Question

Do you have any skiing equipment you no longer need? A ski school in the far north of India could put it to good use.

In March we published a photo story about the extraordinary Zsnskar region in northern India，which is cut off from the outside world for more than seven months of the year，and only accessible (可通行的)via a frozen river．We also included information about the limited use of skiing in the region and the recent creation of the Zanskar Ski School:

“Despite the difficulties of travelling through the region when the snow comes，skiing hasn’t traditionally been used as a means of transport by the locals，largely because trees don't grow here, so there is little in the way of raw materials from which to make skis．In 1995, a group of British scientists in the region noticed the lack of skis and one of them returned to set up the Zanskar Ski School in Padam．The school provides lessons for a small fee and rents skis to the local people. Among the benefits that the school hopes to bring are improved education—children often find it difficult to get to school through the deep snow—and the possibility of offering ski tours to tourists in the future．So far，more than 300 local people have received training，and local doctors and policemen regularly borrow skis.”

But what we weren't able to include in the article is that the ski school is always on the look out for old skiing equipment—particularly of a size suitable for children—and, I thought. Now the European ski season is drawing to a close，there might be a few of you out there who have some old equipment you'd like to see go to a good home．If that's the ease you can get in touch with the school via their website www.zanskarski school.org.

1.What's the purpose in writing the text?

A. To raise money to develop this area

B. To attract more tourists to the area

C. To appeal to more locals to attend the school

D. To ask people to give away their skis to the school

2.The local people don't use skiing to go about because             .

A. it is against the local custom

B. they don't have the wood to make skis

C. trees are in the way of the skiing route

D. it is dangerous to go skiing in this region

3. Who would be the most helpful to the school now?

A. People having old skiing equipment．

B. Students in the Zanskar Ski School

C. Locals in Zanskar region

D. Tavellers enjoying skiing

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. An extraordinary region in India

B. A home for old skis

C. A good means of transport

D. A popular sport—skiing

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹在印度北部的Zsnskar 地區，因為沒有木材做滑板，缺少雪橇，人們出行有困難，當地的學校教授滑雪技能但是苦于缺乏設備，而有些人家里有舊的不用的雪橇設備，作者號召可以把雪橇設備捐贈給這些學校。

1.寫作意圖題：從第一段的句子：Do you have any skiing equipment you no longer need? A ski school in the far north of India could put it to good use.可知作者是想說服讀者把不用的滑雪設備送給學校。選D

2.細節題：從第三段的句子：“Despite the difficulties of travelling through the region when the snow comes，skiing hasn’t traditionally been used as a means of transport by the locals，largely because trees don't grow here, so there is little in the way of raw materials from which to make skis．可知這個地區人們不滑雪的原因主要是沒有木材做滑板，選B

3.推理題：從文章的最后一段的句子：there might be a few of you out there who have some old equipment you'd like to see go to a good home．If that's the ease you can get in touch with the school via their website www.zanskarski school.org.   可知最有幫助的人是那些有舊的化學設備的人，可以把它們捐給學校，選A

4.主旨題：文章介紹在印度北部的Zsnskar 地區，缺少雪橇，而有些人家里有舊的不用的雪橇設備，可以捐贈給他們，所以是給舊雪橇找個家，選B

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