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When we think about giving help to developing countries, we often think about giving money so that these countries can build schools and hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies. These seem to be the most important basic needs of the people we are trying to help. However, it's far from enough. Ladies and gentlemen, we've got to come up with some better ideas to help them.
I was very surprised, then, when I read about a plan to make cheap laptop computers for children in developing countries. A man called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer and he planed to produce a lot and sell them to the children in developing countries at a low price after he visited a school in Cambodia. The laptop will be covered in rubber so that it is very strong and won't be damaged easily. The idea is that these computers will help the children's education as they will be able to surf the Internet. By improving children's education they should help people to find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.
Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycle old mobile phones so that they can be used again. In the UK, and probably in many other countries too, millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year. The waste created by throwing away these old phones is very bad for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to recycle them. In this way we will be able to achieve two important goals at the same time. We will reduce the waste we produce and help others. In other words, we will be able to 'kill two birds with one stone’, and that is always a good thing.
【小题1】
It's an excellent idea to recycle old mobile phones because        .

A.it reduces waste and can help others
B.it prevents waste and can earn lots of money
C.it can send the waste produced by developed countries to other countries
D.it is good for the environment and very educative for phone users
【小题2】
The author gives the example of Mr. Negroponte’s cheap computers        .
A.to show what high technology can bring us
B.to show the kindness of people in the developed countries
C.to show how to find business opportunities in developing countries
D.to give an example of how to help developing countries
【小题3】
Where does this passage probably come from?        .
A.A newspaper.B.A magazine.
C.A lecture.D.An advertisement.

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III 阅读(共两节,满分40分)

第一节阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)         阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡卷上将该项涂黑。

Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I take great pleasure in formally welcoming you and Madam Liu to Buckingham Palace on the occasion of your State Visit to the United Kingdom. You are certainly no stranger to the United Kingdom. This will be your second visit this year, and I also met Your Excellency when you visited as Vice-President in 2001.

It is now almost twenty years since I visited China. Since then China’s development has caught the world’s attention and admiration. It matters to all of us what kind of country China’s people will build, what role they will play in the world of the twenty-first century, and how this will be sensed by others.

China’s growth brings with it difficult challenges for you and your government, but also great opportunities. During her visit in September, the Princess Royal saw both the flagship cities of Beijing and Shanghai and the efforts of government and non-governmental organizations to reduce poverty in rural areas of Anhui and Gansu. I am delighted that China was able to join discussions earlier this year on poverty relief in Africa, sharing with the global community your own remarkable experience in this area.

In those twenty years, the world has changed too. When I visited China in 1986, we had no inkling that the Cold War was so close to its end and we knew little then of the significance of global warming. Now we are able to work together and in the international community to solve problems of environmental protection and sustainable (可持续的) development ...

May I now ask all our guests to raise their glasses and drink a toast:

To His Excellency the President of the People’s Republic of China and Madam Liu and the Chinese people.

1. The speech was most probably given in _________.

A. 1986          B. 1995             C. 2001             D. 2005

2. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The hostess cares much about China’s development.

B. China is faced with both difficult challenges and opportunities.

C. China attended the discussion earlier that year whose topic was how to relieve poverty in rural areas of Anhui and Gansu.

D. China used his own successful experiences to help African people to reduce poverty.

3. The underlined word “inkling” means ____________.

A. slight knowledge              B. suggestion         C. impression         D. doubt

4. The paragraphs which are left out probably talk about ___________.

A. the history of the two countries

B. things they disagree with each other

C. what the partnership between the countries is like today

D. development of the two countries

5. Which of the following best summarizes the tone of the speech?

A. Formal.                 B. Excited.                   C. Casual.                    D. Personal.

      

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