The San Diego Zoo has been a lovely home for giant pandas since two of the black-and-white bears came to visit in 1987. This week there was snow in San Diego—well, at least for a lucky group of giant pandas.
Over 15 tons of snow was blown into the San Diego Zoo"s panda area on Tuesday morning to give the endangered bears a chance to play. They would experience the snow just like living in their natural habitat.
The snow day was a first for Xiao Liwu whose name means "Little Gift." He was the sixth baby panda born to Bai Yun. Xiao Liwu was jumping on Mom, playing with her and getting used to being thrown in the snow by mama bear. Jennifer Becerra, San Diego Zoo keeper said, "He was really enjoying the snow and running around. I"ve never seen him so happy."
All the San Diego Zoo’s giant pandas are from China, as part of a long-term captive breeding(人工养殖) program. Four of Xiao Liwu"s brothers have already been moved from California to China.
Today there are 44 giant pandas living in zoos outside of China, where the bears" only natural home is. As just 1,600 pandas are thought to be left in the wild, researchers insist that captive breeding is an important way to study and protect the endangered pandas. Not only because of the habitat loss from human activities and low reproductive rates(繁殖率), giant pandas" survival is also affected by climate change. A study showed that global warming could kill much of the bears" main food, bamboo, over the next century.
小题1:Why was the snow blown into the San Diego Zoo"s panda area?| A．To stop the bamboos from dying. | | B．To give the pandas a chance to play. | | C．To help the pandas live in their natural habitat. | | D．To make Xiao Liwu happy. |
小题2:What’s the relationship between Bai Yun and Xiao Liwu?| A．Wife and husband. | | B．Father and daughter. | | C．Sister and brother. | | D．Mother and son. |
小题3:What is NOT the factor that influences the giant pandas" number?| A．The loss of habitat. | | B．Low reproductive rates. | | C．Human research. | | D．Climate change. |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title of this passage?| A．Giant pandas in San Diego Zoo | | B．Giant pandas in danger | | C．Xiao Liwu’s happy time | | D．How to protect giant pandas |
小题5:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．Captive breeding is the most useful way to protect giant pandas. | | B．More than 44 giant pandas live in zoos outside of China now. | | C．China is the only natural home of giant pandas. | | D．Xiao Liwu was afraid of being thrown in the snow by mama. |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C |
试题分析：这篇文章讲述了生活在圣地亚哥动物园的大熊猫，为了给它们一个玩耍的机会，人们给它们送来了很多的雪，它们玩的非常高兴。
小题1:细节题。根据文章Over 15 tons of snow was blown into the San Diego Zoo"s panda area on Tuesday morning to give the endangered bears a chance to play.可知，为了给熊猫一个玩耍的机会，超过15吨的雪被吹进了圣地亚哥动物园的熊猫区域。故选B
小题2:细节题。根据文章The snow day was a first for Xiao Liwu whose name means "Little Gift." He was the sixth baby panda born to Bai Yun.可知，Xiao Liwu是由 Bai Yun生的。故选D
小题3:细节题。根据文章可知，生存环境的丧失，很低繁殖率，地球变暖是熊猫数量减少的原因。故选C
小题4:主旨题。这篇文章主要讲的是圣地亚哥动物园的熊猫。所以，Giant pandas in San Diego Zoo最适合做标题。故选A
小题5:细节判断题。根据文章可知，人工繁殖是保护大熊猫非常重要的方法；现在有44只熊猫在国外的动物园；中国是大熊猫唯一的自然栖息地；小礼物不害怕被妈妈扔进雪地里。故选C
点评：本文文脉清晰，结构简单。此类判断题文章不长，学生在答题的过程中可以首先对整篇文章进行阅读，理解文章的意思，然后带着问题在文章中找到相对应的答案，即可答出。 |
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试题【The San Diego Zoo has been a lovely home for giant pandas since two of the black】；主要考察你对
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Parents are a child’s first teachers. But some parents never learned from good examples. In New York City, Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents.
The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week. The class is called Mommy and Me.
Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five and a grandmother. She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby in different seasons.
She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby. The mother said that would only make the child needy.
“I said ‘That’s not true. You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, he’s going to keep crying. Pick your baby up. Hug(拥抱)him! And she started to do that. They just want a little hugging and a little love. And it works!” Delores Clemens said.
Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered. “I’m doing something for them that never has been done for them before.”
In class, with her baby son, is Natasha. She lived on the streets. She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in looking for a safer life.
“Did you go to high school?”
“Yes.”
“Did you graduate?”
“No, I didn’t. I was in my last year and then, I got pregnant(***)and I got lazy.”
“You look like you are willing to accept responsibility(责任)for that.”
“Yes, I am, and I would like to finish.”
Some teenage mothers wish they themselves could be children again. 18-year-old Placida knows that feeling. “Because you have to get up every two hours in the middle of the night, and you can’t go out and say ‘I am going to buy this for myself.’ No. I have to buy pampers, clothes and food. So now it’s two. So it’s very hard.” Placida said.
