The United States is suffering its worst drought (干旱) in almost sixty years. The National Climatic Data Center also says high temperatures in June added to the warmest twelve-month period on record. Record-keeping began in 1895. The drought map showed that conditions improved in the Southeast in June compared to May. But the drought is expected to continue in large parts of the country. Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with President Obama. Mr Vilsack says the drought has seriously influenced some crops, such as corn and soybeans (大豆). And the United States is the world"s leading producer.
The drought has made prices of com and soybeans increase. Both of them are used in food production and for animal feed. Last week the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that corn and wheat prices increased by 20% over the past three weeks.
In the United States, farmers may quickly reduce the size of their animals rather than pay higher feed prices to keep them. That increased supply of meat would reduce meat prices in the short term. But those prices could increase in several months.
Mr Vilsack says the effect of the drought is hard to predict(预测). Some areas are getting rain, and drought-resistant (抗旱的) seeds have helped crops grow well in some areas.
小题1:We can know the drought record of the USA has been kept for ________years of the USA up to now.小题2:Which of the following American presidents met with Tom Vilsack?| A．George Washington. | B．Abraham lincon. | | C．George Bush. | D．Barack Obama. |
小题3: If the price of a kilo of corn was 3 dollars last December, how much is a kilo of corn now?| A．2.4 dollars. | B．3 dollars. | | C．3.6 dollars. | D．3.9 dollars. |
小题4:Why is the meat price lower than before?| A．Because there are more and more animals. | | B．Because farmers kill them to save their food. | | C．Because people don"t like eating meat now. | | D．Because the government (政府) asks the meat price lower. |
小题5:What is the best title for the passage?
A. US faces the worst drought in almost sixty years.
B. Take action to help the USA.
C. What does the country do in the drought areas?
D. President Obama meets with Agriculture Secretary. |
小题1: D
小题2: D
小题3: C
小题4: B
小题5: A |
本文主要讲述的是美国正遭受60年来最严重的干旱，美国是农产品种植大国，因为干旱，许多农产品价格上涨，因为农产品价格上涨，畜牧业也受到了影响，养殖者们为了减少饲料成本，也大量消减动物数量，最终肉类价格也上涨。干旱的影响难以预测，一些地区会下雨，一些地区的抗旱作物长势很好。
小题1:细节理解题。从Record-keeping began in 1895. 得知答案，故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。从Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with President Obama.得知答案，故选D。
小题3:推理判断题。从Last week the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that corn and wheat prices increased by 20% over the past three weeks.得知答案，故选C
小题4:推理判断题。从In the United States, farmers may quickly reduce the size of their animals rather than pay higher feed prices to keep them.可知答案选B。
小题5:标题归纳题。从The United States is suffering its worst drought (干旱) in almost sixty years. 以人及全文得知美国正遭受60年来最严重的干旱，故选A。 |
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On September 19 this year, you will see a full moon (满月). It is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节).The festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar (农历) month. And it is one of the most important festivals in China.
It is a big time for families and friends to get together. In the evening, people sit around a table and look at the bright moon. They eat sweet or salty moon cakes (月饼). People can see a lot of lanterns (灯笼) in the street. Children like guessing (猜) the answers to the lantern riddles (灯谜).
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a harvest (收获) festival. Farmers begin to harvest fruits and vegetables.
Name of the festival
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Is global warming killing the Maldives?
The Maldives(马尔代夫) is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Every year, millions of go there to enjoy the wonderful scenery. And in recent years, more and more people would like to visit it, ? Because the little island country is . If global warming , say scientists, the country will go down into the ocean within 100 years. That means the Maldives have disappeared by 2100.
The Maldives in the Indian Ocean. It is the country on earth—its highest point is only 2.4m above sea level. Greenhouse gas emissions（排放）, global temperature and sea levels will rise 9cm and 88cm by 2100. If scientists are , most of the Maldives will be covered with water in years.
Last October, Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed and his cabinet（内阁）held the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting to make the world the terrible results from global warming to their own country. In December, he at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference（大会） in Copenhagen, trying to ask for help from the world for country. The president even has a to buy a new homeland and move his country and people to a new place.
The Moldavian government has been doing all it can to fight the . But the fate（命运）of the islands is in the world’s hands. No one wants to see this little island country disappear from the world.
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One day he returned home with tears. He told his mother he fought with a boy because the boy said something bad about his family. His mother cried, “What did my son do? Why?”
Now many people are afraid of AIDS because they know little about it. It is not so dangerous as we think.
② Safe, and, to eat, it’s, play with them, in fact. They need our love and understanding because they are the same as us.
根据短文内容，完成任务。
任务一：根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。
小题1: Wang Fei fought with a boy because Wang Fei did something wrong.
小题2: Wang Fei and his parents have AIDS.
任务二：将①处画线句子翻译成中文。
小题3: ____________________________________________________________________
任务三：将②处斜体部分组成一个句子。
小题4:____________________________________________________________________
任务四：回答问题。
小题5:What should we do for the AIDS patients?
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Basketball is a very popular game the USA. People all 1ike it. Most(绝大多数的) people can it. A basketball is a round and big ball. It’s and than a football. It’s heaviest of all the balls. There are players in each team. Basketball is quite popular in China . Children often take a to school and play it after school. In China some girls can play basketball than boys. NBA games are very in the world. Many people like them on TV.
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Swimming is very popular in the world. Most people like swimming in summer, even in the other three seasons. Water makes people feel cool and swimming makes people keep healthy.
If you swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. A lot of people died when they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. Now some people are not careful enough in swimming. They often think they can swim so well that nothing will happen to them in water. If you go swimming in summer, don’t forget that a lot of good swimmers have died in water. They died not because they couldn’t swim, but because of their carelessness (粗心). Don’t get into water when you are alone. If there is a “No Swimming” sign（标记）, don’t get into water. If you remember these, swimming will be safe and enjoyable (舒服的).
根据短文内容，选出能完成所给句子的最佳答案。
小题1:____ like swimming in summer.| A．Few people | B．Most people | C．Only students | D．Only swimmers |
小题2:Swimming can make people keep ____ .| A．clean | B．fat | C．healthy | D．thin |
小题3:It’s ____ to swim in a wrong place.| A．wonderful | B．interesting | C．not safe | D．not careful |
小题4:Some swimmers died in water because they are ____ .| A．students | B．children | C．not strong | D．too careless |
小题5:If you go swimming, you shouldn’t ____ when you are alone.| A．get into water | B．die in water | C．swim too long | D．swim too badly |
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