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专题三 阅读理解(十)

【山东省日照市2012届高三第一次模拟考试】

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The first-ever meeting of G-20 foreign ministers will discuss pressing global issues including governance, trans-national crime, green growth, climate change and food security, US officials have said.

Organised by Mexican Foreign Minister, Ms Patricia Espinosa, in the Mexican resort town of Los Cabos, the meeting is to be attended by among others, the US Secretary of State, Ms Hillary Clinton, German Foreign Minister, Mr Guido Westerwelle, and European Union foreign policy chief, Ms Catherine Ashton.

Several other G-20 countries including France, China, Brazil and India will be represented at a lower level. Mexico is the current chair of the G-20 countries and the meeting will be hosted on June 18-19.

A senior state department official said that the meeting is informal so it will not result in any formal statements.

\峰会) of Washington in the fall of 2008, which was designed to deal with the global financial crisis,\the official said.

\is going to focus on broad non-financial global issues, some of which have been discussed by

G-20 leaders in the past, but some of which are new to the G-20 process or at least have not been emphasized to any great degree, including some broad economic governance issues, some environmental issues, development policy, and green growth,\

During her meetings, Ms Clinton will be emphasizing some themes that are included in the broad

G-20 rights. Although, she will not be going to get into the details of the G-20 financial part of the process, she will call for an open, free, transparent, and fair global economic system. Ms Clinton will address things like anti-competitive government practices or interference, which include the ways in which governments artificially distort (歪曲) markets or create

uneven economic playing fields, the official said.

Among other things, she will also highlight issues like climate change, freedom of navigation and shipping and sailing security to promote a well-functioning global economy; besides governance issues like fight against corruption. 71. The passage mainly tells us about _____. A. some pressing global issues

B. issues to be talked about by Ms Clinton C. the possible results of the meeting

D. the meeting of G-20 foreign ministers to be held in June 72. Which will not be discussed at the meeting? A. The evolution of G-20.

B. Issues discussed by G-20 leaders in the past. C. Environmental issues.

D. Green growth.

73. The aim of the first summit of Washington was to _____. A. settle the global financial crisis B. deal with economic governance issues C. increase the evolution of G-20

D. promote fair global economic system

74. We can infer from the fifth and the sixth paragraphs that G-20 _____. A. hasn't changed through these years

B. is currently concerned with more than financial issues C. holds a meeting every year

D. never discusses old issues

75. Ms Clinton will do the following except _____.

A. call for an open, free, and fair global economic system B. talk about some details of the G-20 financial part of the process C. highlight issues of climate change

D. call on G-20 to fight against corruption and bribery

【答案】

71-75 DAABB

【山东省青岛市2012届高三第一次模拟考试】

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A

Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big ambition—to play the drums in a band. But one big obstacle lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy.

One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there's no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.

With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit（成套设备） and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.

It wasn't long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.

Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said: ''If those old people next – door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.'' 56. Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places? A. Because she didn't want others to hear her play. B. Because she didn't want to disturb others.