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2．The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place．Now it is an ecological disaster area．Nauru's heartbreaking story could have one good consequence-other countries might learn from its mistakes．
For thousands of years，Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru，far from western civilization．The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798．He was the British captain of the Hunter，a whaling ship．He called the island Pleasant Island．
However，because it was very remote，Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first．The whaling ships and other traders began to visit，bringing guns and alcohol．These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island．A ten-year civil war started，which reduced the population from 1，400to 900．
Nauru's real troubles began in 1899when a British mining company discovered phosphate （磷酸鹽）on the island．In fact，it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate，which is a very important fertilizer for farming．The company began mining the phosphate．
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground； it is a strip mine．When a company strip-mines，it removes the top layer of soil．Then it takes away the material it wants．Strip mining totally destroys the land．Gradually，the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon．
In 1968，Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world．Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate．
Unfortunately，the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars．In addition，they used millions more dollars for personal expenses．Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem-their phosphate was running out．Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing．By 2000，Nauru was financially ruined．Experts say that it would take approximately 433，600，000dollars and more than 20 years to repair the island．This will probably never happen．

56．What might be the author's purpose in writing the text？B
A．To seek help for Nauru's problems
B．To give a warning to other countries
C．To show the importance of money
D．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war．
57．What was Nauru like before the Europeans came？C
A．Rich and powerful            
B．Modern and open
C．Peaceful and attractive              
D．Greedy and aggressive
58．The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted fromB．
A．soil pollution                    
B．phosphate overmining
C．farming activity                
D．whale hunting
59．Which of the following was a cause of Nauru's financial problem？A
A．Its leaders misused the money           
B．It spent too much repairing the island
C．Its phosphate mining cost much money    
D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war．
60．What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph？A
A．The ecological damage is difficult to repair．
B．The leaders will take the experts'words seriously．
C．The island was abandoned by the Nauruans
D．The phosphate mines were destroyed．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇記敘文．太平洋島國瑙魯曾經是一個平靜而美麗的地方，幾千年來，波利尼西亞人生活在這個遠離西方文明的遙遠的瑙魯島上．但是，由于戰亂和島上磷酸鹽礦的過度開采及政府濫用資金而造成的生態災難，很快使之成為一個貧瘠的海島．瑙魯令人傷心的故事只可能有一個好的后果，那就是其他國家可以引以為戒，不再重蹈覆轍．

解答 56．B 寫作意圖題．根據第一段的"Nauru's heartbreak story could have one good consequence-other countries might learn from its mistakes．"可知，作者認為瑙魯的故事可以讓其他國家從其錯誤中學到一些東西，所以作者的目的是警示其他國家不要重蹈覆轍．故選B．
57．C 推理判斷題．根據第二段中的"…lived on the remote island of Nauru"和第五段最后一句中的"Gradually，the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon"可知，瑙魯以前是一個平靜而美麗的小島．
58．B 推理判斷題．根據第五段中的"Strip-mining totally destroy the island"和"Gradually，the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon"可知，瑙魯島上的生態災難是因為對磷酸鹽的過度開采．故選B．
59．A 細節理解題．根據第七段中的"Unfortunately，the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars．In addition，they used millions more dollars for personal expenses．"可知，領導人投資的不明智，加上還要花更多的錢用在個人消費上，所以導致了財政問題．故選A．
60．A 推理判斷題．根據最后一段的"Experts say that it would take approximately 433，600，000dollars and more than 20 years to repair the island．This will probably never happen．"可知，瑙魯的生態災難幾乎很難恢復．故選A．

點評 本文是政治經濟類閱讀，考查學生對細節的理解把握和推理判斷能力，做題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇． 做推理判斷題時不能以個人思維想象代替根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．