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UK
Attention, Harry Potter fans: The sixth novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter stories, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood, will go on sale in the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia on July 16, 2005
Italy
According to a recent study, there are now more dogs and cats in Italian homes than children. There are at least 14.5 million dogs cats in Italian homes compared with 8.7 million children under the age of 15．Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe. A psychologist said that pets were loved by many young Italians who could not have or did not want to have children. In Italy, spending on pets has increased by 20 percent in the past five years.
US
The start of a new years is time when many Americans like to think about ways to make improvements for the future. But this year, instead of the usually New Year’s resolution(決心) to lose weight, quit smoking or exercise more, the US Department of Homeland Security is urging Americans to create a family emergency plan for any terror attack.
France & Iraq
The two French journalists who had been held hostage(扣為人質(zhì)) in Iraq for 124 days were freed last week. Christian Chesnot, 37 and Georges Malbunot, 41, were kidnapped along with their Iraqi driver on Aug, 20 in Iraq. French Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, said that the French government had not paid ransom(贖金) for their release.
【小題1】From the news above we know that health is usually most being talked about in _________

A．UK

B．Italy

C．US

D．France

【小題2】The content order of the passage is___________

A．society, life, politics, business	B．life, society, business, politics
C．business, society, life, politics	D．business, politics, society, life

【小題3】Which is the suitable title for the second passage?

A．The Lowest Birth Rates	B．More Pets Than Children
C．Great Change On Money Spending	D．A scientific Research Report

【小題4】The two journalists were held hostage on ___________.

A．August 20

B．April 18

C．May 17

D．April 16

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題，在US一節(jié)中提到美國(guó)人現(xiàn)在關(guān)注lose weight之類的問題，說明他們談?wù)摰亩嗟氖墙】祮栴}。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)歸納題，第一段談?wù)摰氖菚�籍的售賣情況，屬于經(jīng)濟(jì)范疇；第二部分講意大利人不愿意要小孩的問題，應(yīng)該屬于社會(huì)范疇；而第三段講美國(guó)人關(guān)注健康問題，則是生活范疇，故此判斷答案為C。
【小題3】主旨大意題。第二部分講意大利人不要小孩，以至于貓狗數(shù)目比孩子數(shù)目還多，B形象生動(dòng)的概括了這個(gè)主題。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題，從were kidnapped along with their Iraqi driver on Aug, 20 in Iraq可以得到證明。