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There's something rotten in Rio and the smell is coming from the huge stacks of rubbish pried up on sidewalks all over the city. Rio's street sweepers chose the carnival holiday to demand better salaries. Their wages start at roughly $400 a month.

There could hardly be a better time for them to prove their importance. The streets were left a mess after hundreds of carnival parades and now, rubbish pries up in both poor and uptown neighbourhoods and in tourist areas like Ipanema or Copacabana beach.

The president of Rio's rubbish collecting company has even appealed to the population to store rubbish at home whenever possible. He says 30% of the city's sweepers have gone on strike. Some of those who have been working have been threatened by the strike movement so now the police has been deployed alongside rubbish collectors to keep them sage as they go about their business.

The strike has divided opinions in Rio. On social media, many support the sweepers' demands for better salaries. Others say they are opportunists and the situation is a big embarrassment to the city.

But Brazil's culture of littering the streets doesn't help. A video that went viral online shows that even authorities have a problem with that. Rio's mayor, Eduardo Paes, is seen throwing what seemed to be the rest of an apple on the sidewalk--and now promised to impose himself a fine for his wrongdoing. His government recently created a programme to keep Rio's residents from littering the streets.

1.Rio's street cleaners go on strike to

A. prove their importance B. threaten the government

C. ask for higher salaries D. appeal to the public not to litter

2.The reason why the police are involved is that __

A. the police are called out to put down the riot B. the police are required to protect some cleaners

C. the police are to collect rubbish for the time being D. the police are sent to arrest people who litter around

3.The author's attitude to Brazil's culture of littering is __

A. hopeless B. approving C. critical D. optimistic

4. The purpose of writing the passage is to __

A. criticize, street sweepers of Rio for misusing their rights

B. call attention to the embarrassing situation of Rio

C. describe the effect or the strike on people

D. inform people of the present situation of Rio

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】本文主要介紹了巴西首都里約的清潔工在狂歡節(jié)以后開始了罷工，要求政府增加他們的工資，同時(shí)也介紹了政府對(duì)于這一事件的處理。

1.C

【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段第2行Rio's street sweepers chose the carnival holiday to demand better salaries.可知里約的清潔工罷工是因?yàn)樗麄円�求更高的工資。故C正確。

2.2】B

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段最后2行Some of those who have been working have been threatened by the strike movement so now the police has been deployed alongside rubbish collectors to keep them sage as they go about their business.可知一些不愿意罷工的清潔工人被別的人威脅以至于政府要排除警察來保護(hù)他們的安全。故B正確。

3.3】C

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段1,2行But Brazil's culture of littering the streets doesn't help. A video that went viral online shows that even authorities have a problem with that.可知culture of littering the streets對(duì)于時(shí)態(tài)的發(fā)展并沒有什么幫助�？芍�作者對(duì)此持批評(píng)的態(tài)度。故C正確。

4.4】D

【試題解析】主旨大意題。本文主要介紹了巴西首都里約的清潔工在狂歡節(jié)以后開始了罷工，要求政府增加他們的工資，同時(shí)也介紹了政府對(duì)于這一事件的處理。說明本文主要是告訴我們里約現(xiàn)在的具體情況的。故D正確。

【長(zhǎng)難句解析】

1.There could hardly be a better time for them to prove their importance.

【翻譯】不可能有比這更好的時(shí)間來證明他們的重要性了。

【分析】本句中考察了形容詞比較級(jí)的特殊用法，形容詞的比較級(jí)和否定詞連用表示最高級(jí)的含義，hardly…better…不可能更好，說明這是最好的。

2. Some of those who have been working have been threatened by the strike movement so now the police has been deployed alongside rubbish collectors to keep them sage as they go about their business.

【翻譯】那些一直在工作的人已經(jīng)被罷工的人威脅以至于政府已經(jīng)派出了警察在這些人工作的時(shí)候進(jìn)行保護(hù)。

【分析】本句中的have been working是一個(gè)現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時(shí)，表示動(dòng)作從過去開始，一直持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在，而且還在發(fā)生，強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作的持續(xù)性和反復(fù)性。現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)更多強(qiáng)調(diào)過去動(dòng)作對(duì)現(xiàn)在的影響，和持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在。