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1、-英语说明文阅读-第 4 页说明文（四）Then world is divided（划分）into two parts. One half of the world is rich and the other is poor. In the poor part, a lot of people have never got enough to eat. When they are ill, none of the hospitals can accept them because they have no money. In the rich part, a lot of people eat

2、 too much. For example, a dog or a cat in North America eats better than a child in the poorer countries.The poor countries have some difficult problems. Sometimes the land is too poor to grow anything on. People there have neither rich land nor enough water. The land can be made better, but a lot o

3、f things must be done. The people must be taught and water must be found.But rich countries have problems, too. There are not always good places to live in. sometimes the air is not clean and the rivers are too dirty to swim in or to drink. The roads and streets are full of people and buses, cars an

4、d buses have to move slowly. Noise is too much. Some people dont have houses. Something must be done about these problems. The air and the rivers must be cleaned and be kept clean. More houses have to be built. But these cant be done easily.1.According to the passage, the world is divided into two p

5、arts. One half is _, and theother is _.A.east; westB. poor; richC. north; southD. good; bad2.In the poor part, _.A.many people have got enough to eat.B. a child in the poor countries eats better than a dog or a cat in North America.C. poor people cant go to hospital because they have no money.D. the

6、 land is better than in the rich countries.3.What is the problem of rich countries?A.People have to move slowly.B. The air is very clean.C. The rivers are too dirty to swim in or to drink.D. People have many houses.4.Whats the meaning of the words “accept” in the sentence “None of the hospital can a

7、cceptthem .?”A.承认B.相信C.承兑D.接受5.How to make poor countries rich?A.The people in rice countries must give money to the poor countries.B. Grow more plants in the poor countries.C. The people must be taught.D. The rich people must spend more money.说明文（五）People use their mouths for many things. They eat,

8、 talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word mouth. But some of them are not so nice.For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say Do not bad mouth me.Sometimes, people say something to a fri

9、end or family member that they later regret because hurts that persons feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell.The speaker might say: I really put my foot in my mouth this time. If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words, he mig

10、ht feel sad for saying the wrong thing.Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: You took the words right out of my mouth!Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. Ther

11、e is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.1.People cant use the

12、ir mouths to _.A.singB. shoutC. smellD. eat2.You can say “_!” if you dont want some people say bad things about you.A.Down in the mouthB. Dont bad mouth meC. From hand to mouthD. Put foot in mouth3.“I really put my foot in my mouth this time” means _.A.I really did thisB. I regretted I had done the

13、thingC. I want to do this thingD. I have never done this thing4.When your friend took the words right out of your mouth, you can say “_”.A.I am very luckyB. We have the same ideaC. I am very angryD. You are clever5.If a person lives from hand to mouth, he must be very _.A.poorB. richC. happyD. sad说明

14、文（六）We each have a memory（记忆力）. Thats why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got

15、 surprising memories.A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as

16、 easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exer

17、cise1、Some people can easily learn many things by heart because .Athey always sleep very well Bthey often eat good foodCthey read a lot of books Dthey have very good memories2、Everybody learns his mother language .Aat the age of six Bwhen he is a small childCafter he goes to school Dwhen he can read

18、 and write3、Before a child can speak, he must .Aread and write Bmake sentencesChear and remember the sounds Dthink hard4、In school the pupils cant learn a foreign language well because.Athey have no good memories Bthey have no recordersCthey have too much time for it Dthey are busy with other subjects5、Your memory will become better and better .Aif you have plenty of good foodBif you do more and more exercisesCif you do morning exercises every dayDif you get up early