问答题Aid for Africa The momentum is building ahead of next month’s G8 summit in Scotland where the leaders of the world’s richest nations will debate what they can do to help some of the world’s poorest. Africa is the priority and the politicians will disc
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Aid for Africa The momentum is building ahead of next month’s G8 summit in Scotland where the leaders of the world’s richest nations will debate what they can do to help some of the world’s poorest. Africa is the priority and the politicians will discuss reducing the debt burden, ending trade regulations which put the continent’s economy at a disadvantage, and giving more aid. Mark Doyle, who’s reported from Africa for many years, looks at why aid is necessary, and why much of what’s been donated in the past has not worked. All around the edge of Africa-along the coastline, near the continents’ ports—are monuments to exploitation. On the island of Goree, for example, just off the coast of Senegal, there’s :the Slave House. This was the last place many Africans saw before being shipped off to a lifetime of slavery in American or, just as often, to death on the high seas. There are many more places like this dating from the three hundreds and fifty years or so of the African slave trade. When people wonder why Africa is so poor, they need look no further for the start of an explanation. The end of the slavery was followed by a century of colonialism. Some people argue that colonialism brought limited development—railways and schools and so on—the system was principally designed to turn Africa into a vast plantation and mining site for the profit of outsiders. Of course, some Africans gained from this period. Chiefs who sold their enemies to the European or Arab slavers, for example, and coastal people who creams a little off the colonial trade which flowed through their land. But on the whole, for almost half a millennium, the general rule was systematic exploitation. This must, surely, be the basic reason why Africa is poor. You could add that the climate .is punishing, that tropical diseases are fife, and that today’s independent African rulers are far from perfect, all true. But these factors, powerful in recent decades, seem marginal when set against to the pattern that was set for centuries. The solution, or at least, the project SOLD as the solution to, has been aid. Emergency aid, development aid, agricultural aid, economic advice. Billions of dollars worth of it. The problem with this solution is that, patently, is hasn’t worked. On the whole, Africa has got poorer. The failure hasn’t really been the idea of real aid but the misuse of that term. Clearly, if, in the famous phrases, you teach a man to fish you’re probably helping him. But most aid hasn’t been like that. Most of it has been top-down aid, money that’s given to African governments do the political bidding of the aid givers. A good proportion of it has been creamed off by the recipient government’s officials and another large chunk of it paid back to the so-called donors in consultancy fees, salaries, cars, houses and servants for aid officials, debt repayments and the purchasing of arms. And yet, to say aid hasn’t worked IN THE PAST is not the same thing as saying aid CAN’T work.
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The best title for the text is _______.（ ）
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[B] Mr. Sumner's Research of Poverty
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共用题干
Water一the Issue of This Century
The world is running short of freshwater. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier （渴的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that wa- ter use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years.
The World Bank report estimates that as much as half of the world's population,concentrated in Africa,the Middle East and south Asia,will face“severe water shortages”by 2025.Local water conflicts and the loss of freshwater ecosystems appear large in some re- gions.
A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities,the Bank says.
The report concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safeguard supplies and use water more efficiently.
Fresh water consumption is rising quickly,and the availability of water in some regions is likely to become one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century.
A third of the world's popu1ation一around two billion people一live in countries that are experiencing moderate to high water shortages.That proportion could rise to half or more in the next 30 years unless institutions（制度）change to ensure better conservation and alloca- tion of water.
China is one country where the portents（征兆）are gloomy. The most waterstressed country in East Asia,China is exploiting 44%of its usable water,a figure projected to rise to6O%by 2020.Primary withdrawal of water of more than 60%is widely considered by water experts to exceed the environmental carrying capacity of a river basin system. Although
China's total use appears still to be reasonable,it has several basins that are severely stressed environmentally.
Withdrawals exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the Middle East and North Africa,only Morocco has unexploited water resources.The rest have exceeded environmental limits and many are mining aquifers （蓄水层）一bodies of water-bearing rock一the report says.Most of the world's population may live within 100km of the sea in 2025.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned答案：A解析：题干意为“据估计，30年以后水的使用量将增加50%”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语water use, 50% , next 30 years作为定位线索，在短文第一段中寻找到相关句： The world is running short of fresh water. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier（渴 的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在上个世纪的100年里世界上一半的沼泽地已经消失了，而依据人们的估计来看，30年后水的使用量将增加50%”, 很明显题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容一致，因此题干陈述了正确的信息。所以答案为A。
题干意为“大多数发达国家20年以后将面临水的短缺问题”。利用题干中 的细节信息词/短语most developed countries, water shortages, in 20 years作为定位线索， 结果发现most developed countries根本没有在短文中出现，短文中也没有具体提到发达国家水短缺的情况，因此题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“到了2025年，地球上大多数的人可能会生活在距离海洋100公 里的范围里”。利用题干中的细节信息短语most of the world's population, 100km of the sea, in 2025作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people（与题干中的most of the world's population呼应）may live within 100km of the sea in 2025 , putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段第二句）提到“到2025年，世界上3/4的人将可能生活在距离海洋100公里的范围里”，显然题干陈述的意义与短文相关内容一致。所以答案为A。到目前为 止，在完成的3道题的答案里出现了2个A,1个C，剩下的4道题肯定至少会出现1-3个 B，因此如果考虑节约答题时间，剩下的4小题全选B，这样在该阅读理解题上就通过完成3 小题而直接拿到5小题的分数（即拿到5分！)
题干意为“几乎所有的珊瑚礁都可能在10。年后消失”。利用题干中的细节 信息短语almost all coral reefs, in 100 years作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs(珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段倒数第二句）意为“2/3的渔业开发已经处于可承受的边缘，甚至超出了可承受的范围，世界上一半的珊瑚礁可能会在100年后消失”。短文提到“一半的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，而不是“几乎所有的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，因此题干陈述的信息与短文内 容不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“大西洋中的一些鱼类正处于危险的状况中”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语some species of fish, Atlantic, dangerously low levels作为定位线索，在第三段 中寻找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业） are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（带下划线的句子）提到“世界银行说几乎有60%的珊瑚礁和34%的鱼 类因为人类的活动而处于危险的状况中”，这个句子陈述的是全世界鱼类的情况，至于在大西洋是否也是这样，该句中没有提到，依据该句意义也无法推断出大西洋地区鱼类的情况。短文中的其他句子没有再提及鱼类的情况，由此可判断出题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信 息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“世界银行的报告意味着应该采取紧急行动来保护水资源的供 应”。利用题干中的细节信息词/短语the World Bank report, urgent action, water supplies 作为定位线索，在第四段中寻找到相关句：The report（指上文中提到的世界银行的报告） concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safe- guard supplies and use water more efficiently．第四段是一个独立成段句，该段意为“那份报告得出的结论是有大量的证据证明应该立刻采取协调一致的行动来保护水资源的供应，并更有效地使用水资源”。显然题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关意义一致，因此答案为A。
题干意为“印度（现在）超过了水资源的环境使用极限”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语India , environmental limits , water use作为定位线索，在最后一段中寻找到相关句：Withdrawals（与上文中提到的withdrawal of water<水资源的使用>呼应）exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the -
第4题：
共用题干
Water一the Issue of This Century
The world is running short of freshwater. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier （渴的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that wa- ter use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years.
