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Climate change,pollution,overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze.India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile.WWF said on Tuesday.At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”,the group said many rivers could dry out, affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic(水生的)life.
“If these rivers die,millions will lose their livelihoods,biodiversity(生物多样性)will be destroyed on a massive scale,there will be less fresh water and agriculture,resulting in less food security,”said.Rayi Singh,secretary—general of WWF—India.The report launched ahead of “World Water Day” today,also cited the Rio Grande in the United States,the Mekong and Indus in Asia,Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray—Darling as in need of greater protection.
Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up.Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains.while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them,the report said.Fish populations,the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide,are also being threatened, it found..The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization,damming and huge influxes(流入)of sediment(积淀)from land conversion.
Climate change,including higher temperatures,also means serious consequences for fishery productivity,water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin.Tributaries(支流)flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation,WWF said.
小题1:hat is the text mainly about?
A.Saving fresh water in our life.B.How to protect our rivers.
C.An important discovery.D.World’s top 10 rivers are at risk.
小题2:We can infer from the text that _____.
A.rivers’ dying out could affect food security
B.there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage
C.the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries
D.higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity
小题3:The top 10 rivers are fast dying as a result of the following EXCEPT _____.
A.climate change B.wasting waterC.pollutionD.dams
小题4:WWF is probably a name of _____.
A.an organizationB.a newspaperC.a magazineD.a report

答案

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析

试题分析:文章大意:你知道吗,WWF组织列出了世界十大濒临危险的河流。是什么原因造成的呢?
小题1:D主旨大意题。根据第一段并浏览全文不难看出本文的中心就是在说这十大濒临危险的河流。所以选择D。
小题2:A 推断题。 根据文章第二段there will be less fresh water and agriculture,resulting in less food security,可以确定答案用A。
小题3:B 细节题。文章开始就提到Climate change,pollution。后文第三段又提到Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains.因此没提到的原因B。
小题4:A 推断题。根据文章第一段WWF said on Tuesday.At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”,the group said many rivers could dry out, ……可推断出WWF是个group,即一个组织,所以选择A。
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A Hollywood movie was met with an awkward situation last Saturday in China. While fans are standing in long queues to watch the first show, others are advocating a boycott(抵制)on the American movie with Chinese story elements.
  After "Kung Fu Panda", a cartoon movie telling about a panda’s Kung Fu master journey, hit China’s silver screens in 2008, its sequel (续集), Kung Fu Panda 2, was released in China just ahead of International Children’s Day, adding more Chinese elements such as shadow play (皮影戏) and lion dancing.
  However, some Chinese artists and scholars argue that the movie has twisted (扭曲) Chinese culture and serves as a tool to "kidnap (绑架)" the mind of the Chinese people.
  “Children’s Day should be pure. Don’t turn it into a money-making day for Hollywood, and don’ t fool our next generation with American fast food,” according to an open letter to Chinese cinema managers written by Zhao Bandi, an artist hoping to boycott the “Americanized” movie. His move is backed by Kong Qingdong, a professor of the Chinese language in Beijing University, who said Chinese elements have become advertising products to advocate American culture. "It is a cultural invasion," said Kong.
  In the movie, the main character called “Po,” a panda, is talkative, humorous, lovely, and is widely believed to be a typical American figure.
  However, the panda has won millions of fans in China. On China’s most popular website, comments on the movie reached nearly 270 million entries.
  “I won’t call it a cultural invasion,” said Li Jiayi, a Beijing university student. “I see nothing bad for others to use our cultural elements to make a movie. I’ m a huge fan of Po. In spite of being a cartoon, it is still loved by many adults like me,” said the 25-year-old after watching the first show at midnight.
  Cao Hui, general manager of Shenzhen Global Digital Creations company, said: “instead of a
‘boycott’, movie producers should learn from the movie to make better use of Chinese story elements. Technically, Kung Fu Panda is not more advanced than Chinese movies, but as for story telling skills, Chinese movies have a long way to go”.
小题1:Some artists and scholars are against "Kung Fu Panda" because they think_____.
A.it has added too many Chinese elements
B.it has ruined Chinese image deliberately
C.it is an exact copy of Chinese culture
D.it is advertising American culture
小题2:What does the underlined word “backed” in the fourth paragraph mean?
A.supportedB.criticizedC.releasedD.resisted
小题3:This passage can be classified as _________.
A.an advertisementB.a feature storyC.a news reportD.a film review

