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15．Jody Williams was born in Vermont in 1950．Like many teenagers of her generation，she became devoted to the idea of peace while being against the war in Vietnam when young．
In late 1991，Bobby Muller，president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation，called Williams to see if she was interested in working together to ban （禁止） landmines（地雷） worldwide．She was glad to make use of the opportunity to persuade non-governmental organizations to support this worthwhile idea．Millions of landmines remain buried in the ground in countries around the world long after the wars in which they were used have ended．
In October 1992，the International Campaign to Ban Landmines （ICBL） was formally set up．The ICBL called for an end to the use，production，and trade of landmines．As the campaign's leader，Williams wrote and spoke widely on the landmine problem and the need for a total ban．
Together with Shawn Roberts，she wrote a book that described the hidden costs of landmine use，such as the long term effects of landmines．The landmines mean that people cannot travel or work safel y．Land goes unused，causing unemployment and poverty （貧窮）．There is also the huge cost of treating landmine victims （受害者）．
Their efforts were rewarded in 1996，when a meeting hosted by the Canadian government agreed to write out an international treaty （條約） banning landmines．In December 1997，the treaty was signed，with the support of 122 countries．In five years，Jody Williams and the ICBL have achieved their goal of introducing a landmine ban．The Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee awarded Williams and the ICBL the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year．
To date，more than 156 countries have signed the landmine ban treaty．
25．Which of the following is NOT true according to the text？A
A．Jody Williams served during the war in Vietnam．
B．Bobby Muller put forward the idea of banning landmines．
C．Jody Williams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997．
D.122 countries signed the landmine ban treaty in 1997．
26．Jody Williams'book is aboutB．
A．how to reduce the bad effects of landmines 
B．what the possible bad effects of landmines are 
C．how much it costs to remove the hidden landmines
D．what the government can do to remove the hidden landmines
27．An international treaty banning landmines was made inC．
A.1991     
B.1992         
C.1996            
D.1997．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀，屬于人物傳記，約迪•威廉姆斯于1950年在佛蒙特州出生．與她這一代的許多青少年一樣，她在年輕時(shí)反對越南的戰(zhàn)爭，致力于和平的想法．本文以此展開，主要講述了約迪•威廉姆斯的一些經(jīng)歷以及代表性的文學(xué)作品．

解答 25．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Bobby Muller，president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation，called Williams to see if she was interested in working together to ban （禁止） landmines（地雷） worldwide．可知，B選項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)The Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee awarded Williams and the ICBL the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year．可知，C正確；根據(jù)In December 1997，the treaty was signed，with the support of 122 countries．可知，D正確．根據(jù)文章描述，A．約旦•威廉姆斯在越南戰(zhàn)爭期間服役是錯(cuò)誤的．故選A．
26．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Together with Shawn Roberts，she wrote a book that described the hidden costs of landmine use，such as the long term effects of landmines．可知，他的書是有關(guān)寫地雷的不良影響的．故選B．
27．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Their efforts were rewarded in 1996，when a meeting hosted by the Canadian government agreed to write out an international treaty （條約） banning landmines．可知，國際地雷禁令條約是1996年出臺的．故選C．

點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題．做題時(shí)學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測．