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1、专题限时训练(十八)　[史地自然型阅读理解(一)][(限时：25分钟)　　　　　　　　　　　　AThePacificislandnationofNauruusedtobeabeautifulplace.Nowitisanecologicaldisasterarea.Nauru'sheartbreakingstorycouldhaveonegoodconsequence—othercountriesmightlearnfromitsmistakes.Forthousandsofyears，Polynesianpeopleli

2、vedintheremoteislandofNauru，farfromWesterncivilization.ThefirstEuropeantoarrivewasJohnFearnin1798.HewastheBritishcaptainoftheHunter,awhalingship.HecalledtheislandPleasantIsland.However,becauseitwasveryremote,NauruhadlittlecommunicationwithEuropeansatfirst.Thewhali

3、ngshipsandothertradersbegantovisitit，bringinggunsandalcohol.Theseelementsdestroyedthesocialbalanceofthetwelvefamilygroupsontheisland.Atenyearcivilwarstarted，whichreducedthepopulationfrom1，400to900.Nauru'srealtroublesbeganin1899whenaBritishminingcompanydiscoveredph

4、osphate(磷酸盐)ontheisland.Infact，itfoundthattheislandofNauruwasnearlyallphosphate，whichwasaveryimportantfertilizerforfarming.Thecompanybeganminingthephosphate.Aphosphatemineisnotaholeintheground；itisastripmine.Whenacompanydiscoversstripmining，itremovesthetoplayerofs

5、oil.Thenittakesawaythematerialitwants.Stripminingtotallydestroystheland.Gradually,thelovelyislandofNaurustartedtolooklikethemoon.In1968，Naurubecameoneoftherichestcountriesintheworld.Everyyearthegovernmentreceivedmillionsandmillionsofdollarsforitsphosphate.Unfortun

6、ately,theleadersinvestedthemoneyunwiselyandlostmillionsofdollars.Inaddition，theyusedmillionsmoredollarsforpersonalexpenses.Soonpeoplerealizedthattheyhadaterribleproblem—theirphosphatewasrunningout.Ninetypercentoftheirislandwasdestroyedandtheyhadnothing.By2000，Naur

7、uwasfinanciallyruined.Expertssaythatitwouldtakeapproximately$433，600，000andmorethan20yearstorepairtheisland.Thiswillprobablyneverhappen.[来源:Z*xx*k.Com]1.Whatmightbetheauthor'spurposeinwritingthetext?A．ToseekhelpforNauru'sproblems.B．Togiveawarningtoothercountries.C

8、．Toshowtheimportanceofmoney.D．Totellaheartbreakingstoryofawar.2.WhatwasNaurulikebeforetheEuropeanscame?A．Richandpowerful.B．Modernandopen.C．Peacefulandat