The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat that has got a fox’s head, and that feeds on fruit. Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes (趾) when at rest, and travel in great crowds when out flying. A group will live in one place for years. Sometimes several hundreds of them occupy a single tree. As they return to the tree towards sunrise, they quarrel among themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight.
Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to only one at a time. At first the mother has to carry the baby on her chest wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls to the ground. Then the older ones fly down and try to pick it up. If they fail to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of the tree.
小题1:The passage tells us that there is no difference between the flying fox and the ordinary bat in ______. | A．their size | B．their appearance | | C．the kind of food they eat | D．the way they rest |
小题2:Flying foxes ______. | A．double their number every year | | B．fight and kill a lot of themselves | | C．move from place to place very often | | D．lose a lot of their young |
小题3:At daybreak every day flying foxes begin to ______. | A．fly out toward the sun | | B．look for a new resting place | | C．come back to their home | | D．go out and look for food |
小题4:Flying foxes have fights ______. | A．to occupy the best resting places | | B．only when it is dark | | C．to protect their homes from outsiders | | D．when there is not enough food |
小题5:How do flying foxes care for their young? | A．They only care for their own babies. | | B．They share the feeding of their young. | | C．They help when a baby bat is in danger. | | D．They often leave home and forget their young. |
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小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C |
文章对Flying fox的各种特征进行了描述，包括居住，生活，以及幼子
小题1:事实细节题，根据第一段Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes (趾) when at rest可知，飞狐跟其他的蝙蝠有一样的睡觉姿势
小题2:推理判断题，根据第二段Often hundreds of baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of the tree可知，有很多的小蝙蝠都死掉了
小题3:事实细节题，根据第一段As they return to the tree towards sunrise, they quarrel among themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight可知，
小题4:事实细节题。根据第一段they quarrel among themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight可知道
小题5:事实细节题，根据第二段At first the mother has to carry the baby on her chest wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls to the ground. Then the older ones fly down and try to pick it up可知，母亲在帮助小蝙蝠 |
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试题【The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat that has got a fox’】；主要考察你对
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Researchers in over 80 nations are taking part in a project to conduct a decade-long census(统计) of sea life. Scientists presented some of their findings at a recent conference as the project neared its completion.
In deep icy waters under Antarctica, scientists found bulbous tunicates, an underground animal, and many newly-discovered creatures believed to be related to starfish (海星) and other marine(海洋的）creatures.
Elsewhere in the world’s oceans, they have recently discovered many kinds of underwater life forms new to science. It is all part of a research effort called the Census of Marine Life.
“There are about 2,000 scientists worldwide involved,” said Bob Gagosian, President, CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. Gagosian helps manage the project. “Everywhere they’ve gone they’ve found new things,” he says. “The ocean basically is unexplored from the point of view of marine living things.”
Researchers have placed small markers on hundreds of fish and marine animals to track by satellite their migration(迁移）routes and to discover places where sea life gathers.
According to Ron O’Dor, a senior scientist with the Census of Marine Life, knowledge of life on the ocean floor is especially limited. “90% of all the information we have is from the top hundred meters of the ocean,” O’Dor states.
And he says the sea floor is, on average, at a depth of 4, 000 meters. And so, as some machines dive far below what people have previously seen, scientists are discovering new species of plants, animals and living things.
Since the census project began, more than 5,300 new marine animals have been found. Ocean researchers say they hope to catalogue 230,000 species during the census —which some say is only a small part of all the creatures living in the sea.
小题1:Why do the researchers place small markers on many marine creatures?| A．To catch them. | B．To research them. | | C．To kill them. | D．To protect them. |
小题2:From what Ron O’Dor says, we can conclude that .| A．human beings only know a little about marine life | | B．the oceans don’t need to be further explored | | C．he considers exploring the ocean a dangerous thing | | D．the marine creatures mainly live on the top of the ocean |
小题3:What can we learn from the passage?| A．About 2,000 scientists from America are involved in the project. | | B．The census of sea life will last for ten years. | | C．230,000 new marine animals have been found. | | D．The sea floor is at a depth of 400 meters. |
小题4:Why does the author write the passage?| A．To tell the news that new marine creatures are being discovered | | B．To encourage people to find new marine creatures | | C．To prove the importance of marine creatures | | D．To introduce the newly-discovered creatures. |
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An increase in students applying to study economics (经济学) at university is being attributed to （归因于）the global economic crisis (危机) awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.
Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.
Professor John Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecture at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures which are open to students from all departments—were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.
“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done. ” He added.
University applications rose 70% last year. But there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the pubic sector（部门）, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.
A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.
Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped (使…有能力) to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”
小题1:Professor John Beath’s lectures are . | A．given in a traditional way | | B．connected with the present situation | | C．open to both students and their parents | | D．warmly received by economics |
小题2: Careers in the public sector are more attractive because of their .| A．greater stability | B．higher pay | | C．fewer applications | D．better reputation |
小题3:In the opinion of most parents , . | A．economics should be the focus of school teaching | | B．more students should be admitted to universities | | C．the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened. | | D．children should solve financial problems themselves |
小题4:According to Hocking , the global economic crisis might make the youngsters_____. | A．wiser in money management | | B．have access to better equipment | | C．confident about their future careers | | D．get jobs in Child Trust Funds |
小题5:What’s the main idea of the text? | A．Universities have received more applications. | | B．Economics is attracting an increasing number of students | | C．college students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty | | D．parents are concerned with children’s subject selection. |
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What would you do if Martians (火星人) kidnapped (绑架) your mom? In the 3-D animated movie Mars Needs Moms, a young boy named Milo finds himself in this exact difficult situation. The aliens want to steal Milo’s mother’s “momness” for their own young. Now it’s up to the 9-year-old to get his mom back before she is lost forever.
Every good action movie has a bad guy. The villain (反派角色) in this film is the Martian Supervisor, played by Mindy Sterling. The Supervisor has an icy cold heart. Remarkably, Sterling acted out almost all of her scenes in a special Martian language created just for the movie. “Learning Martian was a piece of cake,” Sterling said. “There wasn’t too much to learn; sometimes, I just made it up!”
Anyone who has a mother will be moved by this movie. In fact, anyone who loves someone will be moved by this movie. Maybe it is because the story was inspired by a real-life event. The movie is based on a novel by prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed. He wrote the book after a dinner-table incident between his wife and son, who was then 4 years old. That night, Breathed’s son had thrown his broccoli into the air and rushed out of the room angrily, yelling at his mother on the way out. Breathed told his son, “You might think differently about your mom if she were kidnapped by Martians.” He wrote the novel that same evening.
All kids get into arguments with their parents. The fights may be about homework, chores or eating vegetables. Mars Needs Moms tells us to look past these silly disagreements and to remember the importance of family and the things that really matter.
小题1:In the movie Mars Needs Moms the aliens want to _____.| A．kill Milo’s mother | | B．take Milo as their kid | | C．make Milo’s mother their kids’ mom | | D．send their kids to Milo’s family |
小题2:To Mindy Sterling, learning Martian language is _____.| A．simple | B．difficult | C．interesting | D．unacceptable |
小题3:What made Breathed write the novel?| A．The movie producer’s idea. | | B．His wife’s inspiration and help. | | C．His good relationship with his mother. | | D．His son’s bad behavior toward his mother. |
小题4:In the last paragraph the author wants to _____.| A．advise children to help with the housework | | B．encourage readers to learn something from the movie | | C．stress the importance of doing something different | | D．ask parents to be good teachers of their children |
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Getting close to active or erupting volcanoes can be dangerous. But for Michael Rampino, it’s all in a day’s work. Rampino is a volcanologist, a scientist who studies volcanoes and how they affect our planet. Rampino has been close to red-hot lava flows (熔岩流) in Hawaii and explosive volcanoes in Indonesia. He knows when to get close to an active volcano and when to back away.
Rampino wasn’t always a volcanologist. He worked for NASA for seven years. He studied rocks until he began to research climate change and the effects that volcanoes have on climate. He became interested in the subject. “Once I started working with volcanoes,” Rampino said, “I was hooked.”
