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"Sure, he can turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international society in the next week."
Mr. Kerry made it clear that he was speaking theoretically, and did not expect anything like that to happen.
But Russia seized on the idea and persuaded Syria to do the same. That brought plans for American congressional (议会) votes on military action to a halt. President Obama has said he would accept a diplomatic settlement if it can be carried out. But that would likely take weeks, at least.
Mr. Obama has said the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must be punished for breaking the nearly century old ban on the use of chemical weapons. He called for American action to prevent future use of chemical weapons in Syria. He suggested limited airstrikes on government targets. The airstrikes could happen quickly if Congress approves.
Joanna Kidd is a security expert with London"s King"s College. She says any move to place Syria"s chemical weapons under international control would take a long time, if it could be done at all.
小题1:What does the author think of John Kerry’s statement at a press conference in London last Monday?
A.Theoretical | B.Practical | C.Unintended | D.Planned |
A.stop | B.action | C.attention | D.debate |
A.Russia thinks there was a chemical weapons attack in Syria. |
B.Russia is against the American military strike on Syria. |
C.Obama believes that a diplomatic settlement is on the way. |
D.American Congress will approve Obama’s limited airstrikes. |
A.Bashar al-Assad’s administration should be punished for breaking the ban |
B.Obama’s government has to prevent future use of chemical weapons in Syria |
C.Syria"s president can do nothing to avoid an American military strike |
D.placing Syria"s chemical weapons under international control is hard to achieve |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
解析
试题分析:文章主要介绍了叙利亚现在的紧张形势。由于美国国务卿在出席一次论坛交流时提到的有关叙利亚核武器的对策,国际社会对此事高度关注。
小题1:C 推断题。根据文章第三段作者的评论Mr. Kerry made it clear that he was speaking theoretically, and did not expect anything like that to happen.可知 作者认为Kerry说的这番话并非刻意或是准备好的,所以选C
小题2:A 词义推断题。根据上下文可知这句话的意思是那(俄罗斯的行动)使得美国议会对于军事行动的投票暂时中止了,所以选A
小题3:B 细节题。根据文章第四段But Russia seized on the idea and persuaded Syria to do the same. That brought plans for American congressional (议会) votes on military action to a halt.可知俄罗斯的处理方式阻碍了美国处理这件事的原有计划,所以选B
小题4:D 推断题。根据最后一句话She says any move to place Syria"s chemical weapons under international control would take a long time, if it could be done at all.可知他们都认为将叙利亚的核武器交予国际社会处理是很难达成的
核心考点
试题【What seemed like an unplanned comment about Syria"s chemical weapons (武器) had a 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Sina.com is one of the major internet portals(门户网站) in China with hundreds and thousands of users, and a majority of celebrities and renowned citizens have their microblog accounts on this portal. As recently as six months ago, the website decided to establish a specialized team to verify rumors and provide accurate information for its users. Tan Chao is in charge of the team.
“Before I took the job, I usually couldn’t identify what information was real and what was fake. But during the rumor verification process, we discovered that a lot of information was false, including fake photos, fake news stories and rumors that had been spread through microblogs.”
It‘s not just website portals which are taking on fact-checking responsibilities, but also a number of civic-minded netizens, who recently set up a Rumor Verification Federation on Sina.com’s microblog system to help netizens identify fake information online.
Dianzizheng is the team leader of the federation. He says they’ve publicized more than 150 pieces which refute rumors, which attracted more than 10 thousand visitors within two months.
“We live in an age of new media, so we can’t use the old methods to verify rumors. We can’t wait for the media to verify the facts with related administrative departments and then release a formal announcement. We can’t allow rumors to run rampant and then deal with it, we need to fight rumors while they’re spreading. I think that this is the best way to deal with rumors nowadays.”
Some experts say this demonstrates the advantages of the internet compared to other traditional media. The open platform allows information to be examined and clarified by netizens. But experts like Ding Wenguo, President of the Journalism and Communication College at the China University of Political Science and Law says this self-correction function of the internet is still quite limited.
“It’s still quite difficult to tell which information is true in such an open environment by just reading a number of different opinions on the same issue. This is something which we need to pay attention to. If society is deluged with too much false information, and it’s allowed to spread in such a fast manner, then people will be suspicious of all kinds of information including important information from authorities. It also exacerbates(恶化) problems relating to social communications and mutual-understanding, which in turn harms society as a whole.”
Experts suggest that the government should react more quickly in the internet age. Once a rumor begins to spread, administrative departments should make announcements as early as possible to dispel rumors before they lead to bad outcomes.
小题1:Sina.com decided to found a specialized team to ____.
