雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：PREPARING FOR THE THREAT

雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：PREPARING FOR THE THREAT

雅思阅读真题原文如下：

It is an unfortunate fact that over the past 20 pars, around 260 million people a year have been affected by natural disasters around the world. Regrettably, a vast majority of the victims of this staggering number are from developing countries. Whether it be earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, volcanoes or tsunamis, over the past twenty years, natural disasters have been happening more frequently and affecting more people than ever before. It follows that the international community should address the issue of ‘disaster preparedness’ and establish a process by which natural disasters are dealt with.

On December 26, 2004, a massive earthquake centered off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra caused a series of deadly tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. The damage from this extraordinary disaster was estimated to be in the vicinity of US $ 13 billion – the equivalent to the combined GDP ¹ of the world’s developing countries for an entire year. In a matter of seconds, the tsunami waves wiped out the long years of struggle for development, and the world was once again reminded of the fearsome and destructive power of natural disasters.

¹ Gross Domestic Product is the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year.

The United Nations designated the 1990s as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and has been active in promoting and developing international cooperation on disaster preparedness. The UN’s Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation was adopted in 1994. Among the guidelines, developing countries are encouraged to organise and implement their domestic resources for disaster reduction activities and donor developed countries are encouraged to give greater priority to disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness in their assistance programs and budgets, including through increasing financial contributions.

In January, 2005 the UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) met in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture to discuss and debate how the international community should address issues of disaster preparedness and mitigation. The meeting itself attended by over 4,000 delegates representing some 168 countries occurred almost 10 years to the day after the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe. The January meeting of the WCDR in Kobe provided experts and scientists from over 150 countries, government officials, Non- Government Organisation (NGOs) and United Nations representatives an opportunity to review the Yokohama Strategy. It recorded on the 2005-15 Yokohama Strategy Action Plan that participant countries and agencies should work over the next 10 years to reduce vulnerability to natural disasters. The Action Plan encourages as a first step, the integration of disaster prevention programs in all development and policy-making plaits for all countries. Jim Edgeland, UN representative stated, “Disaster risk reduction is not an additional expense – it is an essential investment in our common future, but the benefits of this investment will be calculated not only in dollars or euros or yen saved, but most importantly, in saved lives in every corner of the globe.”

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Questions 28-31

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 28-31 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE       if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE      if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN  If there is no information on this

28 _________________ Mostly people from poorer countries are affected by natural disasters.

29 _________________ Present-day natural disasters are more dangerous than disasters of the past.

30 _________________ It will take the countries affected by the tsunami many years to rebuild.

31 _________________ Being prepared and knowing what to do in a disaster should be a global issue.

Questions 32-35

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in boxes 27-31 on your answer sheet

32 According to the passage, reducing the risk of disasters is important because

A countries can then focus on growth and development.

B communities will be drawn together in support of each other.

C help international communities to be more economically stable.

D it will save lives and money.

33According to the writer, the most important outcome of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) was the

A discussion and debate amongst the international community attendees.

B chance for participants to review the Yokohama Strategy.

C writing and acceptance of the Hyogo Declaration.

D acknowledgement that disaster risk reduction is an investment in the future.

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