Rampino is a professor at New York University. As part of his job, he travels to areas where volcanoes have been active. “Active” means they have erupted within the past few centuries and probably will erupt again. Rampino studies the deposits (沉积物) of ash and other materials from the eruptions. The ash may hold clues to what happened to the Earth in the distant past. It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earth’s climate in the future.
Rampino doesn’t work alone. He works with a team of scientists who use computers to stimulate (模拟) the effects volcanoes have on Earth’s atmosphere.
Being a volcanologist may be hard work, but it’s also fun. “It’s cool traveling the world studying volcanoes,” Rampino says. When he talks to students about his work, he tells them that his goal is “to understand the events that have shaped Earth’s history.”
小题1:To Rampino, being close to active volcanoes is _____.| A．adventurous but meaningful | | B．scary but necessary | | C．impossible and unnecessary | | D．dangerous but urgent |
小题2:The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_____”.| A．trapped | B．touched | C．frightened | D．attracted |
小题3:Rampino’s study on volcanoes might help _____.| A．warn people to protect the environment | | B．support the study of Earth’s future climate | | C．tell the future eruption time of the volcanoes | | D．reduce the possibility of the volcanoes’ eruptions |
小题4:In which part of a newspaper could we find this text?| A．Climate. | B．History. | C．People. | D．Business. |
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As I understand, if scientists produced a human clone, there would be a great risk of it having a disease. Nobody seems to understand the ageing process of a clone. It would be terrible if a baby was the age of its parent at 31 . Its cells would grow old fast and it would die young. 32 until the technique is perfectly safe, it should be 33 .
I"d love to have a clone of 34 . I often wish I had a twin sister, someone who 35 me in everything. So why not a clone? Well, the idea 36 be fun but I"m not sure if it would be 37 . I think we would be playing with fire if we let scientists go ahead with 38 cloning. There are so many 39
involved that all research in this area should be strictly controlled.
There are so many arguments 40 cloning that it is difficult to get anyone to consider the possible benefits. I am 41 that it is a technique which could be beneficial. The most obvious use would be for childless 42 . They would be able to have babies with their own genetic material. I don"t see what"s wrong with that.
Imagine a child 43 up knowing that his or her mother is really a sister or a brother. The emotional 44 on the child would be 45 . Or a child who was cloned from a dead brother or sister. What kind of emotional pressure would they feel, knowing they were made as a replacement for another? The whole idea
46 me!
It"s all very good to ban human cloning but scientists should be allowed to 47
research. If they don"t, we may 48 important benefits for our society, such as producing body organs. A clone is an 49 copy of a person with the same gene. Therefore, it is the 50 donor for an organ(器官) transplant.
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| 小题2: | | A．Besides | B．Therefore | C．Although | D．Unless |
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| 小题3: | | A．banned | B．allowed | C．encouraged | D．forced |
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| 小题4: | | A．itself | B．herself | C．myself | D．yourself |
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| 小题5: | | A．overlooked | B．contradicted | C．accumulated | D．resembled |
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| 小题6: | | A．may | B．must | C．can | D．shall |
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| 小题7: | | A．messy | B．safe | C．swift | D．awkward |
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| 小题8: | | A．human | B．animal | C．plant | D．pet |
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| 小题9: | | A．obligations | B．regulations | C．formulas | D．risks |
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| 小题10: | | A．against | B．with | C．for | D．amid |
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| 小题11: | | A．vanished | B．convinced | C．violated | D．teased |
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| 小题12: | | A．couples | B．heroines | C．dwarves | D．elves |
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| 小题13: | | A．picking | B．looking | C．getting | D．growing |
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| 小题14: | | A．pressure | B．sample | C．privilege | D．ambition |
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| 小题15: | | A．unsinkable | B．unimaginable | C．unbearable | D．unthinkable |
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| 小题16: | | A．scratches | B．terrifies | C．entices | D．confronts |
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| 小题17: | | A．continue | B．predict | C．tear | D．mention |
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| 小题18: | | A．chase | B．contrast | C．cure | D．miss |
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| 小题19: | | A．handy | B．identical | C．contradictory | D．transparent |
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| 小题20: | | A．ideal | B．voluntary | C．vacant | D．inquisitive |
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