Question

UK

Attention, Harry Potter fans: The sixth novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter stories, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood, will go on sale in the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia on July 16, 2005

Italy

According to a recent study, there are now more dogs and cats in Italian homes than children. There are at least 14.5 million dogs cats in Italian homes compared with 8.7 million children under the age of 15．Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe. A psychologist said that pets were loved by many young Italians who could not have or did not want to have children. In Italy, spending on pets has increased by 20 percent in the past five years.

US

The start of a new years is time when many Americans like to think about ways to make improvements for the future. But this year, instead of the usually New Year’s resolution(決心) to lose weight, quit smoking or exercise more, the US Department of Homeland Security is urging Americans to create a family emergency plan for any terror attack.

France & Iraq

The two French journalists who had been held hostage(扣為人質(zhì)) in Iraq for 124 days were freed last week. Christian Chesnot, 37 and Georges Malbunot, 41, were kidnapped along with their Iraqi driver on Aug, 20 in Iraq. French Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, said that the French government had not paid ransom(贖金) for their release.

1.From the news above we know that health is usually most being talked about in _________

A．UK

B．Italy

C．US

D．France

2.The content order of the passage is___________

A．society, life, politics, business	B．life, society, business, politics
C．business, society, life, politics	D．business, politics, society, life

3.Which is the suitable title for the second passage?

A．The Lowest Birth Rates	B．More Pets Than Children
C．Great Change On Money Spending	D．A scientific Research Report

4.The two journalists were held hostage on ___________.

A．August 20

B．April 18

C．May 17

D．April 16

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

1.細(xì)節(jié)題，在US一節(jié)中提到美國(guó)人現(xiàn)在關(guān)注lose weight之類的問(wèn)題，說(shuō)明他們談?wù)摰亩嗟氖墙】祮?wèn)題。

2.細(xì)節(jié)歸納題，第一段談?wù)摰氖菚?shū)籍的售賣情況，屬于經(jīng)濟(jì)范疇；第二部分講意大利人不愿意要小孩的問(wèn)題，應(yīng)該屬于社會(huì)范疇；而第三段講美國(guó)人關(guān)注健康問(wèn)題，則是生活范疇，故此判斷答案為C。

3.主旨大意題。第二部分講意大利人不要小孩，以至于貓狗數(shù)目比孩子數(shù)目還多，B形象生動(dòng)的概括了這個(gè)主題。

4.細(xì)節(jié)題，從were kidnapped along with their Iraqi driver on Aug, 20 in Iraq可以得到證明。