题目内容
South Asia heatwave kills nearly 100
DHAKA - A heat wave sweeping India, Bangladesh and Nepal has killed nearly 100 people over the past two weeks, officials said on June 3, 2005.
A third of the people died in northern Bangladesh, mostly women and children from dehydration(脱水), heat stroke and diarrhoea(腹泻).
"We are getting reports of several deaths due to heat wave and related diseases almost every day," an official said, as temperatures touched 43℃.
The weather office in Dhaka said the hot weather will last for another week until the monsoon(季风) rains which are normally due by the middle of June.
Severe heat conditions in the southern Indian have killed at least 55 people, officials in the two states said.
While temperatures have fallen from a high of 45℃ in Andhra Pradesh to around 40℃, giving a respite(休息) to people, they are still on the rise in Orissa with Talcher town registering 48.5℃, a weather official said.
At least five people have died in Nepal from extreme heat, the government said.
1.We can infer that the heatwave can cause ______.
A.heat stoke B.dehydration C.diarrhoea D.all above
2.When the monsoon rains come, the temperature will _______.
A.remain the same B.go on to rise sharply
C.begin to drop obviously D.rise a little
3.Which place is the hottest in the early June, 2005?
A.Dhaka B.Talcher C.Andhra Pradesh D.Nepal
1.D
2.C
3.B
【解析】
试题分析:本文是一篇新闻报告,介绍了南亚的热浪导致多人死亡的新闻,文章中提供了很多具体的数据。
1.D 细节题。根据文章第三段A third of the people died in northern Bangladesh, mostly women and children from dehydration(脱水), heat stroke and diarrhoea(腹泻).可知ABC三项都是炎热造成的健康问题。故D正确。
2.C 推理题。根据文章倒数第四段The weather office in Dhaka said the hot weather will last for another week until the monsoon(季风) rains which are normally due by the middle of June.
可知这样的炎热的天气将持续到季风的来临,也就是说季风来临以后温度会明显下降。故C正确。
3.B 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段While temperatures have fallen from a high of 45℃ in Andhra Pradesh to around 40℃, giving a respite(休息) to people, they are still on the rise in Orissa with Talcher town registering 48.5℃, a weather official said可知最高的温度出现在Talcher 故B正确。
考点:考察新闻报告类短文阅读
点评:本文是一篇新闻报告,介绍了南亚的热浪导致多人死亡的新闻。本文所设试题主要考察细节查找,对于文章中的细节题,要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查题支和原文的异同,常犯错误有:绝对化语言,范围扩大或缩小,以偏概全,张冠李戴等。带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。
Animals Can Sense Natural Disasters
Among the dead in South Asia’ s tsunami(海啸)were many tourists at Sri Lanka’ s national wildlife park at Yala. But very few of the park’s animals — elephants, buffaloes, monkeys and wild cats — appear to have died. There are theories that animals can sense natural disasters and run away to safety.
First, it’s possible that the animals may have heard the quake before the tsunami hit. The underwater burst produced sound waves known as infrasound(次声). Humans can’t hear infrasound, but many animals including dogs, elephants, tigers and pigeons can.
A second early warning sign the animals might have sensed is ground vibration(震动). The great quake would have produced vibrational waves known as Rayleigh waves. These vibrations move through the ground like waves moving on the surface of the ocean but faster. They travel at ten times the speed of sound. The Rayleigh waves would have reached Sri Lanka hours before the water hit. Mammals, birds, insects and spiders can sense Rayleigh waves. So the animals at Yala might have felt the Rayleigh waves and then run to higher ground.
But what about humans? While we can’t hear infrasound, we can feel it, although we don’t necessarily know we’re feeling it. We also experience Rayleigh waves by special sensors in our joints(关节), which exist just for that purpose. Sadly, it seems we don’t pay attention to the information when we get it. Maybe we screen it out because there’s so much going on before our eyes and in our ears.
【小题1】Why did few animals at Yala die when the tsunamis that caused a huge number of human deaths hit?
A.Because human beings cannot hear the infrasonic sound. |
B.Because the animals were staying at a higher place in the park. |
C.Because the animals were able to run much faster than human beings. |
D.Because the animals might have picked up the danger signals and ran away. |
A.Rayleigh waves can be felt both by animals and human beings. |
B.Rayleigh waves, just like infrasonic sound, can only be felt by animals. |
C.Rayleigh waves are vibrational waves that usually cause quakes or tsunamis. |
D.Rayleigh waves move on the ocean surface at a speed ten times that of sound waves. |
A.We can’t feel the infrasound so we can’t be informed of the danger. |
B.We ignore the information of tsunami’s coming even though we can also get it. |
C.We were so busy on our minds that we feel neither infrasound nor Rayleigh waves. |
D.We can feel Rayleigh waves and infrasound so we can escape the danger like animals. |