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1、ThePacificislandnationofNauruusedtobeabeautifulplace阅读答案 ThePacificislandnationofNauruusedtobeabeautifulplace.Nowitisanecologicaldisasterarea.Nauru’sheartbreakingstorycouldhaveonegoodconsequence—othercountriesmightlearnfromitsmistakes. Forthousandsofyears,Poly
2、nesianpeoplelivedtheremoteislandofNauru,farfromwesterncivilization.ThefirstEuropeantoarrivewasJohnFearnin1798.HewastheBritishcaptainoftheHunter,awhalingship.HecalledtheislandPleasantIsland. However,becauseitwasveryremote,NauruhadlittlecommunicationwithEuropeans
3、atfirst.Thewhalingshipsandothertradersbegantovisit,bringinggunsandalcohol.Theseelementsdestroyedthesocialbalanceofthetwelvefamilygroupsontheisland.Aten-yearcivilwarstarted,whichreducedthepopulationfrom1,400to900. Nauru’srealtroublesbeganin1899whenaBritishmining
4、companydiscoveredphosphate(磷酸盐)ontheisland.Infact,itfoundthattheislandofNauruwasnearlyallphosphate,whichaveryimportantfertilizerforfarming.Thecompanybeganminingthephosphate. Aphosphatemineisnotaholeintheground;itisastripmine.Whenacompanystrip-mines,itremovesthe
5、toplayerofsoil.Thenittakesawaythematerialitwants.Stripminingtotallydestroystheland.Gradually,thelovelyislandofNaurustartedtolooklikethemoon. In1968,Naurubecameoneoftherichestcountriesintheworld.Everyyearthegovernmentreceivedmillionsandmillionsofdollarsforitspho
6、sphate. Unfortunately,theleadersinvestedthemoneyunwiselyandlostmillionsofdollars.Inaddition,theyusedmillionsmoredollarsforpersonalexpenses.Soonpeoplerealizedthattheyhadaterribleproblem—theirphosphatewasrunningout.Ninetypercentoftheirislandwasdestroyedandtheyhad
7、nothing.By2000,Nauruwasfinanciallyruined.Expertssaythatitwouldtakeapproximately$433,600,000andmorethan20yearstorepairtheisland.Thiswillprobablyneverhappen. 56.Whatmightbetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthetext? A.ToseekhelpforNauru’sproblems. B.Togiveawarningtooth
8、ercountries C.Toshowtheimportanceofmoney D.Totellaheartbreakingstoryofawar. 56.【答案】B 【命题】写作意图题。考查对作者写作的目的的理解和判断能力。 【解析】根据第一段Nauru’sheartbreakstorycouldhaveonegoo
