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 (遭受暴風雪) for nearly a month. The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity (電) 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 (專家) say a special type of climate condition (氣候條件), 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 (環境). Global warming (全球變暖) may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.
【小題1】What took place in Long Chuan’s hometown last winter?

A．Earthquake.

B．Flooding.

C．Traffic Accident.

D．Heavy snowstorms.

【小題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

【小題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

【小題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

【小題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 (保護) the environment	D．to save water and electricity

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析【小題1】本文第三句為This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms (遭受暴風雪) for nearly a month. 所表示的含義為Long Chuan 家鄉遭受了暴風雪，故本題選D。
【小題2】本文第三段第一句為Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water.，所表示的含義為每天Long Chuan必須要走數公里去抬飲用水，故本題選A。
【小題3】本文第四段最后一句為They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.這次暴風雪要花費國家1111億元，故本題選B。
【小題4】本文第五段第一句為Experts (專家) say a special type of climate condition (氣候條件), La Nina, caused the storms.所表示的含義為一些專家說這種類型的氣候條件是由拉尼娜現象所導致的暴風雪，故本題選B。
【小題5】本文最后一段提到人們破壞了環境而導致全球變暖，導致拉尼娜現象，所以本文主要是要告訴全世界的人保護環境的重要性，故本題選C。