18.A severe heatwave sweeping India,with temperatures of almost 44°C,the highest in 52years,has killed at least 80people this month,officials said on Sunday. The hot weather,which officials say would continue over northern,north-western and central India in the next 48hours,also may have some impact on wheat production,exporters and flour-mill associations said.
New Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 43.7°C on Saturday,indicating a hot summer in the next two months in the nation's capital and other parts of northern and eastern India. The highest temperature in the past 24hours was 47°C at Ganganagar city,in Rajasthan state. Summer temperatures have been 4°C-6°C above normal over most parts of northern and central India since March,weather officials said.
In the eastern state of Orissa,authorities have decided to shut down schools from next Tuesday,advancing the annual summer holiday. Authorities said they were investigating reports of 53deaths from various parts of the state.
"District collectors have been asked to investigate and submit reports on other deaths,"Bhimsen Gochhayat,a government official said. Other deaths were reported from northern state of Uttar Pradesh and central Madhya Pradesh states.
India is expected to produce about 82million tons of wheat in 2009-2010,but there could be a shortage of 1-1.5million tons due to the heatwave,said Veena Sharma,Secretary General of the Roller Flour Millers Federation of India."Most of the harvesting is over,but there definitely will be a slight shortage of 1-1.5million tons due to the extreme weather conditions,"she told Reuters.
India is relying on an abundant wheat crop to make up for a 14.2% drop in rice output,the major summer-sown food grain,marred by the worst monsoon (季風(fēng))in 37years last year. Weather officials say with summer temperatures in India set to remain above average,there were hopes of heavy rains at the start of the monsoon season that will help early sowing of rice,soybeans and lentils.

68. The purpose of the passage isA.
A. to tell a piece of news of a heatwave  
B. to record the highest temperature in India
C. to report the deaths in the heatwave  
D. to inform people of a drop of rice output
69. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?D
A. The highest temperature in the history of India was 44°C.
B. Schools were closed because of the hot weather throughout India.
C. India is expected to produce about 82million tons of rice in 2009-2010.
D. India has a good harvest of wheat while the rice output is decreasing.
70. The underlined word"marred"in the last paragraph probably means"B".
A. dropped    B. damaged  C. blown D. followed
71. What is the main idea of the passage?C
A. A severe heatwave would continue over India.
B. At least 80% people were killed in the disaster this month.
C. A severe heatwave swept India with a great loss.
D. A slight shortage of 1-1.5million tons of wheat is due to the heatwave.

分析 一場罕見的熱浪席卷了印度,給其造成了巨大損失.

解答 68.A 作者意圖題.本文是一篇新聞報道,第一段第一句點明了文章的中心話題,根據(jù)本句內(nèi)容可知文章的目的是報道一條關(guān)于熱浪席卷印度的新聞.
69.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的開頭部分可知印度的小麥喜獲豐收;最后一段的開頭部分提到印度正依靠小麥豐產(chǎn)來彌補大米產(chǎn)量降低14.2%的損失,由此可推知印度的大米產(chǎn)量在下降.
70.B 詞義猜測題.大米是印度最主要的夏季種植的農(nóng)作物,去年受37年來最嚴(yán)重的季風(fēng)的"毀壞",產(chǎn)量下降14.2%.故選B項.
71.C 主旨大意題.本文是一篇新聞報道,第一段是文章的中心段,根據(jù)該段內(nèi)容可知文章主要講的是一場嚴(yán)重的熱浪席卷印度后對其造成的巨大損失.

點評 閱讀理解題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋.考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點.

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