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Unit 13 The world's population

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　　回答问题型阅读理解答题技巧

　　问题型阅读理解题大多是针对文章中的事实与细节进行提问，如有关时间、地点、人物、事件、原因、目的、方式等的问题。常用不同类型的疑问句提出问题。答题时应做到：

　　1.通读全文，掌握信息。在答题前，需要认真通读全文，掌握短文所提供的信息内容，理解其内在含义，为答题作好准备。

　　2.依据问句，恰当作答。通读全文之后，再浏览问题，判断好问句的类型，然后找出原文中与问题相关的语句，最后用适当的词句完成问题的解答。问题的回答一定要针对所提的问题，而且要符合文意，不能所答非所问。

　　3.运用词语，正确表达。答题时，要注意词句时态与原文一致；词与词搭配正确；主谓关系一致；另外还要留意各类词形变化，如形容词、副词的比较等级，名词的数及所有格，非限定性动词等。

　　Passage 1

　　一、阅读理解

　　The ladies club (女子俱乐部) always had a meeting every Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about important things.After that, they had tea and asked questions.

　　One Friday, a man came and talked to the club about the food problem.“There is not enough food in the world for everybody.”he said,“More than half of the people in the world are hungry and when they get more food, they have more babies, so they never stop being hungry.① Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute, day and night.What are we going to do about it?”He waited for a few seconds.Then one of the ladies said, “Well, why don't we find that woman and stop her?”

　　①More than half of the people in the world are hungry and when they get more food, they have more babies, so they never stop being hungry.世界上一半多的人挨饿，当他们获得食物时他们又生更多的孩子，因此他们从没停止挨饿。

　　根据短文内容回答下列问题，每空一词。

　　1.What did people often do in the ladies club?

　　They often ____ a meeting, talked, had tea and ____ questions.

　　2.What did the man came to talk about one Friday?

　　He came to talk about the ____ ____ .

　　3.What did the man think about the food problem?

　　Some people never stop ____ ____ .

　　4.Is the food problem very important to us?

　　____ , ____ it.

　　5.What do you think about the food problem?

　　We must get ____ food and have ____ families.

　　Passage 2

　　三、阅读理解

　　Kunming is the capital of Yunnan.It's a city with a long history.Kunming has a population of more than 5,000,000.Though the weather in Yunnan changes from place to place,Kunming is famous for her beautiful weather.① It's neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter.Thats why more and more people like to travel and even to live here.You can see that great changes have taken place here.② A lot of tall buildings, cinemas and hospitals have been put up.You can cross the streets over footbridges in the city.You can buy whatever you want in shops and supermarkets in or around the city.People's lives are becoming better and better.

　　At weekend or on holiday, people like to relax themselves in different places and in different ways.In winter, people, especially old people would like to climb the Western Hills.From the top of the Hills, you can have a good look at the beautiful scenery of Kunming.③ Far away from the Hills, you can enjoy the Sleeping Beauty among the Hills.After supper, families take a walk along the bank of Dianchi Lake.The Golden Temple and EXPO Garden are two famous places of interest in the north of the city.EXPO Garden is known to people both at home and abroad.You can spend a whole day visiting the worldfamous garden.A little farther away from the southeast of the city, a special forest welcomes you.It is not a tree forest, but a stone forest.So it is called the Stone Forest.

　　People in Kunming are really friendly.They often invite their friends home to try delicious food, like rice, noodles.If you want to know more about Kunming and taste her food, please visit her yourself!

　　①Though the weather in Yunnan changes from place to place,Kunming is famous for her beautiful weather.虽然云南的天气因地方的不同而变化，但是昆明因她美丽的天气而著名。

　　②You can see that great changes have taken place here.你能看到这儿发生了巨大的变化。

　　③From the top of the Hills, you can have a good look at the beautiful scenery of Kunming.从西山顶，你可以把昆明的美景看个够。

　　根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

　　1.—What's the population of Kunming?

　　— ____ .

　　A.Over five million

　　B.Over five thousand

　　C.Over five billion

　　D.Over five hundred

　　2.The weather in Yunnan is ____ .

　　A.the same in different places

　　B.neither too hot nor too cold

　　C.different in different places

　　D.different in the same place

　　3.The Sleeping Beauty is the name of a ____ .

　　A.person

　　B.hill

　　C.shop

　　D.film star

　　4. ____ is known to people all over the world.

　　A.The Western Hills

　　B.The Stone Forest

　　C.The Golden Temple

　　D.EXPO Garden

　　5.The writer of this passage wants to make people ____ .

　　A.invite tourists to Kunming

　　B.visit Kunming

　　C.taste her food

　　D.know more about Kunming

　　Passage 3

　　四、完形填空

　　There were a man and his wife lived in a village.They were very1.They kept hoping for new clothes and good food.The man enjoyed2, and he especially3pancakes (甜煎饼).One night an old woman4to their house and told them she would let them have three wishes.They could wish5anything they wanted.

　　The man had just finished eating6bread for his dinner, and he was7hungry.He said, “I wish I had a big pancake!”

　　Suddenly a pancake appeared (实现)on his plate.

　　“You fool!”his wife8, “You should have wished for a house full of wonderful food,9you wished for a pancake.I wish that pancake was on the end of your nose!”

　　10the pancake stuck (粘住)to the end of his nose.

　　Then the man and his wife11blaming (责怪) each other.“It's your fault (错误)!”the man cried.“No, it's your fault!”she answered.What could they12? The pancake was still stuck to the husbands nose.