小题1:What did Natasha want to finish high school for?| A．To bring her high school life to an end. | | B．To accept the responsibility to look after her baby. | | C．To stop the chatting with Adam. | | D．To end the relationship with her boyfriend. |
小题2:From what Placida said, we know that she thinks _______.| A．looking after a baby needs love | | B．having a baby costs more | | C．being a mom is hard | | D．loving comes from responsibility |
小题3:The passage is mainly about _______.| A．a class where teen parents are looked after | | B．a class where parents are teaching their children | | C．a class where homeless mothers learn to find a job | | D．a class where teens learn mothering and are mothered |
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Look! I’m Mona. That is a schoolbag. It’s red. It’s not mine. It’s my sister’s. What’s in the schoolbag? A ruler is in the schoolbag. But it’s my ruler. The ruler is blue. This is a pencil. It’s black and white. It’s not my pencil. It is my sister’s. A photo is in the schoolbag, too. Lucy Brown is in the photo. She is my sister’s friend. She is in red. 13858987860 is her telephone number.
小题1:Mona’s schoolbag is red.
小题2:A ruler is in Mona’s sister’s schoolbag and it is black and white.
小题3:Mona’s sister’s pencil is blue.
小题4:Brown is Lucy’s family name.
小题5:Mona’s sister and Mona can call Lucy at 13858987860. |
Betty and Lingling are talking about the future. “What will our life 1 in the future?”
asks Betty. “I don’t know,” says Lingling. “What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting 2 .” “We will 3 go to school. We 4 our lessons on the Internet. When we have problems(难题), . The teacher will 5 us the answers on the Internet.
“Now almost everyone 6 a mobile phone ,but_ 7 twenty years everyone will carry apocket computer.” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea.” “Machines will do lots of 8 _, and so people will have more 9 .” “ We will have some rice, vegetables and fruit for meals every day. We will not get any meat to eat because there will be 10 animals. “
“ Oh , our way of life in the future will change a lot.”
| 小题1: | | A．be like | B．be | C．look like | D．like |
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| 小题2: | | A．guess | B．guessing | C．guesses | D．to guess |
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| 小题3: | | A．often | B．never | C．usually | D．always |
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| 小题4: | | A．will think | B．will bring | C．will learn | D．will help |
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| 小题5: | | A．take | B．give | C．talk | D．drive |
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| 小题8: | | A．job | B．work | C．works | D．working |
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| 小题9: | | A．busy time | B．busy times | C．free times | D．free time |
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Many people love going on a trip by plane , but an airport is usually far from the city . You have to arrive there and wait for hours for the plane to take off and it is often late . You can"t open the window .You can"t choose the food .Planes are fast ,but it takes hours to get out of the airport and into the city .
I like travelling by train .I think trains are safe . Train stations are usually in cities . when you are late for a train , you can catch another one . You can walk around in the train and open the windows . You can see many interesing things on your way . I know it takes a little more time .
I also like cars . You can start your trip when you want to . and you don"t need to get to a station . You can carry many things with you too . But sometimes there are many cars on the road .
小题1:Many people like travelling by plane because ___.| A．it is slow | B．you can open the window | | C．it is fast | D．the airport is fay from the city |
小题2:What does "take off " mean ?小题3:If you want to take many things with you , you would like to take ___| A．a bus | B．a train | C．a plane | D．a car |
小题4:What is the disadvantge of the car ?| A．You needn"t go to the station . | B．You can start your trip when you want to . | | C．There are too many cars on the road . | D．You can see many interesting things . |
小题5:which sentence about the writer is TRUE?| A．He likes taking a plane because it takes a lot of time to go to the city . | | B．He likes taking a train because train stations are usually in cities . | | C．He likes taking a bus because he can drive it . | | D．He likes taking a plane because it is fast . |
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Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of __1__ through which I learned __2__ from his experiences. He always told me, “ You __3__ have goals (目标) like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both __4__, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very _5__. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to _6__ with my father and to be in deep thought __7__ develop my patience.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me _8__ I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the bird’s singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my __9__. I wanted to __10_ climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it __11__ reaching the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his __12__. But later after that, I __13__ know the meaning of hope in life. I found __14__ standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as _15_ as crystal.
| 小题1: | | A．conversations | B．emotions | C．conclusions | D．expressions |
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| 小题2: | | A．classes | B．tests | C．lessons | D．news |
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| 小题3: | | A．can | B．may | C．would | D．should |
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| 小题4: | | A．spent | B．enjoyed | C．hoped | D．kept |
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| 小题6: | | A．play | B．work | C．talk | D．study |
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| 小题7: | | A．as much as | B．as soon as | C．as long as | D．as well as |
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| 小题8: | | A．though | B．because | C．and | D．but |
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| 小题9: | | A．legs | B．ears | C．eyes | D．fingers |
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| 小题10: | | A．put up | B．take up | C．get up | D．give up |
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| 小题11: | | A．after | B．when | C．before | D．since |
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| 小题12: | | A．stories | B．words | C．pictures | D．lessons |
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| 小题13: | | A．wanted to | B．tried to | C．got to | D．hoped to |
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| 小题14: | | A．myself | B．himself | C．yourself | D．ourselves |
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| 小题15: | | A．blue | B．white | C．clean | D．clear |
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