.你太无理了，你必须向你姐姐道歉
.我认为玛丽的父亲将不允许她熬夜
.玛丽站在公共汽车站旁看报纸
.移动电话使我们不论在什么地方都能与他人交谈
.既然人都到齐了，我们开始干吧
I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. _____ have to remind myself ___
__ (constant) that I am really in AD 3008. ___
__ (worry) about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. As a result, I suffered from “time lag”. This is similar ___
___ the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your ___
___ time period. So I was very nervous and uncertain at first. __
__, my friend and guide, Wang Ping, ___
___ (be) very understanding and gave me some green tablets _
___ helped a lot. Well-known for their expertise, his ___
___ (parents) company, called “Future Tours”, transported me safely into the future in a time __
__ .
Here are some ideas on how to read newspaper articles quickly and efficiently so that you can read a whole newspaper quickly and get as much information as possible in the shortest time.
_____ It sums up the news-article and gives hints about the content and the point of view in the article.
Look at the pictures and information in any “boxes”. ______
Read the lead paragraph and the second paragraph carefully: look for the topic sentence in each. The lead paragraph is usually the first paragraph of the article. ______ The second paragraph may sometimes contain the main idea of the article if the first paragraph is just to “hook” you.
Read the last paragraph carefully. The conclusion sums up the way the ideas in the article have developed and may contain a new idea.
Skim through the rest of the article, looking for and underlining the topic sentence in each paragraph.
Always question as you read. “Reading is an active thinking of the text.” _____
Use the context to guess the meaning of any words you do not know, rather than using a dictionary. ____ Sometimes, you can also use other clues like the prefix or the word root or other grammar clues.
Note the sources of information given. All this will help you assess the reliability of the information and overcome any difficulty in the article.
| A．The context: the sentence before, the sentence after or the whole paragraph. |
| B．Skim through the rest of the article. |
| C．They also give an idea of the main topic in the news-article. |
| D．It will sum up the article and contain the key information in the article. |
E.Ask questions about the headline and preview.
F.Read the headline carefully.
G.Ask the six basic questions: when, where, who, what, how and why.
How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments —mostly for entertainment purposes — is fair and respectful?
Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals. However, most zoos remain “collections” of interesting “things” rather than protective habitats. Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to keep animals bored, lonely, and far from their natural homes.
Zoos claim to educate people and save endangered species, but visitors leave zoos without having learned anything meaningful about the animals’ natural behavior, intelligence, or beauty. Zoos keep animals in small spaces or cages, and most signs only mention the species’ name, diet, and natural range. The animals’ normal behavior is seldom noticed because zoos don’t usually take care of the animals’ natural needs.
The animals are kept together in small spaces, with no privacy and little opportunity for mental and physical exercise. This results in unusual and self-destructive behavior called zoochosis. A world-wide study of zoos found that zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time walking back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain.
Furthermore, most animals in zoos are not endangered. Captive breeding (圈养繁殖) of endangered big cats, Asian elephants, and other species has not resulted in their being sent back to the wild. Zoos talk a lot about their captive breeding programs because they do not want people to worry about a species dying out. In fact, baby animals also attract a lot of paying customers. Haven’t we seen enough competitions to name baby animals?
Actually, we will save endangered species only if we save their habitats and put an end to the reasons people kill them. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups that work to protect animals’ natural habitats.How would the author describe the animals’ life in zoos?
| A．Unhappy. | B．Dangerous. |
| C．Natural. | D．Easy. |
In the state of zoochosis, animals______.
| A．remain in cages |
| B．attack other animals |
| C．behave strangely |
| D．enjoy moving around |
What does the author try to argue in the passage?
| A．Zoos fail in their attempt to save animals. |
| B．Zoos are not worth the public support. |
| C．Zoos should treat animals as human beings. |
| D．Zoos use animals as a means of entertainment. |
The author tries to persuade readers to accept his argument mainly by ______.
| A．discussing the advantages of natural habitats |
| B．using evidence he has collected at zoos |
| C．questioning the way animals are protected |
| D．pointing out the faults in what zoos do |
Although he argues against zoos, the author would still agree that______.
| A．zoos have to keep animals in small cages |
| B．most animals in zoos are endangered species |
| C．it’s acceptable to keep animals away from their habitats |
| D．some endangered animals are reproduced in zoos |
With fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes (综合体) for the recycling of waste. The word “rubbish” could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else.
The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant (发电厂) for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.
Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: First, it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that rollers will break up everything that can be broken. Finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets (磁铁), which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.
The first full-scale giant recycling plants are perhaps fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.The phrase “be well on with ……” (Para .1) most probably means ______.
| A．have achieved a great deal in |
| B．get ready to start |
| C．have completed what was started |
| D．put an end to |
What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in Paragraph 3?
| A．Breaking up whatever is breakable. |
| B．Sorting out small pieces of metal. |
| C．Separating light elements from the heavy ones. |
| D．Sharpening metal bars. |
What’s the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?
| A．To get big profits from those plants. |
| B．To find out how much of the raw materials could be provided |
| C．To get raw materials locally. |
| D．To deal with wastes in a better way. |
The first full-scale huge recycling plants ______.
| A．began to operate fifteen years ago |
| B．will probably be in operation in fifteen years |
| C．will be built fifteen years later |
| D．will take less than fifteen years to build |
The passage is mainly about ______.
| A．a cheap way to get energy |
| B．the location of recycling plants |
| C．new ways of recycling wastes |
| D．the probability of city environment |
当前学校里出现了一些不文明行为。请结合以下图片内容，用英语写一篇题目为“How Can We Behave Well in School?”的短文。内容要点如下：
1. 学校存在的不文明行为；2. 你对这些行为的看法；3. 怎样做一个文明学生。
注意：1. 可根据图片提示适当发挥；
2. 词数120-150；
3. 标题与开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：不文明行为uncivilized behavior
How Can We Behave Well in School?
Recently there exists some uncivilized behavior in our school.
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