A. Maintain a Balanced Diet. B. Keep a Healthy Self-image. C. Difficulty in Curing Eating Disorders D. Best Prevention of Eating Disorders E. What Factors Bring about an Earing Disorder? F. How Does One Develop an Eating Disorder? |
| 1-5: E F C B A |
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| 本文介绍了美国著名的生物学家Edward Wilson 的著作The Future of Life中的一些有关如何开发、利 用和保护自然资源的情况. Edward Wilson is America"s, if not the world"s, leading naturalist. In The Future of Life, he takes us on a tour of the world"s natural resources (资源). How are they used? What has been lost? What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use? Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity (生物多样性)of our earth. Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment (环境) protection, Henry David Thoreau. He compares today"s Walden Pond with that of Thoreau"s day. Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book. The problem is clear: man has done great damage to his home over the years. Van the earth, with human help, be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future? Biodiversity, Wilson argues, is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today. Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it. A mere hundred species (物种) are the basis of our food supply, of which but twenty carry the load. Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of, which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas. At the end of the book, Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment. If you are to continue to live on the earth, you may well read and act on the ideas in this book. |
| 1. We learn from the text that Wilson cares most about ______ |
| A. the environment for plants B. the biodiversity of our earth C. the wastes of natural resources D. the importance of human values |
| 2. How many species are most important to our present food supply? |
| A. Twenty. B. Eighty. C. One hundred D. Ten thousand. |
| 3. Wilson suggests that one way to keep biodiversity is to _______. |
| A. learn how to farm scientifically B. build homes for some dying species C. make it clear what to eat D. use more species for food . |
| 4. We can infer that the text is _______ |
| A. a description of natural resources B. a research report C. a book review D. an introduction to a scientist |
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| Every year more people recognize that it is wrong to kill wildlife for "sport." Progress in this direction is slow because shooting is not a sport for watching, and only those few who take part realize the cruelty and destruction. The number of gunners, however, grows rapidly. Children too young to develop proper judgments through independent thought are led along way away by their gunning parents. They are subjected to advertisements of gun producers who describe shooting as good for their health and guncarrying as a way of putting redder blood in the veins (血管). They are persuaded by gunner magazines with stories honoring the chase and the kill. In school they view motion pictures which are supposedly meant to teach them how to deal with arms safely but which are actually designed to stimulate (刺激) a desire to own a gun. Wildlife is disappearing because of shooting and because of the loss of wildland habitat (栖息地). Habitat loss will continue with our increasing population, but can we slow the loss of wildlife caused by shooting? There doesn"t seem to be any chance if the serious condition of our birds is not improved. Wildlife belongs to everyone and not to the gunners alone. Although most people do not shoot, they seem to forgive shooting for sport because they know little or nothing about it. The only answer, then, is to bring the truth about sport shooting to the great majority of people. Now, it is time to realize that animals have the same right to life as we do and that there is nothing fair or right about a person with a gun shooting the harmless and beautiful creatures. The gunners like to describe what they do as character-building, but we know that to wound an animal and watch it go through the agony of dying can make nobody happy. If, as they would have you believe, gun-carrying and killing improve human- character, then perhaps we should encourage war. |
| 1. According to the text, most people do not seem to be against hunting because _____. |
| A. they have little knowledge of it B. it helps to build human character C. it is too costly to stop killing wildlife D. they want to keep wildlife under control |
| 2. The underlined word "agony" in the last paragraph probably means _____. |
| A. form B. condition C. pain D. sadness |
| 3. According to the text, the films children watch at school actually _____. |
| A. teach them how to deal with guns safely B. praise hunting as character-building C. describe hunting as an exercise D. encourage them to have guns of their own |
| 4. It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to _____. |
| A. blame the majority of people B. worry about the existence of wildlife C. be in favour of war D. be in support of character-building |
