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We were driving along the village of Simdara. I 36 to my right and saw an old shelter 20 meters from the side of the road that appeared to be filled with 37 .
“Would you mind 38 ?” I asked the driver Waris. “I think there is a(n) 39 .”
Waris laughed. “No, Greg, that’s actually a public toilet,” explained Waris and he kept 40 .
“But why are there so many kids? What are they doing there? We need to 41 ,” I insisted. The word caught Waris 42 and he stopped the car.
When we reached the shelter, to my surprise, it was 43 a toilet—or at least it had been at one time. The roof was gone now, and the four toilet pits (坑) had been 44 with old boards. There were 25 children between 4 and 5 years old, one 45 , and a wooden board against the wall.
Though having a tough learning environment, the students are quite 46 to chat with us about their class and curriculum (课程). After about ten minutes, the teacher 47 if we might like to see “the rest of the school”. We 48 and followed her up the hill.
Just over the top of the hill, there was an old tent. It was very 49 inside because nearly 100 students were packed like sardines (沙丁鱼). These students were a little 50 , fourth-, and sixth-graders, and all of them were sitting on the ground. 51 the teacher, they were doing extremely well — 52 most of them had no books, paper or even pencils.
We were forced to 53 to catch our plane. We were all 54 and decided to collect money to build a school for these children who had a hunger for 55 .
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【解析】文章介绍了再旅途中看见的一所学习,我们被这所学校简陋的情况所打动,决定去帮助他们。
1.动词辨析。根据句意可知我看向路边。
2.上下文串联。后面说到的小孩。
3.动词辨析。根据句意可知我以为是一所学校,是想让司机停车去看一下。
4.名词辨析。解析同上。
5.上下文串联。根据下文可知此事司机没有停车,而是继续向前开动。
6.短语辨析。A查明,搞清楚;B当心;C放弃;D分解,打破;根据句意可知A正确。句意:我想搞清楚。我的话引起了司机的注意,他终于停下了车。
7.名词辨析。Catch one’s attention引起某人的注意。解析同上。
8.副词辨析。A容易地;B从未;C几乎不;D真的;根据句意可知那真的是一个厕所。
9.动词辨析。厕所的坑被一块旧木板盖着。
10.上下文串联。根据下文可知这里是一个简易的学校,里面有一位老师。
11.上下文串联。根据句意可知A正确。尽管学习的环境很差,但是学生还是很开心地和我谈论他们的课程。
12.动词辨析。根据句意可知B正确。那个老师请求我们去看看学校的其它部分。我们点头表示同意。
13.动词辨析。解析同上。
14.上下文串联。根据下文的packed like sardines (沙丁鱼).可知这里非常拥挤。
15.上下文串联。上文提及大那些孩子都是4 and 5 years old。这里的学生都是年龄更大一些的fourth-, and sixth-graders。
16.介词短语辨析。根据句意可知是老师告诉我们,A正确。
17.连词辨析。根据上下文可知尽管大部分孩子没有书等,但是他们学习的非常好。
18.动词辨析。根据句意可知我们不得不离开去赶飞机。我们都被感动了决定筹集钱帮他们建一所学校来学习知识。
19.词义辨析。解析同上。
20.名词辨析。解析同53.
People should be warned against using mobile phones outdoors in stormy weather because they may“be struck by lightning”,according to doctors.
Three experts have described how a teenage girl was struck by lightning while using her phone in a large London park.The girl,aged 15,recovered,but a year later was still wheelchair-bound and found to be suffering complex physical and emotional problems.
The girl also had a perforate eardrum(打孔耳膜)on the side where she had been holding the mobile phone.She was having general recovery in Northwick Park Hospital,Middlesex.
Swinda Esprit,a senior house officer, said that while the brain and muscle damage was similar to that of many lightning victims—who can experience heart attacks on being struck—the ear problems were not.
She said that the damages were particularly relevant for people who might be involved in less serious lightning incidents,who might otherwise recover, but would never get their full hearing back if struck while on the phone.
“We were shocked by the damage,which is why we wanted to draw attention to it,”Dr Esprit said.“A year on and she still was suffering these difficult hearing.”
They added that three other cases had been reported in newspapers in China,South Korea,and Malaysia.In the Malaysian case,a sales executive was killed by lightning while talking on his phone during a thunderstorm near Kuala Lumpur.
“All these events resulted in death,”the doctors wrote.“This rare phenomenon is a public health issue,and education is necessary to stress the risk.”
The Australian Lightning Protection Standard recommends that metallic objects,including cordless or mobile phones,should not be carried outdoors during thunderstorms.However, “the United States National Weather Service says on its website that both are safe to use “because there is no direct path between you and the lightening”.
Paul Taylor, of “the Met Office'’,said the ear injuries were a consequence of mobile phones being metal,and not related to radio waves.
Mr. Taylor said that mobile phones should be treated as another piece of metal,similar to carrying coins or wearing rings,and people need to be warned against the possible danger.
1.What do we know about the teenage girl?
A.She was struck by lightning at schoo1. |
B.She completely recovered from being struck. |
C.She still suffered from mental problems. |
D.She had to press her ear all day. |
2.It can be inferred that damage done by lightening while using mobile phones .
A.is more serious than that when one is not using a mobile phone |
B.can be healed quickly except for heart attacks |
C.is less serious because the victims can usually recover |
D.is mainly in the brain and muscle of the victims |
3.Why did doctors stress the risk about using phones outside in lightening?
A.Because more people are faced with it. |
B.Because some deaths have been caused. |
C.Because lightning is harmful for the brain. |
D.Because a teenage girl got killed. |
4.We can infer from the last three paragraphs that .
A.both cordless and mobile phones are safe to use outside in lightning |
B.there is no direct connection between lightning and ear injuries at all |
C.opinions differ as to whether it is safe to use mobiles phones in lightning |
D.ear injuries are the result of carrying coins or wearing rings in lightning |
5.The purpose in writing this passage is .
A.to draw attention to the risk of using mobile phones in lightening |
B.to focus on various damages done to lightning victims |
C.to tell us the news that a teenage girl was struck by lightning |
D.to stress the danger of making phone calls in lightning |