Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage or dialog.
The cost of helping someone with AIDS drugs is high. Pills cost a lot of money. In Africa, AIDS drugs may cost more than a person makes in one year. At the same time, some American hospitals throw away a lot of pills. One man, named Lee Wildes, didn't think this was fair, so he decided to do something about it.
Wildes lives in a small apartment in San Francisco. Every month, he sends AIDS drugs, which would've been thrown away, to Africa. His act of kindness has not been noticed much in his home country. In Africa though, he is well known. Many people in Africa send him e-mails, asking him for the medicine they need.
Lee was a nurse. He knows that millions of dollars worth of drugs are thrown away. Five years ago he learned he was sick with HIV. Following this discovery, he took a vacation to Africa and saw many people there with AIDS. His visit caused him to begin sending drugs to Africa.
Lee talks with doctors in Africa by mail, e-mail and telephone. With their help, he has gotten the names and addresses for a hundred people in six African countries. He fills the pill orders and he records what pills he sends to them. He even returns to Africa, once a year, to see the people he's helping.
Giving left over drugs away is against the law, as is giving out drugs without a license. However, it is not likely he'll be taken to court for his kindly efforts. People who have discovered his actions have not caused problems for him. They know that 25 million Africans are sick with AIDS, and they don't want to prevent him from helping. 1.
Why aren't more Africans taking AIDS drugs?
A. They don't want to take something that was thrown away.
B. They don't think that the drugs work.
C. They can't work when taking them.
D. They don't have enough money.
A. Mail medicines to Africa.
B. Take a trip to Africa.
C. Throw away AIDS drugs.
D. Send e-mails to Africans.
3.
What did Wildes learn five years ago? A. Drugs are thrown away.
B. He has AIDS.
C. Africans need drugs.
D. Hospitals are not fair. 4.
With whom does Wildes have phone conversations? A. A San Francisco nurse.
B. 100 sick Africans.
C. American doctors.
D. African doctors. 5.
What do people think of Wildes' actions? A. They think he shouldn't break the law.
B. They think he is doing good work.
C. They think he will be taken to court.
D. They think he is prevented from helping.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog.
The great river Nile (尼罗河) flows gently in its course through the hot plains in the first half of the year but later on when the melting (融化) snows and the rains on the mountains far to the south swell its tributaries (支流), the Nile overflows (泛滥). It spreads rich, muddy (泥泞的) soil from Ethiopia over its valley and forms deep stretches of green, fertile (肥沃的) lands along its banks. The settlers found that in the soft rich earth wheat and other crops could be planted, even without the use of the plough, and they began to make many settlements of farmers.
In these early times they did not of course understand why the river overflowed each year. But they knew that their crops and, therefore, their lives, depended upon its magic (魔术似的) floods, and they explained the miracle as the work of gods. But there came some years when there was a "bad Nile". Sometimes the floods were not full and did not bring enough soil; the crops were poor and the people starved. At other times the waters were so great that they destroyed houses and villages, and drowned (淹死) men and beasts (牲畜). It took perhaps many centuries before the farmers learned how to control the Nile waters. Wise men among them watching the position of the stars year by year found that they could predict when the annual rising of the Nile would come. Thus they began to learn about the scientific study of the sun, earth, moon, and stars and could make a calendar of the years. They also learnt how to measure out the land so that it could be divided fairly again after the boundaries of the farms had been washed away by great floods. In this way, there came about ancient knowledge of engineering and of geometry. 6.
We can learn from this passage that the Nile is ______. A. always a gentle flowing river
B. hot in the first half of the year but cold later on
C. likely to overflow at unknown times of the year
D. a life-giving river that makes the land rich