　　“Oh!” the wife cried.“I wish13of this had ever happened!”

　　Immediately the pancake was14,and the man was saying,“I'm still hungry.How I wish I had some pancakes!”

　　But of course15happened.

　　根据短文内容，选择能填入空白处的最佳答案。

　　1.A.rich

　　B.poor

　　C.happy

　　D.sad

　　2.A.eating

　　B.drinking

　　C.fishing

　　D.singing

　　3.A.like

　　B.likes

　　C.liked

　　D.had liked

　　4.A.left

　　B.found

　　C.went

　　D.came

　　5.A.by

　　B.with

　　C.to

　　D.for

　　6.A.a little

　　B.a few

　　C.many

　　D.a lot of

　　7.A.already

　　B.still

　　C.almost

　　D.no longer

　　8.A.answered

　　B.asked

　　C.cried

　　D.said

　　9.A.but

　　B.so

　　C.because

　　D.though

　　10.A.Slowly

　　B.Immediately

　　C.Suddenly

　　D.Quietly

　　11.A.liked

　　B.enjoyed

　　C.started

　　D.continued

　　12.A.hear

　　B.get

　　C.say

　　D.do

　　13.A.no

　　B.not

　　C.none

　　D.nothing

　　14.A.eaten

　　B.taken away

　　C.left

　　D.gone

　　15.A.something

　　B.nothing

　　C.everything

　　D.anything

　　Passage 1

　　本文主要介绍了一位男士来女士俱乐部召开的会上作一个关于食物问题的报告。报告会上这位男士在阐述粮食紧张的原因是人口过多增长时，举了一个现实的例子——平均每分钟，世界的某个地方就有一个妇女在分娩。不料其中一位女士对此发表了自己的建议，非常幽默可笑。

　　1.had，asked。可根据原文第一段第一句填写。

　　2.food，problem。此句可根据第二段第一句作出回答。

　　3.being，hungry。此句可根据原文第二段中“…so they never stop being hungry”作出回答。

　　4.Yes，is。这是一个常识性问题。

　　5.more，smaller。阅读文章可知世界上食品不足问题的确存在，解决办法是尽可能多地获取食物，同时限制人口出生，也就是说不要让家庭中孩子增多，以达到限制家庭规模的目的。

　　Passage 2

　　本文介绍了云南的省会——昆明的人口、气候、交通，尤其是昆明的许多名胜。读罢此文，你一定想去昆明游览一番吧！

　　1.A。根据第一段第三句可知：昆明的人口有五百多万。

　　2.C。“the weather in Yunnan changes from place to place.”可理解为“云南的天气因地方的不同而有所不同”。

　　3.B。由第二段“Far away from the Hills, you can enjoy the Sleeping Beauty among the Hills.” 可推断the Sleeping Beauty 是一座山的名字。

　　4.D。根据第二段中的句子“EXPO Garden is known to people both at home and abroad.You can spend a whole day visiting the worldfamous garden.” 可知本题选D。

　　5.D。概括全篇内容可知：作者想要人们更多地了解昆明。

　　Passage 3

　　本文是一篇寓言故事，主要讲述了一对贫穷的夫妇遇到一位神仙，可以让他实现三个愿望，结果由于妻子的贪婪及言语的粗俗而最终错失实现美好愿望的机会。

　　1.B。由下文“They kept hoping for new clothes and good food.”可知，这一对夫妻很穷。

　　2.A。下文pancakes是吃的东西，所以这儿应填eating。

　　3.C。and具有对称性，所以应填liked与前面的enjoyed在时态上一致。

　　4.D。由远至近应用came而不用went。

　　5.D。由下文第8空后面的wished for推断这儿应填for。

　　6.A。因为他们穷，所以这儿应表示他只吃了一点面包，又因为面包为不可数名词，所以应填a little。

　　7.B。他仍然很饿。

　　8.C。丈夫只要了一个煎饼，妻子很不满意，气得喊起来。

　　9.A。前后语境为转折关系，应填but。

　　10.B。语境上强调动作接得很紧，应填Immediately,第14空前面的Immediately也是一个证明。

　　11.C。根据语境表示开始，应填started。

　　12.D。这句话的意思是 “他们还能干什么呢?”

　　13.C。妻子说：“真希望这一切都不发生。”

　　14.D。咒语又起了作用，煎饼不见了。

　　15.B。三个心愿已用完，再怎么提心愿也不会起作用了。

　　1.Kunming has a population of more than 5,000,000.昆明有五百多万人口。(Line 1，Passage 3)

　　“某地+has a population of+基数词。”表示“某地具有的人口数量”，相当于“The population of+某地+is+基数词”。例如：

　　China has a population of nearly 1.4 billion.(=The population of China is nearly 14 billion.)中国有将近十四亿人口。

　　2.The Golden Temple and EXPO Garden are two famous places of interest in the north of the city.黄金庙和世博园是市北部的两处名胜。(Line 13,Passage 3)

　　in/to/on the east/west/north/south…of…表示“在……的东/西/北/南……”，其中用介词in时，表示两地有包含关系；用介词to时，表示两地无包含关系且不毗邻；用介词on时，表示两地无包含关系但有毗邻关系。例如：

　　Taiwan is in the southeast of China.台湾在中国的东南部。

　　Japan is to the east of China.日本在中国的东方。

　　A number of people speak English in the world.世界上许多人说英语。

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