【正文】 eat(威脅) to people, firefighters may let it burn naturally.68. Why did Russia have so many fires in one month in 2010?A. Because lightening spread the fire.B. Because there was much fuel for fires.C. Because there were not enough firefighters.D. Because it was unusually hot, dry and windy.69. What happens because of the traditional firefighting practices in the USA?A. There are fewer wildfires.B. Trees and grass bee thicker.C. The weather bees warmer and drier.D. Sunlight reaches the ground to help forests.70. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?A. Fires are serious threats to human beings.B. Australian firefighters don39。s difficult for firefighters to control the fires.71. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Not all the fires in the forests must be put out.B. Australia allows all the fires to burn naturally.C. There are more fires in Russia than in the USA.D. Traditional firefighting practices make forests healthy.科學(xué)技術(shù)類閱讀8. 閱讀理解Getting electricity has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru, South America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 after heavy rains damaged the only power cables in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce.Luckily, researchers at the University of Technology (UT) in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution. They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb.While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the ides is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the sun39。s batteries for later use. The researchers say a single charge can power a 50watt Led light for two hours—enough time for local villagers to get their evening work done.The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp, believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many people, especially small rainforest munities, 42% of whom have no electricity.36. What are the problems of oil lamps according to Paragraph 1?A. They are difficult to use and create pollutionB. They are expensive to buy and easily damagedC. They are difficult to repair and produce little lightD. They are expensive to use and can be bad for health37. The electricity made by the Plant Lamp es from ________.A. plant foodB. plant wasteC. the soil39。s energy38. What is true about the Plant Lamp?A. It can be made by local people.B. It is much easier to use than oil lamps.C. It can produce all the electricity the village needs.D. The things it needs to make electricity are easy to find.39. The Plant Lamp39。t see. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your fingers. How do you feel, then?With medical knowledge and skills today, twothirds of the world39。?38, you can help one person see。380, 10 people can see。1 300 helps train a doctor new skills。t do its best to offer helpB. there is no good medical knowledge and skillsC. some countries can39。t pay much attention to the blind43. According to this passage, ORBIS helps fight blindness by doing the following EXCEPT ________.A. writing this kind of articles to ask for helpB. providing sightsaving trainingC. treating thousands of blind people every yearD. trying to keep a close relation among countries44. The last paragraph is mainly about ________.A. how much a training program for a group of doctors costsB. why ORBIS needs your help to continue their workC. who can make thousands of blind people see againD. what you can do to help blind people open their eyes45. The writer writes this passage in order to ________.A. introduce an international charitable organizationB. ask people to give the blind a handC. tell how you feel if you lose your eyes for a minuteD. explain why ORBIS helps fight blindness史地常識(shí)類閱讀10. 閱讀理解It may be hard to believe, but the American Revolution(革命)—the war that freed the American states from British control—began over a cup of tea. Tea was not the only thing that caused the war, of course, but it played a very big part.The British people39。t care. They got the same cup of tea at a much lower price.The East India Company, however, didn39。 anger about British rule and the rest, as they say, is history.31. In the early 1700s where did most tea drunk in America e from?A. China.B. India.C. America.D. Britain.32. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to “________”.A. the tea makerB. the American governmentB. the British governmentD. the East India Company33. Why did may Americans begin to buy tea from the Dutch traders?A. The tea was much cheaper.B. The tea was a lot healthier.C. They could buy it more easily.D. They didn39