The World Bank report estimates that as much as half of the world's population,concentrated in Africa,the Middle East and south Asia,will face“severe water shortages”by 2025.Local water conflicts and the loss of freshwater ecosystems appear large in some re- gions.
A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities,the Bank says.
The report concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safeguard supplies and use water more efficiently.
Fresh water consumption is rising quickly,and the availability of water in some regions is likely to become one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century.
A third of the world's popu1ation一around two billion people一live in countries that are experiencing moderate to high water shortages.That proportion could rise to half or more in the next 30 years unless institutions（制度）change to ensure better conservation and alloca- tion of water.
China is one country where the portents（征兆）are gloomy. The most waterstressed country in East Asia,China is exploiting 44%of its usable water,a figure projected to rise to6O%by 2020.Primary withdrawal of water of more than 60%is widely considered by water experts to exceed the environmental carrying capacity of a river basin system. Although
China's total use appears still to be reasonable,it has several basins that are severely stressed environmentally.
Withdrawals exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the Middle East and North Africa,only Morocco has unexploited water resources.The rest have exceeded environmental limits and many are mining aquifers （蓄水层）一bodies of water-bearing rock一the report says.The World Bank report implies that urgent action should be taken to protect water supplies.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned答案：A解析：题干意为“据估计，30年以后水的使用量将增加50%”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语water use, 50% , next 30 years作为定位线索，在短文第一段中寻找到相关句： The world is running short of fresh water. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier（渴 的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在上个世纪的100年里世界上一半的沼泽地已经消失了，而依据人们的估计来看，30年后水的使用量将增加50%”, 很明显题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容一致，因此题干陈述了正确的信息。所以答案为A。
题干意为“大多数发达国家20年以后将面临水的短缺问题”。利用题干中 的细节信息词/短语most developed countries, water shortages, in 20 years作为定位线索， 结果发现most developed countries根本没有在短文中出现，短文中也没有具体提到发达国家水短缺的情况，因此题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“到了2025年，地球上大多数的人可能会生活在距离海洋100公 里的范围里”。利用题干中的细节信息短语most of the world's population, 100km of the sea, in 2025作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people（与题干中的most of the world's population呼应）may live within 100km of the sea in 2025 , putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段第二句）提到“到2025年，世界上3/4的人将可能生活在距离海洋100公里的范围里”，显然题干陈述的意义与短文相关内容一致。所以答案为A。到目前为 止，在完成的3道题的答案里出现了2个A,1个C，剩下的4道题肯定至少会出现1-3个 B，因此如果考虑节约答题时间，剩下的4小题全选B，这样在该阅读理解题上就通过完成3 小题而直接拿到5小题的分数（即拿到5分！)
题干意为“几乎所有的珊瑚礁都可能在10。年后消失”。利用题干中的细节 信息短语almost all coral reefs, in 100 years作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs(珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段倒数第二句）意为“2/3的渔业开发已经处于可承受的边缘，甚至超出了可承受的范围，世界上一半的珊瑚礁可能会在100年后消失”。短文提到“一半的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，而不是“几乎所有的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，因此题干陈述的信息与短文内 容不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“大西洋中的一些鱼类正处于危险的状况中”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语some species of fish, Atlantic, dangerously low levels作为定位线索，在第三段 中寻找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业） are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（带下划线的句子）提到“世界银行说几乎有60%的珊瑚礁和34%的鱼 类因为人类的活动而处于危险的状况中”，这个句子陈述的是全世界鱼类的情况，至于在大西洋是否也是这样，该句中没有提到，依据该句意义也无法推断出大西洋地区鱼类的情况。短文中的其他句子没有再提及鱼类的情况，由此可判断出题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信 息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“世界银行的报告意味着应该采取紧急行动来保护水资源的供 应”。利用题干中的细节信息词/短语the World Bank report, urgent action, water supplies 作为定位线索，在第四段中寻找到相关句：The report（指上文中提到的世界银行的报告） concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safe- guard supplies and use water more efficiently．第四段是一个独立成段句，该段意为“那份报告得出的结论是有大量的证据证明应该立刻采取协调一致的行动来保护水资源的供应，并更有效地使用水资源”。显然题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关意义一致，因此答案为A。
题干意为“印度（现在）超过了水资源的环境使用极限”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语India , environmental limits , water use作为定位线索，在最后一段中寻找到相关句：Withdrawals（与上文中提到的withdrawal of water<水资源的使用>呼应）exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the -
第5题：
共用题干
Water一the Issue of This Century
The world is running short of freshwater. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier （渴的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that wa- ter use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years.
The World Bank report estimates that as much as half of the world's population,concentrated in Africa,the Middle East and south Asia,will face“severe water shortages”by 2025.Local water conflicts and the loss of freshwater ecosystems appear large in some re- gions.
A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities,the Bank says.
The report concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safeguard supplies and use water more efficiently.
Fresh water consumption is rising quickly,and the availability of water in some regions is likely to become one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century.
A third of the world's popu1ation一around two billion people一live in countries that are experiencing moderate to high water shortages.That proportion could rise to half or more in the next 30 years unless institutions（制度）change to ensure better conservation and alloca- tion of water.
