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4.Which word best describes Diaz's attitude towards the program?
高三一轮复习40分钟单元检测卷/英语
A.Indifferent.
B.Supportive.
C.Tolerant
D.Unwilling.
二、七选五(共5小题:每小题4分,满分20分)
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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余
多
(考试时间40分钟,满分100分)
选项。
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Lead has proved to be a useful metal.5 It goes into car batteries and also helps make bright
一、阅读理解(共4小题:每小题5分,满分20分)
pigments,used to paint walls,metal work and toys.
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
6 In the worst cases it causes comas and death.More often its effects are slow but
A books-for-food program in Guatemala is helping feed needy children as hunger rates rise during
harmful.Research shows that lead is a threat to little babies,who are most likely to take in dust and
the pandemic ()It is run by a local nonprofit organization that aims to feed nearly 400 chil-
paint chips that contain lead.Their brains can be easily harmed.7
dren.
The dangers of lead have long been known.American banned it from paint 40 years ago,and by
The program is simple.People choose a book they want from a list of donated titles,and in
the late 1990s leaded petrol had been stopped gradually in almost all rich countries.But the effects
return give bags of Incaparina,a high-protein drink mix.Bonifaz Diaz works for the program.By
continue to exist.8 The situation is more alarming in the poor world,where the use of lead-
O
bringing the books-for-food program directly to people's homes,Diaz makes sure donations keep flow.
based paints is spreading.As people in Asia and Africa become richer,they start to decorate their
ing.He has travelled more than 2,000 kilometers on his bicycle,delivered loads of books and carried
homes,but the paint they use,even from pots labeled "lead-free"often contains it.
back thousands of kilograms of Incaparina for the nonprofit group 32 Volcanoes.Diaz sometimes pulls
It is neither difficult nor expensive to stop using lead.9 And industrial use is no exception,
a small cart that helps him carry up to 57 kilograms of prod