The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. It was one of the poorest nations in the region. Within the last five years, however, it has become a hot spot for adventure travelers. In 2006 it was voted the happiest place on Earth. The reason is not that Vanuatu are the richest but that Vanuatu has white-sand islands, clear waters, the world’s most accessible live volcano, great diving and food that grows faster than it can be picked.
With a population of about 221,000, Vanuatu has 113 languages, which is a result of 3,000 years of immigration from many Pacific countries. There are three official languages: English, French, and Bislama. Bislama developed from South Pacific English, a simplified language that traders and other foreigners used it to communicate with speakers of the many local languages.
Most of the islands are mountainous and of volcanic origin. There are several active volcanoes in Vanuatu, including Yasur on the island of Tanna, one of the world’s most accessible volcanoes. If you’ve ever fancied getting close to a volcano, here’s your chance.
Vanuatu Post’s Underwater Post Office has quickly become one of the busiest post offices for postcards in the world! Visitors from around the world want to experience the world’s first underwater post office. The Post Office is only 50 meters offshore and at just three meters below the surface, very appealing to the young and young at heart. Since opening in 2003, the underwater post office has received about 100,000 visitors. They have posted one of the waterproof（防水的）postcards available in Vanuatu; these cards are collected regularly by one of Vanuatu Post’s four trained divers. The underwater branch is manned daily for usually about an hour, longer with demand.
小题1:Vanuatu was voted the happiest place on Earth because _______.| A．it’s the poorest nation in the region | | B．it’s Vanuatu that are the richest | | C．it’s a favorite place for adventurers | | D．it’s blessed with abundant nature |
小题2: From the text, _______ led to over one hundred languages spoken in Vanuatu.| A．immigration | B．location | C．dialects | D．foreigners |
小题3:Which of the following is true about Vanuatu? | A．Bislama developed from local Pacific French. | | B．Yasur is one of the live volcanoes in Vanuatu. | | C．Vanuatu has more than 113 official languages. | | D．Underwater Post Office has opened for 5 years. |
小题4:Which of the following would be the most proper title for the text? | A．Working at the underwater branch | B．Great diving in amazing Vanuatu | | C．A hot spot for adventure travelers | D．The busiest post office on Earth |
小题5:What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?| A．Various languages. | B．Underwater diving. | | C．Food in Vanuatu. | D．History of Vanuatu. |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:C |
试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了现在非常热门的旅游胜地瓦努阿图的自然景观、旅游特色、语言及风土人情等。
小题1:根据In 2006 it was voted the happiest place on Earth. The reason is not that Vanuatu are the richest but that Vanuatu has white-sand islands, clear waters, the world’s most accessible live volcano, great diving and food that grows faster than it can be picked,故选D。
小题2:根据With a population of about 221,000, Vanuatu has 113 languages, which is a result of 3,000 years of immigration from many Pacific countries，故答案应为A。
小题3:根据There are several active volcanoes in Vanuatu, including Yasur on the island of Tanna, one of the world’s most accessible volcanoes.故选B。
小题4:根据全文内容以及Within the last five years, however, it has become a hot spot for adventure travelers.可知这篇文章主要讲了冒险旅行者最喜欢去的地方，故选C。
小题5:这道题目问接下来的自然段最可能写什么，A、B和D前面文章已经讲过了，故选C。
点评：本题型考查了对文章段落或某一板块的理解概括能力。先阅读问题，然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。在词义与句义理解的基础上，结合上下文总结归纳某一段或几段的大意，对于把握文章主旨，分析全文结构都是至关重要的。对文章有了详细而全面的理解之后，就要按照文章内容、上下文的逻辑关系，作出推理判断。阅读理解涉及词汇、语法、句型、段落结构、文化背景等各方面知识。答题时，领会句子之间的逻辑关系，特别是相邻句子之间的关系，这样有利于理解全文。表示逻辑关系的标志词是连接词、副词、代词、介词短语、关系词、插入语等，通读时应特别注意。如：if, because, though, as, which, it, and, but, however, therefore, so, for example, so that, so...that, on one hand...on the other hand... 等词语。它们在上下文中具有条件、原因、让步、指代、递进、对比、列举、结果、目的、承上启下等作用，正确理解并掌握这些词汇的作用，对做阅读理解是大有好处的。 |
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试题【The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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TANG Dynasty writer Du Mu once wrote in a poem titled Qingming: "The ceaseless drizzle drips all the dismal day; So broken-hearted fares the traveler on the way.Where can a wine house be found to drown his sadness ?A cowherd points to Almond Flower (Xing Hua) Village in the distance."
Qingming, the traditional tomb-sweeping day on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on April 4 this year. Qingming Jie was proclaimed a Chinese national holiday in 2008. It is a time for remembering loved ones who have departed (去世). People visit their ancestors’ graves to sweep away the dirt and get rid of any weeds. They also leave offerings (祭品) of food and flowers, and burn incense (香) and paper money. Chinese tombs are usually built in the woods or on mountains, far from the city. It is believed that an area that faces south, with many pine trees, is a proper place for a tomb. People believe such a place will make the ancestors happy, and in return, they will look after the living family.
