The largest campaign of killing rats in history is set to poison millions of rat
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The largest campaign of killing rats in history is set to poison millions of rats on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Scientists say the campaign planned for 2013 and 2014 will restore beautiful South Georgia to the position it once held as the world’s most important nesting sites for seabirds. It was sailors in the late 18th century who unintentionally introduced rats to what had been a fresh environment. “If we can destroy the rats, at least 100 million birds will return to their home on South Georgia,” says Tony Martin, a biology professor at the University of Dundee who was invited to lead the project. South Georgia is by far the largest island to get rid of animals that destroy native wildlife after being introduced deliberately or accidentally by people. Though rats and mice have done the most damage, cats, foxes, goats, deer, rabbits and other species have been targeted in the campaigns around the world. South Georgia is seven times the size of New Zealand’s Campbell Island, currently the largest area ever killing rats. The successful war against Campbell Island rats was carried our in 2001 with 132 tons of poison dropped from five helicopters. “New Zealand pioneered the techniques for ridding islands of rats and in fact our operation on South Georgia is based on New Zealand’s technology.” Says Martin. “Some New Zealanders will be helping our campaign, including our chief pilot, Peter Garden, who was also chief pilot for the projects at Campbell Island and Rat Island, in the Aleutian chain of the north Pacific.” The second and third stages in 2013 and 2014 will involve dropping as much as 300 tons of poison from the air onto every part of the island where rats might live. It is a huge operation, carried out during the stormy southern autumn when the rats are hungry and the risks of poisoning native wildlife are less than in the spring and summer months. “Ideally we’d do in winter but the weather makes that too risky,” Martin says. The ecological payback will be priceless. But Martin says, “The full benefits will take decades to arrive, because some of these birds are slow to hatch.” 小题1:According to the passage, how did the rats appear on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia ?A.They were attracted there by wildlife. | B.They escaped there from Campbell Island. | C.They were introduced there by sailors accidently. | D.They were brought in by people deliberately. | 小题2:Which of the following is True about Peter Garden ?A.He is in charge of the campaign on the sub-Antarctic island. | B.He will be the only pilot for the project on the sub-Antarctic island. | C.He will benefit a lot from the campaign on the sub-Antarctic island. | D.He made great contributions to the project at Campbell Island and Rat Island. | 小题3:The operation of ridding South Georgia of rats is to carried out in autumn because _________.A.the war against Campbell Island rats failed in all seasons except autumn. | B.only then do the New Zealanders to help the operation have the spare time. | C.rats then need more food and the operation does less harm to native wildlife. | D.the poison kills rats more effectively than it does in any other season. | 小题4:What can we infer from the passage?.A.The campaign of killing rats will benefit the native wildlife in a short time. | B.Rats aren’t the only species to be blamed for the disappearance of wildlife. | C.The first stage of killing rats on the sub-Antarctic island didn’t make great achievements. | D.The campaign in South Georgia will fully follow in the footsteps of that on Campbell Island. |
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小题1:C 小题2:D 小题3:C 小题4:B |
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试题分析: 本文叙述了在南极洲南乔治亚岛上进行的大规模灭鼠运动。18世纪晚期,海员无意间把老鼠引入到南极洲南乔治亚岛这个清新的环境,为了让鸟类重回这里,他们开始灭鼠。估计这所产生的效益会在几十年的时间里完全实现。 小题1:细节理解题。根据第二段“It was sailors in the late 18th century who unintentionally introduced rats to what had been a fresh environment.”可知是18世纪晚期,海员无意间把老鼠引入到南极洲南乔治亚岛这个清新的环境。故答案选C。 小题2:细节理解题。根据“Some New Zealanders will be helping our campaign, including our chief pilot, Peter Garden, who was also chief pilot for the projects at Campbell Island and Rat Island, ”可知Peter Garden是灭鼠工程的首席飞行员,所以他为Campbell岛和鼠岛的灭鼠工程做出了卓越贡献。故答案选D。 小题3:细节理解题。根据“It is a huge operation, carried out during the stormy southern autumn when the rats are hungry and the risks of poisoning native wildlife are less than in the spring and summer months.”可知这场大规模灭鼠运动在多暴风雨的男方秋季实施,是因为这时候鼠类饥饿,而且毒死本土野生动物的风险比春天和夏天更小。故答案选C。 小题4:推理题。根据“Though rats and mice have done the most damage, cats, foxes, goats, deer, rabbits and other species have been targeted in the campaigns around the world.”尽管鼠类危害最大,猫狐狸山羊鹿兔子和其他物种在全世界范围内被定为目标。可知野生动物的消失不能只归咎于鼠类。故答案选B。
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One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head . Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with and fear. With growing I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely ours. This would be a good opportunity to my children, so I explained their difficult to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan. “We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll what we have with them.” I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously the boys and I filled one box with canned food. While I our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched as the boys piled up useless toys in the box. “I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her. The boys placed the toys they had to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll tightly to her chest. She in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys. “Oh, honey,” I said. “You to give away Lucy. You love her so much.” Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. she’ll make that little girl happy, too.” I stared at Meghan for a long moment, how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me. It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but to let go of things we cherish, isn’ t it? , the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.
