Question

CHINA

Coal mines claim (使…失蹤) more lives

A COAL mine blast (爆炸) in Jixi, Helongjiang, left more than 100 miners dead on Thursday .Ten mines in Jixi were ordered to stop production. The government has tried to shut down thousands of small, illegal (非法的) mines in the country that do not meet safety standards.

MIDDLE EAST

Bombers continues to kill

PALESTINIANS killed 32 Israelis in three major attacks between Tuesday and Thursday. There were two suicide bombing (自殺性爆炸) and a militant (武裝的) attack on Jewish settlement . They yielded one of the highest Israeli death tolls ( 死亡人數) in such a short period over the last two years.

CHINA

Young people stand tall

THE average height of Chinese young people has risen by 6 centimeters compared to that of 20 years ago. This year far exceeds (超過) the word’s average growth speed. A survey on health conducted by a panel(調研組) of Chinese students found the results. According to the world average level, youths get taller by 1 cm every 10 years.

CANADA

Talking about world issue (援助)

The Group of Eight (G8)—the US, Japan , Germany, Britain, France, Italy , Canada and Russia ---- will hold a summit on June26 and 27 in Kananaskis , Canada. The G8 are the richest and most powerful countries in the world. G8 leaders and some African presidents will discuss strengthening global economic growth and helping Africa. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, will also attend.

1.Thousands of mines have been shut because ______.

A. they have blast

B. they produced less coal

C. they are very small and illegal

D. they don’t meet the safety standards

2.How many Israelis died in the three major attacks by Palestinians?

A. 23 B. 32

C.100 D. We don’t know.

3.In the last 20 years, the average growth speed of Chinese youths exceeds the world’s average level by__.

A.1 cm B.4 cm C. 5 cm D. 6 cm

4. What’s the purpose of the Summit ?

A. to strengthen the global economic growth and helping some poor African countries.

B. To make these eight countries much more powerful.

C. To help some African president to strengthen their economic growth.

D. Kofi Annan will have an important speech on world issues.

5.This passage may probably taken from _______.

A. a story book B. a text book

C. a newspaper D. a novel

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：先快速瀏覽文章結構，總共分4個小結，每節一個小標題，分別是：中國、中東、中國、加拿大。再通讀全篇，第一節主要講中國黑龍江的礦區爆炸事件造成人員傷亡損失，第二節主講中東地區的爆炸事件和武裝恐怖襲擊事件以及帶來的人員傷亡，第三節主要講中國年輕一代的品均身高在近20年大幅增長，超過世界品均水平。第四節主講世界G8峰會和有關援助非洲的計劃。 全篇四小節分別獨立，互不干擾。

1.細節推理判斷。題意是問成千上萬的礦區被關閉的原因，因此回到文章第1小節，“The government has tried to shut down thousands of small, illegal (非法的 mines in the country that do not meet safety standards.”政府已經盡力嘗試關閉了成千上萬的安全不達標的小型、非法礦。此句中后面“that do not meet safety standards”是一個定語，用來修飾前面的small, illegal (非法的 ）mines in the country，即安全不達標的小型、非法礦。解答此題注意干擾項C，弄清邏輯關系，政府關閉的這些礦是因為不安全所以才不合法，要關閉。答案選D。

2.細節理解題。回到文章第2小節PALESTINIANS killed 32 Israelis in three major attacks between Tuesday and Thursday，巴勒斯坦人在周2到周四的三起重大襲擊事件中殺死了32名以色列人，故答案選B。

3. average height of Chinese young people has risen by 6 centimeters compared to that of 20 years ago.相比20年前，中國年青人的平均身高上升了6cm; 另外最后一句中 According to the world average level, youths get taller by 1 cm every 10 years.每10年長高1cm.對比運算，故選B。

4. leaders and some African presidents will discuss strengthening global economic growth and helping Africa. Kofi Annan,出席G8峰會的領導和一些非洲總統將會討論加快全球經濟增漲速度并給非洲國家提供幫助。故選A

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