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Some people welcome the law. They say animals should not be forced to work and that circus creatures are caged in tight spaces when they travel. However, other people say that many of the four legged performers are cared for by animal experts. Plus, they point out, circus animals entertain millions of fans.
Should animals perform in circuses? Student reporters Michael and Emily have done some work on the issue.
Yes, I think animals should be allowed in circus acts. Most circus trainers love and respect the animals they work with and treat them well. Certain rules and regulations also help to ensure that the animals are treated humanely, or with kindness. Millions of people love circus animals. They look forward to seeing elephants and tigers perform. Many of the animals are exotic (奇特的), so people might not get the chance to see them anywhere else. “Circus animals shouldn’t be banned,” says Parker, a sixth grader from Oregon City, “One of the main reasons people go to the circus is to see animals they don’t see every day and to see them do cool tricks.”
Animals should not perform in circuses. When animals are in circuses, they are forced to learn new behaviors in order to entertain humans. Those behaviors may go against their natural instincts (本性). For example, bears hibernate in the winter, but bears in a circus have to perform and can’t hibernate as their bodies tell them to. Also, circus animals have to travel all the time in cages. All that traveling may cause them to become confused or upset because their environment keeps changing. “When animals are removed from their habitat and held in cages ... it changes their behaviors,” points out Anne Northam, a teacher from Friendswood, Texas. “They are no longer selfsufficient (自给自足的).”
小题1:Which of the following can be a reason why people support the law?
| A．Animals in circuses are given more respect and care. |
| B．Animals in circuses bring a lot of fun for people. |
| C．Animals in circuses can’t live their life naturally. |
| D．Animals in circuses are protected by many regulations. |
| A．She welcomes it. |
| B．She is against it. |
| C．She thinks it acceptable. |
| D．She thinks it useless. |
| A．Enjoy more fun in circuses |
| B．More respect and kindness to animals |
| C．Circuses in Bolivia Open or Closed |
| D．Animals belong in circuses Yes or No |
| A．sleep | B．look for food | C．move from one place to another | D．perform |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
解析
试题分析：文章大意：这是一篇新闻类短文阅读。Bolivia宣布马戏团使用动物违法，主要是为了保护动物，不让动物自然生长，不再成为人们赚钱的工具。
小题1:C 细节题。由第二段的They say animals should not be forced to work and that circus creatures are caged in tight spaces when they travel.可知选C。
小题2:A 推理题。根据最后一段Annie所说的话When animals are removed from their habitat and held in cages ... it changes their behaviors, They are no longer selfsufficient (自给自足的).推断选A。
小题3:D 概括题。通读全文，都是在说明马戏团的动物问题，故选D。
小题4: A 词义题。根据文章最后一段in the winter, but bears in a circus have to perform and can’t hibernate as their bodies tell them to为答案。
核心考点
试题【Lately, Bolivia has outlawed (宣布……为非法) the use of animals in circus (马戏团) perfor】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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"If in fact you do make contact with Martians, please let me know right away," Obama said during the call, "I"ve got a lot of things on my plate, but I expect that that will go to the top of the list. Even if they"re just microbes(微生物), it will be pretty exciting."
Obama also said he was impressed by the attention that"s been paid to flight director Bobak Ferdowsi, the "Mohawk Guy" whose star-spangled haircut and warmhearted behavior during Curiosity"s Aug. 5 landing won him Internet fame.
"I, in the past, thought about getting a Mohawk myself," Obama joked. "But my team keeps on discouraging me. And now that he"s received marriage proposals and thousands of new Twitter followers, I think I"m going to go back to my team and see if it makes sense."
The congratulatory phone call is a tradition for the White House. But it was clear that Obama particularly enjoyed congratulating the scientists and engineers behind the amazingly successful landing of NASA"s newest Mars exploration.
He also said the achievement reflected the American spirit, and he gave his personal promise to protect these critical investments in science and technology.
"This is the kind of thing that inspires kids across the country," he said. "They’re telling their moms and dads they want to be part of a Mars mission, maybe even the first person to walk on Mars. And that kind of inspiration is the byproduct of work of the sort that you guys have done."
