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Each weekday, come rain or shine, a group of children, aged 3 to 6, walk into a forest outside Frankfurt to sing songs, build fires and roll in the mud. The birthplace of kindergarten is returning to its roots. While schools and parents elsewhere are pushing young children to read, write and surf the Internet earlier in order to prepare for an increasingly cutthroat(竞争激烈的) global economy, some little Germans are taking a less traveled path-deep into the woods. Germany has about 700 Wald kindergartens, or forest kindergartens, in which children spend their days outdoors all year round. Blackboards replaced by the Black Forest. Erasers give way to pine cones(松果). Hall passes aren"t required, but bug repellent(驱虫剂) is a good idea. The schools are a throwback(返回) to Friedrich Froebel, the German educator who opened the world"s first kindergarten, or children"s garden, more than 150 years ago. Mr. Froebel advised that young children should play in nature, free from too many numbers and letters. Only a small number of German children attend Wald kindergarten, but their numbers have been rising since local parent groups began setting up these programs in the mid1990s, following the lead of a Danish community. Similar schools exist in smaller numbers in Scandinavia, Switzerland and Austria. The concept is arousing interest far afield-even in the U. S., whose first Wald kindergarten opened in Portland, Ore., last fall. Academic studies of such schools are in their infancy(初期). Some European researchers believe Wald kindergarten kids exercise their imaginations more than their brickandmortar_peers do and are better at concentrating and communicating. Despite dangers, from insects particularly, the children appear to get sick less often in these freshair settings. Studies also suggest their writing skills are less developed, though, and that they are less skills than other children at distinguishing colors, forms and sizes.
1. The passage mainly talks about ________. A. forest kindergartens B. a great German educator C. the birthplace of kindergarten D. education in Germany
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. The kids in the Wald kindergarten spend their days outdoors once a week. B. There are more than 700 Wald kindergartens in Europe. C. Friedrich Frobel opened the world"s first forest kindergarten. D. Nearly all the German children attend Wald kindergarten.
3. What might NOT be found in the "forest kindergartens"? A. Black Forest. B. Pine cones. C. Bug repellent. D. Many numbers and letters.
4. From the last paragraph, we can learn that "brickandmortar peers" refers to ________. A. kids who stay at home B. kids who study in the classroom C. kids who like brick and mortar D. kids who suffer from illness
5. Kids in the Wald kindergarten may ________. ①be more imaginative ②be good at exchanging ideas with other kids ③face more dangers in the forest ④be skillful at writing A. ①③④ B. ②③④ C. ①②③ D. ①②④ |
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Polar bears live in the coldest environments on Earth-the Arctic. Called "ice bears" in many European languages, polar bears depend on the ice that surrounds them for their survival. As the Arctic climate changes and the ice slowly disappears, polar bears face an increasingly uncertain future. Polar bears impress us with their incredible size, power and ability to survive in the cold Arctic. These giants can stand three meters tall and weigh over 500kg, and they spend their lives traveling throughout the Arctic. Two layers of fur keep them warm. Interestingly,the hairs are hollow in order to direct the sunlight straight to the skin. Undemeath their fur, polar bears have an additional l0-cm-layer of fat. Polar bears hunt ringed seals (环斑海豹), which live under the Arctic ice. They wait patiently for hours beside holes in the ice pack (浮冰群) for seals to surface and breathe. Using their great strength , the bears pull the heavy animals up onto the ice. The seals provide much of the fat the bears need for warmth. Since 2006 , polar bears have been labeled a vulnerable (脆弱的) species. Most experts feel the threat to polar bears comes not from hunters or predators(食肉动物),but from the gradual melting of Arctic ice. Due to global climate change, the Arctic region is getting warmer. Arctic ice is breaking up earlier in the spring, and its area is decreasing. Problems polar bears around Canada"s Hudson Bay are facing may indicate what lies ahead for polar bears elsewhere. Hudson Bay is located at the southern limit of the polar bears" territory(领地) . Currently,the ice there breaks up three weeks earlier in the spring than it did 20 years ago. Polar bears on Hudson Bay fast during the summer,waiting for ice to form in the fall to hunt. Every year,the Summer gets longer, and the bears get skinner. Over the past 25 years, the average weight of the female bears has dropped 68kg. This loss affects their ability to reproduce, and already the number of births has dropped 15% . Unless the bears can leam to survive global climate change, the giants of the ice may one day disappear. |
1. What puts polar bears in a challenging situation in the future? |
A. More humans hunting in the Arctic. B. The warming climate and melting ice. C. The reducing number of food resources. D. The changing weather and new habitats. |
2. Paragraph 2 is mainly concemed with___________. |
A. the description of polar bears B. polar bears" pattern of survival C. brief information on polar bears D. the types of polar bears |
3. Which description of polar bears is TRUE? |
A. Polar bears are usually of medium size B. Polar bears feed mainly on ringed seals. C. In winter polar bears live under water. D. Polar bears travel beyond the Arctic in summer. |
4. The female bears have lost weight greatly in the past decades because___________. |
A. there are a few ringed seals to hunt B. winter days are getting much longer C. they have to give birth to more young D. they have to wait longer before hunting |
5. We can feel that the author"s tone for polar bears is__________. |
A. sympathetic B. optimistic C. hopeful D. indifferent |
