问题 阅读理解

What would life be like without rich, creamy, mouthwatering, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate?

Life would be bitter for most Americans. They spend about $13 billion a year buying all sorts of chocolate treats.

However, for the African children who toil under slavelike conditions on cacao plantations, life is not sweet. The cacao bean is the main ingredient in the chocolate. According to a 2002 survey by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and the US Agency for International Development, about 284,000 children work in dangerous conditions on cacao farms in western Africa.

More than half those children are younger than 14. Many were sold into forced labor to work 12 hours or more a day on the cacao plantations.

A number of international organizations, including several African governments, recently began a program to eliminate(消除) child labor on cacao plantations. Under the program, government officials will remove children from abusive working situations while teaching farmers about child labor issues.

The program will also make borrowing money easier for cacao farmers. Officials hope farmers will use the money to invest in their farms and hire paid laborers.

小题1:The cacao bean is the main ingredient in _______.

A.treats

B.coffee

C.chocolate

D.cigarettes小题2:How many children under 14 work on cacao farms in western Africa?

A.About 284,000.

B.About 142,000.

C.About 467,000.

D.About 876,000.小题3:From the passage, you can reasonably conclude that _______.

A.cacao farms in western Africa rely heavily on child labor

B.children in Africa know how to make the best chocolate

C.candy bars sold in the United States are made on plantations in Africa

D.eating too much chocolate is bad for your health

答案

小题1:C

小题2:B

小题3:A

小题1:C细节理解题。结合The cacao bean is the main ingredient in the chocolate可知答案。

小题2:B细节理解题。结合about 284,000 children work in dangerous conditions on cacao farms in western Africa和More than half those children are younger than 14可知答案。

小题3:A推理判断题。结合Many were sold into forced labor to work 12 hours or more a day on the cacao plantations可知答案。

阅读理解与欣赏

相约在春天开花

文/孙道荣

         妻子突然从厨房里冲出来,甩着湿漉漉的手,急匆匆就要出门。

       (A)外面飘着漫天的雪花。我问妻子:“天这么冷,要去哪里”?妻子说: “昨天和人家约好了,要买她的盆景,差点忘了,刚刚想起来。”

        我拉住她:“外面下着大雪,买什么盆景?等天好了再买也不迟啊。” 

        妻子却坚持要去。她解释说:“昨天中午吃过饭后,我在单位附近溜达,在桥头,看到一个骑着三轮车卖盆景的老太太,有剑兰、文竹、金菊,还有水仙球。我想买几颗水仙球,赶到春节的时候,正好能开花。老太太却告诉我,这几颗水仙球都是卖剩下来的,芽发得迟,估计要到春节后才能开花。她说,你要是真想买的话,明天会带几颗好的球株来,确保能在春节期间开花。于是,我和她约好,第二天中午还是这个时候,还在这个地方。” 

       我探头看看窗外,雪下得更紧了,便对妻子说:“外面下着这么大的雪,谁还会出门啊?再说了,那种路边的买卖,本来就是随口说说的,你还当真了。”

       但妻子仍执意要去。我无奈,只得推出自行车,说:“那就我替你跑一趟吧。”

       妻子说的地方,离家大约三四公里,顶着风雪,我向前骑去。心里嘀咕着,肯定是白跑一趟,就权当是体验一下雪中骑车的滋味吧。

     (B)赶到那桥头,我四处张望,风雪中除了偶尔几个顶着伞的行人,路上空荡荡的。果然被我言中了,也难怪,大雪天,谁还出门做小生意啊。

       路滑,我推着车往回走。拐弯的时候,忽然看见路边的墙角,蹲着一个老大爷。他面前摆着两只箩筐,都是水仙球株。没想到,这个天,还真有人坚持做生意,小本买卖,不容易啊。

        问好价钱,我买了五个水仙球株。我是这样打算的:回去跟妻子撒个谎,就说找到那个和她约好的老太太了,水仙都是从她那儿买来的,免得她有失落感。 

       老大爷细心地用塑料袋,帮我将水仙球株一个个装好。他的毡帽上,已经积了一层雪花。

       我劝老大爷:“天冷,又下雪,不会再有什么生意了,赶紧回家吧。”老大爷双手凑到嘴巴前,一边哈着热气,一边点着头。

       我推着车,慢慢往回走。身后,隐约听到老大爷在自言自语:“人家也许不会来了,真的不会来了。这个鬼天气,谁还会出门啊。老太婆,太冷了,我得回家了,你可别怪我,我可是已经足足等了一个多时辰了。”

       原来……霎时,我明白了。

       我转回身,停好车,紧紧握着老大爷的手,大声告诉他:“您老没有白等啊!”

     (C)雪打在我手中的水仙球株上,球株已经长出绿叶:她们相约,在春天开花。(选自《新民晚报》2010-02-05)

1.本文明明是写冬天发生的事情,而文章题目是“相约在春天开花”,如何理解题目中的“春天”?

                                                                                                                                              

2.用简要的语言概括这篇文章的主要内容。

                                                                                                                                               

3.如何理解加粗语的“执意”一词?

                                                                                                                                                 

4.文章有多处景色(环境)的描写(原文已经用线标出),结合具体的语言环境,分别简述其作用。

   (A)                                                                                                                                     

   (B)                                                                                                                                      

   (C)                                                                                                                                     

5.画曲线的地方“霎时,我明白了”,我明白了什么?

                                                                                                                                                              

6.读了本文你受到怎样的教育?你准备以后怎样做? 

                                                                                                                                                              

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