閱讀理解

If the world were a village of 1 000 people it would include:

·584 Asians

·124 Africans

·95 Eastern and Western Europeans

·84 Latin Americans

·55 former Soviets(including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)

·52 North Americans

·6 Australians and New Zealanders

The people of the village would speak:

·165 Mandarin

·86 English

·83 Hindu/Urdu

·64 Spanish

·58 Russian

·37 Arabic

The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65.Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipment.

This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, three of them for lack of food, one from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and ten deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1 018.

In this village of 1 000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.

About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.

Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.

The village has a total yearly budget(預(yù)算),public and private, of over $3 million, that is,$3 000 per person if it is distributed evenly of the total $3 million:

$181 000 goes to weapons and warfare

$159 000 to education

$132 000 to health care

These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.

1.Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.

B.About 8.25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

C.About 16.5 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

D.Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.

2.Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

A.Poverty.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.Education.

C.Environment.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.Marriage.

3.The underlined part “have access to”(in Para.4) means_____________.

A.use　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.buy

C.produce　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.try

4.According to the passage, which continent has the second largest population?

A. Asia.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.America.

C.Africa.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.Australia.

5.The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____________.

A.a peaceful world　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.good education

C.better health care　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.a life without anxiety

 

答案：1C2D3A4B5A
解析：

1、該題為計算題。根據(jù)文中提到的在該村1 000人中，“165 Mandarin”，可以計算出答案。

2、根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容進行判斷。

3、該短語的意思是“接近；會見；進入；使用”。

4、該題判斷的關(guān)鍵是知道美洲包括北美洲和拉丁美洲（拉丁美洲包括南美洲所有國家和北美洲的墨西哥）。

5、該題為推理判斷題。從文中可以看出，人們所擁有的大量武器，只有極少部分可以控制，這對人們的安全構(gòu)成威脅，因此人們深深地擔憂。

 


練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源：三點一測叢書　高中英語　必修1(河北教育版課標本) 冀教版 題型：050

閱讀理解

　　A Nobel Prize is considered by most people one of the highest international honours a person can receive．As you know, the prizes were started by a Swede called Alfred Nobel．Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, and lived from 1833 to 1896．

　　Alfred Nobel was a chemist and inventor．He made two important inventions, and so he became very rich．Although he was rich, Nobel was not a happy man．He never married or had children．Also, he was a sick man in a large part of his life．Nobel died at the age of sixty-three．When he died, he left a fund of ＄9, 000, 000．The money was to be used in giving prizes to those who made outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and the promotion of world peace．

　　The first Nobel Prizes were given on December 10 th, 1901, five years after Nobel's death．Many famous people from all over the world have been given Nobel Prizes for their achievements．Albert Einstein was one of them．

　　Each Prize has three parts．The first part is a gold medal．Second, a winner of a Nobel Prize is given a diploma saying that he has been given the Prize．The third part of the Prize is a large amount of money－about ＄40, 000．

　　Often a Prize is given to just one person, but not always．Sometimes a Prize is shared．It may be given to two or three people who have worked together．Sometimes a Prize is not given at all if there is no outstanding achievement．In 1972, for example, no Nobel Peace Prize was given．It is the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm that decides whether to give the Prize or not．

(1)

Most people think that the Nobel Prize is ________ a person can receive．

[　　]

A．

the highest honour in the world

B．

one of the highest international honours

C．

a higher honour than others

D．

as high as any other honour

(2)

A Nobel Prize is made up of ________．

[　　]

A．

a gold medal and a large amount of money

B．

a gold medal and a diploma

C．

a gold medal and a diploma and a large amount of money

D．

a diploma and a large amount of money

(3)

A Nobel Prize is given to ________ each year．

[　　]

A．

just one person

B．

one person

C．

not always one person

D．

three persons

(4)

When he died, Nobel left an amount of money ________．

[　　]

A．

to his wife and his children

B．

to the university he used to study in

C．

to his parents and his students

D．

to be spent on setting five prizes

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：江西省九江一中2011－2012學(xué)年高一第一次月考英語試題 題型：050

閱讀理解

　　All young people dream of travelling the world．They are restless and very eager to see new sights．However, they have little idea how they would really do it if given the chance．Because their knowledge of geography is quite limited, they seldom know much about the places they wish to visit or how they would get there．