Car sharing is another way to drive green that"s gaining in popularity, especially in urban areas. People who may not drive every day but still want a car to run errands (差事)or drive on weekends benefit most from car sharing. Car sharing is usually run by a service like Zipcar, though there are non-profit (非营利的)and informal car sharing services. Members pay a monthly fee and have access to an entire fleet of cars when they need one. The cars are parked in fixed spots around the city, so members only need to make a reservation, and then go to the pickup spot. Car sharing has major environmental benefits because it reduces the number of cars on the road. Members don"t drive just because they are in a car. They plan trips, and if they don"t need a car, they don"t use one. Still, a car is available to them if they need to make a big trip to the grocery store, pick someone up at the airport or if they want to go to the beach for the day. Members also benefit by having access to a car without any of the headaches of ownership. They usually don"t have to pay for the gas, insurance or maintenance (保养), and the monthly membership fee is less than a typical car payment. So if you really want to go green but aren’t ready to totally give up a car yet, car sharing may be the way to go. If you still need to get around, but want to go even greener than sharing a car, share a bus! |
1. The author intends to tell us that car sharing ________. |
A. has become the most popular way to go to work B. has become the best way to cut living costs C. is becoming more and more popular in cities D. is becoming popular both in urban and rural (乡村的)areas |
2. We can conclude from the passage that _________. |
A. Zipear can"t help you if you are running urgent errands B. Zipcar, different from other services, aims green driving with no profit C. Zipcar is a company supplying car sharing service for a monthly payment D. Zipcar is a company providing formal car sharing free |
3. The second paragraph mainly tells us _________. |
A. why people will share a car B. why car sharing benefits the environment C. why car sharing is cheaper than owning a car D. why a car is available to members |
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? |
A. Car sharing has become a new trend (趋势). B. Car sharing can save you the headaches of ownership. C. Bus sharing is even greener than car sharing. D. Zipcar is the largest company offering car sharing services. |
In one of the strongest indications of the power of the mind to influence the body, a growing collection of evidence finds that people who are depressed have a greatly higher risk of developing heart disease. In a study of almost 3,000 men and 5,000 women, depressed men were 70 per cent more likely to develop coronary (心脏的) heart disease than those who weren"t depressed. While depressed women were just 12 per cent more likely to develop heart disease, those who were severely depressed were 78 per cent more likely. In fact, a 1998 study found that women who are depressed have a risk of dying from heart disease equal to that of women who smoke or who have high blood pressure. The link works the other way around, too: While about 1 in 20 American adults experience major depression in a given year, that number jumps to about one in three among those who have survived a heart attack. The more severe the depression, the more dangerous it is to your health. But some studies suggest that even mild depression, including feelings of hopelessness experienced over many years, may damage the heart. Other studies suggest depression may affect how well heart disease medications work. Researchers aren"t sure what the connection between depression and heart disease is, but theories exist. One is that people who are depressed tend not to take very good care of themselves. They"re more likely to eat high-fat, high-calorie "comfort" foods, less likely to exercise, and more likely to smoke. But beyond lifestyle, there is probably also a physiological link between depression and heart disease. Recent studies found that people with severe, depression tended to have a lack of heart-healthy 0-3 fatty acids. People who are depressed also often have high levels of stress hormones (荷尔蒙). These keep the body primed for fight or flight, raising blood pressure and causing the heart to beat faster, all of which put additional stress on coronary arteries (动脉) and prevent the body"s natural healing mechanisms from working properly. A whole branch of medicine is devoted to the complex links between mental health, the nervous system, the hormone system and so on. This science is gradually sorting out how the mind-body connection affects us, or defenses against heart disease. Generally, an estimated 10 per cent of American adults experience some form of depression every year. Although available treatments can ease symptoms in more than 80 per cent of people treated, less than half of those with depression get the help they need. |
1. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? |
A. Depression — Heart Disease Risk Factor. B. Heart Disease — Health Killer. C. Depression — Mental Health Enemy. D. Heart Disease — Depression Factor. |
2. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage? |
A. With high blood pressure, depression is another potential risk to women"s health. B. Depression, which is mild, can possibly cause damage to your health. C. Most people who experience depression get treated as they should be. D. Depression may have some influence on the function of heart disease medication. |
3. According to the passage, the possible connections between heart disease and depression are the following EXCEPT ______ |
A. depressed ones tend to eat high-fat and high-calories foods, which leads to physical damage to heart B. severe heart disease may cause people to feel hopeless and depressed C. depression may result in the lack of some kind of acids, which probably affects the working of people"s heart D. people with depression often have a high level of stress hormones, maybe, which will put extra pressure on one s heart |
4. We can infer from the passage that ______. |
A. more researches will be done to find the certain links between heart disease and depression B. the percentage of adults with depression is higher than that of depressed adults with heart disease C. one"s lifestyle has relatively little relationship with one"s mental health D. those with depression have a higher risk of developing heart disease |