China is one country where the portents（征兆）are gloomy. The most waterstressed country in East Asia,China is exploiting 44%of its usable water,a figure projected to rise to6O%by 2020.Primary withdrawal of water of more than 60%is widely considered by water experts to exceed the environmental carrying capacity of a river basin system. Although
China's total use appears still to be reasonable,it has several basins that are severely stressed environmentally.
Withdrawals exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the Middle East and North Africa,only Morocco has unexploited water resources.The rest have exceeded environmental limits and many are mining aquifers （蓄水层）一bodies of water-bearing rock一the report says.It is estimated that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned答案：A解析：题干意为“据估计，30年以后水的使用量将增加50%”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语water use, 50% , next 30 years作为定位线索，在短文第一段中寻找到相关句： The world is running short of fresh water. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier（渴 的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在上个世纪的100年里世界上一半的沼泽地已经消失了，而依据人们的估计来看，30年后水的使用量将增加50%”, 很明显题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容一致，因此题干陈述了正确的信息。所以答案为A。
题干意为“大多数发达国家20年以后将面临水的短缺问题”。利用题干中 的细节信息词/短语most developed countries, water shortages, in 20 years作为定位线索， 结果发现most developed countries根本没有在短文中出现，短文中也没有具体提到发达国家水短缺的情况，因此题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“到了2025年，地球上大多数的人可能会生活在距离海洋100公 里的范围里”。利用题干中的细节信息短语most of the world's population, 100km of the sea, in 2025作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people（与题干中的most of the world's population呼应）may live within 100km of the sea in 2025 , putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段第二句）提到“到2025年，世界上3/4的人将可能生活在距离海洋100公里的范围里”，显然题干陈述的意义与短文相关内容一致。所以答案为A。到目前为 止，在完成的3道题的答案里出现了2个A,1个C，剩下的4道题肯定至少会出现1-3个 B，因此如果考虑节约答题时间，剩下的4小题全选B，这样在该阅读理解题上就通过完成3 小题而直接拿到5小题的分数（即拿到5分！)
题干意为“几乎所有的珊瑚礁都可能在10。年后消失”。利用题干中的细节 信息短语almost all coral reefs, in 100 years作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs(珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段倒数第二句）意为“2/3的渔业开发已经处于可承受的边缘，甚至超出了可承受的范围，世界上一半的珊瑚礁可能会在100年后消失”。短文提到“一半的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，而不是“几乎所有的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，因此题干陈述的信息与短文内 容不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“大西洋中的一些鱼类正处于危险的状况中”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语some species of fish, Atlantic, dangerously low levels作为定位线索，在第三段 中寻找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业） are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（带下划线的句子）提到“世界银行说几乎有60%的珊瑚礁和34%的鱼 类因为人类的活动而处于危险的状况中”，这个句子陈述的是全世界鱼类的情况，至于在大西洋是否也是这样，该句中没有提到，依据该句意义也无法推断出大西洋地区鱼类的情况。短文中的其他句子没有再提及鱼类的情况，由此可判断出题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信 息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“世界银行的报告意味着应该采取紧急行动来保护水资源的供 应”。利用题干中的细节信息词/短语the World Bank report, urgent action, water supplies 作为定位线索，在第四段中寻找到相关句：The report（指上文中提到的世界银行的报告） concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safe- guard supplies and use water more efficiently．第四段是一个独立成段句，该段意为“那份报告得出的结论是有大量的证据证明应该立刻采取协调一致的行动来保护水资源的供应，并更有效地使用水资源”。显然题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关意义一致，因此答案为A。
题干意为“印度（现在）超过了水资源的环境使用极限”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语India , environmental limits , water use作为定位线索，在最后一段中寻找到相关句：Withdrawals（与上文中提到的withdrawal of water<水资源的使用>呼应）exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the -
第6题：
共用题干
G8 Summit
Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations(G8)will meet in Scotland in
July this year. Representatives from China,India,Mexico,South Africa and Brazil have
also been invited.Here's what the G8 leaders want from the meeting.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world's poorest
countries.He wants them to double aid to Africa to 50 billion pounds by 2010.He has also
proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports.
This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests.On
climate change , Blair wants concerted（共同的）action by reducing carbon emissions（排放）.
US President George W.Bush agrees to give help to Africa.But he says he doesn't
like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption.Bush said he would
not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit,according to media.
The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol（京都议定书）.
Although the US is the world's biggest polluter,Bush so far refuses to believe there is
sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem.
French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change.He is
determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair's Africa proposals.
Schroder's officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa's problems as"old
thinking."Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they can prove
they've solved the corruption problem.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa.
But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage.Putin intends to use the aid to
Africa as a springboard（跳板）next year to propose aid to the former Soviet republics of
Georgia,Uzbekistan,Tajikistan and Moldova.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's priorities are a seat on the UN Security
Council,for which he will be lobbying（游说）at the summit. And he's concerned about the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapons programme.Japan will reject Blair's proposal to increase aid to Africa.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：C解析： -
第7题：
共用题干
G8 Summit
Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations(G8)will meet in Scotland in
July this year. Representatives from China,India,Mexico,South Africa and Brazil have
also been invited.Here's what the G8 leaders want from the meeting.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world's poorest
countries.He wants them to double aid to Africa to 50 billion pounds by 2010.He has also
proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports.
This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests.On
climate change , Blair wants concerted（共同的）action by reducing carbon emissions（排放）.
US President George W.Bush agrees to give help to Africa.But he says he doesn't
like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption.Bush said he would
not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit,according to media.
The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol（京都议定书）.
Although the US is the world's biggest polluter,Bush so far refuses to believe there is
sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem.
French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change.He is
determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair's Africa proposals.
Schroder's officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa's problems as"old
thinking."Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they can prove
they've solved the corruption problem.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa.
But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage.Putin intends to use the aid to
Africa as a springboard（跳板）next year to propose aid to the former Soviet republics of
Georgia,Uzbekistan,Tajikistan and Moldova.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's priorities are a seat on the UN Security
Council,for which he will be lobbying（游说）at the summit. And he's concerned about the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapons programme.India has accepted the invitation to attend the G8 meeting.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：C解析： -
第8题：
共用题干
G8 Summit
Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations(G8)will meet in Scotland in July this year. Representatives from China,India,Mexico,South Africa and Brazil have also been invited.Here's what the G8 leaders want from the meeting.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world's poorest' countries. He wants them to double aid to Africa to 50 billion pounds by 2010.He has also proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports.This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests.On climate change,Blair wants concerted（共同的）action by reducing carbon emissions（排放）.