小题2: | A.smile | B.confusion | C.joy | D.anger |
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小题3: | A.happiness | B.friendship | C.puzzle | D.interest |
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小题4: | A.matched | B.equaled | C.compared | D.suited |
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小题5: | A.help | B.complain | C.change | D.teach |
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小题6: | A.experience | B.problem | C.situation | D.process |
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小题7: | A.give | B.share | C.send | D.spare |
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小题8: | A.as | B.since | C.though | D.because |
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小题9: | A.came through | B.broke through | C.sorted through | D.got through |
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小题10: | A.donate | B.leave | C.keep | D.sell |
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小题11: | A.hopefully | B.anxiously | C.depressingly | D.quietly |
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小题12: | A.separated | B.chosen | C.bought | D.confirmed |
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小题13: | A.hugged | B.tied | C.grasped | D.caught |
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小题14: | A.settled | B.regretted | C.paused | D.cried |
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小题15: | A.precious | B.final | C.hearty | D.lovely |
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小题16: | A.wouldn’t like | B.ought not | C.had better not | D.don’t have |
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小题17: | A.Also | B.Yet | C.Maybe | D.Though |
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小题18: | A.knowing | B.wondering | C.realizing | D.expecting |
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小题19: | A.available | B.necessary | C.important | D.hard |
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小题20: | A.However | B.Therefore | C.Otherwise | D.Moreover |
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In 1970, at the age of 35, my father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. There was not much done at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment that were at that time. But one thing was , my father was not a quitter. He was a teacher who children with special educational needs in Chicago Public High School. Every day we would hear about “his kids”. These “kids” did not usually my sister and I. One day, my father arrived at his school and walked up the for his first period. He was having a very day because the disease was really taking everything out of him. He once and bruised (擦伤) his knee but he still kept going. did he know that someone was watching. As the day his steps began to get a little lighter. At the end of the day, he was about to leave a young girl entered his office. He had met her in the hallway but she was not one of his . He asked what he could do for her and she said, “I just wanted to thank you for my life.” He looked at her and couldn’t what he had done. She then went on . “When I got up this morning, I felt as if I was at the end of my and ready to kill myself. But when I saw you trying to go up the stairs and then you fell, I felt and the feeling of sadness just kept getting . And now you are walking as as ever. It’s really true that everything will get better as the days go on.”
