Ban Fur? Then Why Not Leather? Much to the displeasure of some local businesses,
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Ban Fur? Then Why Not Leather?
Much to the displeasure of some local businesses, the City Council in West Hollywood, California, voted without opposition last week to ban the sale of fur products. Should laws be involved in this issue? Is it unfair to ban sales of fur, but not sales of leather and hides (兽皮)?
Animals Do Not Have Rights
By Tibor R. Machan
My view is that animals do not have basic rights. It is a matter of ethics (伦理学) and not of the laws of human societies. If animals had such rights as human beings do, they would have to be held responsible for killing fellow animals in the wild. That way of thinking about animals makes a category mistake. Using animals, including their fur or organs, to improve people"s lives is acceptable.
A Small Step Against Cruelty
By Kate Carter
Both fur and leather are the skins of dead animals. Why should we think that the lovable furry ones deserve more of a life than the less pleasing ones? Some say leather is less cruel because it"s a byproduct (副产品) of the meat industry. But this isn"t really true. Some cheap leather may be a byproduct of the meat industry, but often it"s the other way round. In South Africa, where there is a developing market for ostrich(鸵鸟)farms, the skins account for roughly 80 percent of the slaughtered (宰***)birds" value, a mere 20 percent of which comes from the meat.
"Who" Are You Wearing?
By Marc Bekoff
West Hollywood"s ban is a move in the right direction. However, we must work to ban the sales of leather and hides, too. Furs come from animals who are attacked to become clothing, while some leather and hides come from slaughterhouse(屠宰场) animals. We must remember that when people choose to wear fur, leather and hides, they are wearing formering conscious beings. So it"s a matter of who they are wearing, not what they are wearing because these animals must be referred to as who and not what or that.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?| A．West Hollywood"s ban on fur products. | | B．Differences between fur and leather sales. | | C．The government"s role in protecting animals. | | D．The ecological imbalance in West Hollywood. |
小题2:Tibor R. Machan seems to believe that .| A．laws should be passed to protect animals | | B．humans are respornsible for killing animals | | C．it is not reasonable to use animals to improve life | | D．animals and humans aren"t supposed to share equal rights |
小题3:What is Kate Carter"s opinion about wearing fur and wearing leather?| A．Both are decided by the meat industry. | | B．There is little distinction (区别) between them. | | C．Wearing fur is generally more acceptable. | | D．Wearing leather is cheaper than wearing fur. |
小题4:What is Marc Bekoff’s attitude towards sales of fur?| A．Sympathetic. | B．Careless. | C．Tolerant. | D．Opposed. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D |
解析
文章是关于人们对West Hollywood禁止羽毛产品这个禁令的讨论。
小题1:A 主旨大意题。文章是关于人们对West Hollywood禁止羽毛产品这个禁令的讨论。
小题2:D 细节题。根据他的论点My view is that animals do not have basic rights.可知D正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据本部分的Both fur and leather are the skins of dead animals. Why should we think that the lovable furry ones deserve more of a life than the less pleasing ones?可知他认为wearing fur and wearing leather之间的差异是很小的。B正确。
小题4:D 推理题。根据本部分However, we must work to ban the sales of leather and hides, too.可知他是持反对态度的，他认为皮制品也应该被禁止。故D正确。 |
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Young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people’s thoughts and feelings tend to be better at taking another person’s perspective（观点）than other children of the same age.
That’s what researchers from the University of Western Australia found in a new study published in the journal Child Development.
“Parents who frequently put themselves in someone else’s shoes in conversations with their children make it more likely their children will be able to do the same,” said lead author Brad Farrant.
Researchers of the UWA’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research looked at the influence of how parents interact with their children to learn more about how people develop the ability to take another’s perspective.
The two-year study involved more than 120 Australian children aged between four and six, including children with typically developing language and others delayed in language acquisition（习得）.
The children completed tasks which were designed to assess their language skills, ability to infer others’ beliefs and use these to predict others’ behavior, and their ability to shift flexibly between different perspectives.
Among children with typically developing language, the researchers found that mothers who talked more often and in greater detail about people’s thoughts and feelings — commenting on how another person might react to a particular situation as well as their own feelings about the topic — had children with better language skills and better perspective-taking skills.
Children with delayed language acquisition were also delayed in their development of perspective-taking skills. This displays the role played by language as children develop the ability to take another’s perspective.
“Solving the many challenges that the world faces today requires us all to get better at taking the perspective of other people,” said Brad Farrant.