US President George W. Bush agrees to give help to Africa. But he says he doesn't like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption.Bush said he would not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit,according to media. The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol（《京都议定书》）.Although the US is the world's biggest polluter,Bush so far refuses to believe there is sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem.
French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change.He is determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair's Africa proposals.Schroder's officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa's problems as"old thinking".Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they can prove they've solved the corruption problem.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa. But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage.Putin intends to use the aid to Africa as a springboard（跳板）next year to propose aid to the former Soviet republics of Georgia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Moldova.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's priorities are a seat on the UN Security Council, for which he will be lobbying（游说）at the summit. And he's concerned about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapons programme.According to media,Bush will sign the Kyoto Protocol at the summit.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析：本题给出的信息是错误的。文章第一段提到：" Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations(G8)will meet in Scotland in July this year.Representatives from China , India , Mexico , South Africa and Brazil have also been invited.”文章先说八大主要工业化国家的首脑参加，然后说中国、印度、墨西哥、南非和巴西这些国家也派代表参加，因此后者不属于八大主要工业化国家，与本题信息“八大主要工业化国家包括······”相反。
本题给出的信息是正确的。文章第二段末尾提到：" Blair wants concerted action by reducing carbon emissions.”这说明布莱尔希望共同行动减少碳排放，与本题信息一致。
本题给出的信息在文章中没有提及。文章只在第一段提到八大主要工业化国家的首脑参加，然后说中国、印度、墨西哥、南非和巴西这些国家也派代表参加，至于本题信息“印度接受邀请参加八国峰会”就不得而知了。
本题给出的信息是错误的。文章第三段开头提到：" US President George w.Bush agrees to give help to Africa.But he says he doesn't like the idea of increasing aid to coun-- tnes as it will increase corruption.”这说明虽然布什同意给予非洲帮助，但不同意提高援助，与本题信息“布什同意提高对非洲的援助”相反。
本题给出的信息是正确的。文章第四段提到：" French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change.”这说明希拉克在非洲和气候变化问题上支持布莱尔。本题信息“...takes a stand similar to...”的意思为“支持”。
本题给出的信息是错误的。文章第三段中间提到：" The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol.”与本题信息“布什将在峰会上签署《京都议定书》”相反。
本题给出的信息在文章中没有提及。文章最后一段提到日本首相小泉纯一郎优先考虑的是在联合国安全理事会上的一个席位，而且他也关心有关朝鲜民主主义人民共和国的核武器计划。而本题信息“日本将反对布莱尔增加对非洲援助的建议”根本没有提及。 -
第9题：
问答题Practice 4 Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. Perhaps it is humankind’s long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the ideal of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating. But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do more harm than good. The lesson from dams is that big is not always beautiful. It doesn’t help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert themselves. Egypt’s leadership in the Arab world was cemented by the Aswan High Dam. Turkey’s bid for First World status includes the giant Ataturk Dam.正确答案：
【参考译文】
重大技术的创造中,几乎没有哪个比巨型大坝更令人心驰神往。也许正是由于人类长期遭受旱涝之灾才使得让洪水听从人的调遣这种理想如此令人痴迷。但使人痴迷有时也就使人盲目。有几个巨型大坝项目可能弊大于利。
从堤坝中获得的教训是,大的并不总是美的。对于那些在努力显示自身力量的国家和人民,建一个功能强大的大水坝标志着他们取得了成就,然而修建大坝并没有什么实际作用。埃及的阿拉伯世界的领导地位因阿斯旺大坝得以巩固和加强,土耳其在其争取跻身于第一世界的努力中也包括建造阿搭特克大坝。解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
单选题What is the author's main purpose in the passage?ATo prove that football is the world's most important sport.
BTo show that Argentina is better than all others.
CTo compare Scotland with Argentina.
DTo explain the role of sport.
正确答案： B解析： -
第11题：
问答题Practice 5 Water is essential for life. Yet many millions of people around the world face water shortages. Many millions of children die every year from water-borne diseases. And drought regularly afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries. The world needs to respond much better. We need to increase water efficiency, especially in agriculture. We need to free women and girls from the daily chore of hauling water. We must involve leaders of countries in decision-making on water management. We need to make sanitation a priority. This is where progress is lagging most. And we must show that water resources need not be a source of conflict. Instead, they can be a catalyst for cooperation. Significant gains have been made. But a major effort is still required. Our goal is to meet the internationally agreed targets for water and sanitation by 2015, and to build the foundation for further progress in the years beyond. This is an urgent matter of human development, and human dignity. Together, we can provide safe, clean water to the entire world’s people. The world’s water resources are our lifeline for survival, and [or sustainable development in the 21st century. Together, we must manage them better.正确答案： 【参考译文】
水对生命是至关重要的,然而世界各地数以百万计的人们却面临着水源短缺的问题。每年有数百万儿童由于水传播的疾病而死亡,世界上某些最贫穷的国家经常遭受干旱的折磨。
世界需要更好地应对这一挑战。我们需要提高用水效率,特别是在农业方面;我们需要把女性从每日提水的家务中解放出来;我们必须使国家领导人参与水源管理的决策;我们需要优先考虑公共卫生,而这方面的进展尤为缓慢;我们必须指出水资源不应成为冲突之源,而应成为合作的催化剂。
我们已取得了显著进展,但仍需付出巨大努力。我们的目标是:要达到国际社会协商规定的2015年前要达到的水和卫生方面的目标,并为以后的进展奠定基础。
这是一个关乎人类发展和尊严的紧迫问题;如果齐心协力,我们可以为全世界人民提供安全、清洁的水。水资源是我们赖以生存的生命线,也是21世纪可持续发展的生命线;我们必须共同努力,更好地管理水资源。解析： 暂无解析 -
第12题：
问答题Working Together Against the Infectious Diseases There is another area that really may sound like it’s outside the range of politics and Iraqi people where we’re cooperating together, but it’s an area that is vital to the well-being of the Chinese people, the American people, the people in the world, and it’s now we’re working together to deal with the dangers inherent in infectious diseases. China’s sobering experience with SARS stands as a lesson to all countries on the challenge of infectious diseases. I have called HIV/AIDS the world’s greatest weapon of mass destruction today. It threatens to kill tens of millions of men, women and children—in the Caribbean, in Latin America, in the subcontinent, especially in Africa—and yes, it is a danger to China as well. And China’s government is facing up to this crisis, working with us. The United States has told China we are ready to help. Last month, our Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson spoke in China of President Bush’s interest in furthering our practical cooperation on HIV/AIDS and other health issues. Specialists from our Centers for Disease Control are working on the ground with their Chinese counterparts. Our National Institute of Health has granted $14.8 million to help China upgrade its health care infrastructure. My friends, it is upon such concrete forms of cooperation on issues of regional and global importance that a 21st century US-China relationship will be built, issue by issue, experience by experience, challenge by challenge, initiative by initiative, program by program. As China participates more actively in world affairs, we will extend our welcome. Building and sustaining a healthy overall relationship is good for America, it is good for China, it is good for the region, and good for the international community.正确答案： 【参考译文】