小题1: | A.information | B.research | C.knowledge | D.experience |
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小题2: | A.favorable | B.believable | C.reasonable | D.available |
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小题3: | A.obvious | B.special | C.natural | D.strange |
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小题4: | A.abandoned | B.followed | C.taught | D.attended |
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小题5: | A.stories | B.jokes | C.songs | D.humors |
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小题6: | A.connect | B.change | C.mean | D.defeat |
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小题7: | A.mountains | B.stairs | C.ladders | D.streets |
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小题8: | A.normal | B.pleasant | C.simple | D.difficult |
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小题9: | A.fell | B.stood | C.happened | D.appeared |
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小题10: | A.Few | B.Little | C.Seldom | D.Never |
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小题11: | A.arrived | B.progressed | C.broke | D.stopped |
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小题12: | A.until | B.before | C.when | D.while |
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小题13: | A.students | B.friends | C.teachers | D.workers |
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小题14: | A.losing | B.giving | C.passing | D.saving |
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小题15: | A.write down | B.figure out | C.cut off | D.put up |
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小题16: | A.responding | B.admitting | C.explaining | D.complaining |
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小题18: | A.sorry | B.bad | C.lucky | D.proud |
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小题19: | A.lower | B.weaker | C.higher | D.stronger |
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小题20: | A.carefully | B.quickly | C.lightly | D.slowly |
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 I still remember my first job in the city center. The was large, dark and old the physics lecture room was on the second floor. , it wasn’t a lecture room at all, it was an ordinary room, but it had “LECTURE ROOM’ on the . The students were sixteen or seventeen years old, several years younger than me. , some of them looked and acted older than me sometimes. The room was directly the street, and had the window looking out over the street and many houses. One day, I was some words on the blackboard when I heard a sudden change in the noise behind me. There was a man standing in the room with an apple in his hand. He looked . “Who threw this?” he asked, looking round the class. “I beg your pardon? What is the matter?” I said. “ threw this apple out of the window,” he said. “It on my car.” “Who threw an apple out of the window?” I to the class. There was no answer. “I the fellow who threw this.” said the man. “I will be outside for you.” And then he left, closing the door behind him. was silence and I continued with the lesson. At the end of every lesson, usually the class were all before the bell finished ringing, leaving me saying “That’s all for today” to an empty . This time, when the bell went for the end of the lesson, no one . “That’s all for today,” I said. “You go first, sir,” said one of the boys. It made a nice change, I being out first.
小题1: | A.room | B.building | C.floor | D.city |
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小题3: | A.Happily | B.Luckily | C.Properly | D.Actually |
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小题4: | A.floor | B.ground | C.door | D.window |
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小题6: | A.In fact | B.In the end | C.After all | D.As a result |
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小题9: | A.getting | B.making | C.taking | D.putting |
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小题10: | A.hardly | B.almost | C.half | D.such |
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小题11: | A.angry | B.kind | C.sorry | D.happy |
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小题12: | A.Anyone | B.One | C.Who | D.Someone |
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小题13: | A.hit | B.defeated | C.landed | D.arrived |
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小题14: | A.asked | B.said | C.talked | D.told |
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小题16: | A.waiting | B.looking | C.finding | D.seeing |
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小题17: | A.It | B.There | C.This | D.That |
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小题18: | A.walked | B.left | C.gone | D.ended |
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小题19: | A.lesson | B.class | C.room | D.lecture |
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小题20: | A.heard | B.finished | C.spoke | D.moved |
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Long ago there were two people--- a young father and an old neighbor. One day the young father was visiting the old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?” The old man pointed to a string(绳子)between a big strong tree and a thin young one.“Please untie(解开)that string,” he said.The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side. “Now tie it again,please,” said the old man, “but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so.Then the old man said,“There,it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on.If they are not yet able to stand alone,you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone,you can take the string away.” 小题1:The story is about _______ .A.how the young father should get on with his old neighbor | B.how to tie and untie the string | C.how to take care of young trees | D.how strict parents should be with their children. | 小题2:The young man untied the string _______ .A.only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side | B.in order to let the old man teach him | C.in order to throw it away | D.so that both of the trees would grow straight | 小题3:When can the string be taken away?_______ .A.When the young man has untied it next time | B.When the young tree grows strong enough | C.When the old man has left | D.After you have untied it | 小题4:At last the old man told the young man _______ .A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone | B.that he should be hard on them | C. that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone | D.that he should always be strict with his children |
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Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic. One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man. He’s hardly taller than my eight-year-old son. “Good evening. I’ve come to see if you’ve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there’s no bus till morning.” He told me he’d been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess it’s my face... I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments...” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.” I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled(残疾的)from a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time?” He added, “Your children made me feel at home. ” On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters(牡蛎)I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a. m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us. In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune. 小题1:Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?A.Because the man said others refused to accommodate him. | B.Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience. | C.Because the man said he had come from the eastern shore. | D.Because the man said he had been hunting for a room since noon. | 小题2:How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?A.About 1 hour. | B.About 2 hours. | C.About 3 hours. | D.About 4 hours. | 小题3:From the text we can know that_____________.A.the author’s children were kind and friendly to the man | B.the man was fed up with his hard-work and his family | C.John Hopkins Hospital provided rooms-for the patients to live in | D.the author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors | 小题4:The author’s family were grateful to know the man because__________.A.he often brought them fish and vegetables from his garden | B.he paid them money for his staying | C.he taught them how to accept the bad without complaint | D.he stayed only overnight with the writer’s family |
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