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| The famous American gorilla (大猩猩) expert Diane Fossey had a completely new way to study gorillas-she pretended to be one of them. She copied their actions and way of life - eating plants and getting down on her hands and knees to walk the way a gorilla does. It was a new relationship. Diane Fossey was murdered in Rwanda in 1985 and her story was made into the popular film Gorillas in the Mist. It was a long way from King Kong, which is about a gorilla as a monster (a frightening animal), and helped to show a new idea: the real monster is man, while the gorilla is to be admired. Today there are thought to be around 48,000 lowland gorillas and maybe 400-450 mountain gorillas in the wild. From the Congo in West Africa, to Rwanda and Uganda further east, they are endangered by hunting and by the cutting down of their forest homes. Some time ago, I found in my letterbox a little magazine from the World Wide Fund for Nature. It had two photos side by side. One was of a young gorilla. "This is a species of mammal (哺乳类动物)," said the words below it. "It is being destroyed by man. We must save it for our own good." The other photo showed a human baby. The words also read, "This is a species of mammal," but then went on:"It is the most destructive (破坏性的) on earth. We must retrain it for its own good." |
| 1. The text mainly talks about _____. |
| A. Diane Fossey B. the gorillas in Rwanda C. the protection of the gorillas D. the film Gorillas in the Mist |
| 2. We can learn from the text that _____. |
| A. Gorillas in the mist was based Fossey"s experiences B. Lowland gorillas live longer than mountain gorillas C. King Kong showed us that a gorilla is admirable D. Diane Fossey was murdered by a gorilla |
| 3. What message can we get from the two photos in the magazine? |
| A. Gorillas are man"s close friends. B. Both man and the gorilla need to be saved. C. Young gorillas are as lovely as human babies. D. Man should live peacefully with the gorilla. |
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| It"s not the flashiest car in the world. Not even close. But the 1971 Volkswagen named Helios can do something most cars can"t: nm on solar energy-energy from the sun"s light and heat! Joshua Bechtold, 14, and the other students at the Riverside School in Lyndonville, Vermont, worked many months to get Helios ready for the 1999 American Tour de Sol ("Sol" is the Latin word for "sun"). They named their car after Helios, the sun god in Greek mythology (神话). The 4-year-old Tour de Sol encourages the use of "green", or environmentally friendly, cars to help reduce pollution and save energy. It"s not a race. Cars are judged on fuel efficiency (耗油量) rather than speed. In the week-long event, 44 cars took the 350-mile tour from Waterbury, Connecticut, to Lake George, New York. Of the 23 student cars, Helios was the only one built by middle school students. A teacher drove Helios, but the children talked with people wherever they stopped along the mad. "That was my favorite part," says Anna Browne, 15. "We explained how the car runs." Due in part to old, inefficient batteries (电池), Helios finished fourth-out of four-in its kind, the sun- powered class. "We were there for the fun of it," Anna says. "We"re proud of Helios," says Ariel Gleicher, 14. "It"s a car that"s good for the environment." |
| 1. What is special about the car Helios in the text? |
| A. It was built by middle school students. B. It has an" attractive design. C. It was made in 1971. D. It won the fourth prize. |
| 2. How many sun-powered cars took part in the race? |
| A. 1. B. 4. C. 23. D. 44. |
| 3. What would be the best title for the text? |
| A. The Making of Helios B. 1999 American Tour de Sol C. Sun-powered Cars on the Road D. Use of Green Cars in Connecticut |
| 4. The students felt proud of Helios because _____. |
| A. it could run as far as 350 miles B. it was favored by many children C. it had high-quality batteries D. it was driven by clean energy |
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| Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. Thee mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of the infrastructure (基础设施) that must be maintained. Unfortunately,these systems are starting to break down. It"s not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation. Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin, a National Park Service worker. The park is not only old but worn out. Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is too many visitors for the parks to deal with. Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon. The National Park service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors. Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while. Why hasn"t the National Park Service kept up the park repairs? There is a lack of money. The United States has 378 monuments, parks, and wilderness areas. Between three and four billion dollars are needs for repairs. Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs. It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses. When the park workers started widening the road, they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club. The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park. A sierra Club lawyer, Julia Olson, feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemite. That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park. |
| 1. According to the text, the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they are appreciated from _____. |
| A. the bottom of the valleys B. the top of the mountains C. the side of the mountains D. the edge of the valleys |
| 2. National parks like Yosemite in the U.S. find it increasingly difficult to meet the need of visitors because _______. |
| A. that transport management needs improving B. they spend too much on their service systems C. their service systems frequently go out of order D. they need help from environmental organizations |
3. The main problem of Yosemite National Park is its _______. |
| A. rundown water pipes B. overcrowdedness C. lack of money D. narrow roads |
| 4. According to the text, the Sierra Club is most likely to be ______. |
| A. an environmental group B. an information center C. a travel service D. a law firm |