6.international conflicts　7.1919　8.achieving inclusion of　9.fundamental humanity law　

1．US Presidents　2.Reasons　3.world peace　4.a better future　5.Jimmy Carter　

4．What is the main idea of the last paragraph？(no more than 8 words)

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3．What effect did the dust storm have on the flight？(no more than 8 words)

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2．What was the face mask originally intended for？(no more than 10 words)

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A vast dust storm that blew in from the deserts of Australia’s red centre has blanketed the country’s largest city and eastern coast in a red fog，causing widespread traffic chaos and severe flight delays.

Residents from Sydney in New South Wales to Canberra inland and towns in southern Queensland awoke to a red sky and greatly reduced visibility after the country’s worst dust storm in 70 years blew in overnight.The Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House were covered in the red fog and hundreds of people were reported to suffer from breathing problems.Children，the elderly and those suffering from asthma(哮喘)were advised to stay indoors as even healthy adults reported “itchy throats” after walking through the thick fog.

Commuters used face masks，originally intended to protect them from the spread of swine flu，to negotiate(越过)the blocked streets on their way to work.Some schools were closed and sports activities were called off as the conditions pushed air pollution levels to 1,500 times their normal levels-the highest on record.

Passengers at the busy Sydney Airport faced delays of up to six hours for international flights and three hours for domestic trips，and some international flights were cancelled as visibility was reduced to just a few feet.

Locals，ringing in to radio stations to express their shock at the red dawn.“It’s like a nuclear winter morning，”Daniel Hall told the Daily Telegraph，adding that when he awoke the sky was “bright red” and “all the cars were covered in dirt”．

The dust hanging over Sydney had largely cleared by mid­afternoon，although national carrier Qantas said severe delays would last all day because of diverted and late­running flights.

The sandstorm，which measured more than 310 miles wide and 620 miles long，was caused by dust clouds blowing east from Australia’s dry interior，which has been attacked by the worst drought on record.It covered dozens of towns and cities in two states as strong winds snatched up tons of topsoil，threw it high into the sky and carried it hundreds of miles.

1．Who were warned not to stay in the open air？(no more than 10 words)

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Another US President won the Nobel Peace Prize for his calls to reduce the world’s stockpile of nuclear weapons and working for world peace on October 9,2009.

US President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”．The first African­American to hold his country’s highest office，Obama has called for disarmament(裁减军备)and worked to restart the stalled(陷入泥潭)Middle East peace process since taking office in January.“Very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given his people hope for a better future，” the Committee said.

Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 as ex­president for what the Nobel Prize Committee said “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts，to advance democracy and human rights，and to promote economic and social development”．

Woodrow Wilson won the 1919 prize in recognition of his Fourteen Points peace programme and work in achieving inclusion of the Covenant of the League of Nations in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War One.“The President succeeded in bringing a design for a fundamental law of humanity into present­day international politics，”the Nobel Committee said.

Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 prize for his role in ending the bloody 1905 war between two of the world’s great powers，Japan and Russia.The result was the Treaty of Portsmouth signed by Russia and Japan on September 5,1905，at Portsmouth，New Hampshire.

Title：__1__who won the Nobel Peace Prize

5．解析：词义猜测题。or后句意应与其前句意相反，表示选择，故evacuate应意为 “撤

出，搬出”。

答案：A

4．解析：推理判断题。文章第六段对Marysville的火灾情况做了说明，从picturesque

和attract hikers and tourists等文字可推断该地为旅游胜地。

答案：D