阅读理解。 A snow leopard roars in the high mountains of Asia. A black rhinoceros
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A snow leopard roars in the high mountains of Asia. A black rhinoceros gallops across the plains of Africa. A grizzly bear hunts for fish in a North American river. A mother blue whale and her calf glide through the deep waters of the ocean. All of these animals share the Earth with us. They fascinate us with their beauty, their grace, and their speed. We love observing their behavior, and learning more about their habits. But just loving them is not enough. All of these animals are endangered. Many of them have died, and without special care, they may someday disappear from the Earth. Why is it important to care for animals like these?One reason is to protect the balance of life on Earth. Another reason is the beauty of the animals themselves. Each species of animal is special. Africa was once filled with an abundance of wild animals. But that is changing fast. One of these animals, the black rhinoceros, lives on the plains of Africa. It has very poor eyesight and a very bad temper!Even though the black rhino is powerful, and can be dangerous, its strength can"t always help it to escape hunters. Some people think that the rhino"s horn has magical powers, and many hunters kill rhinos for their valuable horns. This has caused the black rhino to be placed on the endangered species list. The elephant seems to represent all that is strong and wild in Africa. It once had no natural enemies, but is now endangered-killed for its ivory tusks. The fastest land animal, the cheetah, also lives in Africa. It,too, is becoming extinct as people take over more and more of the land that is the cheetah"s natural habitat. Imagine Africa without the powerful rhino, the gentle, intelligent elephant, or the lightning quick cheetah. Once they are gone, they are gone forever. |
1. The best title for this passage would be "______". |
A. Do what we can B. Gone forever C. Help animals D. Live or die |
2. Why has the black rhino been placed on the endangered list according to the passage? |
A. Because its eyesight is poor and its temper is bad. B. Because it has a horn. C. Because it is believed that its horn has magical power. D. Because people think it is powerful and dangerous. |
3. Which of the following does NOT support the main idea of the article? |
A. Ocean-dwelling animals are in danger of extinction as well. B. Beautiful birds like the great green macaw are also becoming extinct. C. Wherever people are careless about the land, there are endangered species. D. The elephant seems to represent all that is strong and wild in Africa. |
4. How does the writer feel about the fate of endangered animals? |
A. Disinterested. B. Concerned. C. Optimistic. D. Confused. |
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1. _____ With the development of society, unwanted sound is the most widespread nuisance (厌恶的事) in America. But noise is more than just a nuisance. It constitutes a real and present danger to people"s health. Day and night, at home, at work, and at play, noise can produce serious physical and psychological stress. No one escapes being affected by this stress. Though we seem to adjust to noise by ignoring it, the ear, in fact, never closes and the body still responds-sometimes with extreme tension, as to a strange sound in the night. 2. _____ The annoyance we feel when faced with noise is the most common outward symptom of the stress building up inside us. Indeed, because irritability (易怒) is so obvious, legislators (立法人员) have made public annoyance the basis of many noise limit programs. But the more unnoticeable and more serious health hazards (harm and danger) associated with stress caused by noise traditionally have been given much less attention. 3. _____ Nevertheless, when we are annoyed or made irritable by noise, we should consider these symptoms fair warning that other things may be happening to us, some of which may be damaging to our health. Of many health hazards to noise, hearing loss is the most clearly observable and measurable by health professionals. The other hazards are harder to pin down (说清). For many of us, there may be a risk that exposure to the stress of noise increases susceptibility to disease and infection. The more susceptible among us may experience noise as a complicating factor in heart problems and other diseases. Noise that causes annoyance and irritability in health persons may have serious consequences for these already ill in mind or body. 4. _____ Noise affects us throughout our lives. For example, there are indications of effects on the unborn child when mothers are exposed to industrial and environmental noise. During infancy and childhood, youngsters exposed to high noise levels may have trouble falling asleep and obtaining necessary amounts of rest. 5. _____ Why, then, is there not greater alarm about these dangers? Perhaps it is because the link between noise and many disabilities or diseases has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. Perhaps it is because we tend to dismiss annoyance as a price to pay for living in the modern world. It may also be because we still think of hearing loss as only an occupational hazard. |
A. Noise affects us from birth even embryo (胚胎) to death. B. Less attention to more unnoticeable and serious hazards in spite of the most common annoyance caused by noise. C. The reasons for there being no greater alarm about these dangers. D. Noise is more a real and present danger than a nuisance to people"s health. E. How much do we know about annoyance caused by noise? F. How much do we know about the possible hazards to people"s health caused by noise? |
