问题 阅读理解

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At 3,500 metres, La Paz, Bolivia, is the highest capital in the world.Many roads are in bad condition and accidents are frequent.One road in particular, is considered the most dangerous in the world.On one side there is a sudden drop, which is so great that anyone inside the vehicle is lucky to survive.

But thanks to one man, the death toll (人数) has fallen.Timoteo Apaza is a man who lives in a village near the most dangerous part of the road, known as "the Devil's Bend".Timoteo has an unusual job — he is a human traffic signal.Every morning he stands on the bend and directs the traffic.When two vehicles approach from opposite directions, they can't see each other, but they can see Timoteo.Actually no one pays him to do the job.Sometimes drivers give him a tip so that he has just enough money to live on.But often they just pass by, taking the human traffic signal for granted.

So why does he do it? Before Timoteo volunteered to direct the traffic, he had been a driver.Then one day he was driving a lorry load of bananas when he came off the road at a bend and fell three hundred metres down the mountain.Somehow he survived, but was in hospital for months.Then, a few years later, he was called out in the night to help pull people out of a bus crashed at the Devil's Bend.This last experience had a profound effect on Timoteo.He realized that he was lucky to be alive himself, and felt that it was his mission in life to help others.So every morning, week in, week out, from dawn to dusk, Timoteo takes up his place on the bend.

60.Where does Timoteo work?                                                    

A.In a small mountainous village.   B.At the busiest part of a road.              

C.On a farm growing bananas.      D.At the side of a dangerous road.

61.The road is so dangerous mainly because ______.                              

A.it is steep and in bad condition        B.it is high up in the mountain                

C.there is heavy traffic                D.it is often very foggy

62.What does Timoteo get for his job?                                              

A.No payment at all.

B.A small salary from the government.              

C.A small amount of money from some drivers.

D.An award from the local people.

63.Why does Timeteo voluntarily direct the traffic?                                    

A.He loves to be a traffic policeman.     

B.He feels it his duty to help the drivers.

C.He isn't qualified to do anything else. 

D.He can't drive the lorry any more.

答案

60---63    DACB  

填空题
阅读理解与欣赏

阅读。

  ①在沙漠里边不但光线会作怪,声音也会作怪。②唐玄奘相信这是魔鬼在迷人,直到如今,住在沙漠中的人们,却也还有相信的。③群众把会发出声音的沙地称为“鸣沙”。④在现宁夏自治区中卫县靠黄河有一个地方叫鸣沙山,即在今日沙坡头地方,科学院和铁道部等机关在此设有一个治沙站,站的后面便是腾格里沙漠。⑤沙漠在此处已紧逼黄河河岸,沙高约一百米,沙坡面南坐北,中呈凹形,有很多泉水涌出。⑥此沙向来是人们崇拜的对象,据说,每逢夏历端阳节,男男女女便在山上聚会,然后纷纷顺着山坡翻滚下来。⑦这时候沙子便发生轰隆隆的巨响,像打雷一样。⑧两年前我和五、六个同志曾经走到鸣沙山顶上慢慢下来,果然听到隆隆之声,好像远处汽车中行走似的。⑨据说,只要沙漠面部的沙子是细沙而干燥,含有大部分石英,被太阳晒得火热后,经风的吹拂或人马的走动,沙粒移动磨擦起来便会发出声音,这便是鸣沙,古人说“见怪不怪,其怪自败”,沙漠里的一切怪异现象,其实都是可以用科学道理来说明的。

1.第①句“在沙漠里不但光线会作怪,声音也会作怪”,在结构上有何作用?    

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2.“据一些专家的意见”这句话原文为“据说”,你认为哪一个更好,为什么?  

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3.“见怪不怪”中第一个“怪”是指什么?又为什么说“不怪”呢? 

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4.这段文字是按什么顺序说明沙漠里奇怪现象的?主要运用了什么说明方法?

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