The Curiosity rover"s $2.5 billion mission focuses on studying billions of years" worth of geology on Mars and determining whether the planet was ever potentially suitable for people to live in. The mission is not specifically designed to explore life, even on the range of microbes, but it could point the way for future life-exploration experiments.
小题1:Obama phoned the team behind NASA"s Mars Curiosity rover in order to _______.
| A．congratulate them on finding Martians |
| B．praise the flight director |
| C．congratulate on the rover’s landing |
| D．encourage them to contact with Martians |
| A．Obama is very busy now. |
| B．Obama longs for the finding of life on Mars. |
| C．Obama is interested in biology. |
| D．Obama wants to contact Martians. |
| A．It costs billions of dollars. |
| B．It mainly aims to find life on Mars. |
| C．It carries the first person to Mars. |
| D．It proves Mars fit to live on. |
| A．Bobak Ferdowsi got a Mohawk haircut to win great Internet fame. |
| B．Obama called on the government and companies to invest in science. |
| C．America’s president seldom congratulates on scientific achievements. |
| D．Children showed special interest in the landing of Curiosity. |
Rebecca Davis and LaMar Baylor teach ballet to street children in Kigali, Rwanda．The children have lost all of their families．Some have been in prison; others have sold their bodies for sex．Dance classes provide the children with structured learning and self-expression that they"ve never had before．
Rebecca Davis is the founder and director of the dance company．She got the idea for the project after visiting Rwanda in 2008．There she met a large number of street children who were dancing, and she thought that dance could be used to get them off the street and into a safe place．She believes that learning to dance is a step toward education．She says children can take classes in information and technology after they have learned to attend classes and follow directions．
Boys who have done best in the classes win scholarships and are sent to the Sunrise Boarding School．About 30 boys have won this kind of financial aid．
As for LaMar Baylor, he knows from his own experience how dance can lead to a better life．He is from Camden, New Jersey．Camden has sometimes been called America"s poorest and most dangerous city．He now thanks dancing for saving his life．
The Rwanda program is the largest one set up by the Rebecca Davis Dance Company, and Ms．Davis has also set up dance programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Guinea．About 2,000 children in the three countries have taken part in the project since it was begun in 2010．
小题1:The dance project aims to____．
| A．give the street children parental care |
| B．provide scholarship for the street children |
| C．help the street children receive some education |
| D．keep the street children in good health |
| A．All of them can be sent to the Sunrise Boarding School． |
| B．It may be hard for them to adapt to classroom rules at first． |
| C．They only take classes in dancing． |
| D．Many of them have been in prison． |
| A．they all benefit from dancing |
| B．they borrowed money from the project |
| C．they learn to express themselves in dance class |
| D．they were homeless at one time |
| A．the dance project was started in Guinea |
| B．the Rwanda program is the first program by Rebecca Davis |
| C．the Rwanda program has attracted about 2,000 children |
| D．the dance project gains popularity and grows quickly |
The dogs will be trained to respond to sound triggers（触发器） in the home that cause them to perform tasks．The duties will include reminding their owners to take medicine, as well as encouraging them to eat, drink and sleep regularly．
The idea was developed by design students at the Glasgow School of Art and will now be put into practice by Alzheimer"s Scotland and Dogs for the Disabled．The first dogs will be distributed to four Scottish couples, where one of the partners is in the early stages of dementia．Some 670,000 people in Britain have dementia and one in three over 65s will develop the condition．By 2021 this is expected to rise to one million．
Joyce Gray of Alzheimer"s Scotland said, "People in the early stages of dementia are still able to live a relatively normal life, and dogs help to maintain routine．" Another advantage of using the pets as companions is that dogs can give them a sense of silent support and companionship．Ms Gray said, "The evidence is that people may forget familiar faces but not pets．It"s such a strong bond that people often remember them longest．People don"t need to communicate verbally （言语地） but they can still interact．You can have a speechless bond．"
Helen McCain, director of Dogs for the Disabled, said, "People with dementia often forget to take the medicine．If a dog presents them with a bag with pills in it there"s a greater chance of them taking it．The dog would also encourage the owner to take them out for walks, ensuring they keep exercising and interacting with other people．"
小题1:In Britain people with dementia _ _．
| A．are likely to increase in number |
| B．are mostly over 65 years old |
| C．will be trained to respond to sound triggers |
| D．will be able to live a relatively normal life |
| A．making some sound signals |
| B．communicating with the patients |
| C．reminding the patients by barking |
| D．reacting to some sound triggers |
| A．Faces． | B．Triggers． | C．Pets． | D．Companions． |
| A．The idea of dementia dogs was developed by students． |
| B．Dogs are trained to assist Alzheimer"s patients． |
| C．British people with Alzheimer"s are in poor condition． |
| D．The dementia dogs perform most duties of a doctor． |
Cao and her two children from Anhui Province were traveling on board the “Liaoludu 7” on February 22. They were among the first people on the ship who were rescued by lifeboats. Cao’s one-year-old son was the youngest passenger on board.
