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1、阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。AWhenwethinkaboutgivinghelptodevelopingcountries,weoftenthinkaboutgivingmoneysothatthesecountriescanbuildschoolsandhospitals,buyfoodandmedicine,orfindcleanwatersupplies.Theseseemtobethemostimportantbasicneedsofthepeople
2、wearetryingtohelp.However,it'sfarfromenough.Ladiesandgentlemen,we'vegottocomeupwithsomebetterideastohelpthem.Iwasverysurprised,then,whenIreadaboutaplantomakecheaplaptopcomputersforchildrenindevelopingcountries.AmancalledNicholasNegroponteinventedacheapla
3、ptopcomputer,whichcanrunwithoutelectricity.HedecidedtoinventthiscomputerafterhevisitedaschoolinCambodia.ThelaptopwhichMr.Negropontehasdesignedisalittledifferentfromthenormallaptopcomputersyoucanbuyintheshops.Onedifferenceisthatitiscoveredinrubbersothatit
4、isverystrongandwon'tbedamagedeasily.Asanelectricitysupplycanbeaproblemindevelopingcountries,thecomputeralsohasaspecialhandlesothatchildrencanwindthecomputeruptogiveitextrapowerwhenneeded.Thesespeciallaptopcomputerswillcostlessthan100USdollarsandMr.Negrop
5、ontewantstobuildasmanyas15millionmachinesinthefirstyearofproduction.Theideaisthatthesecomputerswillhelpthechildren'seducationastheywillbeabletoaccesstheInternet.Thesecomputersmightnothelpthepeopleindevelopingcountriesimmediately,butbyimprovingchildren'se
6、ducationtheyshouldhelppeopletofindtheirownsolutionstotheirproblemsinthelongterm.Anotherideatohelpchildrenindevelopingcountriesistorecycleoldmobilephonessothattheycanbeusedagain.IntheUK,and,probablyinmanyothercountriestoo,millionsofmobilephonesarethrownaw
7、ayeveryyear.Thewastecreatedbythrowingawaytheseoldphonesisverybadfortheenvironment,soitseemstobeanexcellentideatorecyclethem.Inthiswaywewillbeabletoachievetwoimportantgoalsatthesametime.Wewillreducethewasteweproduceandhelpothers.Inotherwords,wewillbeablet
8、o'killtwobirdswithonestone',andthatisalwaysagoodthing.1.It'sanexcellentideatorecycleoldmobilephonesbecause_______.A.itreduceswasteandcanhelpothersB.itpreventswasteandcanearnlotsofmoneyC.itcansendthewasteproducedbydeveloped