题目内容
Now it is 11:59.All of us are sitting still, listening to the clock to announce the New Year.
A B C D
C listening to--- listening to for
解析:
根据句意这里意思是听着等待,而不是表示听的动作。
Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your spare time? Then join us to be a volunteer! We’re a non-profit(赢利的)organization. We have volunteer jobs of all ages.Anyone,from twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of the children whose parents are working.Hospitals need volunteers to look after children whose parents are seeing a doctor.Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes.There is something for everyone.
“As a volunteer,I don’t want to get anything.Seeing the children’s happy faces,I’m happy,too” said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62.“I often played computer games in my spare time before.Now it is happy for me to help older people learn how to use computers.”said another volunteer at the age of 18.
If everyone helps out a bit,we’ll have a better world to live in.Interested? Call us l-800-555-5756 or visit our website:www.activol.com.
【小题1】When do the volunteers help others?
A.In their spare time | B.At weekends | C.on weekdays | D.In the evenings |
A.Children | B.Old women | C.Anyone aged12—70 | D.Young people |
A.money | B.computers | C.everything | D.nothing |
A.animals | B.children | C.computers | D.older people |
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.
【小题1】What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To seek help for Nauru’s problems. |
B.To give a warning to other countries |
C.To show the importance of money |
D.To tell a heartbreaking story of a war. |
A.Rich and powerful | B.Modern and open |
C.Peaceful and attractive | D.Greedy and aggressive |
A.soil pollution | B.phosphate overmining |
C.farming activity | D.whale hunting |
A.Its leaders misused the money |
B.It spent too much repairing the island |
C.Its phosphate mining cost much money |
D.It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. |
A.The ecological damage is difficult to repair. |
B.The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously. |
C.The island was abandoned by the Nauruans |
D.The phosphate mines were destroyed |
When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.
Certainly, most of the world’s great religions (宗教) order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally (道德方面) right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil (恶行). Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of pride and self-dependence.
Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.
It is hard to come to any final conclusion; there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take sway the moral goodness of the giver.
【小题1】What is mainly discussed in the passage?
A.Moral deeds of people. |
B.Religious activities of the church. |
C.Moral goodness of the giver. |
D.Arguments on giving to beggars. |
A.People no longer know who suffers misfortune in the village. |
B.Some people will not do what was morally right in the past. |
C.We don’t meet with those who need help any more. |
D.Now it is the government’s duty to help the beggars. |
A.Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars. |
B.Some beggars want money to help their children go to school. |
C.Some beggars use the money to buy drugs. |
D.Some beggars have no excuse for begging. |
A.the cases can be so different |
B.there are so many beggars |
C.there is so much money wasted |
D.there are so many different arguments |