携手应对传染性疾病 我们两国正在开展合作的另一个领域听起来似乎与政治无关,与伊拉克人民无关,但它对于中国人民、美国人民及世界人民的幸福都至关重要。这就是,我们正在共同努力应对传染病的潜在危险。
中国与严重急性呼吸系统综合症 (SARS) 打交道的沉重经历为所有国家迎接传染病挑战提供了一个教训。我把艾滋病病毒/艾滋病称为今天世界上最大规模的毁灭性武器。它给加勒比、拉丁美洲、次大陆,尤其是非洲的数千万男女老少造成生命威胁。当然,对中国也是个威胁。
中国政府在正视这个问题,并在与我们共同努力。美国告诉中国,我们随时准备提供帮助。我国卫生与公众服务部部长汤米·汤普森上个月在中国谈到,布什总统希望扩大两国在防治艾滋病病毒/艾滋病及其他健康议题上的实际合作(布什总统有意在防治艾滋病病毒/艾滋病和其他健康议题上扩大我们的实际合作)。我国疾病控制和预防中心(Centers for Disease Control)的专家正在这里(正在当地)与中国卫生工作人员共同努力。我国国家卫生院(National Institute of Health)为中国提供赠款1480万美元,帮助中国更新卫生保健基础设施。
朋友们,21世纪的美中关系正是要建立在对地区和全球具有重要意义的问题的具体合作之上——通过每个议题、每个经历、每个挑战、每个行动计划、每个项目来实现。
我们将欢迎中国越来越积极地加入到世界事务中来。建立并维护一个健康全面的关系有益于美国,有益于中国,有益于这个地区,也有益于国际社会。解析： 暂无解析 -
第13题：
Ida:_______Where was I?
Homer: You were talking about your trip to South Africa.
A、What did I hear?
B、Let's check in.
C、Let's back up.
D、What were you talking about?
参考答案：C
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第14题：
MUN, which ( ) Model Untions is a conference that provides students all ever the world with the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be the United Nations.A. stand by
B. stands for
C. stand up
D. stand out答案：B解析：考查词汇辨析。A项：支持；B项：代表；C项：起立；D项：突出、坚持。题目中的意思是指“MUN代表的就是Model Unions......”，故选项B正确。 -
第15题：
共用题干
Water一the Issue of This Century
The world is running short of freshwater. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier （渴的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that wa- ter use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years.
The World Bank report estimates that as much as half of the world's population,concentrated in Africa,the Middle East and south Asia,will face“severe water shortages”by 2025.Local water conflicts and the loss of freshwater ecosystems appear large in some re- gions.
A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities,the Bank says.
The report concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safeguard supplies and use water more efficiently.
Fresh water consumption is rising quickly,and the availability of water in some regions is likely to become one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century.
A third of the world's popu1ation一around two billion people一live in countries that are experiencing moderate to high water shortages.That proportion could rise to half or more in the next 30 years unless institutions（制度）change to ensure better conservation and alloca- tion of water.
China is one country where the portents（征兆）are gloomy. The most waterstressed country in East Asia,China is exploiting 44%of its usable water,a figure projected to rise to6O%by 2020.Primary withdrawal of water of more than 60%is widely considered by water experts to exceed the environmental carrying capacity of a river basin system. Although
China's total use appears still to be reasonable,it has several basins that are severely stressed environmentally.
Withdrawals exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the Middle East and North Africa,only Morocco has unexploited water resources.The rest have exceeded environmental limits and many are mining aquifers （蓄水层）一bodies of water-bearing rock一the report says.India exceeds environmental limits for water use.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned答案：B解析：题干意为“据估计，30年以后水的使用量将增加50%”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语water use, 50% , next 30 years作为定位线索，在短文第一段中寻找到相关句： The world is running short of fresh water. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier（渴 的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在上个世纪的100年里世界上一半的沼泽地已经消失了，而依据人们的估计来看，30年后水的使用量将增加50%”, 很明显题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容一致，因此题干陈述了正确的信息。所以答案为A。
题干意为“大多数发达国家20年以后将面临水的短缺问题”。利用题干中 的细节信息词/短语most developed countries, water shortages, in 20 years作为定位线索， 结果发现most developed countries根本没有在短文中出现，短文中也没有具体提到发达国家水短缺的情况，因此题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“到了2025年，地球上大多数的人可能会生活在距离海洋100公 里的范围里”。利用题干中的细节信息短语most of the world's population, 100km of the sea, in 2025作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people（与题干中的most of the world's population呼应）may live within 100km of the sea in 2025 , putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段第二句）提到“到2025年，世界上3/4的人将可能生活在距离海洋100公里的范围里”，显然题干陈述的意义与短文相关内容一致。所以答案为A。到目前为 止，在完成的3道题的答案里出现了2个A,1个C，剩下的4道题肯定至少会出现1-3个 B，因此如果考虑节约答题时间，剩下的4小题全选B，这样在该阅读理解题上就通过完成3 小题而直接拿到5小题的分数（即拿到5分！)
题干意为“几乎所有的珊瑚礁都可能在10。年后消失”。利用题干中的细节 信息短语almost all coral reefs, in 100 years作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs(珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段倒数第二句）意为“2/3的渔业开发已经处于可承受的边缘，甚至超出了可承受的范围，世界上一半的珊瑚礁可能会在100年后消失”。短文提到“一半的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，而不是“几乎所有的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，因此题干陈述的信息与短文内 容不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“大西洋中的一些鱼类正处于危险的状况中”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语some species of fish, Atlantic, dangerously low levels作为定位线索，在第三段 中寻找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业） are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（带下划线的句子）提到“世界银行说几乎有60%的珊瑚礁和34%的鱼 类因为人类的活动而处于危险的状况中”，这个句子陈述的是全世界鱼类的情况，至于在大西洋是否也是这样，该句中没有提到，依据该句意义也无法推断出大西洋地区鱼类的情况。短文中的其他句子没有再提及鱼类的情况，由此可判断出题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信 息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“世界银行的报告意味着应该采取紧急行动来保护水资源的供 应”。利用题干中的细节信息词/短语the World Bank report, urgent action, water supplies 作为定位线索，在第四段中寻找到相关句：The report（指上文中提到的世界银行的报告） concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safe- guard supplies and use water more efficiently．第四段是一个独立成段句，该段意为“那份报告得出的结论是有大量的证据证明应该立刻采取协调一致的行动来保护水资源的供应，并更有效地使用水资源”。显然题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关意义一致，因此答案为A。
题干意为“印度（现在）超过了水资源的环境使用极限”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语India , environmental limits , water use作为定位线索，在最后一段中寻找到相关句：Withdrawals（与上文中提到的withdrawal of water<水资源的使用>呼应）exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the -
第16题：
共用题干
Water一the Issue of This Century
The world is running short of freshwater. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier （渴的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that wa- ter use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years.
