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Shut Up Zoos，Not Animals!
You may think that visiting zoos is harmless fun，but you're wrong because zoos are just prisons（监狱）for animals．The difference is that prisoners get out after a few years! Animals in cages look bored and are boring to look at．After all，we all know what an elephant looks like，we've seen them on TV．So why make animals suffer by shutting them up for our fun？Shut up the zoos instead!
Posted by：Emily on April 19，at 18：12 Comments（3）
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I partly agree．But some zoos aren't there for our fun．I've just got back from Jersey Zoo．It saves rare（珍稀）animals and breeds them．Then it returns the babies to the wild．Not all zoos are the same，you know．
Posted by：Angela on April21，at 18：17
Quite agree! Every time I go to the zoo，I never look into the poor animal's eyes! Kept in the small and smelly cages，they look so lonely and sad．Hope one day they will return to nature，where they can live happily and freely with their families．Posted by：John on April 22，at 12：21
Personally，I think zoos are fantastic places for children．They can play with animals and enjoy themselves so much there．Also，they learn a lot about animals．Why shut up？
Posted by：David on April 22，at 21：05
31．Emily thinks a zoo is ．
A．a fun place for children
B．a terrible place for animals
C．a warm home for animals
D．a popular place for visitors
32．Who thinks some animals can be well protected in the zoos？
A．Emily．
B．Angela．
C．John．
D．David．
33．John never looks into the animals' eyes in the zoos because he ．
A．feels sorry for them
B．feels kind of shy
C．is afraid of them
D．is angry with them．
In most parts of the world there are four seasons. They are spring, summer, fall and winter. In different seasons people wear different clothes and do different things. For example, in summer the weather is hot, so people usually wear cool clothes and do things like swimming, boating or surfing(冲浪). But near the polar regions(极地), there are only two seasons: winter and summer. In winter, nights are long. For more than two months(两个多月) you can’t see the sun. In summer, days are long and the sun is always in the sky. There are no nights. The people living near the North Pole(北极) are called Inuit(伊努伊特人). In summer they live in tents and catch deer for food. In winter they live in small round snow houses. They can build(建造) a snow house. They make holes(洞) in the ice and catch fish and seals(海豹). They eat much meat but not many vegetables.How many seasons are there in most parts of the world?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．One. | D．Four. |
In summer, people usually wear clothes and do things like swimming, boating or .
| A．cool; skating | B．warm; flying | C．cool; surfing | D．cold; flying |
Inuit live in tents and catch for food in summer.
| A．deer | B．dogs | C．fish | D．seals |
There are two seasons near the polar regions. They are .
| A．summer and spring | B．fall and winter |
| C．summer and winter | D．summer and fall |
Which sentence is right?
| A．We can skate in summer. |
| B．Inuit build snow houses in winter. |
| C．Inuit eat little meat but many vegetables. |
| D．There are four seasons near the polar regions. |
Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers (志愿者). Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted (污染), the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”
“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, butthat’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself!When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”Some young people from England _______ after they finish school.
| A．go to university abroad |
| B．spend one year abroad as volunteers |
| C．go to work for money |
| D．start work in schools or hospitals |
Pauline Jones, an eighteen-year-old girl, is living in _______ now.
| A．England | B．China | C．Belize | D．Cardiff |
Pauline Jones is _______ with other people.
| A．studying Chinese in a university |
| B．working to save the coral reefs |
| C．helping do some housework |
| D．doing some research in Wales |
From the passage, we know that the coral reefs ______.
| A．will die because of the pollution |
| B．are not as beautiful as before |
| C．cannot live without fish in the sea |
| D．will probably be sold for money |
Pauline Jones wants to after she finishes her work as a volunteer.
| A．stay there for another year |
| B．go back home to start work |
| C．learn about the people home |
| D．travel around Central America |
Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? How about the teenagers in big cities? Here is a survey. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.The others are from small villages. We made a diagram of the result of our survey. Let’s have a look at it.We found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. Maybe it is because they live a harder life. Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do. Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves.
| Chores |
2000 teenagers in small villages |
2000 teenagers in big cities |
| Take out the trash |
1600 |
1000 |
| Sweep the floor |
1200 |
850 |
| Make the bed |
1400 |
750 |
| Do the dishes |
1100 |
600 |
| Fold the clothes |
900 |
1500 |
They surveyed ______ teenagers from small villages.
| A．1,000 | B．2,000 | C．3,000 | D．4,000 |
There are 1,000 teenagers from the cities who ______.
| A．take out the trash | B．do the dishes | C．make the bed | D．fold the clothes |
Fewer than ______ teenagers in big cities sweep the floor and make the bed.
| A．500 | B．1,000 | C．1,500 | D．2,000 |
The number of teenagers ______ in big cities is bigger than that in small villages.
| A．making the bed | B．taking out the trash |
| C．folding the clothes | D．doing the dishes |
Why did they make the survey?
| A．Because they don’t want teenagers in China to do chores at home. |
| B．Because they thought it’ll help teenagers to take good care of themselves to do chores at home. |
| C．Because they wanted to know if teenagers in China do chores at home. |
| D．Because they thought it’s not necessary for teenagers to look after themselves. |
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory(记忆力) works in the same way.
When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault, But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, and few of us know that it is just his own fault.
Have you ever found that some people can’t hear or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they can not write them down in a little book. They have to remember days, names ,songs and stories. So their memory is the whole time being exercised.The main reason for one's poor memory is that his parents have poor memories.
A. right B. wrongIf you don't use your arms or legs for some time, they will become strong.
A. right B. wrongA good memory comes from more practice.
A. right B. wrongSome people can't read or write, but they have better memories, because they have saved trouble.
A. right B. wrongThe best title of this passage is “How to Have a Good Memory”.
A. right B. wrong
Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly went to town, but one day he went into town to buy a few things. After he bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When he looked around, he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers. So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself one pair, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.
The man in the shop let him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."
The man became puzzled (迷惑的) , and he said, "Excuse me, but can you read?"
"No, of course I can't!" Tom said angrily. "If I could read before, do you think I would come here to buy your glasses?" Tom lived ______.
| A．with his family | B．near town | C．in the country | D．in town |
Tom didn't go to town______.
| A．never | B．often | C．sometimes | D．sometime |
Why did Tom decide to buy a pair of glasses?
| A．Because he thought if he bought them, he could read. |
| B．Because they were very bright. |
| C．Because they were cheap. |
| D．Because he could read newspaper. |
Tom went to the shop to ______.
| A．have a rest | B．have dinner | C．wear glasses | D．buy a pair of glasses |
What do you think of Tom？
| A．He is foolish. | B．He is clever. | C．He is tall. | D．He is beautiful. |
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