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It came with devastating force,a natural disaster of strange intensity that shocked the world and killed tens of thousands.The waters have now receded,but disease and food and water shortages trouble a number of countries around the Indian Ocean.Millions of survivors face serious problems.

The number of survivors in need of food aid after the Indian Ocean disaster has climbed to 5 million people.They stretch from Somalia to Thailand,and the figure could rise further,the United Nations has said.

Relief teams hope to reach all of the estimated 700 000 hungry in Sri Lanka within three more days.It could take longer before enough food aid gets to the nearly 1 million people in need in hard-to-reach parts of Indonesia.Another serious problem is the need for purified water.

Although aid had poured in from all over the world to the disaster areas,“Logistics is the big problem here—just getting the stuff out to people who need it,”said Ron Libby,emergency management specialist at the USA agency for International Development.

Relief efforts are hindered by the difficulty of delivering aid to the more than 1000 islands scattered across hundreds of kilometers of ocean.

For those who survived the tsunami's force,disease is now the No.1 problem.Five million people are short of water,food and basic sanitation across the region.World Health Organization(WHO) crisis chief David Navarro said 50 000 more people could die from disease and other causes,as has been the case in previous humanitarian emergencies.

WHO said it had already received a handful of reports of malaria(疟疾) and dengue fever(登革热) and hundreds of reports of diarrhea(腹泻) and infected wounds.It said millions of water purification tablets had been sent to Asia,along with sanitation engineers to rebuild water sanitation infrastructure.

Psychologists are warning that mental health problems caused by the tsunami could prove harder to resolve than the physical damage.

Some survivors say they are plagued by recurring nightmares about walls of water.Many locals are afraid to return to beachside homes.Officials also warn that suicide rates could rise dramatically as parents struggle with guilt at losing children.

Psychologists estimate that 20 to 30 per cent of people who face traumatic events eventually develop symptoms,such as alcohol abuse,lack of concentration at work and an inability to develop close relationships.

Although the Thai Government has offered to build temporary beachside housing,many refugee families are refusing to come down from the hills.Others are afraid to go back to jobs on the sea.

Over 150 000 people were killed by the tsunami,but hundreds and thousands more have been left with no means to earn a living.

In the village of Akirapettai in India,all that is left is the twisted wreckage of the fishing fleet.Dakshina Murti,a fisherman,not only lost three family members,but also lost his boats,his nets,everything.

“Everything's gone,”he says.With no government aid so far,all he has is a wreck.There are several million people who suffered the same experience.Homes have been destroyed,as well as wharves,docks,and sheds.

For now,rebuilding the economy remains a distant concept.

This passage is mainly about _________that happened around the Indian Oceans.

A.the causes of the tsunami                               B.the result after the tsunami

C.the sign of the tsunami                                   D.the warning of the tsunami

According to what the United Nations has said,the number of survivors in need of food aid after the disaster _________.

A.is not more than 5 million                              B.is less than 5 million

C.has reached 5 million                                     D.won't reach 5 million

From the passage we learn that _________ is the most serious problem for the time being.

A.disease                             B.food                  C.water                 D.house

The passage tells us that such a disaster,as tsunami will cause diseases and _________ as well.

A.Dengue fever             B.diarrhea                    C.Malaria              D.mental health problem

【小题1】B

【小题2】C

【小题3】A

【小题4】D


解析:

【小题1】综合判断题,全文讲述海啸造成的后果。

【小题2】细节理解题,文章第二段首句。

【小题3】细节理解题,文章第六段首句。

【小题4】细节判断题,第七段指相关的疾病,第八段指精神伤害。

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A typical tale from store managers is of customers who buy a single cup of coffee or tea and occupy a four-seat table for eight or more hours.A store full of these people turns the shop into a silence broken only by the tapping of keyboard keys.In others, however, customers use the network briefly, and the turnover is high.

Cafe owners have talked about their discomfort for years.Some cafes founders started turning off Wi-Fi (无线网络) on the weekends.The experiment led to success, they said.People who otherwise avoided the cafe came in, and the place became crowded on Saturdays and Sundays.In the years since, hundreds of articles have appeared about similar cases in which a coffee shop turns off the signal, and sometimes blocks electrical outlets.

Nick Bilton, the New York Times" Bits blog editor, was banned from reading an electronic book a few days ago.The Actual Cafe in Oakland opened last year with lapton-free weekends.The owner, Sal Bednarz, wrote in an email, "I think it's fascinating that we've allowed technology to enter so much of our lives that it can feel like an affront (冒犯) when someone asks us to step away

from it for a short while."

Dan Drozdenko, the owner of the Downbeat Cafe in Los Angeles, says, “People come here because we don't offer it.They know they can get their work done and concentrated."

For tasks that don't require constant monitoring of live date—such as stock management or minding server operations—productivity seems to soar when the constant bright shiny ball of the Internet is nowhere to be seen.

People often leave the house or office to free themselves of conditions that reduce productivity, only to walk into a venue that lets them surf, and otherwise avoid focus.Could the offer of single-tasking and quiet thinking be a selling point when drinking coffee or tea? A moment's relief from the Blackbgerry buzz, the iphone alert, the Android annoyance? Only if one remembers to turn off one's 3G connection, too.

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       A.It makes the turnover slow and affects the business.

       B.It makes the cafe silent and is bad for its atmosphere.

       C.The owner is disturbed by the tapping of keyboard keys.

       D.It costs a lot to offer Internet access to customers.

73.What happened after Wi-Fi was turned off in the cafe on the weekends?

       A.It added much inconvenience to people

       B.Customers stayed in the cafe longer than before.

       C.The environment in the cafe was improved.

       D.There were more customers in the cafe.

74.What can be inferred from the words of Dan Drozdenko?

       A.If people don't get their work done, they shouldn't go to a coffee shop.

       B.If people go to a coffee shop, they would concentrate more on their work.

       C.If people do their work while surfing the Internet in a coffee shop, they can't concentrate.

       D.If people can't surf the Internet in a coffee shop, they would be unwilling to come,

75.The underlined word "soar" in Paragraph 6 is the closest in meaning to "__".

       A.exist                                         B.maintain                

       C.rise                                           D.change.

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