The World Bank report estimates that as much as half of the world's population,concentrated in Africa,the Middle East and south Asia,will face“severe water shortages”by 2025.Local water conflicts and the loss of freshwater ecosystems appear large in some re- gions.
A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities,the Bank says.
The report concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safeguard supplies and use water more efficiently.
Fresh water consumption is rising quickly,and the availability of water in some regions is likely to become one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century.
A third of the world's popu1ation一around two billion people一live in countries that are experiencing moderate to high water shortages.That proportion could rise to half or more in the next 30 years unless institutions（制度）change to ensure better conservation and alloca- tion of water.
China is one country where the portents（征兆）are gloomy. The most waterstressed country in East Asia,China is exploiting 44%of its usable water,a figure projected to rise to6O%by 2020.Primary withdrawal of water of more than 60%is widely considered by water experts to exceed the environmental carrying capacity of a river basin system. Although
China's total use appears still to be reasonable,it has several basins that are severely stressed environmentally.
Withdrawals exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the Middle East and North Africa,only Morocco has unexploited water resources.The rest have exceeded environmental limits and many are mining aquifers （蓄水层）一bodies of water-bearing rock一the report says.Some species of fish in the Atlantic are at dangerously low levels.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned答案：C解析：题干意为“据估计，30年以后水的使用量将增加50%”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语water use, 50% , next 30 years作为定位线索，在短文第一段中寻找到相关句： The world is running short of fresh water. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier（渴 的）,with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce（缺乏）.Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century,while estimates suggest that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在上个世纪的100年里世界上一半的沼泽地已经消失了，而依据人们的估计来看，30年后水的使用量将增加50%”, 很明显题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关内容一致，因此题干陈述了正确的信息。所以答案为A。
题干意为“大多数发达国家20年以后将面临水的短缺问题”。利用题干中 的细节信息词/短语most developed countries, water shortages, in 20 years作为定位线索， 结果发现most developed countries根本没有在短文中出现，短文中也没有具体提到发达国家水短缺的情况，因此题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“到了2025年，地球上大多数的人可能会生活在距离海洋100公 里的范围里”。利用题干中的细节信息短语most of the world's population, 100km of the sea, in 2025作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people（与题干中的most of the world's population呼应）may live within 100km of the sea in 2025 , putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段第二句）提到“到2025年，世界上3/4的人将可能生活在距离海洋100公里的范围里”，显然题干陈述的意义与短文相关内容一致。所以答案为A。到目前为 止，在完成的3道题的答案里出现了2个A,1个C，剩下的4道题肯定至少会出现1-3个 B，因此如果考虑节约答题时间，剩下的4小题全选B，这样在该阅读理解题上就通过完成3 小题而直接拿到5小题的分数（即拿到5分！)
题干意为“几乎所有的珊瑚礁都可能在10。年后消失”。利用题干中的细节 信息短语almost all coral reefs, in 100 years作为定位线索，这样在第三段中找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业）are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs(珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years.Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（第三段倒数第二句）意为“2/3的渔业开发已经处于可承受的边缘，甚至超出了可承受的范围，世界上一半的珊瑚礁可能会在100年后消失”。短文提到“一半的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，而不是“几乎所有的珊瑚礁”可能会在100年后消失，因此题干陈述的信息与短文内 容不一致。所以答案为B。
题干意为“大西洋中的一些鱼类正处于危险的状况中”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语some species of fish, Atlantic, dangerously low levels作为定位线索，在第三段 中寻找到相关句：A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025,putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries（渔业） are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits,and half the world's coral reefs（珊瑚礁）may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says．相关句（带下划线的句子）提到“世界银行说几乎有60%的珊瑚礁和34%的鱼 类因为人类的活动而处于危险的状况中”，这个句子陈述的是全世界鱼类的情况，至于在大西洋是否也是这样，该句中没有提到，依据该句意义也无法推断出大西洋地区鱼类的情况。短文中的其他句子没有再提及鱼类的情况，由此可判断出题干陈述的信息是短文中未提及的信 息。所以答案为C。
题干意为“世界银行的报告意味着应该采取紧急行动来保护水资源的供 应”。利用题干中的细节信息词/短语the World Bank report, urgent action, water supplies 作为定位线索，在第四段中寻找到相关句：The report（指上文中提到的世界银行的报告） concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safe- guard supplies and use water more efficiently．第四段是一个独立成段句，该段意为“那份报告得出的结论是有大量的证据证明应该立刻采取协调一致的行动来保护水资源的供应，并更有效地使用水资源”。显然题干陈述的意义与短文中的相关意义一致，因此答案为A。
题干意为“印度（现在）超过了水资源的环境使用极限”。利用题干中的细节 信息词/短语India , environmental limits , water use作为定位线索，在最后一段中寻找到相关句：Withdrawals（与上文中提到的withdrawal of water<水资源的使用>呼应）exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan,and will exceed them in India by 2020.In the -
第17题：
MUN, which ___ Model United Nations, is a conference that provides students all over the world with the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be in the United Nations.A.stand by
B.stands for
C.stand up
D.stand out答案：B解析：本题考查stand词组。题目意为“模联（MUN），代表模拟联合国（Model United Nations），是为全世界学生提供体验联合国工作机会的会议。”
A项的意思有“支持；袖手旁观；准备；站在旁边”。B项“代表；支持；象征；担任…的候选人 ”。C项“站起来；坚持；竖立；站得住脚；拥护 ”。D项“突出；站出来；坚持到底；坚决反对”。
这里选B，代表。
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第18题：
共用题干
G8 Summit
Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations(G8)will meet in Scotland in
July this year. Representatives from China,India,Mexico,South Africa and Brazil have
also been invited.Here's what the G8 leaders want from the meeting.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world's poorest
countries.He wants them to double aid to Africa to 50 billion pounds by 2010.He has also
proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports.
