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    阅读理解。
    The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area.
    Nauru's heartbreaking story could have one good consequence - other countries might learn from its
    mistakes.
    For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western
    civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the
    Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
    However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The
    whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the
    social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the
    population from 1,400 to 900.
    Nauru's real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)
    on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important
    fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
    A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it
    moves the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the
    land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
    In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
    Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they
    used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible
    problem - their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had
    nothing. By 2000,  Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately
    $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.
    1. What might be the author's purpose in writing the text?
    A. To seek help for Nauru's problems.
    B. To give a warning to other countries
    C. To show the importance of money
    D. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.
    2. What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?
    A. Rich and powerful
    B. Modern and open
    C. Peaceful and attractive
    D. Greedy and aggressive
    3. The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______.
    A. soil pollution
    B. phosphate overmining
    C. farming activity
    D. whale hunting
    4. Which of the following was a cause of Nauru's financial problem?
    A. Its leaders misused the money
    B. It spent too much repairing the island
    C. Its phosphate mining cost much money
    D. It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.
    5. What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?
    A. The ecological damage is difficult to repair.
    B. The leaders will take the experts' words seriously.
    C. The island was abandoned by the Nauruans
    D. The phosphate mines were destroyed
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本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议,所以要把握其议才是主要方面。阅读这类文章,先弄清其引入的话题,再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法,然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。


历史文化类阅读技巧:

题型说明】历史文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一。这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等。这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上。
答题方法】在做这类阅读理解题时,我们应注意以下几个方面:
1、采用先题后文:先读题目,再带着问题读文章。这类阅读理解文章相对来说事实细节题稍多一点,如果带着问题读文章,有利于我们抓细节。
2、先做细节题。因为做完了局部性的事实细节题后,自然会加深我们对文章的理解,这样更有利于做主旨大意题。
3、重点敲定主旨题。主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类:一类是Main idea型;一类是Topic或Title型。
在解答这类试题时应注意以下几点:
a.读首句抓大意。
文化教育类阅读理解文章多采用说明文、议论文体裁,而这类文章大都采用文章段落的中心,即主题句在文章开头。因此,要寻找这类文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句。
b.读尾句抓大意。
有时这类文章的主题句安排在文章的结尾,作为对全篇的总结。
c.读首段抓大意。
有些文章或段落的开头和结尾部分都有主题句。这种结构是为了突出主题思想而使用两次点题的写作方法。这两个主题句在句子结构和用词上有所不同,而且在内容上前句和后句也不重复。
d.从段落中抓大意。
有些文章或段落的主题句在文章中,这种文章或段落往往以一句话或几句话引出要表达的主题,在主题句出现后,再举例子陈述细节或继续论证。
e.归纳要点抓大意。
有些文章或段落无明显的主题句,只是暗示性地体现主题。这就要求同学们在阅读过程中根据文中所叙述的事实或线索来概括总结主旨大意。