Question

【题目】News One: 29 October, 2015

The government of China plans to end its one-child per family policy (政策) and instead let families have two children. The plan was announced Thursday after high-level meetings in Beijing. China, which has the largest population, made the one-child policy in 1980. The government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children for so many years. For example, some couples in the countryside could have two children.

News Two: 05 October, 2015

The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sweden’s Nobel Prize committee says the Nobel Prize for medicine will go to scientists from Ireland, Japan and China. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the medicine avermectin (阿维菌素). The Nobel committee praised their work on what it calls a “novel therapy.” The treatment fights disease caused by parasites（寄生虫）. The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou. She discovered Artemisia. Artemisia is a drug (药物) that has greatly made the number of people who die from malaria (疟疾) smaller.

News Three: 09 December, 2015

Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since 2009. Brent crude oil, one of several kinds of oil on the world market, dropped below $40 a barrel（桶） on Tuesday. However, the main group of oil producing countries has been unable to reduce the oil production.

【1】How long did China’s one-child policy last?

A. 38 years. B. 36 years. C. 25 years. D. 65 years.

【2】Who got the Nobel Prize for medicine?

A. Tu Youyou from China.

B. William Campbell from Ireland.

C. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan.

D. William Campbell from Ireland, Satoshi Omura from Japan and Tu Youyou from China.

【3】What can we know from News Three?

A. There is only one kind oil on the world market.

B. Main oil producing countries will produce less oil.

C. Oil prices on Tuesday are the lowest in history.

D. Main oil producing countries will still produce as much oil as before.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

试题分析：短文主要讲了三则新闻报道，包括中国生育政策的变化；2015年的诺贝尔医学奖的获得者，其中包括中国的屠呦呦；油价降至历史最低。

【1】B细节理解 根据文中China, which has the largest population, made the one-child policy in 1980. The government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children for so many years. For example, some couples in the countryside could have two children. News Two: 05 October, 2015可知答案，一个孩子的政策持续了36年。故选B。

【2】D猜测词义 根据文中William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the medicine avermectin (阿维菌素).和The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou.可知答案。故选D。

【3】C细节理解 根据文中Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since 2009. Brent crude oil, one of several kinds of oil on the world market, dropped below $40 a barrel（桶） on Tuesday.可知答案，故选C。