Question

Many children love to play with snow in winter. But Long Chuan has come to hate it.
This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms (遭受暴风雪) for nearly a month. The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity (电) tower and turned tap water to ice.
Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water. “I couldn’t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school. I can’t remember how many times I slipped (滑倒) on the hard ice, ” said Long Chuan.
Long is not alone. This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity. The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people. They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.
Experts (专家) say a special type of climate condition (气候条件), La Nina, caused the storms. During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) near the equator (赤道) becomes colder than usual. It changes the weather around the world.
Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter. The special climate caused the recent flooding (洪水) in Australia, too.
However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment (环境). Global warming (全球变暖) may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.
【小题1】What took place in Long Chuan’s hometown last winter?

A．Earthquake.

B．Flooding.

C．Traffic Accident.

D．Heavy snowstorms.

【小题2】During the snowstorms this year, Long Chuan  __________.

A．had to walk to carry drinking water	B．had to ride a bike to school
C．couldn’t go to school on foot	D．couldn’t play with snow

【小题3】The heavy snow ____________ this year.

A．killed millions of Chinese	B．cost China 111.1 billion yuan
C．used too much electricity	D．lasted more than three hours

【小题4】We can tell from the story that __________ .

A．China is the only country which suffered from the heavy snow

B．La Nina is said to have caused the snowstorms

C．La Nina also caused hot summer in Australia

D．the snowstorms have nothing to do with global warming

【小题5】The passage tells people around the world ___________.

A．to wear more clothes in winter	B．to stop riding bikes on the hard ice
C．to protect (保护) the environment	D．to save water and electricity

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】B
【小题4】B
【小题5】C

解析【小题1】本文第三句为This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms (遭受暴风雪) for nearly a month. 所表示的含义为Long Chuan 家乡遭受了暴风雪，故本题选D。
【小题2】本文第三段第一句为Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water.，所表示的含义为每天Long Chuan必须要走数公里去抬饮用水，故本题选A。
【小题3】本文第四段最后一句为They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.这次暴风雪要花费国家1111亿元，故本题选B。
【小题4】本文第五段第一句为Experts (专家) say a special type of climate condition (气候条件), La Nina, caused the storms.所表示的含义为一些专家说这种类型的气候条件是由拉尼娜现象所导致的暴风雪，故本题选B。
【小题5】本文最后一段提到人们破坏了环境而导致全球变暖，导致拉尼娜现象，所以本文主要是要告诉全世界的人保护环境的重要性，故本题选C。