The “Liaoludu 7” was traveling in the Bohai Straits from Lvshun in Liaoning Province to the port city of Longkou in Shandong Province. It suddenly lost its power at 2:30 pm and tilted(倾斜) on its side. With 81 people on board, the ferry began to sink.
“I was so scared that my legs couldn’t move forward. They kept shaking even when I was asked to jump onto a lifeboat,” Cao recalled.
Upon receiving the mayday appeal (紧急呼救), China Marine Search and Rescue Centre immediately informed the State Council. The center sent eight lifeboats to the fishing boats.
After more than four hours of fighting strong winds and freezing ocean water, the passengers were recovered. All but four survived. These four died after spending too long time in the freezing waters, according to a spokesperson for the Beijing-based center.
小题1:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The film “Titanic” had been on show again in Shanghai. |
| B．Cao Min and her children experienced the terrible accident. |
| C．“Liaoludu 7” with all passengers on board were saved. |
| D．The ferry began to sink on the way to the port of Liaoning. |
| A．China Marine Search and Rescue Centre quickly carried out the rescue task |
| B．the center sent eight lifeboats and asked for help from the United Nations |
| C．the passengers were fighting strong winds and freezing ocean water for one hour |
| D．the ferry sank into the sea immediately it tilted on its side at 2:30 pm |
| A．four | B．seventy-seven | C．eight | D．eighty-one |
Gertrude Baines passed away(去世) peacefully in her sleep at the Western Convalescent Hospital in Los Angeles, where she had lived for her last ten years. Emma Camanag , the hospital’s leader ，said she was a respectable lady. "It is really an honor for the hospital to take care of her over the last 10 years and we will greatly miss her. It is just like we have lost a relative（亲戚）," said Emma.
Ms. Baines, who was born in Shellman, Georgia, in 1894, had no living relatives. She grew up in the southern US during difficult times. During that time, African American people were required to use separate, often poor, public services. She married young and later divorced (离婚). Her only child, a daughter, was born in 1909 and died of a terrible disease at the age of 18. Ms. Baines worked as a maid (女佣) in Ohio before moving to Los Angeles where she lived on her own until she was well over 100.
She once told an interviewer（记者）, "As for the secrets of long life, I do not have any disappointments（失望） in my own life."
She gained some fame when she voted for Mr. Obama in the US presidential election（总统大选）, saying she supported him "because he’s for the colored people". It was only the second time in her life she had voted, the first time being for John F. Kennedy.
Ms. Baines became the world’s oldest person in January. Japanese woman, Kama Chien, 114, has now taken over the title.
小题1:It was an honor for the hospital to take care of Ms. Baines because ________.
| A．she was a respectable lady |
| B．she was a relative of the hospital’s leader |
| C．she lived in the hospital for years |
| D．she voted for Mr. Obama in the election |
| A．was very popular in the hospital |
| B．did even better than John F. Kennedy |
| C．did good things for African Americans |
| D．congratulated her on her birthday |
| A．Ms. Baines used to serve others in Ohio. |
| B．Ms. Baines died in a hospital in Los Angeles. |
| C．Ms. Baines and her husband had only one child. |
| D．Ms. Baines liked to live alone. |
| A．the world’s oldest person, Ms. Baines |
| B．why Ms. Baines voted for Mr. Obama |
| C．how Ms. Baines lived for so long |
| D．Ms. Baines and President Obama |
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