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1、Thetreadlepumpisbasedonadesigndevelopedinthe1970s阅读答案 Thetreadlepumpisbasedonadesigndevelopedinthe1970sbyNorwegianengineerGunnarBarnes.Itcanbemadelocally. Thetreadlepumpiseasytobuildfrombambooorotherwoodandtwometalcylinders(圆筒)withpistons(活塞).Thepistonsgoupa
2、nddownasapersonstandsonleverdevices—treadles—andusesanaturalwalkingmotion. Howmanyhoursadaythepumpneedstobeoperateddependsontheseasonandhowmuchwaterisneededforcrops.Itcouldbetwohoursaday.Itcouldbesevenhoursaday. Smallchildrensometimesstandwiththeirparentsont
3、hetreadles.Everyoneinthefamilycantaketurnsoperatingthepump. TheAcumenFundisanonprofitgroupthatinvestsinbusinessprojectstofightpoverty.ItstudiedtheeffectsoftreadlepumpsintheIndianstateofUttarPradesh.UttarPradeshhasthreetreadlepumpmanufacturersandmorethansevent
4、ythreethousandpumps. Acumenreportedthatfamiliesusingthematemorevegetables,becausetheywereabletogrowmoretoeatandtosell.Manyofthesefamiliesalsodrankmoremilk,becausetheyboughtacowwiththeiraddedearnings.Menwithtreadlepumpsoftennolongerhavetoleavethefarmtoseekext
5、raworkincities. Thepumpcanalsoimproveeducation.Farmersoftenusetheirextraearningstobuybooksfortheirchildrenortopayforschooling. AfarmerinZambiasaidhehopedtohaveenoughmoneyinthreeyearstobuyadieselpoweredpump(柴油泵).Thenhecouldgrowmorecropsoveralargerarea. Butt
6、heworldeconomiccrisishashadaneffectonsomefarmers.IDEexecutivedirectorZeniaTatasayssomewhowereabletobuydieselpumpsnowdonothaveenoughmoneytobuyfuel.Sotheyareusingtheirtreadlepumpsagain. [语篇解读]脚踏泵因其简单、易行、实用之特点,正在世界的广大贫困地区被推广,以帮助农民脱贫致富,且已取得了显著的效果。 1.Thetreadlepu
7、mp________. A.isinventedbyanAmericanengineer B.ismainlymadeofmetal C.consistsoftwocylinderswithpistons D.consistsoftwocylinderswithanengine [解析]事实细节题。根据第二段第一句可知答案为C。 [答案]C 2.Whatdoestheauthorwanttotellusaboutthetreadlepumpinthesecondparagraph? A.Itshis
8、tory. B.Itsworkingprinciple. C.Itsstructure. D.Itsusageandeffects. [解析]作者意图题。A和D显然不对,C有一定干扰性,但其不能概括第二句,介绍工作原理时,一般要同时介绍其结构,故选B。 [答案]B 3.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat______
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