Question

【題目】News One: 29 October, 2015

The government of China plans to end its one-child per family policy (政策) and instead let families have two children. The plan was announced Thursday after high-level meetings in Beijing. China, which has the largest population, made the one-child policy in 1980. The government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children for so many years. For example, some couples in the countryside could have two children.

News Two: 05 October, 2015

The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sweden’s Nobel Prize committee says the Nobel Prize for medicine will go to scientists from Ireland, Japan and China. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the medicine avermectin (阿維菌素). The Nobel committee praised their work on what it calls a “novel therapy.” The treatment fights disease caused by parasites（寄生蟲）. The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou. She discovered Artemisia. Artemisia is a drug (藥物) that has greatly made the number of people who die from malaria (瘧疾) smaller.

News Three: 09 December, 2015

Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since 2009. Brent crude oil, one of several kinds of oil on the world market, dropped below $40 a barrel（桶） on Tuesday. However, the main group of oil producing countries has been unable to reduce the oil production.

【1】How long did China’s one-child policy last?

A. 38 years. B. 36 years. C. 25 years. D. 65 years.

【2】Who got the Nobel Prize for medicine?

A. Tu Youyou from China.

B. William Campbell from Ireland.

C. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan.

D. William Campbell from Ireland, Satoshi Omura from Japan and Tu Youyou from China.

【3】What can we know from News Three?

A. There is only one kind oil on the world market.

B. Main oil producing countries will produce less oil.

C. Oil prices on Tuesday are the lowest in history.

D. Main oil producing countries will still produce as much oil as before.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：短文主要講了三則新聞報(bào)道，包括中國(guó)生育政策的變化；2015年的諾貝爾醫(yī)學(xué)獎(jiǎng)的獲得者，其中包括中國(guó)的屠呦呦；油價(jià)降至歷史最低。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解 根據(jù)文中China, which has the largest population, made the one-child policy in 1980. The government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children for so many years. For example, some couples in the countryside could have two children. News Two: 05 October, 2015可知答案，一個(gè)孩子的政策持續(xù)了36年。故選B。

【2】D猜測(cè)詞義 根據(jù)文中William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the medicine avermectin (阿維菌素).和The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou.可知答案。故選D。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解 根據(jù)文中Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since 2009. Brent crude oil, one of several kinds of oil on the world market, dropped below $40 a barrel（桶） on Tuesday.可知答案，故選C。