阅读理解。 Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us with
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the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we
share and experience is our ability to make noise without mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each
other"s minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle (奇迹) it is.
Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animal. Of course, some animals
have powers just as amazing, Birds can fly thousands miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in
relation to the time of day and year. In Nature"s talent show, humans are a species of animal that have
developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, it"s an ability for communicating information
to others, by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.
Not that we don"t have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such
as anger, or joy, or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy
or sad. This is so-called "body language". Bristling (直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among
many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal
gathering.
Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively
acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire
this amazing skills? Biologist can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms
function, but this doesn"t tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history.
B. the miracle of technology
C. the amazing power of nature
D. our ability to make noises with mouth
B. Keeping long faces when angry.
C. Bristling hair when ready to attack.
D. Bowing heads when willing to obey.
B. Animals express emotions just as humans do.
C. Humans have other powers of communication.
D. Humans are no different from animals to some degree.
B. the special role humans play in nature
C. the power to convey information to others
D. the difference between humans and animals in language use
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| Introduction A lot of crime is against bicycles. About 150,000 bicycles are stolen every year and most are never found. You can prevent this happening by following a few careful steps. Basic Security Do not leave your bicycle in out-of-the-way places. Always lock your bicycle when you leave. Secure it to lampposts or trees. Take off smaller parts and take them with you, for example lights and saddles (车座). Locks Get a good lock. There are many different types in the shops. Buy one that has been tested against attack. Ask for a recommendation from a bike shop. Marking Security marking your bike can act a deterrent to a thief. It can also help the police find your bicycle. It should be clearly written and include your postcode and your house or flat number. This will provide a simple way to identify your bicycle. Registration There are a number of companies who will security mark your bicycle for you. They will then put your registration number and personal details on their computer database. Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to contact you. Finally Keep a record of the bicycle yourself: its make, model and registration number. You can even take a photograph of it. This will prove the bicycle belongs to you. |
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| The Best of Friends The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image (印象) of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels. An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. "We were surprised by just how positive today"s young people seen to be about their families," said one member of the research team. "They"re expected to be rebellious (叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There"s more negotiation (商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don"t want to rock the boat." So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. "My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me," says 17-years- old Daniel Lazall. "I always tell them when I"m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I"m doing, they"re fine with it." Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. "Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I"d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that." Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, "Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in out social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over." |
| 1. What is the popular images of teenagers today? |
| A. They worry about school B. They dislike living with their parents C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles D. They quarrel a lot with other family members |
| 2. The study shows that teenagers don"t want to _____. |
| A. share family responsibility B. cause trouble in their families C. go boating with their family D. make family decisions |
| 3. Compared with parents of 30 years age, today"s parents _____. |
| A. go to clubs more often with their children B. are much stricter with their children C. care less about their children"s life D. give their children more freedom |
| 4. According to the author, teenage rebellion _____. |
| A. may be a false belief B. is common nowadays C. existed only in the 1960s D. resulted from changes in families |
| 5. What is the passage mainly about? |
| A. Negotiation in family B. Education in family C. Harmony in family D. Teenage trouble in family |
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| Hunting The days of the hunter are almost over in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken, mainly by banning tiger-shooting, to protect those animals which still survive. Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this view. Surely out earliest forefathers, who at first possessed no weapons, spent their time digging for roots, and were no doubt themselves often hunted by meat-eating animals. I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in overpowering dangerous animals. Of course, there are some who truly believe that the killing is not really the important thing, and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of the wild countryside. There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and risk death by design; these men go out after dangerous animals like tigers, even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of a threat. I can respect reasons like these, but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high opinion of yourself. The greatest big-game hunters expressed in their writings something of these finer motives (动机). One of them wrote. "You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly and on the animal"s own territory (领 地).You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day. This is better than letting him grow a few years older to be attacked and wounded by his own son and eventually eaten, half alive, by other animals. Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing-not if you respect the thing you kill, not if you kill to enrich your memories, not if you kill to feed your people." I can understand such beliefs, and can compare these hunters with those who hunted lions with spears (矛) and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tiger-shoots I have seen, in which modern weapons were used. The so-called hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than rabbits. |
| 1. There is no more hunting in India now partly because _____. |
| A. it is dangerous to hunt there B. hunting is already out of date C. hunters want to protect animals D. there are few animals left to hunt |
| 2. The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly _____. |
| A. to make the countryside safe B. to earn people"s admiration C. to gain power and influence D. to improve their health |
| 3. What do we learn about the big-game hunters? |
| A. They hunt old animals B. They mistreat animals C. They hunt for food D. They hunt for money |
| 4. What is the author"s view on the tiger-shoots he has seen? |
| A. Modern hunters lack the courage to hunt face-to-face B. Modern hunters should use more advanced weapons C. Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigers D. Modern hunters should put their safety first |
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Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students |
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| Wouldn"t it be great if we didn"t have to remember passwords (密码) ever again? If we could just sit in front of our computers and be 1 logged in (登录) Crave mentions how NECSoft Biode Logon system uses face recognition technology to log you on to Windows, rather than using a 2 . All you need is a webcam and your pretty face to 3 your PC. No more 4 , confusing passwords to remember or change every few months. After doing a little research, I found this type of 5 already available to consumers via a relatively 6 application called FaceCode. The 7 requires the use of a webcam to recognize and log PC users into their systems. You can add as many 8 as you want, provided they each have a Windows account. If the system 9 to recognize your 10 , you can recall the Windows user name and password by using a hot-key combination. |