小题1:According to the text, to help children gain better perspective-taking skills, parents should __________.| A．give their children more chances to express themselves | | B．talk more with their children about people’s feelings | | C．encourage their children to guess other people’s thoughts | | D．spend more time playing with their children |
小题2:Which of the following is TRUE about the study?| A．Over one hundred American children took part in it. | | B．All the children had delayed in language acquisition. | | C．The children in the study were around five years old. | | D．Mothers helped their children to complete the tasks. |
小题3:Which have an effect on the development of children’s perspective-taking skills?| A．The surrounding environments. | | B．Mother’s perspectives. | | C．Personal characters. | | D．Language skills. |
小题4:In the last paragraph, Brad Farrant __________.| A．stressed the importance of perspective-taking skills | | B．expressed his concern about the world’s challenges | | C．showed how to take the perspective of other people | | D．explained why other people’s opinions are important |
小题5:According to the text, we can learn __________.| A．parents should talk to their children frequently no matter how old their children are | | B．it was Brad Farrant who wrote the study in Child Development herself | | C．the only way to improve language skill is talking to children more often | | D．parents who are always thinking about others will help their children do the same way |
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China has become Volvo"s third largest market, with more of its car models to go on sale in the world"s largest auto（汽车） market this year, Chief Executive Office (CEO) of Volvo Cars China said in Tianjin.
Alexander Klose, CEO of Volvo Cars China, told Xinhua at the Ninth Tianjin International Automobile Trade Show, being held from Friday to Wednesday.
Klose said Volvo Cars had entered a new time of fast development, adding that its sales volume in China roared in 2010.
Up to the end of September, Volvo"s global sales volume was up 12.5 percent year on year（同年比）, compared with 52 percent year-on-year rise in China, he said.
Two new Volvo sales centers opened in Beijing within merely one week in early October, about two months after east China"s ZhejiangGeely Holding Group Co acquired（购得）the Swedish brand from the US auto giant Ford for $1.5 billion in early August.
Klose said he was confident of seeing tremendous(巨大的) growth in China"s auto market in the next five years. "As the Chinese government has increased the tax rate for large displacement （排量）cars already, we now have a lot of cars below three liters（升）, and I think we"ll stick to that strategy, as you can see now the XC60 which was introduced today is just two liters," he said.
"As the technology advances, we"ll probably even see 1.6 liter engines or 1.5 liter engines in the future," he added.
Volvo Cars is not the only automaker hoping to take advantage of China"s rapidly growing auto market.
Bentley, the famous British luxury（豪华） carmaker, will open a new sales center in China at Tianjin Thursday, which is the 11th one in China, according to a press release（新闻发布） by Shanghai-based Zenith Integrated Communications Corp (Zenith) Saturday at the auto show.
Zenth is the public relations agent of Bentley in China. The automaker has sold 421 limousines（大型豪华轿车） to China in 2009, and the goal for 2010 is 777, the release said.
小题1:The word underlined in the third paragraph would probably be___. | A．shouted loudly | B．increased in large numbers | | C．reduced rapidly | D．burned brightly |
小题2:From this passage we can infer that ___. | A．The Ninth Tianjin International Automobile Trade Show was held from Friday to Wednesday. | | B．Volvo Cars is a world-famous carmaker in Britain. | | C．Of all the auto sales volume Volvo sales volume is only number one in China | | D．Volvo sales centers are developing very fast in China recently |
小题3:The text is mainly about____. | A．China Becomes Volvo"s 3rd largest market | | B．Volvo Cars in China | | C．Volvo Sales Volume in China | | D．Carmakers in China |
小题4:How many carmakers are mentioned in this passage which opened and will open new sales centers in China recently? |
Chinese people take their food and eat it extremely seriously .Eating is a communal (公共的),social, human experience in China .Sharing a meal is a sign of friendship，and trust , Eating plays a central role in friendship ,business ,medicine ,family and love. In short, food is life.
When eating, the rice is separated into your own personal bowl, but the dishes are placed in communal bowls in the center of the table and everybody help themselves with chopsticks .It"s considered polite, and sign of respect and friendship, to encourage other people to eat plenty of the good bits, even to pick up food with your chopsticks and drop it into their rice bowls for them.
Food is an important component of weddings, funerals and almost all Chinese festivals. New Year is the time for dumplings, the Dragon Boat Festival is the time for sticky rice Zongzi wrapped in leaves, and Mid -Autumn Day is the time for Moon Cakes. The dinner table is the best for forum(公共讨论场所) to close business deals ,and it"s the number one thing to do with friends.
