Working together is a way to develop.

D. The basic needs for humans are energy services.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】

试题分析：现在世界上还有1.6 billion人用不上电，尤其是非洲最为严重。很多人因为在室内点火造成污染而丧命。要解决人人用得了电的问题任重道远。

【1】A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段Earth Day has come and gone, but it’s a fact of daily life that 1.6 billion people around would have no electricity in their homes.可知，现在世界上还有1.6 billion人家里没有电，故选A。

【2】B 细节理解题。根据文章第一段Instead, most of them use wood, coal or even animal waste to heat and cook in their homes ,which also gives off greenhouse gases, causing indoor air pollution that kills 1.6million people a year ，most of whom are children and women.可知，很多人因为要烧煤或木头之类的东西，造成室内空气污染，导致很多的孩子和女人死亡，故选B。

【3】A 词义理解题。倒数第二段的意思是：要达到人人都能用上电要用很多年的时间花费很多钱，故选A。

【4】A 推理判断题。最后一段的大意是：联合国在努力解决这个问题 ，故选A。