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Fire can help people in many ways. But it can be very dangerous. Fire can heat water, warm houses, give light and cook. But fire can burn things, too. It can bum trees, houses, animals or people. Sometimes big fires can bum forests.
Nobody knows for sure how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting stories about the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man very, very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope (绳子) and brought fire down.
Today people know how to make a fire with matches (火柴). Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper and then it might burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire very fast. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be careful with matches. You should also learn to put out fires. Fires need oxygen(氧气). Without oxygen they will die. Cover a fire with water, sand, or sometimes with your coat. This keeps the air away from a fire and kills it. Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it will burn you.
1
How did people begin to use fire?
A.
Not everybody knows how people began to use fire.
B.
Nobody knows how to make a fire.
C.
It is an Australian who started a fire.
D.
We are not sure how people began to use fire.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
D
系统解析：
事实细节题。文章第二段第一句提到没有人确切知道人类是怎样开始利用火的，所以选 D。
2
Children mustn't play with matches because _____ .
A.
matches bum paper
B.
it isn't interesting
C.
they can be dangerous
D.
they can burn a house
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
事实细节题。见文章第三段第二句。不能让孩子们玩火是因为太危险。D 选项（可能烧掉房子）只是玩火可能出现的一种结果，不全面。
3
When you are going to put out a fire, you _____ .
A.
must be careful
B.
should keep air away from it
C.
must know it is dangerous
D.
should cover it with water
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
B
系统解析：
事实细节题。根据文章第三段的第九、十、十一句，氧气是助燃的，灭火要隔绝空气中的氧气，所以选 B。
4
We must be careful with fire, or it _____ .
A.
will die
B.
will warm our houses
C.
might bum us
D.
won't help us
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
事实细节题。见文章第三段前几句话。我们用火时要小心，稍有不慎就有可能烧掉一切。A 表示“否则它就熄灭了”。
5
Which of the following is the main idea of this passage?
A.
Fire can help people in many ways.
B.
Fire can be both helpful and dangerous.
C.
Fire can burn things and people.
D.
We must be careful with matches.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
B
系统解析：
归纳概括题。第一段总说火的两面性：既可帮助人类，也是很危险的。接下来分说火的用处和危险性，所以选 B。
Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades. The research suggests that the pace of economic progress has been rapid and continued for decades, built on the foundations of relative political stability, rising trade, and economic liberalization(自由化) after two world wars. One new study, published recently by the Institute for International Economics in Washington, find that the proportion of the 6.1 billion people in the world who live on $ 1 a day or less shrank from 63 percent in 1950 to 35 percent in 1955 and 12 percent in 1999. By some other measures, the progress has been more modest. Still, economists agree that poverty has plunged in key nations such as India and especially China, thanks to slowing population growth as well as economic freedom. "This is a huge success for the world as a whole," says Harvard University economist Richard Cooper. "We are doing something right."
The news comes as the World Bank is about to open its annual meeting in Washington—an event that has been troubled in recent years by protests that the Bank and its sister Institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF 国际货币组织), have done too little for the world's poor. The new economic research will not put an end to that dispute. Vast populations remain poor, and many still question the wisdom of World Bank policies. Nonetheless, the research findings are helpful to understand what policies should be followed by those institutions and hundreds of other development groups working very hard to hasten the pace of world economic progress. If dramatic gains are under way, the present policies-calling for open markets, free business activities, and tight monetary control—are working and correct.
But critics of IMF and World Bank policies maintain that such economic success stories as Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore are rooted in more than just "free" markets. These nations have managed to grow rapidly, and thereby reduce poverty, by limiting imports when their domestic industries were young, pushing exports to rich nations, and putting controls on purely international financial flows. They have been open to foreign-owned factories but have often insisted that those investors share the knowledge and skill on modern technologies.
6
The word "plunged" in the first paragraph means _____ .
A.
decreased
B.
climbed
C.
increased
D.
dropped into water
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
A
系统解析：
推理判断题。根据文章第一段第三句句意，每天生活费不高于 1 美元的人口比例从 1950 年的 63%缩小到了 1980 年的 35％和 1999 年的 12%，可知，“poverty has plunged” 的意思应该是“贫困正在减少”。故选 A。
7
From the passage, we learn that _____ .
A.
World Bank has done nothing to help the poor in the world
B.
IMF only helps the rich in the world
C.
World Bank controls all the banks in the world
D.
There are some demonstrations against World Bank in recent years
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
D
系统解析：
事实细节题。根据文章第二段第三句，可知大量的人口仍然贫困，而且很多人还在质疑世界银行政策的明智性。另外，根据做题技巧表示绝对性的词多数不对，因此排除 A、
B、C 项。故选 D。
8
According to this passage, in _____ , the world had the largest number of poor people.
A.
1999
B.
1955
C.
1950
D.
1990
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
事实细节题。根据文章第一段第三句“ ...the proportion of the 6.1 billion people in the world who live on $ 1 a day or less shrank from 63 percent in 1950 to 35 percent in 1980 and l2 percent in 1999.”。可知，世界上 61 亿人当中，每天生活费不高于 1 美元的人口比例从 1950 年的 63%缩小到了 1980 年的 35%和 1999 年的 12%。故选 C。
9
According to the author, the economy of East Asian countries grew very fast because of the following measures EXCEPT _____ .
A.
encouraging export
B.
opening up to foreign investments
C.
limiting international financial flows
D.
controlling import
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
B
系统解析：
事实细节题。根据文章最后一段，在国内工业发展初期限制进口，以推动向富裕国家出口，对纯粹的目标金融流动进行控制。企业已经对外资企业开放，但是强调投资者必须分享他们的现代技术和知识。故选 B。
10
The best title for this passage might be _____ .
A.
China's Contribution to the Reduction of Poverty in the World
B.
World Bank's Extraordinary Progress in Recent Decades
C.
India's Leading Role in Reducing Global Poverty
D.
Global Progress in Reducing Poverty
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
D
系统解析：
主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，文章主要介绍全球性的减少贫困，而不是某个国家的问题，因此 A、B、C 均为以偏概全。故选 D。
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