14．Earth Day has come and gone，but it's a fact of daily life that 1.6billion people around would have no electricity in their homes．Instead，most of them use wood，coal or even animal waste to heat and cook in their homes，which also gives off greenhouse gases，causing indoor air pollution that kills 1.6million people a year，most of whom are children and women．
It's not expected to improve much，and in Africa it's becoming worse now．By 2030，when the Earth's population will be likely to top 8billion，1.3billion people will still lack electricity．Of those，700million will be in Africa，and 490million in South Asia．
Ghana，in West Africa，most of the northern half of the country lives without lights．As a result，three out of four Ghanans in the north are without electricity to refrigerate with and to cook with，to study with and to start businesses with．Like most others around the world in the same situation，these Ghanans use traditional fuels（ wood，coal，animal waste） to meet their cooking needs．
What would electricity for everyone around the world cost？The International Energy Agency，which is made up of 28member countries，figures it would run35billion dollars a year from 2008to 2030to reach
that．
The United Nations has been busy with the issue，organizing a meeting on April 28hosted by Secretary-General Ban Kimoon．‘Energy services are very important formeeting basic human needs，reducing poverty，creating and getting together wealth and keeping advances in social development，"He said in an announcement．
25．How many people still lack electricity in the world now？A
A.1.6billion．
B.1.6million
C.1.3billion
D.700million
26．Why do many children and women die of indoor air pollution？B
A．Because they would rather heat and cook with traditional fuels than with electricity．
B．Because of no electricity they have to use traditional fuels for heating and cooking．
C．Because wood，coal or animal waste does great harm to their health．
D．Because there are too many greenhouse gases from factories．
27．The underlined word"that"probably refer toA．
A．electricity for everyone
B.35billion dollars a year
C．traditional fuels
D.28member countries
28．What can we learn from the last paragraph？A
A．The United Nations is trying to solve the problem．
B．The basic human needs are reducing poverty．
C．Working together is a way to develop．
D．The basic needs for humans are energy services．
分析 現(xiàn)在世界上還有1.6 billion人用不上電，尤其是非洲最為嚴(yán)重．很多人因為在室內(nèi)點火造成污染而喪命．要解決人人用得了電的問題任重道遠(yuǎn)．
解答 25．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段Earth Day has come and gone，but it's a fact of daily life that 1.6 billion people around would have no electricity in their homes．可知，現(xiàn)在世界上還有1.6 billion人家里沒有電，故選A．
26．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段Instead，most of them use wood，coal or even animal waste to heat and cook in their homes，which also gives off greenhouse gases，causing indoor air pollution that kills 1.6million people a year，most of whom are children and women．可知，很多人因為要燒煤或木頭之類的東西，造成室內(nèi)空氣污染，導(dǎo)致很多的孩子和女人死亡，故選B．
27．A 詞義理解題．倒數(shù)第二段的意思是：要達到人人都能用上電要用很多年的時間花費很多錢，故選A．
28．A 推理判斷題．最后一段的大意是：聯(lián)合國在努力解決這個問題，故選A．
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