Question

If the world were a village of 1,000 people，it would include:

• 584 Asians

• 124 Africans

• 95 Eastern and Western Europeans

• 84 Latin Americans

• 55 former Soviets (including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)

• 52 North Americans

• 6 Australians and New Zealanders

The people of the village would speak:

• 165 Mandarin

• 86 English

• 83 Hindu/Urdu

• 64 Spanish

• 58 Russian

• 37 Arabic

The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modem equipments.

This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from can­cer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1,018.

In this village of 1,000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 re­ceive only 2 percent of the income.

About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.

Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.

The village has a total yearly budget , public and private, of over $3 million—$ 3 ,000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total $3 million:

$ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare

$ 159,000 to education

$ 132,000 to health care

These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.

1.Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

A.Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.

B.About 8.25 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

C.About 16. 5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

D.Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.

2.Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

A.Poverty. B.Education. C.Environment. D.Marriage.

3.The underlined part “have access to” (in Para. 4) means_____.

A.use B.buy C.produce D.try

4.The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____.

A.a peaceful world B.good education

C.better health care D.a life without anxiety

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了如果世界是一个1000人的村庄，世界的人口和语言构成，已经人们的生活状态等等。

1.

细节理解题。根据“If the world were a village of 1,000 people，it would include: • 165 Mandarin”可知，1000人中有165人说普通话当然比例应是l6．5％。故选C。

2.

细节理解题。文中提到“Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food”,由此提到贫穷问题； “of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write”，由此提到教育问题；“About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water”，由此提到环境问题。marriage没有提到。故选D。

3.

词义猜测题。根据“About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.”可以猜测，在此应为大约三分之一的人能够获得干净、安全的饮用水。have access to为“使用，获得”之意。故选A。

4.

推理判断题。根据“The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.”面带恐惧地望着那些持有武器的人，想能否和平相处呢。可知，大多数人都向往一个和平的世界。故选A。