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Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventure(冒险)---those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate excitement from a risky(冒险的) activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds. I would consider bungee(蹦极) jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place(perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 meters above the ground with an elastic(有弹性的) rope tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that about 2 million people around world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high cliff(悬崖).
For the reasons, some psychologists explain that many people think their life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were constantly(持续的) in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food, diseases could not easily be cured, and life was a continuous battle (战争)for survival.
Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work in comparatively safe conditions; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping.
小题1:Are there many people who are taking part in the dangerous sports?
小题2:How many kinds of dangerous sports does the writer refer to?
小题3:How long does a bungee jumping usually last?
小题4:What do many people think of their life nowadays?
小题5:What does the writer tell us in the last two paragraphs?

答案

小题1:Yes, there are.
小题2:Three. /Three kinds of sports.
小题3:For a few minutes or even seconds.
小题4:Their life is too safe and boring./ It’s hard for them to be excited in their life.
小题5:The writer tells us why people take part in such dangerous activities.
/ The writer gives us reasons for taking part in such dangerous activities.

解析

小题1:根据Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities.可知答：Yes, there are.
小题2:根据those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans.可知作者描述了三种危险的运动。故答：Three. /Three kinds of sports.
小题3:根据a risky(冒险的) activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds. I would consider bungee(蹦极) jumping to be a good example of such an activity.可知答：For a few minutes or even seconds.
小题4:根据that many people think their life in modern societies has become safe and boring. 和Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement可知答：Their life is too safe and boring./ It’s hard for them to be excited in their life.
小题5:根据根据that many people think their life in modern societies has become safe and boring. 和Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement及这两段的描述，可知这两段主要是描述了人们为什么参加这类冒险活动的原因。故答：The writer tells us why people take part in such dangerous activities. / The writer gives us reasons for taking part in such dangerous activities.

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Health experts predict that soon, more people will die from cancer than from AIDS, tuberculosis (结核病)and malaria combined（疟疾）. They expect that by 2013, cancer will become the world’s leading cause of death.
Experts say one reason that more people are dying from cancer is because they are smoking cigarettes in developing countries. 40 percent of the world’s smokers are believed to live in China and India alone. Other things including high fat diets and fewer physical activities are also believed to be pushing the numbers more.
Rates (比率) of breast cancer (乳腺癌) in Japan, Singapore and South Korea are now 3 times what they were 40 years ago.
The W.H.O. report says that 12 million people will be found to have some kinds of cancer this year. It predicts that more than 7 million people will die early as a result of cancer. And more than 5 million of the new cancer cases will be in developing countries.
The number of cancer cases and deaths from cancer are expected to increase one percent each year. Experts are predicting the largest increases will be in China, Russia, and India.
Without new treatments, the W.H.O. says, the number of new cancer patients could reach 27 million a year by 2030. The number of deaths could reach 17 million a year.
A report in December said the number of men and women dying of cancer in the United States had dropped for the first time .The report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute said the drop was mainly the result of fewer cases of lung（肺）, prostate（前列腺） and colorectal(结肠) cancer in men. In women, it resulted from fewer cases of breast and colorectal cancer.
The American Cancer Society says governments can do things to help stop the increase in cancer cases and deaths. One idea is to provide poor and developing nations with vaccines(疫苗) that help to stop some cancer-causing infections (感染). One example of a cancer-causing infection is human papillomavirus (乳头瘤病毒). This virus(病毒) can cause cervical cancer in women.
Another suggestion is more support for cigarette-control programs. And the cancer society says health officials and governments should pay more in cancer research and early detection(检测).
小题1:根据短文内容完成句子填空(每空限填一个单词)。
From the first paragraph of the passage, we know __________ will be the ________ killer soon.
小题2:根据短文内容完成句子填空(每空限填一个单词)。
According to the passage, in developing countries more people are dying from cancer because of ___________ ____________
小题3:根据短文内容回答问题。
According to the passage, in which countries will cancer increase fastest ?
____________________________________________________________________.
小题4:把短文中划线句子译成汉语。
_____________________________________________________________________
小题5:根据短文内容用一个完整的英文句子回答问题。（10个词左右）
What can governments do to stop the increase of cancer ? （one thing is OK）
_____________________________________________________________________

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根据短文内容，回答下列问题，每空一词。
The ladies club always had a meeting every Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about some important things. After that, they had tea and asked questions.
One Friday, a man came and talked in the club about the food problem. “There is not enough food in the world for everybody,” he said, “more than half of the people in the world are hungry, and when these people get more food, they have more babies, as a result they never stop being hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute, day and night. What are we going to do about it?” He waited for a few seconds. Then one of the ladies said, “Why don’t we find that woman and stop her?”
小题1:What did people often do in the ladies club?
They often _____ a meeting, talked, had tea and _____ questions.
小题2:What did the man come to talk about one Friday?
He came to talk about the _____ _____.
小题3:What did the man think about the food problem?
Some people never stop _____ _____.
小题4:What is the woman’s answer to the man’s question?
She said they should find that woman and _____ her _____ having babies.
小题5:Do you think the woman’s answer is helpful?
_____, it _____.

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根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题。
China has the world’s largest population and there are also a lot of poor people. So the government uses a different way from the UN to tell how many of her people live in poverty(贫困). Chinese living on less than 637 yuan a year are in terrible poverty. Those who live on less than 882 yuan are in the low income (低收入) group.
In 1978, 250 million Chinese lived in extreme(极端) poverty. Today, 29 million, or 3 percent of the population, are still very poor. Most are farmers from Central (中部的) and Western China.
Since 1980, the government has spent more than 102 billion yuan building roads and giving clean water to poor people.
To make life better for them, the government also plans to put 12 billion yuan into helping the poor this year.
The government also plans to help farmers find jobs in cities by teaching them new skills (技能).
They hope that one day no one will have to worry about where to work or where the next meal will come from.
小题1:Which country has the largest population in the world?
小题2:How many Chinese lived in extreme poverty in 1978?
小题3:How much has the government spent in building roads and giving clean water to poor people?
小题4:How does the government plan to help farmers find jobs in cities?
小题5:What’s the main idea of this passage?

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