This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests.On
climate change , Blair wants concerted（共同的）action by reducing carbon emissions（排放）.
US President George W.Bush agrees to give help to Africa.But he says he doesn't
like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption.Bush said he would
not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit,according to media.
The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol（京都议定书）.
Although the US is the world's biggest polluter,Bush so far refuses to believe there is
sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem.
French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change.He is
determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair's Africa proposals.
Schroder's officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa's problems as"old
thinking."Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they can prove
they've solved the corruption problem.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa.
But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage.Putin intends to use the aid to
Africa as a springboard（跳板）next year to propose aid to the former Soviet republics of
Georgia,Uzbekistan,Tajikistan and Moldova.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's priorities are a seat on the UN Security
Council,for which he will be lobbying（游说）at the summit. And he's concerned about the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapons programme.The G8 countries include China,India,Mexico,South Africa and Brazil.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析： -
第19题：
共用题干
G8 Summit
Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations(G8)will meet in Scotland in
July this year. Representatives from China,India,Mexico,South Africa and Brazil have
also been invited.Here's what the G8 leaders want from the meeting.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world's poorest
countries.He wants them to double aid to Africa to 50 billion pounds by 2010.He has also
proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports.
This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests.On
climate change , Blair wants concerted（共同的）action by reducing carbon emissions（排放）.
US President George W.Bush agrees to give help to Africa.But he says he doesn't
like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption.Bush said he would
not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit,according to media.
The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol（京都议定书）.
Although the US is the world's biggest polluter,Bush so far refuses to believe there is
sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem.
French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change.He is
determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair's Africa proposals.
Schroder's officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa's problems as"old
thinking."Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they can prove
they've solved the corruption problem.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa.
But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage.Putin intends to use the aid to
Africa as a springboard（跳板）next year to propose aid to the former Soviet republics of
Georgia,Uzbekistan,Tajikistan and Moldova.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's priorities are a seat on the UN Security
Council,for which he will be lobbying（游说）at the summit. And he's concerned about the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapons programme.Chirac takes a stand similar to Blair's on Africa and climate change.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析： -
第20题：
共用题干
G8 Summit
Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations(G8)will meet in Scotland in
July this year. Representatives from China,India,Mexico,South Africa and Brazil have
also been invited.Here's what the G8 leaders want from the meeting.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world's poorest
countries.He wants them to double aid to Africa to 50 billion pounds by 2010.He has also
proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports.
This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests.On
climate change , Blair wants concerted（共同的）action by reducing carbon emissions（排放）.
US President George W.Bush agrees to give help to Africa.But he says he doesn't
like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption.Bush said he would
not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit,according to media.
The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol（京都议定书）.
Although the US is the world's biggest polluter,Bush so far refuses to believe there is
sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem.
French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change.He is
determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair's Africa proposals.
Schroder's officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa's problems as"old
thinking."Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they can prove
they've solved the corruption problem.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa.
But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage.Putin intends to use the aid to
Africa as a springboard（跳板）next year to propose aid to the former Soviet republics of
Georgia,Uzbekistan,Tajikistan and Moldova.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's priorities are a seat on the UN Security
Council,for which he will be lobbying（游说）at the summit. And he's concerned about the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapons programme.Bush agrees to increase aid to Africa.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析： -
第21题：
