语篇理解

　　The national flag is more than a piece of cloth．It stands for（代表）a nation’s people their land, history and ideals（理想）．Iceland's flag, for example, stands for features（特色）of the land．Red is for the fire of Iceland’s volcanoes（火山）,white is for ice and blue is for the mountains．On  India's flag, the blue wheel stands for peace and progress; the white stripe（条纹）behind it is for truth．The black stripe on the flag of Malawi stands for the Negro people of that African land; the red stripe stands for the blood they shed（流）to free themselves from the foreign rule．

　　When the people of any nation see their flag flying, they feel proud．They love and honor the flag as the symbol（象征）of their country．

1．The national flag ______．

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A．is made up of pieces of cloth

B．is sewn at least from 2 pieces of cloth

C．stands for the features of a nation

D．is regarded as the symbol of a country

2．The flag of Iceland causes us to think of its ______ ．

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A．people　　　　　B．land

C．volcanoes　　　 D．volcanoes and mountains．

3．India's flag stands for ______．

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A．the ideals of the nation

B．its history

C．the features of its land

D．its struggle for peace and progress

4．Seeing Malawi's flag, you can't help thinking of ______．

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A．the Negro people as Africa

B．the beauty of that African land

C．the colour of skin of Negro people

D．the Negro people's fight for freedom

5．How many countries does this article deal with? And what are they?

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A．Five, Iceland, India, Malawi, Negro and Africa

B．Four, Iceland, India, Malawi and Africa．

C．Three, Iceland, India and Malawi．

D．Three, Iceland, India and Africa．

6．In the writer's judgement, the most important thing about the national flag is ______．

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A．the materials of which it is made

B．how pound of it the people are

C．what it stands for

D．its colours