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说明文（四）

Then world is divided（划分）into two parts. One half of the world is rich and the other is poor. In the poor part, a lot of people have never got enough to eat. When they are ill, none of the hospitals can accept them because they have no money. In the rich part, a lot of people eat too much. For example, a dog or a cat in North America eats better than a child in the poorer countries.

The poor countries have some difficult problems. Sometimes the land is too poor to grow anything on. People there have neither rich land nor enough water. The land can be made better, but a lot of things must be done. The people must be taught and water must be found.

But rich countries have problems, too. There are not always good places to live in. sometimes the air is not clean and the rivers are too dirty to swim in or to drink. The roads and streets are full of people and buses, cars and buses have to move slowly. Noise is too much. Some people don’t have houses. Something must be done about these problems. The air and the rivers must be cleaned and be kept clean. More houses have to be built. But these can’t be done easily.

1.According to the passage, the world is divided into two parts. One half is _______, and the

other is _______.

A.east; west

B. poor; rich

C. north; south

D. good; bad

2.In the poor part, _______.

A.many people have got enough to eat.

B. a child in the poor countries eats better than a dog or a cat in North America.

C. poor people cant’ go to hospital because they have no money.

D. the land is better than in the rich countries.

3.What is the problem of rich countries?

A.People have to move slowly.

B. The air is very clean.

C. The rivers are too dirty to swim in or to drink.

D. People have many houses.

4.What’s the meaning of the word’s “accept” in the sentence “None of the hospital can accept

them ...?”

A.承认

B.相信

C.承兑

D.接受

5.How to make poor countries rich?

A.The people in rice countries must give money to the poor countries.

B. Grow more plants in the poor countries.

C. The people must be taught.

D. The rich people must spend more money.

说明文（五）

People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word mouth. But some of them are not so nice.

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "Do not bad mouth me."

Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because hurts that person's feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell.

The speaker might say: "I really put my foot in my mouth this time." If this should happen, the speaker might feel "down in the mouth." In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: "You took the words right out of my mouth!"

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person "was born with a silver spoon in his mouth."

This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives "from hand to mouth." This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

1.People can’t use their mouths to ______.

A.sing

B. shout

C. smell

D. eat

2.You can say “______!” if you don’t want some people say bad things about you.

A.Down in the mouth

B. Don’t bad mouth me

C. From hand to mouth

D. Put foot in mouth