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 modem equipments.
This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 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 , public and private, of over $3 million—$ 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 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village. |
C.About 16. 5 per cent 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.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 |
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
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 modem equipments.
This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 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 , public and private, of over $3 million—$ 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 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village. |
C.About 16. 5 per cent 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.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 |
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
House Sitting
In many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting. It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away.
In Australia, many people travel. After people retire, they might buy a van and travel all over the country. 1.
So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy. House sitters might have to care for pets. Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning. 2. I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area.
3. There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look after their home.
There are some requirements to be a house sitter. You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything. You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time. 4. You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have.
Some house sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owners have a short holiday. Sometimes it is for much longer. We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe.
5. Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. One of the important things to get is references from the home owners where you have stayed. A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well. You can show these letters to possible house sitting jobs and they know you will do a good job.
A. I have done house sitting many times.
B. Thousands of people do this all the time.
C. It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries.
D. Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job.
E. You must take a little care over what your description says about you.
F. This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas.
G. You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.
高二英语信息匹配中等难度题查看答案及解析
Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.
In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually a residential area nearby where the factory workers can live. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so many people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows.
In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see many huge skyscrapers(摩天楼)and office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.
But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller town and villages.
1.The underlined phrase “a residential area” means ________.
A. an area where people can buy things B. an area where people live
C. an area where people can do business D. an area near a city center
2.Why do people move to live in cities or towns?
A. Because they can live more comfortably there.
B. Because they like noisy life better than peaceful life.
C. They do so mainly to find work.
D. Because they are sure of having a better life there.
3.In a residential area you can see ________.
A. rows of houses B. many offices and factories
C. a lot of factories and farms D. many houses with offices and factories
4.In the United States, many people work in the center of a big city__________.
A. and live there B. while living on the far away edge(边缘)of the city
C. but live in another city D. but live far away out of the city
5.We can infer that this movement from rural to urban areas ______.
A. has been going on for more than 2,000 years B. will surely continue in the future
C. may not continue in the future D. has now stopped already
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.
In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually a residential area nearby, too. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so many people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows.
In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see many huge skyscrapers and office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.
But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages.
1.The underlined phrase “a residential area” means an area________.
A.where people can buy things
B.which is suitable for living in
C.where people can do business
D.which is near a city center
2.Why do people move to live in cities or towns?
A.Because they like noisy life better than peaceful life.
B.Because they can live more comfortably there.
C.Because they mainly want to find work there.
D.Because they are sure of having a better life there.
3.Which of the following statement is NOT true about the business district?
A.Big companies usually have their main offices in the business district.
B.A business district usually lies in the city center downtown.
C.People usually work and live in the business district.
D.Nearly every major city has its own business district.
4.In the United States, many people work in the center of a big city________.
A.and live there
B.but live in the suburbs of the city
C.and live in another city
D.but live in rural areas
5.We can infer that this movement from rural to urban areas ________.
A.has been going on for more than 2,000 years
B.will surely continue in the future
C.may not continue in the future
D.has now stopped already
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The settlement is home to nearly 1,000 people, many of ________ left their village homes for a better life in the city.
A. whom B. which C. them D. those
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Villagers ________ of the danger soon after the big earthquake in Japan,or more people would have lost their lives in the tsunami.
A.were warned B.had been warned C.have been warned D.are warned
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In the middle of the 20th century people were worried about whales.The number of whales killed worldwide came up to 66,000 per year.However,people weren't worried about the whale as an endangered animal.Instead,they were worried about the whale industry,which would disappear if there were no whales.In 1946,the International Whaling Commission was established.It limited the whale hunting for every country and controlled the whale industry.But the commission recognized that the limitation wasn't enough.They set a worldwide law against hunting whales with only two exceptions: the hunt for scientific research and "aboriginal whaling".Aboriginal whaling allows some countries to hunt a limited number of whales because it is a part of their culture.Some countries like Japan and Norway don't care about the law;they make excuses to hunt whales and sell the products.They only care about the money.
Many fishermen complain that dolphins,also a kind of whale,steal their fish.Therefore,they kill thousands of them.In fact,this is not the truth.In reality there are so many fishermen who steal the fish from each other.Some whale hunters say that they catch the animals for scientists.They have to research what whales are eating.For that, they kill them and look into their stomach.The truth is that they only want to sell the meat.Today scientists want to observe live whales for their research.
Many whale families are not protected and thousands of them are killed.Nobody knows if all whale families would survive,even if humans end all whale hunting today.The pollution of the oceans increases fast and the poison gets into the bodies of the animals.Many of them get sick and die.The human being has killed 90%-95% of many whale families.Others are already extinct.
Today some international organizations try to protect whales.They make reports to explain how important and endangered whales are.Now people are becoming more interested in whales and a complete new industry has developed,whale watching,which you may want to learn about.
1.The text is mainly about .
A. whale industry B. whale research
C. whale product D. whale protection
2.In the middle of the 20th century,what people really worried was that .
A. more whales would be killed worldwide per year
B. the whale would become an endangered animal
C. the whale industry would disappear
D. the law against hunting whales would come into effect
3.Why does Aboriginal whaling allow some countries to hunt a limited number of whales?
A. Because there are many whales in their countries.
B. Because hunting whales is a part of their culture.
C. Because they only care about money.
D. Because they live on hunting whales.
4.Why do many fishermen complain about dolphins?
A. Because dolphins steal their fish.
B. Because they want to make an excuse for killing dolphins.
C. Because there are so few dolphins for them to hunt.
D. Because people have misunderstood their purpose of hunting dolphins.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
If you were to see a cold,hungry cat in front of your house,would you feed it or walk away?Most people would walk away instead of taking the time to make sure the cat is okay. 1. They usually have so much to deal with in their daily life as to ignore their surroundings.
Now here’s another question: If you see a group of kids hitting and abusing an animal,would you stop them?2. Some people do not believe that animal abuse is a big issue.
Every day animals are abused in their homes or on the streets. It seems as if politicians do nothing to stop this issue. Everyone is worried about education and global warming. What about animals?3. These are the rights that allow animals a place to stay,a shelter if they have no place to stay,the right not to be abused and many other rights. Are we taking away animals’ right by not giving them a place to stay?Yes,we are. Since I was born,my mother,my sister and I have taken in over fifty homeless cats,fed them,cleaned them and sent them to good families.
Some people probably give different views,saying,“4.” It’s true. There are people in the world that need help but we cannot forget the animals. We are all living on this Earth together,why not help each other?
5. You can volunteer at your local animal shelter,raise money for animal shelters,and inform your community about animal abuse. You can easily buy a cheap box of dry cat/dog food to feed the animals.
A. Again people would walk away.
B. There are many things you can do to help animals around.
C. Many people have little knowledge about old animals.
D. Animals,like us Americans,have rights.
E. The problem is that people generally live busy lives.
F. I’m only one person and I can’t make a difference.
G. There are people in the world who need more help than old animals.
高二英语七选五困难题查看答案及解析
If it were not for the fact that he ________ ill ,he would finish it.
A. is B.be C.were D.am
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
What___wonderful world it would be if all countries in the world could live in___peace with one another.
A.a;\ | B.the;\ | C.a;the | D.the;the |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析