专题04 Earthquakes 第一节 阅读理解AAfter the earthquake had stopped, when the rescuers reached the ruins of a young womans house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on her knees like a person was worshipping(礼拜); her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supported by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head. With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescue team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall to reach the womans body. He was hoping that this woman could be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure. He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reasons, the team leader was driven by a compelling force to go back to the ruined house of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used his hand through the narrow cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement，“A child! There is a child！” The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3monthold little boy wrapped in a flowery blanket under his mothers dead body. Obviously, the woman had made a sacrifice for saving her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up. The medical doctor came quickly to examine the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone.There was a text message on the screen. It said, “If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” This cell phone was passed around from one hand to another. Everybody that read the message wept. “If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Such is the mothers love for her child!【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。地震中一位年轻的妈妈为了保护年幼的儿子，用自己的身体弯出的弧度给了儿子一片安全的地带，并在手机上留言，表达自己对儿子深深的爱。1. Why did the leader of the rescue team decide to leave the house?AHe didnt notice the woman.BHe left to ask for help. CHe knew she was dead. DThe gap was too narrow for his hand to get through.答案与解析：C考查细节理解。【关键句】However，the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.(第二段最后一句)译文：然而，冰冷僵硬的身体告诉他她确实已经死了。根据关键句可知，救援队的队长确定这个女人已经死去后决定带队离开。故选C。2. The reason why the woman died in such a strange pose was that _.Aher hands were supported by an objectBthe earthquake happened when she was worshippingCher knees were severely injuredDshe tried to protect her baby with her own body答案与解析：D考查细节理解。 3. What can be the best title for the passage?AA strange pose in the ruinsBA rescue teams struggleCA mothers love in the ruinsDA heartbreaking scene答案与解析：C考查标题概括。文章主要讲述地震中一位母亲为了保护年幼的儿子，用身体弯出弧度给了儿子一片安全的地带，并在手机上留言，表达了对儿子深深的母爱。因此C项“废墟中的母爱”能概括全文内容，符合题意。故选C。亮点句积累：The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.(倒数第二段最后一句)译文：当队长把小男孩抱起来时，他仍在安稳地睡着。阅读理解BA new study has found the amount of antibiotics (抗生素) given to farm animals is expected to increase by twothirds over the next 15 years. Researchers are linking the growing dependence on the drugs to the increasing need for meat, milk and eggs. However, the drugs could quicken the development of antibioticresistant infections (感染). Such infections are already a major public health concern in the United States.The World Health Organization(WHO) notes when people stop living in poverty(贫困), the first thing they want to do is eat better, rather than earn more money. For most people, that means their diet should contain more meat. With the rapid development of Asia, people there are eating nearly four times as much meat, milk and other milk products as they did 50 years ago.To meet the need, farmers have put many animals into smaller spaces. As the animals are crowded together, the easiest way to deal with some of the problems of crowding is to give them antibiotics. Its clear that antibiotics help animals stay healthy in crowded environments and grow faster. But bacteria can develop resistance to the drugs gradually.Nowadays, doctors find antibiotics that once worked against the infections no longer work. The bacteria have learned ways to fight against the drugs. The heavy use of antibiotics in farm animals is responsible for the growth of antibiotic resistance worldwide. Each year in the United States, at least two million people get antibioticresistant infections and at least 23,000 die from these infections.Europe has banned the use of antibiotics to increase animal growth. And the United States is hoping to persuade farmers to stop using antibiotics for that purpose.【文章大意】 本文主要围绕在农场动物身上使用抗生素的负面影响展开。【难句分析】 The World Health Organization(WHO) notes when people stop living in poverty(贫困)，the first thing they want to do is eat better，rather than earn more money.分析：本句为复合句。notes后接省略了连接词th