South Asia heatwave kills nearly 100.
DHAKA - A heat wave sweeping India, Bangladesh(孟加拉國) and Nepal has killed nearly 100 people over the past two weeks, officials said on June 3, 2005.
A third of the people died in northern Bangladesh, mostly women and children from dehydration(脫水), heat stroke and diarrhoea(腹瀉).
"We are getting reports of several deaths due to heat wave and related diseases almost every day," an official said, as temperatures touched 43degC .
The weather office in Dhaka said the hot weather will persist for another week until the monsoon(季風(fēng)) rains which are normally due by the middle of June.
Severe heat conditions in the southern Indian have killed at least 55 people, officials in the two states said.
While temperatures have fallen from a high of 45degC in Andhra Pradesh to around 40degC, giving a respite to people, they are still on the rise in Orissa with Talcher town registering 48.5deg C, a weather official said.
At least five people have died in Nepal from extreme heat, the government said.
小題1:We can infer that the heatwave can cause ______.
A．heat stokeB．dehydrationC．diarrhoeaD．a(chǎn)ll above
小題2:When the monsoon rains come, the temperature will _______.
A．remain the same
B．go on to rise sharply
C．begin to drop obviously
D．rise a little
小題3:Which place is the hottest in the early June, 2005?
A．DhakaB．TalcherC．Andhra PradeshD．Nepal

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B

試題分析：文章介紹了南亞的熱浪給人們帶來的傷害，癥狀有脫水，休克，和腹瀉，已經(jīng)造成了100人死亡。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章的第一段：women and children from dehydration(脫水), heat stroke and diarrhoea(腹瀉).說明ABC都對，選D。
小題2:推理題：從文章第二段的The weather office in Dhaka said the hot weather will persist for another week until the monsoon(季風(fēng)) rains which are normally due by the middle of June. 說明炎熱天氣會持續(xù)到季候風(fēng)來的時候，也就是說季候風(fēng)來了溫度會下降。選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)對比題：從倒數(shù)第二段的they are still on the rise in Orissa with Talcher town registering 48.5deg C,以及對比不同地方的溫度，看出是 B。
點(diǎn)評：本文結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，語言直白，符合新聞類短文的特點(diǎn)，以細(xì)節(jié)題推理題的考查為主，解此類題需要結(jié)合上下文提供的語境和信息進(jìn)行簡單的概括和判斷。?
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