Poverty today is a major global issue．Although there are all kinds of definition
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Poverty today is a major global issue．Although there are all kinds of definitions used to explain it, in simple words, it means the inability of a person to even get his basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, safe drinking water, health and education．Poverty can be found in each and every comer of the world, although the causes may differ from country to country．Given below are the main causes of poverty in the world today．
Overpopulation is one of the main causes behind the threatening of poverty on an individual level as well as a social level．This is simple math: If there are more mouths to feed and less income, definitely much will remain poor．
Another theory which is used as an explanation for poverty is lack of education．If you look at any of the underdeveloped countries, you will find that the level of education there is very low．Lack of education means lack of employment opportunities, thus leading to unemployment coupled with poverty in the future．
Moving away from one"s own homeland to another city or country in search of employment leads to poverty too．It may take these people a lot of time to find jobs．Meanwhile they live in bad conditions．The cost of living in the city or country is most of the time too high for them．
There may be other causes of poverty like the change in business．For example, in America, a couple of decades ago, heavy industry flourished, which employed a lot of African-American people．But now, the focus is more on information technology and health care, both of which employ only skilled and trained people．This has led to unemployment among African-Americans．
Poverty has many ill effects on society．That"s why steps should be taken to get rid of it!
小题1:What"s the meaning of the underlined word "flourished" in Paragraph 5?
（No more than 5 words）
小题2:Why is overpopulation a cause of poverty today? （No more thanl2 words）
小题3:What"s the situation of education m underdeveloped countries? （No more than 8 words）
小题4:What does the passage mainly talk about?（No more than 10 words）
小题5:In your opinion, what"s the most significant cause of poverty today? Please give your reason．（No more than 25 words） |
答案
小题1:developed (quickly)(形式及时态错不给分)
小题2:Because there"re more mouths to feed and less income.
小题3:The level of education is very low.
小题4:Main causes of poverty in the world today.
小题5:Lack of education. People without good education can"t adapt to society, so they’re much likely to suffer from poverty.(答案可不同） |
解析
试题分析：本文主要谈论的是世界上贫困的主要原因。
小题1:从文章which employed a lot of African-American people．both of which employ only skilled and trained people．可知以前重工业发达的时候，雇佣了很多的非洲裔的美国人，而现在不一样了很多人失业了，故应该是发达的，故填developed
小题2:从This is simple math: If there are more mouths to feed and less income, definitely much will remain poor．可知此处的原因是因为有更多的人需要吃饭，又没有多少收入的来源。故填Because there are more mouths to feed and less income.
小题3:从文章If you look at any of the underdeveloped countries, you will find that the level of education there is very low．可知在不发达地区，人们的教育水平非常低。
小题4:从文章Poverty can be found in each and every comer of the world, although the causes may differ from country to country．Given below are the main causes of poverty in the world today．可知本文主要谈论的是世界上贫困的主要原因。
小题5:可以从缺乏教育或是缺乏基本的技能和致富的想法上去说明，答案可不同。
点评：此类文体对贫困引起的原因进行了说明阐述，对各个主要的原因进行了详细的说明。本文不难，对于此类的说明文的阅读，学生需要先采用将第一自然段及下面每段的第一句话进行阅读，进而看第一题，第一题如果是主旨类的题型可先不做，做第二题。如此带着问题在文章中找答案，既节约时间又正确率高。 |
举一反三
Poverty today is a major global issue. Although there are all kinds of definitions used to explain it, in simple words, it means the inability of a person to even get his basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, safe drinking water, health and education. Poverty can be found in each and every corner of the world, although the causes may differ from country to country. Given below are the main causes of poverty in the world today.
Overpopulation is one of the main causes behind the threatening of poverty on an individual level as well as a social level. This is simple math. If there are more mouths to feed and less income, definitely much will remain poor.
Another theory which is used as an explanation for poverty is lack of education. If you look at any of the underdeveloped countries, you will find that the level of education there is very low. Lack of education means lack of employment opportunities, thus leading to unemployment coupled with poverty in the future.