5. The meaning of the word symptoms in the last paragraph is _____________. |
A. 诊断 B. 症状 C. 处方 D. 患者 |
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With alarming regularity, we read about oil tankers having accidents near land and the terrible consequences of the oil spills(泄露) on people, nature, and the environment. Millions of dollars have been used in developing special chemicals to help dismiss the spills and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oil. Unfortunately, when many of these chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the environment, especially to lives in the sea. Of all today"s environmental disasters, an oil spill may actually be one of the least serious. Although oil is poisonous, it is a natural material. In the end, it breaks down naturally. There are, of course, long-term effects, but it is usually more serious in the short term. Nature by itself works better than chemical materials, but when there is a spill, we demand that governments act immediately with as much hi-tech knowledge as possible. In 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Scilly Isles near the coast of England and spilled 120,000 tons of oil into the ocean. If you go there today, you will find it hard to see any sign that it ever happened. Governments seem to accept the risk of transporting millions of tons of oil by ship every day so that we can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more environmental damage. Interestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the next biggest supply the gasoline to make them run. We should be thinking more about reducing our dependency on oil. Govern -ments should be encouraging research into new technologies, such as cars run by solar power, electricity, hydrogen, and so on. Much of this research has, in the past, been held back by the oil, gas, and coal. If the world"s millions of cars were 10% more efficient -and the industry could easily produce cars at least twice as efficient, we would need many fewer tankers crossing the oceans each year. If this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air we breathe would be cleaner and fresher, too.
1. What is the passage mainly talking about? A. Oil spills pollution. B. What oil pollution is. C. Oil tanker accidents. D. How to reduce oil pollution.
2. How does the author support the idea that oil spills are not as serious as people believe? A. By giving a description. B. By making an argument. C. By giving an example. D. By drawing a diagram.
3. What does the underlined word "risk" in Paragraph 5 refer to? A. Transportation depending more on oil. B. Poisonous oil breaking down naturally. C. Millions of tons of oil spilling into the sea. D. More environmental damage being caused.
4. Which suggestion is made for reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage? A. We should build safer tankers in the near future. B. We should develop new technologies to cut oil use. C. Tankers should not be allowed to sail near the coastlines. D. Countries should build more oil pipelines under the sea. |
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What is the single largest cause of sick leave in the UK? The answer is not the common cold or flu, but back pain. Back pain affects one in three British adults, cost the country over £5 billion every year and is obviously difficult to treat. But now Britain"s National Health Service (NHS) will be offering a new solution: acupuncture . The ancient Chinese needle therapy has been around in the UK for many years, but for the first time it has been officially supported by the NHS’ advisory body, the National Institute for Clinic Excellence (NICE). Traditionally,doctors in the UK have advised back pain sufferers to stay active,do stretching exercises and take painkillers when necessary. In more serious cases some people are given X-rays treatment or injections with therapeutic substances. NICE, however,says there is evidence that acupuncture may be more effective than expensive X-rays or injections, to patients who have been s uffering for over six weeks should be given acupuncture treatments. As an alternative to acupuncture , patients will be able to choose either a course of spinal manipulation (脊柱推拿) or a series of special sessions. In the UK, acupuncture is classified as a complementary (辅助的) therapy, which is the term given to a medical procedure which hasn"t been subjected to the strict trials by which scientists prove some treatment work. While many experts have welcomed the move to make acupuncture available on the NHS, some are still skeptical about its effectiveness. Research from the US earlier this month found that simulated acupuncture using toothpicks which do not pierce the skin could be as good as using real needles. So while some are yet to be convinced, back pain sufferers will be hoping that acupuncture helps them feel healthy and mobile again. Employers, on the other hand, will be hoping it gets them back to work. |
1. What can be the best title for the passage? |
A. Acupuncture m the UK. B. The largest cause of sick leave. C. The ancient Chinese medicine. D. Different ways to treat back pain. |
2. According to NICE, which of the following ways is more effective to treat back pain? |
A. To take painkillers B. To use the Chinese needle therapy C. To take X-ray treatment or injections D. To stay active and do stretching exercises |
3. Which of the following statements about acupuncture is TRUE? |
A. Doctors can use needles or toothpicks to perform acupuncture. B. Patients taking acupuncture have to take a course of spinal manipulation. C. Patients suffering back pain for a long time are more advised to use acupuncture. D. Acupuncture costs less money and has lower effects than X-rays or injections |
4. Why is acupuncture classified as a complementary therapy in the UK? |
A. It is not strict in the treatment. B. Some British don"t have trust in it C. The main British treatment is very effective. D. Its medical procedure hasn"t been strictly tested scientifically. |
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