从明朝废除丞相到清朝设立军机处,说明了 A.相权战胜皇权 B.封建国家军事实力不断加强 C.皇权日益加强 D.近代民主制度雏形出现 答案:CThe Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a
beautiful place.Now it is an ecological disaster area.Nauru's heartbreaking story could have one good
consequence-other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years,Polynesian
people lived in the remote island of Nauru,far from
western civilization.The first European to arrive was John Fearn
in 1798.He was the British captain of the Hunter, a
whaling ship.He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little
communication with Europeans at first.The whaling
ships and other traders began to visit,bringing guns
and alcohol.These elements destroyed the social balance
of the twelve family groups on the island.A ten-year
civil war started,which reduced the population from 1,400 to
900.
Nauru's real troubles began in 1899 when a British
mining company discovered phosphate(磷酸盐)on the
island.In fact,it found that
the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate,which was a
very important fertilizer for farming.The company
began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground;it is a strip mine.When a
company strip-mines,it removes the to player of soil.Then it takes away the material it wants.Strip mining totally destroys the land.Gradually, the lovely island or Nauru started to look
like the moon.
In 1968,Nauru became
one of the richest countries in the world.Every year
the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely
and lost millions of dollars.In addition,they used millions more dollars for personal expenses.Soon people realized that they had a terrible
problem—their phosphate was running out.Ninety
percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing.By 2000,Nauru was
financially ruined.Experts say that it would take
approximately$433,600,000 and more
than 20 years to repair the island.This will
probably never happen.
1.What might be the author's purpose in writing the
text?
A.To seek help
for Nauru's problems.
B.To tell a
heartbreaking story of a war.
C.To show the
importance of money
D.To give a
warning to other countries
2.What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?
APeaceful and
attractive B.Modern
and open
C.Rich and powerful
D.Greedy and aggressive
3.The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from
A.soil
pollution B.phosphate
overmining
C.farming
activity D.whale hunting
4.Which of the following was a cause of Nauru's
financial problem?
A.Its phosphate
mining cost much money
B.It spent too
much repairing the island
C.Its leaders
misused the money
D.It lost
millions of dollars in the civil war.
5.What can we learn about Nauru from me last paragraph?
A.The leaders
will take the experts' words seriously
B.The
ecological damage is difficult to repair.
C.The island
was abandoned by the Nauruans
D.The phosphate
mines were destroyed