题目内容
Washington—Nearly 40 million children in developing countries stand to lose one of both parents to AIDS over the next 13 years, and almost 3 million children under 15 have caught the disease worldwide, US experts said.
"More than 40 million children in 23 developing nations will be likely to have lost one or both of their parents by 2010. Most of these deaths will be the result of the HIV/AIDS and complicated(复杂的)illness," Brian Atwood, a US official said. Meanwhile, since the first reported death of a child by AIDS in Los Angeles 15 years ago, almost 3 million children under 15 are said to have caught the disease worldwide, and at least 1 000 are dying each day.
"In countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America, HIV/AIDS is pulling years of progress in economic and social development," he added.
"Life expectancy(期待；期望) which has been steadily on the rise for the last thirty—will drop to 40 years or less in nine African countries by 2020. "
Atwood said serious work to help stop children from dying in developing countries was being wiped out.
"In all 23 countries included in this study, AIDS-related death will take away the gains made in child survival over the past 20 years. In Zambia and Zimbabwe, children's death rates will likely double. "
1. According to the news, the writer worries most about_______.
A. grown-ups B. children C. Americans D. old people
2. AIDS is developing fast in_________.
A. Europe B. North America C. poor countries D. rich countries
3. The first child who died of AIDS lived in_________.
A. England B. Russia C. Japan D. America
4. AIDS is not only causing millions of deaths to human beings, but also_________.
A. speeding the development of society B. slowing down the development of society
C. polluting the air D. breaking the balance of nature
5. The underlined words "wiped out" means_________.
A. cleared out B. rubbed away C. dried up D. destroyed
提示：
1．从文章的开头我们就知道B是正确答案。 2．第二段第一句话就指出了改题目的正确答案。 3．since the first reported death of a child by AIDS in Los Angeles 15 years ago,从这句话我们可以得出正确答案是D。 4．HIV/AIDS is pulling years of progress in economic and social development，HIV/AIDS也在延缓经济和社会的发展。 5．最后一段提示出答案是D。
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Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her 36 was to become a concert pianist or blues singer.
Everything 37 when she was 20 years old. She became sick with what doctors 38 was typhoid fever(伤寒)and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine 39 her to become 40 deaf. She could no longer hear the music which she had always 41.
Shirley would never give up playing the piano, 42 she did decide to change 43 . She transferred to Gallaudet University and studied English. In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for 44 . She wanted to be 45 and work full-time.
For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C. 46 , in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor (宿舍监管员). Shirley supervised young women who 47 in the university during the school year. She also taught English. Somehow she found time to 48 graduate school at Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1972, Shirley received her M.A. degree.
Always 49 a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID),which 50 deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.
This 51 woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D. She made 52 in 1992, 53 she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.
Dr. Shirley Jeanne Allen has traveled many roads and 54 many rainbows searching for her dream. With courage and 55, she never gave up.
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Events Calendar
TUESDAY
Landscape Pests (害虫)
Learn to identify, control and prevent seasonal landscape-disease and landscape-pest problems at the workshop, 3:30 pm. – 5 pm. Tuesday at the US National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave NE, Washington. $15; registration required.
202-245-4521 or www.usna.usda.gov.
THROUGH AUGUST 3
Horticultural(园艺的) Art
Watercolors, pen-and-ink drawings and colored-pencil pieces by the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical (植物学的) Art and Illustration will be on display at the exhibit Botanic 2007: The Art and Science of Plants at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton, through Aug. 3. Free. 301-962-1400 or www.brooksidegardens.org.
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9
Botanical Art
Visit Patterns in Nature, an exhibit by Amy Lamb featuring photographs of flowers, leaves and other botanical life, at the US Botanic Garden Conservatory （温室），West Orangerie, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, through Sept. 9. The conservatory is open 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-225-8333.
THROUGH OCTOBER 8
Botanic Garden Exhibit
Celebrating America’s Public Gardens is on view through Oct. 8 at the US Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington. The exhibit, on the Conservatory Terrace and in the National Garden, features displays of 20 public botanic gardens across the country. Hours are 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-200-8956.
1.If you want to record your name for an event in advance, you may call _____.
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A．202-225-8333 |
B．202-245-4521 |
C．301-962-1400 |
D．202-200-8956 |
2. If you go to Botanic Garden Exhibit, you _____.
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A．can enjoy drawings and coloured-pencil pieces |
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B．can learn how to kill pests living on the plants |
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C．can find displays of 20 botanic gardens across the country |
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D．will enjoy the photographs of flowers and leaves |
3. From the advertisement, we learn _____.
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A．the first event is about growing healthy plants |
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B．all of the events are free of charge |
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C．there is no time limit to all the events |
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D．you can find the information of all the events either by phone or by e-mail |