A.limit the number of microblogs |
B.advance the development of microblogs |
C.prevent the spread of rumors on the Internet |
D.urge the government to react quickly to the rumors |
A.All the rumors have been spread through microblogs. |
B.Sina.com is the most popular Internet portal in China. |
C.The photos displayed on microblogs might be fake. |
D.Traditional media tend to get rumors examined and clarified. |
A.dug out | B.made up | C.got round | D.given away |
A.Examining and checking while they are spreading. |
B.Substituting the Internet for traditionally media. |
C.Shutting down the website immediately. |
D.Making announcements after they are spread. |
A.draw a conclusion | B.support an argument |
C.introduce a topic | D.describe a scene |
American congress first passed the law in 2002. Stores have had to label seafood by country of origin since 2005. But industry pressure delayed other requirements until last week.
Products that must now be labeled include fresh fruits and vegetables, muscle meats and some kinds of nuts. But the rules are complex, and many foods are not included. For example, organ meats are free to be labeled. So are processed foods, including cooked or smoked foods.
The same food may sometimes have to be labeled and other times not. Fresh or frozen peas, for example, have to be labeled but not canned peas. Foods that are mixed with other foods are also excluded. Mixed nuts, for example, do not need to be labeled. The same is true of a salad mix that contains different things like lettuce and carrots. Or a fruit cup that combines different fruits. Also, the law doesn’t include restaurants and other food service organizations. Department of Agriculture officials say the law is really meant for larger grocery stores.
The United States has imported more and more food in recent years to save money and expand choices. Country-of-origin labeling has become more common lately but has still been limited in many stores.
Food safety is one reason why some shoppers pay close attention to where foods came from. For example, when a large number of people recently got sick from salmonella(沙门菌病), officials blamed peppers from Mexico. Yet the last big food scare involved spinach grown in California. But labeling is also a way for people to know they are getting what they want. Some want to buy local foods or foods from a particular country.
The country-of-origin labeling law gives stores 30 days to correct any violations(违反) that are found. Stores and suppliers that are found to be deliberately violating the law could be fined 1,000 dollars per violation. Federal inspectors are not to take action to enforce the law for six months to give time for an education campaign.
Some food safety activists say they are generally pleased with the law. They call it a good step that will give people more useful information.
小题1:Why has more and more food been imported to the United States in recent years?
A.It is economical and provides people with more choices. |
B.Foreign food is of higher quality than native food. |
C.Americans need more and more food recently. |
D.The United States is short of food supply. |
A.they are curious about the origin of the food. |
B.most of them are particular about the tastes |
C.they are concerned about food safety |
D.most of them are food safety activists |
A.right now | B.in a month | C.in three months | D.in half a year |
A.Store owners are most likely to be the supporters of the law. |
B.The government of America will possibly forbid importing peppers from Mexico. |
C.Federal inspectors couldn’t take measures to enforce the law. |
D.Most Americans prefer imported vegetables to the vegetables grown in local places. |
A campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.
The newly formed Wild Network – a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations – is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screen and into fields, woods and parks.
Organizers say it is the UK"s biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well–being.
A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will herald the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasingly fragile link between children and nature.
Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS sustainable development unit.
Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said: "The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down, roaming ranges have fallen drastically, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost."
Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers(板栗), camping or snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.
From January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.
This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were entreated to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don"t You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to "switch off your TV set, and go do something less boring instead".
小题1:What is the main purpose of the campaign in UK?
A.To save 30 minutes for watching TV programme each day. |
B.To encourage children to play outdoors. |
C.To see the documentary film, Project Wild Thing. |
D.To teach students how to learn more efficiently in schools. |
A.improving health conditions |
B.keeping touch with nature |
C.learning more about wildlife |
D.teaching children how to make full use of their spare time |
A.to make children covered with mud |
B.to urge politicians to do more things for children |
C.to encourage children to take part in outdoors activities |
D.to help children identify common species |
A.A new campaign. | B.Less screen, more play outdoors. |
C.A newly formed Wild Network. | D.Children get to know wild things. |
More than 300 people gathered to enjoy a bowl of porridge made from genetically modified food on Saturday, an attempt to quell public fears about the safety of the product.
The first China Golden Rice Tasting Event was held at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, Hubei province, sparking another round in the nationwide debate about the safety of GM crops, often called "Frankenfood" by opponents.
Similar events have been held in more than 28 cities since May, the university said.
Both the pro and anti camps have posted conflicting comments on the Internet, with each providing evidence to back up their beliefs, but the exchanges are becoming increasingly bitter.
Jiang Tao, a senior engineer at the Center for Agricultural Resources Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is in favor of GM foods, was annoyed about what he called "amateurs" spreading rumors.
