According to some predictions, human beings will die out in 2012. Nearly all peo
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According to some predictions, human beings will die out in 2012. Nearly all people think it’s impossible, but there are some more earthquakes in recent years.
Animals can predict the weather or other natural events. It may sound strange, but farmers living in the countryside think so. For hundreds of years , they have observed animals.
“Animals ’ behavior can be connected to future weather conditions or events.” They say. For example, if cows lie down, a rainstorm is coming. There are many traditional stories connecting animals and natural events. Many people think that these stories don’t have scientific evidence( 根据 ) at all. Scientists, however, are beginning to take another look at some of these ideas.
A Japanese earthquake researcher named Kiyoshi Shimamura noticed an increase in dog bites a short time before earthquake hit. Then he did research on twelve public health centers in Kobe, Japan. These health centers treated people after the 1995 earthquake . He got some interesting information about the month before the big earthquake: treatment for animals’ bites had increased . In fact, aggressive(侵略的)behavior in dogs, such as biting and barking loudly , jumped 60 percent.
There are also other changes in animals’ behavior before the earthquake. For example, fish began swimming together in large groups , but only in the middle of the water and not near the edges. Birds flew away from their nests for many days, leaving their eggs unprotected . These animals’ behavior suggests that animals may be able to predict natural events better than people.
小题1:What would cows behave before a rainstorm?| A．Running | B．Biting | C．Lying down | D．Sleeping |
小题2:What do dogs begin to do just before an earthquake?| A．They leave their homes. | B．They hurt people. | | C．They lie down in grass. | D．They stay together in large groups. |
小题3:Which of the following animals behave strangely before an earthquake according to this passage?| A．Fish | B．Cows | C．Pigs | D．All of the above. |
小题4:In Kiyoshi Shimamura’s investigation(调查)，before the big earthquake, treatment for animals’ bites had _________.| A．disappeared | B．increased | C．been the same as before. | D．never changed. |
小题5:What is the main idea of the passage?| A．Natural events and animals’ actions. | | B．What animals do during earthquakes | | C．Many earthquakes of Japan. | | D．Some stories about animals. |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A |
解析
试题分析：这篇文章讲述的是动物的行为与天气和自然事件之间的特殊关系。
小题1:细节题。根据文章For example, if cows lie down, a rainstorm is coming.可知，暴风雨来临之前，牛就会躺下。故选C
小题2:细节题。根据文章an increase in dog bites a short time before earthquake hit.可知，地震之前，狗就会伤害人。故选B
小题3:细节题。根据文章可知，在地震之前，很多动物的习性都会变得很奇怪。故选D
小题4:细节题。根据文章treatment for animals’ bites had increased .可知，在大地震来临之前，对动物咬伤的治疗数量就会增加。故选B
小题5:主旨题。这篇文章讲述的是在大自然或者天气发生大的变化之前，动物的习性会变得很奇怪。故选A
点评：对于说明文的阅读，学生要把握所说明的核心内容，文章往往通过对这个主题全方位的介绍而设置题目，所以学生可以首先对说明核心的各方面进行简单的浏览，而后结合题目进行仔细的解答，即可迎刃而解。 |
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At last, the mid-term exams are over. You’ve done the hard work, but you can’t relax. You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do, you are not alone. Students in other countries hate them as well.
Luckily for them, British students have fewer exams than Chinese students. And they only have them once a year. Every summer they take a test in each subject. Each test lasts about an hour. These exams don’t count for much, even if a student does really badly they still progress to the next grade. When the results come out, they are then placed in an end-of-year report. The report is sent to the child’s parents. It describes how the student studied at school.
This report is private, so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it. This means that the students don’t know how other students scored(得分) in the test. Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it secret.
Parents’ meetings are held twice a year, at the end of winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children go along with their parents to meet their teachers privately and discuss their performance at school.
小题1:For British students, the school life is than that of Chinese students.| A．more relaxing | B．much tenser | C．more boring | D．much harder |
小题2:The underlined phrase “don’t count for much” means 小题3:Which of the following is NOT true for British students?| A．They have exams once a year. | | B．They don’t know their classmates’ scores. | | C．Parents’ meetings are held at the end of the terms. | | D．They like to tell each other their scores |
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Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly 1 bamboo, and each panda 2 a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different 3 ,so pandas have 4 land to live 5 . Pandas don’t have many babies, and baby pandas often 6 . The situation is becoming very serious.
Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 natures reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan 7 pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow 8 .Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may 9 live in the nature reserves.
Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known 10 in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature.
| 小题1: | | A．live in | B．live on | C．live for | D．live at |
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| 小题2: | | A．need eating | B．needs eating | C．need to eat | D．needs to eat |
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| 小题3: | | A．causes | B．excuse | C．reasons | D．result |
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| 小题4: | | A．fewer and fewer | B．more and more | C．less and less | D．bigger and bigger |
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| 小题6: | | A．dying | B．die | C．death | D．dead |
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| 小题7: | | A．help | B．helping | C．to help | D．helps |
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| 小题8: | | A．well | B．better | C．bad | D．worse |
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| 小题9: | | A．goes back | B．go back to | C．go back | D．goes back to |
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| 小题10: | | A．animals | B．animal | C．an animal | D．the animals |
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Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First, we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past, there were forests all round Lake Ponkapog, so the rainwater was clean.
Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use the chemicals (化学制品)in their gardens. They use other chemicals inside their houses for cleaning and killing insects. There are also many businesses. Businesses use chemicals in their machines of shops. Other chemicals fall onto the ground from cars or trucks. When it rains, the rainwater picks up all the chemicals from home and businesses and then carries them into the lake . They pollute the water and kill the animals.
Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats（汽船）. But oil and gas from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.
People in Hartwell are worried . They love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible? A clean lake must have clean rainwater going into it. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are more careful about chemicals at home and at other chemicals on the ground. And they mustn’t use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people’s lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful, clean lake again.
小题1:In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by ________.| A．forests | B．rain | C．birds | D．fish |
小题2:Chemicals from homes and businesses _________.| A．are always clean | B．can help the animals | | C．are good for the lake | D．get into the rainwater |
小题3:Cleaner rainwater will mean _________ .| A．more boats on the lake | B．more dirty things in the lake | | C．a cleaner lake | D．a dirty lake |
小题4:To save Lake Ponkapog, people need to ________.| A．be more careful about chemicals | B．use the water | | C．grow fewer plants in the gardens | D．use more motorboats on the lake |
小题5:The passage is about ________.| A．boats on the Lake Pankapog | B．why the water is dirty in Lake Ponkapog | | C．clean rainwater | D．dirty lakes |
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You must hear about earthquakes,but do you know what to do during and after an earthquake?Here is some advice for you:
Before an earthquake.It is necessary to prepare yourself and your family.All family members should know how to turn off gas,water and electricity and know useful telephone numbers（doctor,hospital,police,119,etc）.Never put heavy things over beds.
During the earthquake.It’s important to for each of you to stay calm.If you are indoors ,quickly move to a safe place in the room such as under a strong desk or a strong table.It can protect yourself from falling things.Stay away from windows ,large mirrors,heavy things and so on.If you are cooking,turn off the gas.
If you are outdoors,move to an open area like a playground.Move away from buildings,bridges and trees.If you are driving,stop the car as soon as possible .Stay in your car.
After an earthquake.Once the shaking stops,do not run out of the building at once.It’s better to wait and leave when it is safe.
Check around you and help the people in trouble.If your building is badly broken,you should leave it.If you smell or hear gas,get someone outside and open windows and doors.If you can do it safely,turn off the gas.Repeat it to the gas company.
Some useful 小题1: about earthquakes
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Before an earthquade
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Don’t 小题3: to turn off gas，water and electricity.
Remember some useful telephone numbers and not to 小题4: heavy things over beds.
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小题5:an earthquake
| 小题6: calm is important for each of you.
Moving to a safe place in the room can protect yourself from falling things if you are 小题7: .
Remmember to turn off the gas if you are cooking.
Moving to an open area and away from builings is 小题8: if you are outdoors.
Remember to stop your car and stay in it if you are driving.
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After an earthquake
| Run out of the building 小题9: it’s safe.
Check around you and help the people in trouble.
Leave your badly broken building.
Keep everyone outside and ererything 小题10: if you smell or hear a gas .
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Baboons(狒狒) live in Africa. They are like monkeys. Most people think daddy baboons don’t know their babies. But scientists (科学家) find that daddy baboons know how to help their babies. The daddy baboons are smart.
Joan Silk is a scientist. She studies the baboons for 3 years. She says the daddy baboons are happy to see their babies. They have big teeth to help the babies to eat hard things. Mother baboons are small. And they live in a place. When a mother baboon gives birth(分娩), she often has only one baby. Baby baboons have fur. They are very cute.
During the day they eat things. At night, they sleep in the trees. Most children like baboons because they look like the man.
小题1:Where do baboons live?
A. In Africa. B. In America. C. In Canada.
小题2:How are daddy baboons?
A. They are shy.
B. They are beautiful.
C. They are smart.
小题3:They underlined word “hard” means________ in Chinese.
A. 困难的 B. 柔软的 C. 坚硬的
小题4:The mother baboon usually has _______baby baboon(s) when she gives birth.
A. one B. two C. three
小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Baboons are small monkeys.
B. Baby baboons are very cute.
C. Daddy baboons don’t know how to help their babies. |
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