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Do you raise salmon (鲑鱼) in your classroom at school? Do you ever have class while floating down a river in a canoe? Do you ever throw your school lunch leftovers into a compost (混合肥料) bin when you are finished? They are all part of a regular school day at Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut. Known as a "green" school, Barnard attracts students from all over the region who are interested in environmental studies. "We do Earth Day all the year round," said Marjorie Drucker, Barnard"s Magnet Resource teacher. With the school"s special classes, its 325 students study the environment all day long. "Being green means that everything in the building is designed with the environment in mind," Drucker told Scholastic News. For example, the lights go off when people leave the room, and special windows provide "passive light", cutting down on the need for electric lighting. When a window is open, the air-conditioning automatically turns off. Conserving energy is not all that students do to help the environment. While learning about the dying salmon population in the Connecticut rivers, students also do something to help out-they raise more salmon. In the classrooms there are fish tanks containing salmon eggs. The eggs are kept in water at two degrees Celsius. After the eggs hatch, students observe the baby salmon through all the stages of development, and then release the adult salmon into Connecticut rivers. Composting is another part of taking care of the environment at Barnard Students deal with their lunches by throwing the remaining food into a compost bin in a greenhouse. The compost is used to help grow plants. At Barnard, almost everything has to do with the environment. Students sing songs about the environment; their artworks have something to do with the environment; even their math classes are focused on protecting the environment. Barnard offers chances that students can"t get in a regular school. The school"s goal is to teach children to be good environmental role models. They also learn to live in a different way. To attend the school, students have to apply and express their interest in protecting the environment. "Students come here because they care about the environment," said Drucker. |
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Wondering how many calories the banana cream pie on your plate has? Some Japanese have a novel way to find out: Photograph it with a cellphone and send the image to an expert. With cellphones becoming common in Japan and rising concern over expanding waistlines, health-care providers will allow the calorie-conscious people to send photos of their meals to nutritionists (营养学家) for advice. Public health insurance offices in Osaka in Western Japan have launched the service on a trial basis. About 100 cardiac (心脏病的) patients signed up in the first year, followed by diabetes and obesity patients in the second."Japanese have been getting fatter, especially men in their 20s and 30s. There is concern over what they learned about nutrition when they were younger," the Osaka official, Satomi Onishi, said."We"re hoping that this program can help us deal with the problem." Osaka is using a system developed by Asahi Kasei Corp. The system is operating among about 150 health-care providers and local governments around the country Nutritionists can work with photos from one day"s meals to several weeks" worth. Results come back in three days. People can also log on a website to get further information. Dr Yutaka Kimura has developed a similar system at Kansai Medical University"s Hirakata Hospital, also in Osaka. Five patients have taken part in the programme, which costs $37 to join and $21 per month. Patients photograph meals over the course of three to seven days, and a nutritionist e-mails advice to them. "Patients used to fill in meal logs, but people tend to forget things or underestimate (低估) their portions (份)," Kimura said. "Photographing meals and e-mailing them can be easier and get more accurate results." As Japanese have turned to bigger portions and more meat and fried foods, obesity and related illnesses such as high blood pressure have become a rising concern. The Health Ministry estimated last year that more than half of Japanese men and about one in five women between 40 and 70 years old were at the increased risk of heart disease, type II diabetes and other diseases because of obesity. With the Health Ministry hoping to see a 25% reduction in the number of people at the risk of these diseases by 2015, Osaka officials hope the cellphone program will help. |
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In today"s world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people" health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and this is harmful to people" health, too. People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf today. However, scientist believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and pop music is a kind of noise, Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people ill or even drive them mad. It is said a continuous noise of over 85 decibels can cause deafness. Now the government in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels. In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise problems. |
1. The text is mainly about ______. |
A. air pollution B. water pollution C. noise pollution D. world pollution |
2. According to the text, a continuous noise of ______ decibels can make people deaf. |
A. less than 85 B. less than 65 C. about 65 D. more than 85 |
3. Ten percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because ______. |
A. they are working in noisy places B. they often listen to pop music C. they are busy in listening to other"s talk D. they live near airports |
4. The government of China is trying to solve ______. |
A. only air pollution B. only air and water pollution C. only water pollution D. air, water and noise pollution |
阅读理解。 下面是一篇杂志文章,请将标有A--F的句子插入文章中标号为1--5的合适位置,使这篇文章意义完整,结构连贯,其中有一个句子是多余的。 |
As we know, the concept of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People"s Olympics." 1 . Among them "Green Olympics" embraces the essence of the 3000-year long Chinese philosophy, namely harmony and unity of nature and human existence. On the World Environment Day in 2003, Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Game began the Green Office Project. 2 . On September 24, 2005, the logo of the Green Olympics was shown at the Beijing Young Palace. 3 . It consists of the crown of a tree and the shape of a human being that are used to create the form of a large tree reaching the sky. The image represents harmony and unity between human beings and nature. Just like swinging colored strips that surround and cross each other, the green lines form a crown of tree and recall flowers in full bloom, expressing the sustainable (可持续的) development of environment protection. 4 . Let"s participate in green actions, such as beautifying the environment, protecting the environment and saving resources. 5 . |
A. No matter when it is, we need green space. B. This concept includes three themes. C. Let"s carry the theme of Green Olympics through to the end. D. The logo uses a form of the traditional handwriting. E. The Beijing Olympic Games is a testimony of the fact that the world has its trust rested upon China. F. It covers such areas as saving energy and water, trash classification, and use of office equipment, paper recycling, paperless office work and the environmentally friendly behaviors of staff. |
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