South Asia heatwave kills nearly 100

DHAKA - A heat wave sweeping India, Bangladesh and Nepal has killed nearly 100 people over the past two weeks, officials said on June 3, 2005.

A third of the people died in northern Bangladesh, mostly women and children from dehydration(脫水), heat stroke and diarrhoea(腹瀉).

"We are getting reports of several deaths due to heat wave and related diseases almost every day," an official said, as temperatures touched 43℃.

The weather office in Dhaka said the hot weather will last for another week until the monsoon(季風(fēng)) rains which are normally due by the middle of June.

Severe heat conditions in the southern Indian have killed at least 55 people, officials in the two states said.

While temperatures have fallen from a high of 45℃ in Andhra Pradesh to around 40℃, giving a respite（休息） to people, they are still on the rise in Orissa with Talcher town registering 48.5℃, a weather official said.

At least five people have died in Nepal from extreme heat, the government said.

1.We can infer that the heatwave can cause ______.

A．heat stoke         B．dehydration        C．diarrhoea         D．a(chǎn)ll above

2.When the monsoon rains come, the temperature will _______.

A．remain the same                        B．go on to rise sharply

C．begin to drop obviously                   D．rise a little

3.Which place is the hottest in the early June, 2005?

A．Dhaka            B．Talcher           C．Andhra Pradesh    D．Nepal

 

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇新聞報(bào)告，介紹了南亞的熱浪導(dǎo)致多人死亡的新聞，文章中提供了很多具體的數(shù)據(jù)。

1.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段A third of the people died in northern Bangladesh, mostly women and children from dehydration(脫水), heat stroke and diarrhoea(腹瀉).可知ABC三項(xiàng)都是炎熱造成的健康問題。故D正確。

2.C 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第四段The weather office in Dhaka said the hot weather will last for another week until the monsoon(季風(fēng)) rains which are normally due by the middle of June.

可知這樣的炎熱的天氣將持續(xù)到季風(fēng)的來臨，也就是說季風(fēng)來臨以后溫度會明顯下降。故C正確。

3.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段While temperatures have fallen from a high of 45℃ in Andhra Pradesh to around 40℃, giving a respite（休息） to people, they are still on the rise in Orissa with Talcher town registering 48.5℃, a weather official said可知最高的溫度出現(xiàn)在Talcher 故B正確。

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點(diǎn)評：本文是一篇新聞報(bào)告，介紹了南亞的熱浪導(dǎo)致多人死亡的新聞。本文所設(shè)試題主要考察細(xì)節(jié)查找，對于文章中的細(xì)節(jié)題，要注意文本內(nèi)容的理解。關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯誤有：絕對化語言，范圍擴(kuò)大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。

 

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