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Reading comprehension(阅读理解)：
Kate Holmes was visiting a friend, old Mrs. Sydney. Mrs. Sydney had known Kate all her life. She liked to tell Kate about mysteries(神秘故事) and see whether Kate could solve them.
“You are very good at solving mysteries,” she said to Kate, “but some day I'll fool you! Maybe I'll be able to fool you today. Did I ever tell you about the story of the Unknown Brother?”
Kate said no and listened. She liked Mrs. Sydney's stories.
“Well,” Mrs. Sydney said, “Jed Wright was my friend when I was a child. He ran away from home when he was very young and lived for years by doing all kinds of jobs. Finally, in 1927, he went to Michigan, where he found a copper mine(铜矿). He bought the land and ran the mine and became a very rich man.
“Jed never married. His parents had died years before, and his only relative was a brother.”
“One day Jed knew he was dying. He sent for a good friend, Dan Cole, who had worked for him for years.”
“Jed gave Dan two envelopes.‘This one is for you,’ he said, ‘ and please give the other one to my brother Alf. He is…’ While he was speaking, Jed died.”
“There were his dying wishes in Dan's envelope. It gave him Jed's mine and house. The envelope for Alf had some money and business papers in it. Dan and Alf were each to get about half of Jed's fortune(财富). They would both be rich.”.
“Dan had never seen Alf. He had only two clues(线索). One was an old photo that showed Alf and Jed. But it was taken on their tenth birthday, fifty years ago. The other clue was a post card from Alf. It had no address. It had been mailed in Boston the month before Jed died.”
“Dan went to Boston. He put an advertisement in the newspaper. It said there was good news for Alf Wright. It told where Dan was staying.”
“The next day, more than a hundred men came to Dan's hotel. They all said they were Alf Wright. But though he had never seen Alf, Dan was able to pick him out right away.”
When Mrs. Sydney finished her story, she smiled.
“All right, Kate,” she said. “How did he know Alf?”
Kate smiled too. “That's easy,” she said. “You told me how. The clue was the photo.”
“Yes, it was,” said Mrs. Sydney. “But it was taken when Alf and Jed were boys. How could that help?”
“You said it was taken when both boys were ten years old, so they were…”
Kate gave Mrs. Sydney the answer and she had to admit that Kate Holmes had won again.
Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题，每题所填内容不超过五个单词)：
1．What made Jed Wright a rich man?
The ________ made him very rich.
2．What was in the envelope for Dan?
________________________________________________.
3．Did Dan do what Jed asked him to do?
________________________________________________.
4．What helped Dan to find Alf?
________, ________ and the advertisement.
5．What was Kate's answer to the mystery?
Kite said, “… so they were _____________________________________.”
6．Were they brothers or friends?
Kate and Mrs. Sydney were friends; Jed and Alf were brothers; Jed and ________.
查看习题详情和答案>>阅读理解
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, the population of the world will have grown by ten people．That may not sound much, but it is 9,000 people in an hour, 1.5 million a week, or 79 million a year．That is the same as adding most of the population of Germany to the world every year．
Most of these new people were born in developing countries．These countries are found in much of Africa, South America and parts of Asia．In the developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly．This is because women in these countries have, on average, only one or two children．In the developing countries, many women have five or more children．In 1950, around one quarter of the world's population lived in the developed countries．By 2050, these countries will be home to only around one tenth of the world's people．
In the developing countries, more than one billion people already live below the poverty(贫困)line．These people do not have enough food to eat and they live in poor housing; children get little or no time at school and people suffer(遭受痛苦)from many kinds of diseases．
At the beginning of the 21st century, the world's population was around six billion people．The UN has said that the world's population will level off at 12.5 billion people by the year 2100．Other groups think the world's population will continue to grow, reaching 14 billion people before it becomes stable(稳定的), or even falls．
1．How many people are added to the world's population an hour?
________________
2．Developing countries can be found in what areas of the world?
________________
3．In 1950, what percentage(百分率)of the world's population lived in developing countries?
________________
4．What are examples that show people are living below the poverty line?
________________
5．There will be twelve and a half billion people on the earth in 2100 according to the UN, won't there?
________________
阅读短文，按要求答题．
Kate Holmes was visiting a friend, old Mrs Sydney．Mrs Sydney had known Kate all her life．She liked to tell Kate about mysteries and see whether Kate could solve them．
“You are very good at solving mysteries,” she said to Kate, “but some day I’ll fool you! maybe I’ll be able to fool you today．Did I ever tell you about the story of the unknown Brother?”
Kate said no and listened．She liked Mrs Sydney’s stories．
“Well,” Mrs Sydney said, “Jed Wright was my friend when I was a child．He ran away from home when he was very young and lived for years by doing all kinds of jobs．Finally, in 1927, he went to Michigan, where he found a copper mine(铜矿)．He bought the land and ran(经营)the mine and became a very rich man．”
“Jed never married．His parents had died years before, and his only relative was a brother．”
“One day Jed knew he was dying．He sent for a good friend, Dan Cole, who had worked for him for years．”
“Jed gave Dan two envelopes(信封)．‘This one is for you’, he said ‘and please give the other one to my brother Alf．He is…’While he was speaking, Jed died．”
There were his dying wishes in Dan’s envelope．It gave him Jed’s mine and house．The envelop for Alf had some money and business papers in it．Dan and Alf were each to get about half of Jed’s fortune(财富)．They would both be rich．
“Dan had never seen Alf．He had only two clues．One was an old photo that showed Alf and Jed．But it was taken on their tenth birthday, fifty years ago．The other clue was a post card from Alf．It had no address．It had been mailed in Boston the month before Jed died．”
“Dan went to Boston．He put an advertisement in the newspaper．It said there was good news for Alf Wright．It told where Dan was staying．”
“The next day, more than a hundred men came to Dan’s hotel．They all said they were Alf Wright．But though he had never seen Alf, Dan was able to pick him out right away．”
When Mrs Sydney finished her story, she smiled．
“All right, Kate,” she said．” How did he know Alf?”
Kate smiled too．” That’s easy,” She said．“You told me how．The clue was the photo．”
“Yes, it was,” said Mrs Sydney．“But it was taken when Alf and Jed were boys．How could that help?”
“You said it was taken when both boys were ten years old, so they were…”
Kate gave Mrs Sydney the answer and she had to admit that Kate Holmes had won again．
1．What are Kate good at?________
2．What mad Jed was right a rich man?________
3．What was in the envelope for Dan?________
4．What helped Dan to find Alf?________
5．Can you finish Kate’s answer?
＂You said it was taken when both boys were ten years old, so they were ________．”