Question

In Singapore，most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at East Coast Park or Changi Beach on sunny days．Singaporeans are never bothered by the occasional thunderstorm．However，we know that if it rains for long continuous periods，there will be more serious effects．Just recently the main shopping street of Orchard Road was flooded and some part of Bukit Timah was impassable(不能通行的)to traffic．People reacted by writing in to the newspaper to complain about this! We forget that other countries suffer much worse effects.

Elsewhere，heavy tropical(熱帶的)storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in Thailand and Malaysia．This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import these products from them．If there is a typhoon or tsunami，thousands of lives are lost too．This happened in Indonesia and Phuket in Thailand in 2004 and It serves to remind us of how Mother Nature can cause great damage．

Weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years．Scientists believe that global warming and the resulting melting of the polar ice-cap has caused the level of the ocean to rise．This in turn causes flooding of low-lying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below water level．It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger，so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities，for example，illegal logging(伐木)or irresponsible forest-burning to clear land for farming．

1.．From Paragraph 1，we can see that most Singaporeans love ______________．

A．making complaints B．going out for picnics

C．doing window-shopping D．traveling along the coast

2.．What will happen in Singapore if there are floods in its neighboring countries?

A．Heavy tropical storms will follow shortly．

B．The price of rice and vegetables will go up．

C．Many people will write in to the newspaper．

D．More rice and vegetables will be imported．

3.．The underlined word“it”in Paragraph 2 refers to ___________．

A．the arrival of heavy tropical storms

B．the import of rice and vegetables

C．the rising price of rice and vegetables

D．the loss of lives in natural disasters

4.．What’s the right order of the following events?

a．global warming

b．the rise in ocean level

c．harmful human activities

d．the flooding of low-lying areas

e．the melting of the polar ice-cap

A．c→a→e→b→d B．a(chǎn)→c→e→b→d

C．c→a→b→e→d D．d→a→c→b→e

5.．What should we do in order not to make Mother Nature angry?

A．Clear more land for farming．

B．Reduce harmful human activities．

C．Bring down the price of food．

D．Improve the quality of weather．

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章通過新加坡人民喜歡在海邊野餐，道路受洪水淹沒引出了大自然母親因?yàn)槿祟惖牟回?fù)責(zé)任的活動(dòng)頻繁發(fā)生災(zāi)難，人們必須團(tuán)結(jié)起來減少對大自然有害的活動(dòng)。

1.推斷題：根據(jù)In Singapore，most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic。可知大多數(shù)新加坡人喜歡逛商店， 故選C。

2.This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import these products from them．可知鄰國發(fā)生洪水，靠進(jìn)口的新加坡蔬菜糧食價(jià)格會上漲，故選B。

3.If there is a typhoon or tsunami，thousands of lives are lost too．得知如果發(fā)生臺風(fēng)或海嘯，會有成千上萬的人失去生命，這會是我們?nèi)祟愵I(lǐng)教到大自然的威力，故選D。

4.排序題：根據(jù)最后一段可知先是人類的有害活動(dòng)造成全球變暖，極地冰冠消退，故選A。

5.5】細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger，so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities，可知為了不讓大自然母親發(fā)怒，人類必須減少有害活動(dòng)，故選B。

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