"Just look at the people who are opposed to GM foods; can you find anyone from a related field in the scientific community?" he asked. Jiang also accused the anti-GM lobby of repeatedly using outdated or inaccurate data to support an "incorrect" stance.
Chen Yunfa, an independent researcher into the Yangtze River Delta economy, recently wrote a commentary on the Internet news portal Eastday in which he criticized the actions of the 61 scientists, saying they had gone "beyond their proper duty". He suggested that large multinational corporations might be behind the letter and similar incidents, prompted by a desire to freeze China"s patent hybrid rice technology out of the market.
To support his contentions, Chen said that GM rice, first produced by scientists in the US, still hasn"t gained official approval from the US government. However, the US authorities have actually granted licenses to six varieties of GM rice. The commercial planting of two varieties - anti-herbicide (BAR) transgenic rice LL RICE 06 and LL RICE 62 - produced by the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis, was approved in 1999 and a license for cultivation for edible use was granted in 2000.
The public outcry for GM labeling and boycotting has hindered the advancement of the technology. Concern about GM foods has been fueled by studies like the one published by French professor Gilles-Eric Séralini in September 2012. Séralini claimed that his research involving rats proved that the GM corn fed to them caused tumor growth. Furthermore, there is growing concern that the pesticides(***虫剂) used on GMOs(转基因作物)are contributing to the decline of the world’s honey bee population, leading to honey bee deaths by infecting the brains of the insects with toxins. Therefore, some experts recommend the labeling of non-GM foods so that consumers can make that decision without a regulatory burden being placed on GMOs.
However, we should be cautious about anything that may risk humans’ life. Only time will tell.
小题1:Why did more than 300 people enjoy porridge made from genetically modified food?
A.To show evidence that GM products are dangerous. |
B.To support that the first China Golden Rice Tasting is safe. |
C.To rid public of fears and worries about the safety of GM foods. |
D.To draw public’s attention to nationwide planting of GM products. |
A.Those who are for GM products and those who are against keep arguing fiercely by holding conferences. |
B.People are failing to show evidence to support their pros and cons, although they hold a firm belief of their own. |
C.Some people think those against GM foods have a good knowledge of GM technology and are spreading rumors. |
D.GM food may be just a way for some multinational corporations to drive China’s patent hybrid rice out of the market. |
A.The public advocated that GM products should be labeled clearly. |
B.Séralini claimed that his research proved the GM corn caused rats to grow faster. |
C.Many honey bees have died because they were fed with GM corn. |
D.There should be some restrictions on GM products’ selling. |
A.Supportive. | B.Suspicious. | C.Indifferent. | D.Critical. |
"The youth unemployment crisis can be beaten but only if job creation for young people becomes a key priority in policymaking and private sector investment picks up significantly," said Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, executive director of the ILO"s employment sector.
Since 2007, the number of young people without jobs has risen by four million - up from less than 12%, the Global Employment Trends for Youth Report says. Almost 13% of people aged between 15 and 24 - or almost 75 million - have no work, although this is slightly down on its peak in 2009.
In the European Union, one in five young people are looking for work, the report claims. Some 27.9% of youths were unemployed in North Africa last year —a rise of five percentage points on 2010. In the Middle East, the figure stood at 26.5% in the report"s regional breakdown. Even in East Asia, perhaps the most economically active region, the unemployment rate was 2.8 times higher for young people than for adults, the report said.
But, the ILO report reveals, the true picture of youth unemployment is even more pessimistic. Many young people are extending their time in higher education because they cannot find jobs. Others are taking part-time unskilled work because they cannot find work in the fields they trained for.
The ILO says that more than six million young people worldwide have given up looking for work and are becomingly increasingly detached from society. By not using their skills they are losing them, the report says, and if there is no improvement in the jobs market soon, they may be not only unemployed, but unemployable.
The ILO suggests offering tax breaks to businesses hiring young people and offering more programmes to help kick-start careers.
小题1:Which of the following is true according to Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs?
A.Since 2007, the number of young people out of job has risen to 4 million. |
B.Nearly 13% of the young people have no work. |
C.Job creation should be made a key priority in policymaking. |
D.The youth unemployment rate can never go down. |
A.The employment situation is serious only in the European Union |
B.The global youth employment situation is depressing |
C.East Asia enjoys a high youth employment rate |
D.Compared with the situation in 2009, the youth employment in 2007 is slightly better |
A.The government calls on young people to take up whatever job is available |
B.Many young people are making their time in higher education longer |
C.Some young people are taking part-time unskilled work |
D.Many young people have given up looking for work |
a. making job creations a priority b. more training schemes
c. encouraging public investment d. tax breaks for employers
e. offering more entrepreneurship programmes to help start careers
A.a b c e | B.b c d e | C.a c d e | D.a b d e |
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