Nowadays, more and more residents are choosing environmental-friendly ways to spend the holiday such as flower sacrifices and memorial ceremonies on the Internet or at home. As one of the traditional ways to celebrate Tomb-sweeping Day – burning paper or incense – isn"t exactly good for air quality.
In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers, people also enjoy hope of Spring on this day. The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively. Since ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings. At this time tourists are everywhere.
Many people fly kites on Tomb Sweeping Day. They are usually made from a bamboo crossbow with coloured paper. The kite vibrates and buzzes as it rises into the sky, counterbalanced by its tail. Large kites can be as broad as three metres across, with a tail of six to ten metres. Most kites have a rectangular shape, and many have patterns of crabs, centipedes, butterflies, dragonflies, or Chinese characters such as "good fortune" or "long life". (361words)
小题1:What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?| A．The cultural difference between the east and the west. | | B．The traditional customs on tomb-sweeping day. | | C．Various ways to care for the dead in the world. | | D．Qingming Festival |
小题2:All of the following practices are mentioned on tomb-sweeping day EXCEPT_____ .| A．Weeping over the passed-away. | | B．Flying kites made from bamboo and paper | | C．Sending flowers to their ancestors’ graves. | | D．Burning incense and paper money for the dead. |
小题3:Which of the following is correct according to passage?| A．Du Mu ,the well-known poet in Song Dynasty wrote a poem about Qing Ming. | | B．Qingming Festival used to be a Chinese national holiday. | | C．People have the custom of flying kites on Qing Ming. | | D．Those whose ancestors were buried in proper places will have a bright future. |
小题4:The writer write the passage in order to____________ .| A．enable us to observe traditional tomb-sweeping day. | | B．show traditional and present ways to spend Qingming Festival . | | C．educate people to show their respect to the ancestors | | D．raise people’s awareness of environmental protection. |
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Introduction:
Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use English effectively, you
need to understand the culture in which it is spoken. Here are a number of important tips to
remember when speaking English in the United States.
| General Points to Remember
Most Americans only speak English.
While it is true that more and more Americans
speak Spanish, most Americans only speak
English. Don"t expect them to understand
your native language.
Americans have difficulty understanding
foreign accents. Many Americans are not used
to foreign accents. This requires patience from
both of you!
| Conversation Tips
Speak about location.
Talk about work. Americans commonly
ask "What do you do?" It"s not considered
impolite（as in some countries）and is a
popular topic of discussion between strangers.
Talk about sports.
Be careful when expressing ideas about
race, religion or other sensitive topics.
| Addressing People
Use last names with people you do not
know.
Always use “Ms.” when addressing
women.
Many Americans prefer first names.
Americans prefer informal greetings and
using first names or nicknames when speaking
with colleagues and acquaintances.
| Public Behavior
Always shake hands.
Look your partner in the eye.
Don"t hold hands: Same sex friends do
not usually hold hands or put their arms
around each other in public in the United
States.
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小题1:"When speaking to a stranger, ask them where they are from and then make a connection with that place”can be used as a supporting sentence to _____.| A．talk about sports | B．address people | | C．talk about work | D．speak about location |
小题2:If you are introduced to a woman called Pearl S. Buck, how should you address her usually?| A．What are you doing, Madam Buck? | | B．How do you do, Ms. Buck? | | C．How are you doing, Mrs. Pearl? | | D．How are you, Miss Pearl S.? |
小题3:The underlined word “acquaintance” in the table may probably mean______.| A．things that are precious | | B．foreigners that you can talk to | | C．persons who you are familiar with | | D．languages that you can speak |
小题4:We can infer from the text that ______. | A．smoking is allowed in public in the modern United States | | B．different sex friends should hold hands during the first meeting | | C．when you speak to others, it"s polite not to look into their eyes | | D．Americans shake hands when greeting the same sex friends |
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The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America"s youngest mayor.
As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on Sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots（选票）.
To help get his name known, Sessions earned＄700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale"s lawns.
Sessions" month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town"s future in the kitchens of his neighbors. "They"d look at me, and say‘How old are you again? How much experience do you have?"And I say‘I"m still in high school", "he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale"s voters he would renew local economy. “I was hopeful the whole time, ”he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.
Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. “From 7:50 a.m. to 2:30p.m., I"11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I"11 be the mayor of Hillsdale," he said.
“He did a very brave thing that couldn"t have been easy for him to do, "said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. "He does care about this town. He"s been here all his life. ”
Sessions will receive＄3, 600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office.