Chinese women express their admiration for the opposite sex by cooking delicious meals of many courses, and these days it"s the other way round too.
In short, if you want to get to know Chinese people, understand Chinese culture and thinking and get into Chinese life, you have to eat and appreciate Chinese food.
小题1: What is the best title of this passage?| A．Eating Food in China | | B．How Do Chinese People Eat Food | | C．The Importance of Chinese Food | | D．Different Foods for Different Chinese Food |
小题2:In the first paragraph, what does the author mean by saying "food is life"?| A．Without food, there will be no life | | B．food is as important as life | | C．we must take food seriously | | D．we must eat food every day |
小题3:What is the representative food for the Dragon Boat Festival in China?| A．Dumplings | B．Moon Cakes | C．Jiaozi | D．Zongzi |
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I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our 36 , and especially if it’s given from the 37 . When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but 38 them. Just take them 39 . Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than 40 it.
One of my patients told me that when she 41 to tell her story, people often 42 to tell her that they had once had something just like that happen to her. Subtly her pain became a story about themselves. 43 she stopped talking to most people. It was just too 44 . We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the 45 of attention to ourselves. But when we listen, they know we care.
I have ever learned to 46 to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾) 47 I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them 48 , to take them out of their 49 of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there 50 them.
This 51 thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been 52 since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too 53 to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more 54 to connect than the most well-intentioned 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．introduction | B．instruction | C．attention | D．relaxation |
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| 小题2: | | A．head | B．memory | C．mind | D．heart |
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| 小题3: | | A．talk to | B．listen to | C．object to | D．stick to |
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| 小题5: | | A．denying | B．remembering | C．questioning | D．understanding |
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| 小题6: | | A．managed | B．tried | C．hoped | D．expected |
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| 小题7: | | A．encouraged | B．interrupted | C．discouraged | D．urged |
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| 小题8: | | A．Eventually | B．Immediately | C．Completely | D．Especially |
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| 小题9: | | A．impolite | B．meaningless | C．lonely | D．selfish |
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| 小题10: | | A．middle | B．focus | C．center | D．choice |
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| 小题11: | | A．respond | B．compare | C．link | D．regret |
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| 小题12: | | A．unless | B．if | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题14: | | A．experiment | B．mixture | C．judgment | D．experience |
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| 小题15: | | A．with | B．against | C．for | D．among |
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| 小题16: | | A．complex | B．simple | C．complicated | D．single |
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| 小题17: | | A．mentioned | B．published | C．taught | D．proved |
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| 小题18: | | A．shy | B．greedy | C．active | D．proud |
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| 小题19: | | A．strength | B．energy | C．power | D．force |
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| 小题20: | | A．gestures | B．praise | C．criticism | D．words |
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Fifty people died, over 11,000 were injured, and 100,000 houses were heavily damaged or destroyed in an earthquake that struck North China"s Hebei Province.
The quake, measuring 6. 2 on the Richter scale (里氏6 .2级) , hit the area 220km northwest of Beijing at 11: 50 a. m. on January 10, 1998.
Scientists made a report of the recent quake. They said that the area of northwestern Beijing, the joint of Shanxi and Hebei Provinces and the Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) were most easily attacked by earthquakes measuring 6 to a bit over 7 on the Richter scale.
However, scientists did not see the recent earthquake earlier. Clouds covered a large area in the northern part of North China before the earthquake and experts say that this prevented satellites from correctly watching the temperature at the correct altitude (纬度).
Experts say that in the last ten years, about 305 earthquakes have taken place in China with 9 measuring over 7 on the Richter scale, 60 measuring over 6, and 236 measuring over 5.
Tens of thousands of people died or were injured. Loss(损失) valued over 10 billion yuan.
小题1:When the earthquake attacked the area, most people there were unlikely（不太可能的）to ____.| A．sleep in bed | B．work in the fields | C．walk in the streets | D．stay at home |
小题2:The report shows that about nine earthquakes in the past ten years are measured over ____ on the Richter scale.小题3:It can be inferred（推断） from the report that the damage caused by the earthquakes could be much less heavy if ____.| A．all the people stayed outside | | B．the earthquake happened at midnight | | C．the people had been warned earlier | | D．the earthquake scale was lower than 6. 2 only |
小题4:Which of the following can be reasonable except ____.| A．We can not stop earthquakes | | B．Scientists are working hard at the researches on earthquakes | | C．We can do our best to have fewer damages than ever | | D．Nothing can be done on earthquakes |
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