阅读下列短文,从各题所给的A.B.C.和D项中选出最佳的选择,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑.

Getting electricity has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru, South America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 after heavy rains damaged the only power cables in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce.

Luckily, researchers at the University of Technology (UT) in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution. They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb.

While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the ides is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the sun’s energy, water and chemicals from the soil), they also produce waste which they return to the soil. Tiny animals in the soil eat this waste and they produce electrons – the building blocks of electrical energy. The UT team put special sticks inside the soil to capture the energy and keep it in the lamp’s batteries for later use. The researchers say a single charge can power a 50-watt Led light for two hours - enough time for local villagers to get their evening work done.

The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp, believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many people, especially small rainforest communities, 42% of whom have no electricity.

1.What are the problems of oil lamps according to Paragraph 1?

A. They are difficult to use and create pollution

B. They are expensive to buy and easily damaged

C. They are difficult to repair and produce little light

D. They are expensive to use and can be bad for health

2.The electricity made by the Plant Lamp comes from______.

A. plant food B. plant waste

C. the soil’s heat D. the sun’s energy

3.What is true about the Plant Lamp?

A. It can be made by local people

B. It is much easier to use than oil lamps

C. It can produce all the electricity the village need

D. The things it needs to make electricity are easy to find

4.The Plant Lamp’s inventor believes it could be most helpful for _________.

A. rainforest communities B. cars

C. poor people in cities D. farmers

5. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To report on a new invention

B. To explain a new scientific theory

C. To describe how electricity is made

D. To discuss the problems of poor villages

阅读理解

Camilla Chomp was a strange little girl. She liked to spend her time alone eating chocolate. Her parents were worried, so they took all the chocolate away.

Camilla left her house to look for some chocolate. She found a small house full of bottles. Among the bottles, a blue bottle caught Camilla’s eyes. It was full of chocolate. In the bottle there was also a card with the words “Change tears(眼泪) into chocolate.”

Camilla was very excited. She ran out of the house with the bottle to look for someone crying. First, she met a little boy crying hard and collected his tears. The tears were quickly changed into chocolate. While Camilla was collecting the tears, she comforted the boy. Finally, the boy stopped crying and they had a good time together.

Later, Camilla met a woman and an old man crying. The woman had broken some bowls. And the old man’s dog had just died. Camilla collected their tears and made them happy again.

Soon, Camilla knew that making people happy was much more important than finding chocolate. So she stopped collecting tears and began to help sad people. As a result, she had many friends and had a happy life.

1. Camilla liked to __________.

A. eat chocolate B. read books

C. collect coins D. eat fruit

2.Camilla’s parents took away all the chocolate because they were ___________.

A. happy B. angry

C. worried D. hungry

3.What caught Camilla’s eyes?

A. A nice card. B. A black dog.

C. A red cup. D. A blue bottle.

4.The old man was crying because ___________.

A. he had broken some bottles

B. He couldn’t find his way home.

C. he couldn’t find his daughter

D. his dog had just died

5. How many people did Camilla help before she stopped collecting tears?

A. One. B. Two.

C. Three. D. Four.

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