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The earthquake that shook Japan with historic strength on March 11th, 2011 created a tsunami wave ten meters high. The water washed away boats, cars and houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. It also led to tsunami warnings across the Pacific.
Scientists recorded the magnitude(震级) of the earthquake at 8.9.The United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since nineteen hundred. The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile in nineteen sixty.
The quake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan"s main island. It was centered under the sea about one hundred thirty kilometers east of Sendai.The tsunami washed away whole neighborhoods in Sendai.
So far (April 4th), the tsunami has taken 12, 0009 people"s life away.
Now Japanese are all trying to rebuild their hometown, but there are too many difficulties.
The first, Japan is the world"s third largest importer(进口商)of oil. The shortage of oil makes it almost impossible to carry the food, medicine and water to the quake area by cars.
The second, the Fukushima nuclear(核) power station was damaged by the March eleventh earthquake and tsunami. The extent of the problems is still not clear. Japan’s nuclear crisis(危机) may mean greater need of imported food.
小题1:The underlined word in Paragraph 1 means______ in Chinese.
A.地震B.核辐射C.海浪D.海啸
小题2:The largest earthquake happened in ______.
A.TokyoB.the United StatesC.ChileD.Japan
小题3:Japanese are facing ______ kinds of problems when trying to rebuild their hometown.
A.one B.twoC.threeD.four
小题4:Why did the food, medicine and water can hardly carry to the earthquake area soon?
A.Because of the shortage of oil.
B.Because of the damage of the roads.
C.Because of the nuclear crisis.
D.Because of the tsunami.

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China Daily: As China comes down from a travel rush during the seven-day holiday for National Day, people called for a return of the Labor Day Golden Week holiday as a way to ease(缓解) the travel peak.
By Friday, 79 million passengers were expected to have used the railways up about 8 percent over last year. Waterways had shipped around 2 million, a rise of about 17 percent on last year, www. cntv. cn, the website of China Central Television, said on Saturday.
As large numbers of tourists swarmed scenic spots around China, it caused huge crowds and many complaints.
The Forbidden City in Beijing has long been a big draw for travelers. On Tuesday alone, the museum reported, it received more than 180,000 visitors, about six times higher than a regular day.
According to China Central Television, restless visitors demanded their money back from the tourism committee, and police were sent to help deal with the problem.
The Beijing-HongKong-Macao expressway, the Shanghai-Kunming expressway and the route from Beijing to Kunming saw large increases in traffic on Saturday, according to www. cntv. cn.
“As there are only two long holidays in the country and paid leave is not well carried out by employers(雇主), people have limited chances for travel”, Dai Bin, the director of China Tourism Academy, said in a report by Beijing Times on Saturday.
“The travel rush during the ‘Golden Week’ holidays happens because people do not take long journeys during shorter holidays”, said Liu Simin, a researcher with the China Academy of Social Sciences, in a report by Beijing Times on Saturday.
Liu said that now the most important task is to ease the pressure from the huge numbers of tourists. When the Labor Day Golden Week holiday came to an end in 2007, a chance to travel was reduced.
In 2008, the government shortened the Labor Day Golden Week holiday, usually lasting from May 1 to May 7, to three days and added three other short vacations to the list.
小题1:The Labor Day Golden Week holiday was shortened to __________________.
A.one dayB.two daysC.three days D.four days
小题2:The underlined word “swarmed” in the third paragraph probably means “_______”.
A.crowded into B.leftC.escaped from D.planned to go to
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.People called for a return of the Labor Day Golden Week holiday.
B.The museum reported it received more than 180,000 visitors during the holiday.
C.Now the most important task is to ease the pressure from the huge numbers of tourists.
D.There are only two long holidays in the country.
小题4:What is the passage mainly about?
A.Seven-day Golden Week Holiday sees huge crowds on popular tourists spots
B.The problem during the seven-day Golden Week Holiday.
C.Travel complaints.
D.The pressure from the huge numbers of tourists.

