外研社阅读大赛真题解析(12篇)

外研社阅读大赛真题解析篇一

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4. where is the piece of text taken from?

a. an advertisement

b. an instruction booklet

c. a story

d. a newspaper

外研社阅读大赛真题解析篇二

directions: read the text about cholera. decide whether the statements are

true or false according to the text.

a child receives the oral cholera vaccine shanchol

cholera is caused by a bacterial infection of the intestine. approximately one in

20 people infected with cholera has a serious case, with symptoms including

severe diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. these symptoms quickly cause

dehydration and shock, and can result in death within hours if the infected

person doesnt receive treatment. cholera is typically transmitted by

contaminated food or water. in areas with poor treatment of sewage and

drinking water, the feces of people with cholera can enter the water supply and

spread quickly, resulting in an epidemic. the cholera bacterium may also live in

the environment in some coastal waters, so shellfish eaten raw can be a source

of cholera in affected areas.

18. cholera is known to be a life-threatening disease which easily causes death

of most of the patients.

true ( ) false ( )

19. cholera typically occurs in areas near the sea or the river where

contaminated food is a major source of the disease.

true ( ) false ( )

外研社阅读大赛真题解析篇三

directions: the bar chart shows the number and proportion of undernourished

people in the developing regions, from 1990-1992 to 2014-2016. answer the

question according to the information in the chart.

source: the millennium development goals (mdg) report 2015

10. choose the incorrect description about the chart.

a. the latest estimates suggest that nearly one in nine inspaniduals do not

have enough to eat between 2014 and 2016.

b. projections indicate that the 2015 mdg target is nearly reached, with

per cent of undernourished population.

c. the situation noticeably improved during the years 1995-1999, but went

down in the first five years of the new millennium.

d. the proportion of undernourished people in the developing regions has

fallen by almost half since 1990.

外研社阅读大赛真题解析篇四

directions: read the text about chaco culture. answer the questions according

to the text.

the xxxchaco culturexxx, as modern-day archaeologists call it, flourished

between roughly the 9th and 13th centuries . and was centered at chaco

canyon in what is now new mexico.

the people of the chaco culture built immense structures that at times

encompassed more than 500 rooms. they also participated in long-distance

trade that brought cacao, macaws (a type of parrot), turquoise and copper to

chaco canyon.

29_______, researchers have to rely on the artifacts and structures they

left behind, as well as oral accounts that have been passed on through

generations, to reconstruct what their lives were like.

archaeologists generally agree that chaco canyon was the center of chaco

culture. today the canyon is a national park and a unesco world heritage site.

the national park service estimates that there are about 4,000 archaeological

sites in the park, including more than a dozen immense structures that

archaeologists sometimes call xxxgreat housesxxx. archaeological research has

revealed many discoveries, including a system of roads that connected many

chaco culture sites, and evidence of astronomical alignments that indicate that

some chaco culture structures were oriented toward the solstice sun and lunar

standstills.

“there has been more archaeological research conducted in chaco and on

the subject of chaco than on any other prehistoric district in north america,”

says a national park service statement posted on chaco culture national

historical parks website.

xxxtoday, twenty puebloan groups in new mexico, as well as the hopi in

arizona, claim chaco as their ancestral homeland and are