　　Already hundreds of thousands of Chinese student tourists are visiting these places-Wuyi, Lhasa, Lijiang, Dali, Vientiane and Phnom Penh．Indeed, these students will soon be the most travelled generation in China's long history．The World Tourist Organization predicts that a quarter of a century from now the number of Chinese tourists going abroad will be twenty times what it is today．The largest percentage of these tourists will visit Southeast Asia．Not all Chinese who travel abroad will be tourists, however．More and more youths are deciding to volunteer their skills in this region; much like their peers in th-e Peace Corps and VSO．

　　Critical thinking skills required include planning for a trip and solving problems after the trip has begun．The focus is on how to read an atlas(地圖集)to make travel plans and how to find ways of travelling．An atlas offers a wealth of information about geography and is one way to increase students' awareness of their global environment．Use of an atlas especially addresses the needs of students with different visual and spatial(空間的)learning styles．

(1)

The main idea of the first paragraph is ________．

[　　]

A．

all young people wish to travel around the world

B．

all young people like to learn the knowledge of geography

C．

all young people like travelling but their knowledge of geography is quite limited

D．

all young people are aware of the places they are going

(2)

These places, Wuyi, Lhasa, Lijiang, Dali, Vientiane and Phnom Penh, lie in ________．

[　　]

A．

China

B．

Europe

C．

Vietnam

D．

Asia

(3)

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

[　　]

A．

The number of Chinese tourists going abroad will be twenty times what it is today in about 25 years．

B．

The number of Chinese tourists going abroad will be twenty times what it is today in about 10 years．

C．

Southeast Asia will become the most popular visiting place in the world．

D．

Young people will be addicted to Internet travelling．

(4)

One way to increase students' awareness of their global environment is for them to ________．

[　　]

A．

watch TV

B．

listen to radio news

C．

read an atlas

D．

plan a trip

(5)

The underlined phrase “a wealth of” can be replaced by “________”．

[　　]

A．

a number of

B．

a great many

C．

a great many of

D．

a great deal of

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：江蘇省徐州市2010屆高三下學(xué)期第三次調(diào)研考試（英語） 題型：閱讀理解


第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每題2分，滿分40分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
The National Outline for Medium and Long Term Education Reform and Development (2010 - 20) was released over the weekend. Here are some of the highlights:
Four – percent effort
The government says spending on education will be 4 percent of GDP by 2012. globally, average spending on education is about 4.5% of GDP. China spend 3,33% in 2008. according to Hu Angang, of Tsinghua University’s Center for China Studies, even if China reaches that goal, it will only rank about 100 th out of 188 countries.
Administrative rank
Administrative rankings for school leaders are to be phased out to tackle the bureaucracy (官僚機構(gòu)) problem that limits educational development, according to Cheng Fangping, of the national Institute for Educational Research. Areas like teaching programs, scientific research, and technological development will be more independent.
Vocational Education
The system will be free of charge. According to Wu Yan, of Beijing Institute of Educational Sciences, this will be key to developing China’s production capacity and will improve poor people’s lives dramatically.
Entering college
Universities could eventually have the freedom to choose some of their own high school applicants. Normally, students are accepted based on the uniform national exam scores. Also, students who agree to go to a remote area could be admitted to university under special circumstances. The most likely change could come on the college entrance English test, which might be modeled on the IELTS or TOEFL. Students will be able to take it several times and pick their best score.
56．Which of the following is true in the future according to the passage?
A．Applicants could take the IELTS or TOEFL instead of the college entrance English test.
B．Colleges will be given the right to choose all of their own applicants.
C．Vocational education will be party free to make people’s lives better.
D．Applicants could sit for the college entrance English test more than once.
57．Which of the following words is closest in meaning to “uniform” in the last paragraph?
A．formal      B．official     C．same D．united
58．We can learn from the passage even though our country spends 4% of GDP on education in 2012, ________.
A．there will still be 188 countries ahead of China in this aspect
B．China will certainly overtake the global average spending on education
C．there might be nearly 100 countries ahead of China in this aspect
D．China will be the 100 th country to spend over the global average on education
59．From the third paragraph, we can infer that________.
A．school leaders will have more freedom to manage the school
B．schools will have more limits from the government
C．School administrative rankings are to be strengthened to solve the bureaucracy problem
D．schools and research centers will be fully independent from the government

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：浙江省舟山市2010屆高三高考模擬試題（英語） 題型：閱讀理解

 

第二部分：閱讀理解（第一節(jié)20小題，第二節(jié)5小題；每小題2分，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)：閱讀下列短文, 從每題所給的四個選項 (A、B、C和D) 中, 選出最佳選項。

Being interested in a theme park since the time that I was a child, I have learned a thing or two over the years about packing for a day of fun. A trip to a theme park is always a adventure, but if you’re not prepared, your day of fun could easily turn into a tiny little nightmare(噩夢). It is important to pack long sleeved(帶袖的) shirts or jackets for all members of your family. I is also a good idea to pack an extra pair of socks for each member of the family, especially the children, as those wonderful water rides can be fun, but wet socks that won’t dry aren’t so much fun.