问答题Practice 10 The momentum is building ahead of next month’s G8 summit in Scotland where the leaders of the world’s richest nations will debate what they can do to help some of the world’s poorest. Africa is the priority and the politicians will discuss reducing the debt burden, ending trade regulations which put the continent’s economy at a disadvantage, and giving more aid. Mark Doyle, who’s reported from Africa for many years, looks at why aid is necessary, and why much of what’s been donated in the past has not worked. All around the edge of Africa-along the coastline, near the continents’ ports—are monuments to exploitation. On the island of Goree, for example, just off the coast of Senegal, there’s: the Slave House. This was the last place many Africans saw before being shipped off to a lifetime of slavery in American or, just as often, to death on the high seas. There are many more places like this dating from the three hundred and fifty years or so of the African slave trade. When people wonder why Africa is so poor, they need look no further for the start of an explanation.正确答案：
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下个月在苏格兰举行的八国峰会上,世界上最富有国家的领导人将会讨论他们能为世界上最贫穷的国家做些什么。而在峰会召开前的一个月这种发展势头就有了征兆。非洲是优先考虑的对象,政客们会讨论减少非洲的债务负担,终止那些束缚非洲经济发展的贸易规则,同时给予更多的经济援助。马克·多伊勒在非洲从事新闻报道多年,他将探讨为什么经济援助是必须的,以及为什么以前的大部分资助没有起到作用。
沿着非洲的边界线——沿着海岸线,靠近大陆的港口——矗立着关于剥削的纪念碑。例如,离塞内加尔海岸线不远处的戈雷岛上就有一个奴隶交易所。这是很多被船只运往远方的非洲人离开故土时所看到的最后一个场景,他们很可能一辈子在美洲做奴隶,或是在途中葬身于汹涌的大海,而这种事情时常发生。
还有很多这样的地方,他们可以一直追溯到350年以前的非洲奴隶交易。当人们纳闷为什么非洲如此贫穷时,他们不再需要其他的解释。解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
问答题Aid for Africa The momentum is building ahead of next month’s G8 summit in Scotland where the leaders of the world’s richest nations will debate what they can do to help some of the world’s poorest. Africa is the priority and the politicians will discuss reducing the debt burden, ending trade regulations which put the continent’s economy at a disadvantage, and giving more aid. Mark Doyle, who’s reported from Africa for many years, looks at why aid is necessary, and why much of what’s been donated in the past has not worked. All around the edge of Africa-along the coastline, near the continents’ ports—are monuments to exploitation. On the island of Goree, for example, just off the coast of Senegal, there’s :the Slave House. This was the last place many Africans saw before being shipped off to a lifetime of slavery in American or, just as often, to death on the high seas. There are many more places like this dating from the three hundreds and fifty years or so of the African slave trade. When people wonder why Africa is so poor, they need look no further for the start of an explanation. The end of the slavery was followed by a century of colonialism. Some people argue that colonialism brought limited development—railways and schools and so on—the system was principally designed to turn Africa into a vast plantation and mining site for the profit of outsiders. Of course, some Africans gained from this period. Chiefs who sold their enemies to the European or Arab slavers, for example, and coastal people who creams a little off the colonial trade which flowed through their land. But on the whole, for almost half a millennium, the general rule was systematic exploitation. This must, surely, be the basic reason why Africa is poor. You could add that the climate .is punishing, that tropical diseases are fife, and that today’s independent African rulers are far from perfect, all true. But these factors, powerful in recent decades, seem marginal when set against to the pattern that was set for centuries. The solution, or at least, the project SOLD as the solution to, has been aid. Emergency aid, development aid, agricultural aid, economic advice. Billions of dollars worth of it. The problem with this solution is that, patently, is hasn’t worked. On the whole, Africa has got poorer. The failure hasn’t really been the idea of real aid but the misuse of that term. Clearly, if, in the famous phrases, you teach a man to fish you’re probably helping him. But most aid hasn’t been like that. Most of it has been top-down aid, money that’s given to African governments do the political bidding of the aid givers. A good proportion of it has been creamed off by the recipient government’s officials and another large chunk of it paid back to the so-called donors in consultancy fees, salaries, cars, houses and servants for aid officials, debt repayments and the purchasing of arms. And yet, to say aid hasn’t worked IN THE PAST is not the same thing as saying aid CAN’T work.正确答案： 【参考译文】
援助非洲 下个月在苏格兰举行的八国峰会上,世界上最富有国家的领导人将会讨论他们能为世界上最贫穷的国家做些什么。而在峰会召开前的一个月这种发展势头就有了征兆。非洲是优先考虑的对象,政客们会讨论减少非洲的债务负担,终止那些束缚非洲经济发展的贸易规则,同时给予更多的经济援助。马克·多伊勒在非洲从事新闻报道多年,他将探讨为什么经济援助是必须的,以及为什么以前的大部分资助没有起到作用。
沿着非洲的边界线——沿着海岸线,靠近大陆的港口——矗立着关于剥削的纪念碑。例如,离塞内加尔海岸线不远处的戈雷岛上就有一个奴隶交易所。这是很多被船只运往远方的非洲人离开故土时所看到的最后一个场景,他们很可能一辈子在美洲做奴隶,或是在途中葬身于汹涌的大海,而这种事情时常发生。
还有很多这样的地方,他们可以一直追溯到350年以前的非洲奴隶交易。当人们纳闷为什么非洲如此贫穷时,他们不再需要其他的解释。
紧跟着奴隶制度的结束又是一个世纪的殖民统治。有些人争辩道,殖民统治还是给非洲带来了小小的发展——铁路、学校等等——这个体制最主要的是将非洲变成一个巨大的种植园和矿区,来满足入侵者的经济利益。
当然,一些非洲人在这段时间也赚了一笔。例如,把敌人卖到欧洲或阿拉伯国家去做奴隶的酋长们,以及当殖民贸易者路过他们的地盘时揩点“小油”的沿岸居民。
但是整体而言,五百多年来普遍的规则便是有系统地剥削。
毫无疑问,这肯定是非洲贫穷的根本原因。你也可以加上非洲的气候恶劣,热带的疾病猖獗,现今独立的非洲的统治者素质低下。这些都是事实。但是这些近些年颇有影响力的因素,一旦同几百年的奴隶问题相比较,就显得太微不足道了。
解决方案,或至少SOLD项目中的解决方案就是“援助”。紧急援助,发展援助,农业援助,经济咨询。价值几十亿美元的援助。很明显,这个解决问题的方案在于援助并没有起到作用。
整体而言,非洲更穷了。
援助的失败并不在于真正援助这一理念而在于错误地使用了这一术语。很显然,正如那句有名的老话“授人与鱼,不如授人与渔”,这才是助人之道。
但是大多数援助并非如此。大部分援助是“自上而下”的援助,那些给予非洲政府的钱用于了援助赠予者的政治意图,而援助中的大部分都被非洲的政府官员贪污了。另外一大块儿则通过各种各样的形式返还给了捐助国,例如顾问费、援助国官员的工资、车费、房费和佣人费,以及还债和购买武器。
但是,过去给非洲的援助没有起到作用并不等于援助不能起到作用。 解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
单选题AHelping some of the world’s poorest.
BReducing the debt burden of Africa.
CGiving more aid to Africa.
DBuilding democracies and fighting corruption.
正确答案： C解析：
根据新闻开头部分可知，本次八国峰会讨论的内容包括做些什么来帮助世界上最穷的国家、如何帮助非洲减少债务负担，以及给予非洲更多的援助，由此可以排除选项A、B、C，选项D在文中并未涉及，所以本题应选D。 -
第24题：
单选题What is the real cause of the potential water crisis?AThe world population is increasing faster and faster.
BHalf of the world’s water resources have been seriously polluted.
CHumanity has not placed sufficient value on water resources.
DOnly half of the world’s water can be used.
正确答案： B解析：
细节题。文章第一段作者说如果找们现在能比过去更加重视水的话，世界未必就会陷入缺水的困境（即使人口增一倍）。下文阐述避免将来世界缺水的对策和方法，从上文叙述说明水的潜在危机不是人口增加也不是污染严重造成的。更不是用得多，才用了不到一半。根本原因是过去我们没有引起足够的重视，如能像重视石油那样重视水就不会发生水危机，因此C为答案。