题目内容
Two thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but will help cover my living _______.
A. fees B. expenses C. fares D. charges
B
【解析】略
Trees are useful to man in three important ways: They provide him with wood and other products; they provide him shade;. and they help to prevent droughts(早灾)and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.In his eagerness to make money from trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And besides, he is usually too careless to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.
This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil allowing the rain to sink in and also bind(固定)the soil, thus preventing it from being washed away easily;but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
Two thousand years ago,a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire(帝国).It set up the empire, but, without its trees, its soil became poor and grew weak. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced by floods and starvation(饥荒).
【小题1】The most important service of trees to man is that___________.
A.they give them wood and other products | B.they give them shade |
C.they help him prevent droughts and floods | D.they help him made money |
A.many trees have been cut down by man | B.man has not paid enough attention to planting trees |
C.new trees are not looked after properly | D.all the above |
A.roots of trees break up the soil | B.there are too many rainfalls |
C.there are no larger trees to keep rain and protect the top-soil | D.strong winds bring a lot of sand |
A.it set up an empire | B.the empire fell to pieces |
C.it built too many warships | D.it lost its trees |
A.Trees and Man | B.How Trees Prevent Droughts and Floods |
C.How an Empire Fell | D.A Story about Trees. |
UNICEF is appealing for more than one billion dollars in aid for women and children around the world. The United Nations Children's Fund has released its “Humanitarian Action Report” for two thousand ten. The report lists twenty – eight countries and territories with some of the world’s most pester affecting women and children.
Haiti was considered to be in crisis long before the earthquake in January. The deputy executive director of UNICEF, Hilde Johnson, says the quake has only made the need for aid more immediate. But she says children all over the world have the right to the same assistance as children everywhere else.
The "Humanitarian Action Report" discusses several issues that UNICEF says increasingly threaten the basic rights of women and children. It says climate change has caused droughts and food insecurity in many areas. High food prices and the global financial crisis of two thousand eight-two thousand nine have only added to poverty and malnutrition (营养不良). And armed conflict continues to threaten the lives of millions.
Hilde Johnson says children are always the most affected by conflicts and disasters. They face an increased risk of abuse, including sexual violence and other serious rights violations(侵犯).
UNICEF deals with about two hundred emergencies around the world every year. The greatest need last year was in sub-Saharan Africa. The report says drought, food insecurity and civil unrest affected about twenty-four million people.
Violence and displacements of people were especially bad in Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.
In Asia, UNICEF expects its financial assistance needs to more than double this year. This is partly the result of adding Pakistan and the Philippines to the latest report. In Pakistan, it says, more than two million people have been forced from their homes by the conflict in the Swat Valley and other areas of the northwest. And in the Philippines, more than two hundred thousand people are still living in shelters after severe storms last year.
This year's UNICEF report talks about the value of public and private partnerships in helping children and families in emergencies.
And that's the VOA Special English Development Report, written by June Simms. For a link to the UNICEF report listing the twenty-eight countries and territories in crisis, go to www.unsv.com. I'm Steve Ember.
【小题1】According to Hilde Johnson, the most easily affected peens suffering from conflicts and disasters are .
A.women | B.children | C.the old | D.the disabled |
A.earthquakes and malnutrition |
B.displacemerds, and storms |
C.seminal violence and other rights violations |
D.droughts and food insecurity |
A.everything must have a beginning |
B.grass never grows where the wide blows |
C.cloudy herrings turn to clear evenings |
D.it never rains but pours |
A.Haiti was in crisis due to the earthquake in January. |
B.Violence in the twenty – eight countries and territories |
C.UNICEF Appeals for And for Women and Children |
D.the vatic of public and private partnerships in helping |
For many years, Hawaii has been a magic name to people who like to travel. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. Their dreams always include at least one scene of a sunset over the ocean. In the tropical(热带的) lands, the sun drops, like a ball of golden fire, into the sea, and it droops so quickly that you can almost see it move. The sun leaves behind a glow that lights the skies and shines in the quiet water.
People often have a quiet, peaceful time ---perfect for a leisurely(悠闲的) walk along the water. This scene is not too different from the dramatic(令人神往的) beauty that greeted the first strangers to these islands centuries ago. They were Polynesian people who came from Tahiti in canoes not much bigger than small boats.
They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees, but there were no giant hotels like the ones we see nowadays. The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but skyscraper hotels were only built in the last 25 years. Now jet planes make it possible to fly to for a weekend from Tokyo. Wherever the people come from, they really want to see the original beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountain called Diamond Head which is almost hidden by the tall hotels.
1.Hawaii is a name _____.
A.given by people who like to travel |
B.attracting a lot of travelers |
C.with a magic story behind it |
D.liked by both the Japanese and Americans |
2.On these beautiful islands, one thing that every traveler won't miss is_____.
A.to swim in the quiet water |
B.to see the tropical plants |
C.to see the sunset |
D.a leisurely walk along the beach |
3.Which of the following does not belong to "the original beauty of Hawaii"?
A.White sand beaches. |
B.Waving palm trees. |
C.Tall hotels. |
D.The Diamond Head Mountain. |
4.The last paragraph suggests_______
A.the scenery nowadays is not too different from the original beauty. |
B.it's not quite easy to see the original beauty, because some of the scenery is almost hidden by tall hotels. |
C.it is easy to see the original beauty, but only by taking jet airplanes. |
D.it is not easy to see the original beauty because things have completely changed in the last 25 years. |
5.The best title of the passage is _______
A.Islands Scenery. |
B.Hawaii A Magic Name. |
C.Traveling In Hawaii. |
D.The Dramatic Beauty. |