Question

It would be hard for a family to live on 300 yuan a month, wouldn’t it?

That’s how much Li Hua’s family have to live on for a whole year. The world is now trying to help people like Li Hua to live better. From Tuesday until today, about 2,000 government leaders(领导人), scientists met in Shanghai to talk about stopping poverty(贫穷) around the world. According to the United Nations, the poorest people in the world live on less than 8.5 yuan a day.

Most of those people live in African countries like Sierra Leone and Somalia. These countries often have wars and lots of diseases. Now, more than 1 billion people in the world live in poverty. The UN said that by 2015, that number should be cut in half.

To help China’s poor people, the World Bank has given more than 37 billion yuan to help China build railways and schools and stop river pollution and deserts.

Many places in China’s countryside, like Li Hua’s home in Chongqing, are very poor. Li Hua, 13, lives with her mother, two grandparents and a 16-year-old brother in Chongqing. Her father is dead. The family make their living by planting crops. They have no TV, no electric fan and no telephone.

1.How much do Li Hua’s family have to live on for a whole year?

A. 300 yuan  B. 600 yuan

C. 1,500 yuan D. 2,000 yuan

2.How many people will live in poverty by the year 2015?

A. About half a billion.

B. Over 1 billion.

C. More than 1 million.

D. About 1 billion.

3.The meeting in Shanghai is to talk about stopping poverty _______.

A. in China  B. in Sierra Leone

C. in the world   D. in Somalia

4.Why did the World Bank give more than 37 billion yuan to China?

A. To build airports.

B. To build museums.

C. To buy much food for poor people.

D. To help China get out of poverty.

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Li Hua’s Family      B. Still Too Many Poor People

C. What Is Poverty?      D. Present and Past

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲述了在世界各地以及在中国，还有很多的贫困人口。例如在非洲和中国的乡下，都有很多李华这样的贫困人。他们每年的生活费非常低。一些国家领导人和国际组织也正在想办法解决贫困问题。

1.A细节理解题。根据文章内容 It would be hard for a family to live on 300 yuan a month, wouldn’t it? That’s how much Li Hua’s family have to live on for a whole year.一个家庭一个月靠300元生活很难，是吧？这是李华一家人一年的生活费，故此题选A。

2.A 细节理解题。根据文章内容Now, more than 1 billion people in the world live in poverty. The UN said that by 2015, that number should be cut in half.现在全球有超过十亿的贫困人。联合国说在2015年前，这个数字将减少一半，故此题选A，大约五亿。

3.C 细节理解题。根据文章内容to talk about stopping poverty(贫穷) around the world.来讨论减少全球的贫困，故此题选C。

4.D细节理解题。根据文章内容 To help China’s poor people, the World Bank has given more than 37 billion yuan为了帮助中国的贫困人口，世界银行多给了370亿元。故此题选D

5.B 标题归纳题。这篇文章主要讲述了世界和中国的贫困人口还很多，很多地方存在各种贫困问题，故此题选B。

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。