Moving away from one’s own homeland to another city or country in search of employment leads to poverty too. It may take these people a lot of time to find jobs. Meanwhile they live in bad conditions. The cost of living in the city or country is most of the time too high for them.
There may be other causes of poverty like the change in business. For example, in America, a couple of decades ago, heavy industry flourished, which employed a lot of African-American people. But now, the focus is more on information technology and health care, both of which employ only skilled and trained people. This has led to unemployment among African-Americans.
Poverty has many ill effects on society. That’s why steps should be taken to get rid of it!
小题1:What’s the meaning of the underlined word “flourished” in Paragraph 5?
(No more than 5 words)
小题2:Why is overpopulation a cause of poverty today? (No more than12 words)
小题3:What’s the situation of education in underdeveloped countries? (No more than 8 words)
小题4:What does the passage mainly talk about? (No more than 10 words)
小题5:In your opinion, what’s the most significant cause of poverty today? Please give your reason. (No more than 25 words) |
I visited the nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing I noticed was that most of the work is now done by robots. Welding (焊接), painting, testing, and many other jobs are performed by robots now.
The whole dashboard (仪表板) of the car is now put into the car from above, through the windshield, by a robot. It would have taken two men to do this in the past, and it would have hurt their backs quite a bit. It got me thinking: is it a good thing that robots are replacing factory workers? On one hand, robots generally do a more accurate job than people. They aren’t likely to make many mistakes, and if something goes wrong with one car, an alarm goes off. They do exactly the same thing, every time, without fail. A human worker is never able to do exactly the same thing every time. On the other hand, robots also reduce costs for companies. Companies don’t have to pay robots wages or injury compensation (补偿) if they’re broken. If something in a robot does go wrong, it won’t have to take time off work for a year, or even forever, as could happen to a real person if he breaks his back or burn himself while welding.
The obvious downside to all of this is that it increases the unemployment rate. The company will have to bring in some very talented individuals who know how to operate the robots. Unlike regular factory workers, these intelligence workers usually demand a higher pay.
小题1:We can learn from the first paragraph that _______.
A．all the workers are replaced by robots now
| B．robots do much of the work instead of workers now
| C．there were no workers in the car factory
| D．the author’s uncle made robots in the factory |
小题2:According to the text robots _______.
A．can do work as accurately as workers
| B．never break down
| C．can do exactly the same thing repeatedly
| D．ask for less money from companies |
小题3:The underlined word "downside" in the last paragraph probably means "_______".
| A．weakness | B．favor | C．assistance | D．strength |
小题4:It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.
A．companies refuse to pay for intelligence workers
| B．robots have helped all of the workers
| C．robots can help solve the problem of unemployment
| D．using robots in factories widely will have a long way to go |
小题5:What is the author’s attitude towards using robots in factories?
A．He is doubtful about it. | B．He thinks it necessary.
| C．He is strongly against it. | D． The text doesn’t mention it. |
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The education of thousands of children with reading and sight trouble is being held back because of a lack of awareness of their legal rights, say campaigners.
They are calling for greater efforts to increase awareness of the rights of such children to have text books in design other than standard (标准) print. The campaign is being supported by five times Olympic gold medalist, Sir Steve Redgrave, who has reading trouble.
Pupils have the right to receive text in another way, and parents can take action under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) if they feel their children are being treated in a different way through a lack of support. But new research suggests 89 per cent of print disabled pupils and their parents are unaware of software which changes standard print into other substitutes like combined text and audio files (音频) which can be read or listened to.
Sir Steve has teamed up with software company Dolphin Computer Access to raise awareness of software turning tools. He said: "I recognize that schools have competing priorities (优先权) for their resources (资源), but I would like to see a much greater effort on the part of the government and schools to raise awareness among parents that these additional solutions exist and that their children have a right to use them."
Mike Foster, Dolphin"s local MP in Worcester, is backing the campaign. "There is clearly an issue to solve concerning software for special needs. I"ll be asking ministers what steps can be taken to improve the situation", he said.
