Question

Terrible disasters in the last 50 or 100 years have become increasingly common. Over the last 30 years, the number of weather-related disasters has increased quickly, and the disasters have also affected more people and caused more economic loss. However, much of this could be avoided through disaster risk reduction(DRR降低灾难风险).

A meeting, held in Sendai, Japan last month, opened one day after Cyclone Pam（飓风Pam）hit Vanuatu, which struck the islands with winds of up to 340km/h and destroyed the island nation. The speech by the President of Vanuatu was given shortly after that. He begged the international community for support and stronger commitment (承诺)to helping them manage climate and disaster risks. In the face of disasters, it is always the developing countries that suffer most. Damage in these countries is often worse and unluckily, there is limited money and technique to prevent these disasters.

In fact, we have seen Asian countries-especially those that have suffered a lot in disasters can’t pay the price. Great loss Asia has suffered comes to a total of almost $ 53 billon yearly over the past 20 years.

At the same time, studies have shown once again that proper prevention saves lives and damage. With this in mind, people at the Sendai meeting were able to come up with new agreements that effective ways of disaster risk reduction will be carried out in the coming years for those who easily get damaged in disasters.

1.According to the first paragraph, disasters ________.

A. can all be prevented

B. have become more frequent

C. are all weather-related ones

D. affect fewer people than before

2.We can know from the passage that_______.

A. The Sendai meeting was held one day after a cyclone hit Vanuatu

B. Vanuatu was terribly destroyed by an earthquake

C. The president of Vanuatu begged his country to prevent the disaster

D. Vanuatu is a small island in Japan

3.Which of the following can be the title of this news report?

A. Proper ways that save lives and damage have come up.

B. The Sendai meeting has made new commitments.

C. Natural disasters have become more common.

D. Some natural disasters can be reduced and avoided.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：现在自然灾害迅速增长危害着人们的生活和经济发展，但这些可以通过人们的关注和制定有效措施避免和减少。

1.B推理判断题。根据Terrible disasters in the last 50 or 100 years have become increasingly common.及第一段内容可知严重自然灾害越来越普遍，和天气有关的自然灾害迅速增长，严重影响了人们的生活并带来了巨大的经济损失。所以说自然灾害越来越频繁，选B.

2.A推理判断题。根据第二段A meeting, held in Sendai, Japan last month, opened one day after Cyclone Pam（飓风Pam）hit Vanuatu可知A项正确B项错误；根据本段He begged the international community for support and stronger commitment (承诺)to helping them manage climate and disaster risks.可知C项错误；文中没提到Vanuatu的大小，D项错误。故选A.

3.much of this could be avoided through disaster risk reduction及最后一句With this in mind, people at the Sendai meeting were able to come up with new agreements that effective ways of disaster risk reduction will be carried out in the coming years for those who easily get damaged in disasters.可知这些灾害可以通过人们的关注和制定有效措施避免和减少，故选D.

考点：考查自然灾害类短文阅读。