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The bus driver and his passengers were being hailed (拥戴) as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff Highway. The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car.
Acting Senior Sergeant Brock Davis of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Highway I shortly before 5:00 p.m. yesterday.
Mr. Davis said a Mitsubishi car driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman’s southbound (南行的) Suzuki Alto collided (碰撞). The man suffered slight injuries in the crash, he said.
Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and his passengers—New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services. The scene at the spot was disordered, Mr. McDermott said.
“There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite excited,” he said. “We stopped, got out and found a lady trapped in her car …… then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol.” Mr. McDermott took a fire extinguisher(灭火器) from the bus, doused (泼洒) the flames, and several other workers controlled traffic.
However, he said his actions were “no big deal”. He was not willing to take any credit for helping the woman.
“The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus.” Invercargill Senior Station officer Alan Goldsworthy, who was an officer in charge at the scene, said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr. McDermott and the smelter workers had not helped. “They should acquire a good pat on the back.” he said.
小题1:It can be known from the passage that the car accident happened _______.
A.at noonB.in the afternoonC.in the morningD.at night
小题2:Who should get the biggest praise according to the reporter?__
A.Brock Davis.B.Bill McDermott.C.Allan Goldsworthy.D.The firefighters.
小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?______
A.The first witnesses of the accident were passers-by.
B.The woman driver was driving north before the accident.
C.The firefighters spent half an hour helping the woman out.
D.With the bus driver and his passengers’ help, the woman’s car didn‘t burst into flames.
小题4:The underlined sentence “They should acquire a good pat on the back” in the last paragraph really means ________.
A.the government should give each of the heroes a gold medal of honor
B.the saved woman should offer as much money to the heroes as she can
C.the good deeds of the heroes are well worthy of great appreciation
D.everybody there should pat the heroes on the back gently and thankfully

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From New Delhi to Beijing,commuters(通勤者)spend a lot of time stuck in traffic.In the United States,Los Angeles(L.A.)and San Francisco tie for second place(并列第二)for having the worst traffic problems.Washington,D.C.is in first place with the worst traffic,according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
In L.A..drivers spend sixty-one hours every year stuck in traffic.These drivers know all too well how bad the traffic can be.Professor Cyrus Shahabi also knows about traffic jams.He said,“It’s a prison of cars.There are too many cars,you can’t move around a lot.I live more than 65 kilometers from my office at the University of Southern California.in L.A..I’m always late even with the help of a navigation(导航)system.I thought it would be appropriate to do something to solve it.”
Therefore,he and PhD student Ugur Demiryurek decided to develop an app for that.The ClearPath app claims to do what other navigation systems cannot.Professor Shahabi says his program uses historical data to predict traffic conditions even before the driver leaves the house.
ClearPath uses two and a half years worth of traffic data from 9,000 sensors(传感器)on the roads of L.A..It also collects information on accidents.
Professor Shahabi says his system does more than just respond to current traffic conditions.With ClearPath,he says,a driver can enter what time he wants to leave on a specific time and date,and ClearPath will give the fastest route.It looks at the entire road network,including surface streets as well as highways,before the driver hits the road.
Ugur Demiryurek says they will launch the free ClearPath app for roads in L.A.in two months.In a year,he and Professor Shahabi hope to have ClearPath available nationwide and overseas once they can collect traffic data from other cities.
“I thought always that L.A.had the worst traffic,but now I know that Shanghai,Beijing,Seoul,Tokyo,believe it or not,Singapore,Hong Kong definitely are examples that can immediately use this.”
小题1:The ClearPath app can mainly be used to __________.
A.predict traffic conditionsB.kill the boring time
C.avoid the traffic accidentsD.collect the current news
小题2:What do we know from Professor Cyrus Shahabi’s words in Paragraph 2?
A.Living too far is his main reason for being late for work.
B.Many drivers broke the traffic rules on their way to work.
C.His invention was inspired by his experiences on his way to work.
D.The navigation system he used on his way to work is out of date.
小题3:What does Paragraph 5 mainly tell us about ClearPath?
A.Its working principal.B.Its powerful function.
C.Its appearance.D.Its safety.
小题4:What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.L.A.has the worst traffic problems in the world.
B.Around the world ClearPath has been used widely.
C.Many cities can provide the data to do the study.
D.ClearPath will have a big market in the future.
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