You don’t want to pack too much food, as you will probably want to experience at least some of the food offered at the theme park of your choice(that’s half of the fun), but it’s always a good idea to bring some energy increasing snacks, such as fruit,trail mix,etc. This can mean the difference between spending a lot of money on snacks or a little money on one or two good meals.

Theme parks,while fun and exciting, can wear a person out,especially a child, so it’s important to keep hydrated(含水的). I would suggest packing one bottle of water per person, and possibly a couple of cans of soda or bottles of juice as well.

It’s a good idea to have at least two cell phones or even a set of “walkie-talkies” in the event that your family gets,separated in the park. It’s a good idea to give one of these things to the children and one to the parents and make sure that each of them knows how to use it. This could be the difference between trouble and a happy ending,

1.You should get well prepared before going to a theme park__________.

  A. because the trip always costs much money

B.because there are always too many people in a theme park.

C. so as not to suffer from bad dreams when going back

D.so as to cut down your trip expenses and have more fun

2.From the passage, we can know_______________.

  A.the author was fond of visiting theme parks when he was a child

B.wearing wet socks in a theme park will bring children much fun

C.it is terrible to have a taste of the food offered in a theme park.

D. we’d better bring enough food, clothing and water when going to a theme park

3.What does th underlined part”walkie-talkies” in the last paragraph probably refer to?

  A. A kind of transportation tool           B.A kind of musical instrument

C.A kind of CDplayer                  D.A kind of phone

4.How many types of things does the author advise us to pack for day trips to a theme park?

  A Three         B.Five      C.Six      D. Eight

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

第二部分：閱讀理解（第一節(jié)20小題，第二節(jié)5小題；每小題2分，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)：閱讀下列短文, 從每題所給的四個選項 (A、B、C和D) 中, 選出最佳選項。

Being interested in a theme park since the time that I was a child, I have learned a thing or two over the years about packing for a day of fun. A trip to a theme park is always a adventure, but if you’re not prepared, your day of fun could easily turn into a tiny little nightmare(噩夢). It is important to pack long sleeved(帶袖的) shirts or jackets for all members of your family. I is also a good idea to pack an extra pair of socks for each member of the family, especially the children, as those wonderful water rides can be fun, but wet socks that won’t dry aren’t so much fun.

You don’t want to pack too much food, as you will probably want to experience at least some of the food offered at the theme park of your choice(that’s half of the fun), but it’s always a good idea to bring some energy increasing snacks, such as fruit,trail mix,etc. This can mean the difference between spending a lot of money on snacks or a little money on one or two good meals.

Theme parks,while fun and exciting, can wear a person out,especially a child, so it’s important to keep hydrated(含水的). I would suggest packing one bottle of water per person, and possibly a couple of cans of soda or bottles of juice as well.

It’s a good idea to have at least two cell phones or even a set of “walkie-talkies” in the event that your family gets,separated in the park. It’s a good idea to give one of these things to the children and one to the parents and make sure that each of them knows how to use it. This could be the difference between trouble and a happy ending,

1.You should get well prepared before going to a theme park__________.

  A. because the trip always costs much money

B.because there are always too many people in a theme park.

C. so as not to suffer from bad dreams when going back

D.so as to cut down your trip expenses and have more fun

2.From the passage, we can know_______________.

  A.the author was fond of visiting theme parks when he was a child

B.wearing wet socks in a theme park will bring children much fun

C.it is terrible to have a taste of the food offered in a theme park.

D. we’d better bring enough food, clothing and water when going to a theme park

3.What does th underlined part”walkie-talkies” in the last paragraph probably refer to?

  A. A kind of transportation tool           B.A kind of musical instrument

C.A kind of CDplayer                  D.A kind of phone

4.How many types of things does the author advise us to pack for day trips to a theme park?

  A Three         B.Five      C.Six      D. Eight

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案