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 (委員會) 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. 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 artemisinin. Artemisinin is a drug 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 is the price of Brent crude oil on Tuesday?

A. $40 a barrel. B. Over $40 a barrel.

C. Less than $40 a barrel. D. Less than￥40 a barrel.

【4】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.

【5】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. The oil prices are the lowest in 2009.

B. The artemisinin has saved lots of lives.

C. There are the most people in China in the world.

D. Only a small number of Chinese couples can have two children in China in the past few years.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：該文給出了三則新聞：中國計劃結(jié)束其獨(dú)生子女家庭的政策，讓家庭有兩個孩子。2015年的諾貝爾獎已經(jīng)宣布。油價跌至2009以來的最低水平。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。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.和News One: 29 October, 2015可知一對夫婦只生一個孩子的政策持續(xù)了三十六年，所以選B。

【2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中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 The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou可知來自愛爾蘭的威廉坎貝爾，日本的聰大村和中國的屠呦呦分享諾貝爾醫(yī)學(xué)獎，所以選D。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Brent crude oil, one of several kinds of oil on the world market, dropped below $40 a barrel（桶） on Tuesday.可知在星期二，世界市場上的幾種油脂跌破了每桶40美元，所以選C。

【4】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中However, the main group of oil producing countries has been unable to reduce the oil production.可知主要的石油生產(chǎn)國已經(jīng)無法減少石油的生產(chǎn)。所以選D。

【5】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中The government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children for so many years可知這么多年來政府只允許一小部分夫婦有兩個孩子。所以選D。