2004 is the International Year of Rice! This was decided by the UN in 2002.
That was the first time the UN had made a special year to celebrate(庆祝)just one
crop.What was the UN,s purpose(目的)for its decision? The UN wants us to re—
member“Rice is life”.
Rice was first grown 1 5,000 years ago in East and South Asia.Rice is more than three times as old as China.Today,almost half of the world’s population eats this very old crop.
Rice is the most important food in Asia.83 90% of the world's rice is grown in Asia.People in Africa now eat more rice than before.
84 Nearly 1 billion(十亿)people around the world have jobs because of rice.
But still,about 840 million people,including more than 200 million children,don’t have enough food.So,growing more rice would really help the world’s hungry and poor people.
A.根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1.What decision was made by the UN in 2002?
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2.Why should we grow more rice in the world?
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B.将短文中画线的两个句子译成汉语
3.________________________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________________________
C.请给短文拟一个合适的标题。
5.________________________________________________________________
科目:初中英语 来源:2011年湖北省黄石市中考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Conor Grennan was unwilling to be a volunteer(志愿者). The 29-year-old American was not sure if he had the skills or a strong feeling for it.
However, he went to work at an orphanage(孤儿院) in Nepal. His first thought was to make people impressed.
"I thought that if I volunteered just once. I could retell the story over and over," Grennan said in a Huffington Post article.
However, his three-month stay it the orphanage turned into in unusual experience. It was 2004 and Grennan had given up his job to begin a year-long around-the-world trip, His first three months were spent in Nepal.
When he arrived in the village, he knew nothing about the children or the local culture. When he opened the gate of the Little Princes Children's Home, he was faced by the excited children.
The young American ended up caring for 18 children. He later discovered that they were trafficked(被拐卖的)children. So he walked through the mountains with great difficulty to find the kids' families, "I started walking with photos of the kids." he told the Reuters reporter. "I would show up in villages and show photographs around. I went with 24 photos, and I found 24 families."
At the same time, he put his heart into Nepalese culture.
Grennan said, “Volunteering is the single best way to see how the rest of the world lives.”
He also encouraged others to do what he had done. He believes that volunteering needs only making decisions to show up.
Grennan's fight against child-trafficking has changed him. His book, Little Prince, came out last week.
【小题1】At first, Grennan simply wanted to _______by volunteering in Nepal.
A.write travel stories | B.learn the skills |
C.help the kids there | D.impress people |
A.18 children were ill in bed | B.the children there felt excited |
C.he decided to give up his job | D.he’d lived in Nepal for a year |
A.found the kids’ families easily | B.was good at taking pictures |
C.wrote the book Little Princes | D.asked others to go to Nepal |
A.Volunteer changes a lot | B.Volunteer is with the kids |
C.Volunteer becomes a writer | D.Volunteer travels in Nepal |
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013届北京市初二下学期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完型填空
IQ(intelligence quotient智商)is a score that shows a person’s level of intelligence.
People used to believe that some people are born with a high IQ and some aren’t.
32 , a study by scientist at University College London has challenged(挑战)this idea. According to an article last October on the Journal Nature, scientists are beginning to think that our IQ is not a constant(不变的)score.
The scientists tested 33 healthy young people in 2004 between the ages of 12 and 16. Then they did tests again four years later, when the same people were between 16 and 20.
Scientists found big changes in the IQ scores between 2008 and 2004. Some 33 and some fell 34 as many as 21 points.
To test whether these scores were meaningful, the scientists compared them with results from brain scans(扫描). They found that the IQ changes matched changes in the structure(结构)of the subjects’ brains. “A change in 20 points is a huge 35 ,” said Professor Cathy Price, who led the research. He said it could mean the difference between an average and a 36 person. The team has not found a clear cause for these changes. However, they say it is 37 that education plays a role in changing IQ.
“Here we have shown that children’s 38 is likely to be still developing, ” says Price. “We have to be careful not to write off 39 performers at an early stage. In fact, their IQ may improve in a few more years. ”
1.A. And B. However C. Besides D. Though
2.A. rise B. rose C. raise D. raised
3.A. of B. with C. by D. from
4.A. difference B. matter C. thing D. meaning
5.A. successful B. gifted C. able D. rich
6.A. natural B. true C. certain D. possible
7.A. score B. intelligence C. skill D. interest
8.A. clever B. prettier C. nicer D. poorer
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科目:初中英语 来源:同步题 题型:阅读理解
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