When we think about giving help to developing countries, we often think about giving money so that these countries can build schools and hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies. These seem to be the most important basic needs of the people we are trying to help. However, it's far from enough. Ladies and gentlemen, we've got to come up with some better ideas to help them.
I was very surprised, then, when I read about a plan to make cheap laptop computers for children in developing countries. A man called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer and he planed to produce a lot and sell them to the children in developing countries at a low price after he visited a school in Cambodia. The laptop will be covered in rubber so that it is very strong and won't be damaged easily. The idea is that these computers will help the children's education as they will be able to surf the Internet. By improving children's education they should help people to find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.
Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycle old mobile phones so that they can be used again. In the UK, and probably in many other countries too, millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year. The waste created by throwing away these old phones is very bad for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to recycle them. In this way we will be able to achieve two important goals at the same time. We will reduce the waste we produce and help others. In other words, we will be able to 'kill two birds with one  stone’, and that is always a good thing.
【小題1】It's an excellent idea to recycle old mobile phones because         .

A.it reduces waste and can help others
B.it prevents waste and can earn lots of money
C.it can send the waste produced by developed countries to other countries
D.it is good for the environment and very educative for phone users
【小題2】The author gives the example of Mr. Negroponte’s cheap computers
A.to show what high technology can bring us
B.to show the kindness of people in the developed countries
C.to show how to find business opportunities in developing countries
D.to give an example of how to help developing countries
【小題3】Where does this passage probably come from?         .
A.A newspaper.B.A magazine.
C.A lecture.D.An advertisement.


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】C

解析試題分析:本文就如何幫助發(fā)展中國家,而提出一些意見,不是以前的捐助錢、衣服或財(cái)務(wù)之類的做法,文中以Nicholas Negroponte幫助發(fā)展中國家為例進(jìn)行了論述,他生產(chǎn)了大量的手提電腦,以非常便宜的價(jià)格賣給了發(fā)展中國家,讓孩子用上電腦,為了他們國家的長遠(yuǎn)教育。另一種方法,把廢舊的手機(jī)收上來,再加以利用,既減少了垃圾,又是非常環(huán)保的舉動。
【小題1】這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)We will reduce the waste we produce and help others.既能減少垃圾又能幫助別人,故選A。
【小題2】這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I was very surprised, then, when I read about a plan to make cheap laptop computers for children in developing countries. 如何幫助發(fā)展中國家,故選D。
【小題3】這是文章出處題。根據(jù)Ladies and gentlemen, we've got to come up with some better ideas to help them.這里只有作報(bào)告時(shí),才會出現(xiàn)稱呼的詞,故選C。
考點(diǎn):這是一篇議論文。
點(diǎn)評:文章出處題應(yīng)從文章的內(nèi)容或結(jié)構(gòu)來判斷其出處:    (1)報(bào)紙:前面會出現(xiàn)日期、地點(diǎn)或通訊社名稱。    (2)廣告:因其格式特殊,容易辨認(rèn)。    (3)產(chǎn)品說明:器皿、設(shè)備的使用說明會有產(chǎn)品名稱或操作方式,而藥品的服用說明會告知服用時(shí)間、次數(shù)、藥量等。

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