Cumbria, the U.K.

on Thursday 7th August 2014

A group of schoolboys has found gold hair tress from 2,300 BC   

More information on http://www.bbc.com/

Australia

6th August 2014

A man was stuck between a train and a platform. Passengers get together

to lift the train and help the man out.

More information on http://www.shanghaidaily.com/

Yunnan province, South China

8th August 2014

Soldiers brought more than 20,000 tents, 13,000 beds, 38,000 boxes of water and 31,000 packs of instant noodles to the area hit by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake on Sunday.

More information on http://www.chinadaily.com.cn

Hawaii, the U.K

8th August 2014

Storm called Iselle weakens as it closes on Hawaii

More information on http://edition.cnn.com

1.What’s the form about?

A News in the U.K.

B News in China.

C News in Australia.

D News around the world.

解析：选D。D 主旨大意题。本表向读者展示了世界各地的新闻，故选D。选项A, B, C均太片面，故不选。

2.Where is the news from?

A Newspaper.

B News report on TV.

C On the internet.

D News report on the radio.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。表格中4条新闻都给出了相关网址，故可推断出这些新闻均是从网上查到的，故选C。

3.What happened in Australia on 6th August 2014?

A Iselle got there.

B Schoolboys found gold.

C People sent things to Yunnan.

D Passengers helped a man stuck between a train and a platform

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。表格第二列中介绍了发生在澳大利亚的一条新闻，从Passengers get together to lift the train and help the man out 可知，乘客们聚在一起抬火车，把那个人救了出来，故选D。

4.What happened to Iselle when it got close to Hawaii according to the form?

A It got stronger.

B It got weaker.

C It went away fast.

D It destroyed houses.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。表格最后一列是关于台风 Iselle的，从Storm called Iselle weakens as it closes on Hawaii可知，它在逼近夏威夷时减弱，故选B。

5.Which of the following is True?

A Schoolboys has found gold hair tress from 2,200 BC in Cumbria.

B A man was stuck between a train and a platform and died in Australia.

C A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Yunnan province on Sunday.

D We can search http://www.chinadaily.com.cn to get more information about Iselle.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。A选项错在时间，正确时间是2,300 BC；B选项错在died，新闻中报道该男子被乘客们成功救出；D选项错在网址，台风相关新闻是在http://edition.cnn.com查到的；C选项正确，故选C。