小题1:What is TRUE of Sessions" election campaign according to the text?| A．Sessions launched his election campaign on Sept. 22. | | B．Sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital. | | C．Sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome. | | D．Sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and experience. |
小题2:In order to gain more support from the voters Sessions had to do all these things EXCEPT＿.| A．put up posters" | B．renew the economy | | C．sell apples | D．talk to neighbors in kitchens |
小题3:What can we infer from the passage?| A．American mayors usually work from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. | | B．In America, young people are encouraged to get involved in politics. | | C．All teenagers are allowed to enter political elections. | | D．American mayors receive a salary of 3, 600 a year during their 4-year term. |
小题4:Which of the following would best summarize the text?| A．Schoolboy becomes American"s youngest mayor. | | B．How to become a teenage mayor. | | C．Hard work is the ticket to success. | | D．Never too young to shake the world. |
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Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League was 1 in Britain in 1881 to restrict 2 from foreign countries. In the United States, businesses and labor unions 3 “fair trade” laws to construct what economist Joseph Stiglitz calls “barriers to imports.” These so called “anti-dumping(反倾销)” laws allow a company that 4 a foreign one of selling a product below cost to request that the government charge special taxes to protect it from “unfair” 5 .
Such dark protectionist thoughts are far from the 6 of the organizers of the United Kingdom’s annual “Fairtrade Fortnight”. Their 7 aim is to raise the price paid to developing-country farmers for their 8 by cutting out the inflated profits of the middlemen on whom they 9 for getting their goods to distant markets. Fair-trade products 10 cocoa, coffee, tea, and bananas do not compete with domestic European production, and 11 do not have a protectionist motive(动机).
This is how it works: In 12 for being paid a guaranteed price and meeting “agreed labor and environmental standards” (minimum wages, no farm chemicals ), poor-country farming cooperatives(合作社) receive a FAIRTRADE mark for their products, given 13 by the FAIRTRADE Labeling Organization. This mark 14 supermarkets and other businesses to sell the products at a higher than 15 price . Third-world farmers get their income increased , 16 first-world consumers get to feel virtuous: a marriage made in heaven.
The fair-trade movement, 17 in the 1980’s, has been growing rapidly. In a significant breakthrough in 1997, the British House of Commons 18 to serve only fair-trade coffee. By the end of 2007, more than 600 producers’ organizations, 19 1.4 million farmers in 58 countries, were selling fair-trade products. Today, a quarter of all bananas in UK supermarkets are sold under a FAIRTRADE mark. But FAIRTRADE-labeled products still represent a very 20 share – typically less than 1% – of global sales of cocoa, tea, coffee, etc.
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| 小题7: | | A．educational | B．political | C．worthy | D．immediate |
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| 小题11: | | A．instead | B．otherwise | C．therefore | D．anyhow |
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| 小题12: | | A．fear | B．store | C．preparation | D．exchange |
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| 小题13: | | A．secretly | B．publicly | C．officially | D．successfully |
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| 小题15: | | A．normal | B．potential | C．lowest | D．best |
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| 小题17: | | A．launched | B．arranged | C．invented | D．developed |
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| 小题18: | | A．wanted | B．refused | C．had | D．decided |
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| 小题19: | | A．telling | B．representing | C．Choosing | D．receiving |
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The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different 36 about the foods they eat on this 37 day. In Northern China, people 38 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the 39 and the beginning of time. According to historical 40 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps 41 the areas in Southern China 42 more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly 43 to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day. 44 , the most common foods for the first 45 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle 46 long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which 47 the hope of improvement in 48 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of 49 according to the Chinese.
To 50 a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to 51 a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers. 52 , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have 53 new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards. 54 , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into 55 .
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| 小题2: | | A．usual | B．unforgettable | C．common | D．special |
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| 小题3: | | A．seldom | B．usually | C．always | D．hardly |
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| 小题4: | | A．end | B．future | C．result | D．effect |
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| 小题5: | | A．reasons | B．records | C．notes | D．stories |
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| 小题6: | | A．as long as | B．though | C．when | D．because |
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| 小题7: | | A．caused | B．took | C．produced | D．brought |
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| 小题8: | | A．understood | B．knew | C．made | D．began |
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| 小题9: | | A．Besides | B．Therefore | C．Consequently | D．Usually |
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| 小题10: | | A．subject | B．title | C．program | D．meal |
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| 小题11: | | A．symbolizes | B．reveals | C．shows | D．indicates |
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| 小题12: | | A．transports | B．represents | C．fetches | D．takes |
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| 小题13: | | A．health | B．family | C．life | D．work |
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| 小题14: | | A．reunion | B．luck | C．happiness | D．harmony |
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| 小题17: | | A．Luckily | B．Unfortunately | C．However | D．Besides |
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| 小题18: | | A．given away | B．made out | C．got into | D．taken up |
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| 小题19: | | A．Instead | B．Fortunately | C．Moreover | D．Furthermore |
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| 小题20: | | A．fashion | B．effect | C．sight | D．Power |
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