摘要: 解析:选B.wipe out poverty 消除贫穷.符合句意.

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Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources(来源), as well as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmills(风车)began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.

For many centuries, people used windmills to grind(磨碎)wheat into flour or pump water from deep underground. When electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living in remote areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the 1940s, when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were rarely used.

During the 1970s, people started becoming concerned about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would not last forever. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.

60. From the text we know that windmills              .

A. were invented by European armies

B. have a history of more than 2800 years

C. used to supply power to radio in remote areas

D. have rarely been used since electricity was discovered

61. What was a new use for wind power in the late l9th century?

A. Sailing a boat. 

B. Producing electricity.

C. Grinding wheat into flour.

D. Pumping water from underground.

62. One of the reasons wind was rediscovered in the 1970s is that             .

A. wind power is cleaner

B. it is one of the oldest power sources

C. it was cheaper to create energy from wind

D. the supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs

63. What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. The advantage of wind power.

B. The design of wind power plants.

C. The worldwide movement to save energy.

D. The global trend towards producing power from wind.

【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据末段句子Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind可知,接下来作者应该谈论利用风能发电的情况,因此选择D项。

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The government-run command post in Tunis is staffed around the clock by military personnel, meteorologists and civilians. On the wall are maps, crisscrossed with brightly colors arrows that painstakingly track the fearsome path of the enemy.

  What kind of invader gives rise to such high-level monitoring? Not man, not beast, but the lowly desert locust(蝗虫). In recent months, billions of the 3-inch-long winged warriors have descended on Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, blackening the sky and eating up crops and vegetation. The insect invasion, the worst in 30 years, is already creating great destruction in the Middle East and is now treating southern Europe. The current crisis began in late 1985 near the Red Sea. Unusually rainy weather moistened the sands of the Sudan, making them ideal seedbed for the locust, which lays its eggs in the earth. The insect onslaught threatens to create yet another African famine. Each locust can eat its weight (not quite a tenth of an ounce) in vegetation every 24 hours. A good-size swarm of 50 billion insects eats up 100,000 tons of grass, trees and crops in a single night.

  All ﹩150 million may be needed this year. The U.S. has provided two spraying planes and about 50,000 gal. of pesticide. The European Community has donated ﹩3.8 million in aid and the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan and China have provided chemical-spraying aircraft to help wipe out the pests. But relief efforts are hampered by the relative mildness of approved pesticides, which quickly lose their deadly punch and require frequent replications. The most effective locust killer dieldrin has been linked to cancer and is banned by many Western countries and some of the affected African nations. More than 5 million acres have been dusted with locust-killing chemicals; another 5 million will be treated by the end of June.

  On May 30, representatives of Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania will meet in Algiers to discuss tactics to wipe out the ravenous swarms. The move is an important step, but whatever plan is devised, the locust plague promised to get worse before the insects can be brought under control.[来源:Zxxk.Com]

1.The main idea of the first sentence in the passage is that ______.

  A. the command post is stationed with people all the time.

  B. the command post is crowded with people all the time.

  C. there are clocks around the command post.

  D. the clock in the command post is taken care of by the staff.

2. The favorable breeding ground for the locust is ______.

  A. rich soil.                               B. wet land

  C. paces covered crops and vegetation        D. the Red Sea

3. People are alert at the threat of the locust because ______.

  A. the insects are likely to create another African famine.

  B. the insects may blacken the sky.

  C. the number of the insects increases drastically.

  D. the insects are gathering and moving in great speed.

4.Which of the following is true?

  A. Once the pesticides are used, locust will die immediately.

  B. Relief efforts are proved most fruitful due to the effectiveness of certain pesticides.

  C. Dieldrin, the most effective locust killer, has been widely accepted in many countries.

  D. Over 10 million acres of affected area will have been treated with locust-killing chemicals by the end of June.

5. The purpose for affected nations to meet in Algiers on May 30 is ______.

  A. to devise anti-locust plans.

  B. to wipe out the swarms in two years.

  C. to call out for additional financial aid from other nations.

D. to bring the insects under control before the plague gets worse.

 

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Three kids to go until my turn to dive (跳水). At the front of the line, a girl in a pink swim suit is 36 and climbs onto the diving board. Will she change her 37, like I did last week, I wonder? Encouraged by the teacher, the Pink Girl 38. Only two kids to go. I feel very 39. You don’t have to do this, I tell myself. 40 next week is the pool party, my brain 41. You will be the 42 one who can’t go on the diving board.

As I am thinking, another girl dives into the 43. Then it’s my little brother Travis’ turn. I 44 my eyes, and then open them just in time to see him jump off the 45. He comes out of the water and smiles. I can’t help 46, too. Nothing scares that kid.

Then I realize it’s my 47. I climb onto the diving board. 48 are diving at the other end of the pool. Everywhere, everyone is 49. Except me.

“What are you 50?” asks the kid after my turn.

I step forward. Then I 51 Travis standing by the pool. “You can do it!” he shouts. That’s what I’ve 52 told him when he was 53 to tie his shoes or write his name.

I take a deep breath and step out into nothing. My body 54, and then I feel the water. I swim in the water for a while before I pull myself to the 55, where my face finds the sun. I DID IT!

1.          

A.slow

B.right

C.ready

D.tired

2.          

A.answer

B.mind

C.plan

D.role

3.          

A.climbs

B.jumps

C.kicks

D.walks

4.          

A.nervous

B.strange

C.surprised

D.angry

5.          

A.Because

B.Unless

C.But

D.Though

6.          

A.argues

B.doubts

C.decides

D.understands

7.          

A.same

B.next

C.last

D.only

8.          

A.sea

B.river

C.lake

D.pool

9.          

A.close

B.wipe

C.cover

D.hurt

10.      

A.roof

B.line

C.board

D.ladder

11.      

A.dancing

B.smiling

C.opening

D.stopping

12.      

A.way

B.hope

C.mistake

D.turn

13.      

A.Parents

B.Kids

C.Classmates

D.Teachers

14.      

A.moving

B.laughing

C.studying

D.changing

15.      

A.looking for

B.waiting for

C.paying for

D.caring for

16.      

A.imagine

B.remember

C.see

D.watch

17.      

A.never

B.seldom

C.sometimes

D.always

18.      

A.offering

B.agreeing

C.learning

D.refusing

19.      

A.drops

B.shakes

C.breaks

D.rests

20.      

A.surface

B.door

C.beach

D.sky

 

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