小题1:What is the best title of this text?| A．Awareness of legal rights among parents | B．Campaign started for disabled children | | C．Problems of disabled children | D．Steve — Olympic gold medalist |
小题2:Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “backing” in Paragraph 5?| A．holding back | B．objecting to | C．supporting | D．controlling |
小题3:Most print disabled pupils and their parents ________.| A．don’t know anything about such software | | B．must cooperate with the software company | | C．prefer combined text and audio files more | | D．must take action to receive text in another way |
小题4:Sir Steve Redgrave suggests that ________.| A．government and schools raise awareness of disabled children’s legal rights | | B．parents take greater efforts to ask the government and schools for help | | C．parents should take action to raise awareness of software turning tools | | D．software company work with him to make the products |
小题5:What Mike Foster said in Paragraph 5 means ________.| A．the ministers should be responsible for improving the situation | | B．the software for special needs has got well along | | C．the problem about software for special needs is to be dealt with | | D．how to use the software is a big problem |
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A recent study, which was published in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how dangerous it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers has three times the possibility of a serious accident, compared with a teenager driving alone.
The authors also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased greatly after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.
Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic issue is that adults who are responsible for giving out licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled driving is.” he says.
Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使缓解) the problem is to have states set up so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a process with several stages. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself able to drive in the presence(在场)of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions (限制) before graduating to full driving rights.
Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies.
小题1:Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?| A．Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m. | | B．Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night. | | C．A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car. | | D．A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight. |
小题2:According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to _______.| A．their frequent driving at night | B．their lack of driving experience | | C．their wrong way of driving | D．their driving with passengers |
小题3:According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive. | | B．Driving is a skill too complex for teenagers to learn. | | C．Restrictions should be forced on teenagers demanding to take driving licenses. | | D．The licensing department is partly responsible for teenagers’ driving accidents. |
小题4:A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers’ driving accidents is that ______.| A．driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule | | B．they should be forbidden to take on passengers | | C．they should not be allowed to drive after 10 pm | | D．the licensing system should be improved |
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Celebrity endorsements
Despite the fact that companies believe celebrities had a lot of pull with regard to the buying trends of consumers, researchers have discovered that this does not seem to be the case. British and Swiss researchers carried out a study showing that advertisements made by celebrities like David Beckham and Scarlett Johansson are not as effective as those by ordinary people.
In a sample of 298 students, researchers presented a magazine advertisement for a digital camera that was endorsed (为…做广告宣传) by a fictional student claiming the camera was “hot” and his “preferred choice”. The same advertisement was shown to other students, but with a difference: The camera was endorsed by a famous person in Germany.
While the students said that both advertisements were beneficial, the one made by the student topped the celebrity one if students aimed to impress others with their purchases (购买). More than half of the students, who admitted purchasing products that would impress others, said they were influenced by the student’s advertisement. Only 20％ said the celebrity one would affect their buying decision.
Professor Brett Martin of the University of Bath’s School of Management, explained that the findings could be used not only in Germany, but in other countries as well. “ Our research questions whether celebrities are the best ways to sell products,” said Prof Martin.“Celebrities can be effective but we found that many people were more convinced by an endorsement from a fictional fellow student. This is because many people feel a need to keep up with the Jones when they buy.”
小题1:Some companies think the celebrities endorsement ．| A．is popular with the consumers | | B．can pull all the consumers into the shops | | C．can affect the consumers’ purchasing | | D．is as effective as an endorsement from common people |
小题2:Which of the following ads would be more effective to common consumers, according to
the experiment?
An ad featuring lovely pandas.
An ad made by David Beckham.
An ad made by fictional common people.
An ad with beautiful natural scenery.
小题3:The underlined words “the Jones” in the last paragragh refer to“ ”．| A．someone called Jones | B．common people | | C．the Jones family | D．celebrities |
小题4:We can infer from the passage that ．| A．celebrities cheat consumers in advertisement | | B．the researchers here are against celebrity endorsement | | C．the student’s ads are more reliable than those made by celebrities | | D．companies needn’t spend so much money on celebrity endorsement |
小题5:We can probably read the article in ．| A．a local newspaper | B．a science report | | C．an academic journal | D．a textbook |
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