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The World Tourism Organization claims that the industry looked after 592 million travelers last year who spent $423 billion, and of all the types of tourism, ecotourism seems to be the fastest growing. By the broadest measure -- a trip with some sort of nature or wilderness element -- ecotourism already accounts for perhaps a third of these travelers. On a stricter definition favored by the Ecotourism Society, it is “responsible travel that preserves natural environments and keeps up the well-being of local people,” which accounts for no more than 5% of tourism.
Ideally, ecotourism helps both people and nature. Before the disastrous civil war, Rwanda’s Mountain Gorilla Project was one such model. Visits to the gorillas were limited, local guides ensured good behavior or on the part of the humans, and the high admission charge - $170 a day -- paid for salaries and presentation of the gorillas’ living areas. As this made the gorillas worth more alive than dead, poaching (偷猎) decreased. As another example, preservation Cooperation, Africa’s largest ecotour operator, uses only local labor, buys products 5om local farmers, and supports building projects: such as clinics and schools. This contribution to social advance is also good business sense. Projects from which local people benefit directly are less likely to be affected by poaching and theft.
Ecotourism’s biggest problem is labeling. Going on an eco-tour is no guarantee of good ecology. So far, only Australia has an official system to grade tour operators and tourist attractions on the basis of their “greenness”. Another issue is how eco-tourists damage the environment. Dolphin-feeding, for instance, is innocent and enjoyable, but after too many free meals, the dolphins forget how to catch their own dinners.
Keeping prices high is one way to limit enthusiasm. But measuring the effect of ecotourism on human environments is trickier. It is common, for villagers to see ecotourism as a source of new income. Hence, the very tourists who venture in search of traditional cultures end up breaking them up. As ecotourism becomes more popular, it will finally threaten the very things that are good for business.
小题1:According to the passage, ecotourism may _________.
A.harm its own purpose by becoming too popular |
B.save the environment by becoming more popular |
C.harm its own purpose by becoming less popular |
D.save the environment by becoming less popular |
A.has no single, clear definition that would satisfy everybody |
B.has expanded less rapidly than other types of tourism |
C.claims that no comfortable hotels should be used by tourists |
D.most often has a negative effect on local culture |
A.tourists were free to visit the gorillas whenever they wanted to |
B.local people’s attitudes toward animals were not affected |
C.the gorillas were protected from both tourists and local people |
D.the gorillas’ living area was modernized because of the high admission |
A.Rwanda’s Mountain Gorilla Project | B.Preservation Corporation |
C.Australia’s grading system | D.Dolphin-feeding |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
试题分析:文章介绍了生态旅游的概念,生态旅游给当地的生态,动物带来的好处,但是也提到了由于生态旅游的快速发展,它破坏了自己最初的目的。
小题1:细节题:从第一段的句子:Whatever ecotourism is, it is hot--perhaps too hot for its own good.和最后一段的句子:As ecotourism becomes more popular, it will finally threaten the very things that are good for business.可知由于生态旅游的快速发展,它破坏了自己的目的,选A。
小题2:推理题:从第一段的内容,可知旅游行业对生态旅游没有一个明确的定义,选A
小题3:细节题:从第三段的句子:Visits to the gorillas were limited, local guides ensured good behavior or on the part of the humans, and the high admission charge - $170 a day -- paid for salaries and presentation of the gorillas’ living areas. As this made the gorillas worth more alive than dead, poaching (偷猎) decreased. 可知Rwanda’s Mountain Gorilla Project 这个项目使游客和当地人都来保护大猩猩,选C
小题4:细节题:从第三段的句子:As another example, preservation Cooperation, Africa’s largest ecotour operator, uses only local labor, buys products 5om local farmers, and supports building projects: such as clinics and schools. This contribution to social advance is also good business sense.可知 preservation Cooperation,主要是使当地的社区受益。选B
核心考点
试题【 If your idea of a good time is to sleep in a hut, carry your own rubbish, and e】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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The hard, parrot-like beak(喙)of an octopus is not used for attacking deep-sea divers, but for cutting open shellfish. Indeed, the octopus possesses such a tiny throat that it cannot swallow large pieces of meat. Instead, it feeds by pouring digestive juices into its victims, and then sucking up the soupy remains. A shellfish that finds itself in the grasp of an octopus has only a short time to live. But human beings are perfectly safe. Still, people rarely care to go close enough to these careful creatures to get a good look at them.
小题1:This passage is mainly about .
A.the horrors of the octopus |
B.the largest octopus in the world |
C.octopi and their behavior |
D.the octopus’s deadly hunting method |
A.people have unreasonable fears about the octopus |
B.the octopus is not interested in human beings |
C.the octopus is afraid of human beings |
D.the octopus is a very cruel sea animal |
A.Octopi. | B.Shellfish. | C.Fish. | D.The victims. |
A.attacking deep-sea divers | B.cutting up large pieces of meat |
C.cutting open its victims | D.defending itself |
A.the octopus is not dangerous to man |
B.people often fear creatures that are not dangerous to them |
C.the octopus only hunts its natural victims |
D.things described in movies are not to be believed |
A“paperless classroom”is what more and more schools are trying to achieve.Students don"t do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use palm (手掌) size, or specially-designed computers. The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every student"s personal computer.
Having computers also means that students can use the Web. They can look up information on any subject they"re studying from math to social science.
High school teacher Judy Herrell in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web to learn about the war in Afghanistan (阿富汗) over one year ago.
"We could touch every side of the country through different sites? from the forest to refugee camps (难民营)," she said. "Using a book that"s three or four years old is impossible."
And exams can go online too. At a high school in Tennessee, US, students take tests on their own computers. The teacher records the grades on the network for everyone to see and then copies them to his own electronic grade book.
A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper. High school teacher Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, US, said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to each student.
"Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers," she said.
But, with all this technology, there"s always the risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still widely available for these hi-tech students.
小题1:What does the part of the last sentence in the first paragraph, “run out of ink at the critical moment”, mean?
A.Pens may not write well at the critical moment. |
B.Pens get lost easily, so you may not find them at the critical moment. |
C.Pens may have little or no ink at the critical moment. |
D.Pens use ink, while pencils don"t. |
A.Pens. | B.Computers. | C.Information. | D.Texts. |
A.the Web could take them everywhere |
B.the Web taught them a lot |
C.the Web is a good tool for information |
D.the Web better than the textbooks, can give the latest and comprehensive (全面的) information |
A.students | B.teachers | C.trees | D.computers |
A.Break into pieces. | B.Stop working |
C.Fall down. | D.Lose control. |
Now campuses(校园) around the country have started recruiting(吸收某人为新成员) fresh faces for all kinds of clubs.Upperclassmen and experts suggest a hobby-based choice of clubs, which might have a lasting impact(影响)on one" s life and career Zhang Ling did not get many chances to write stories as an environmental protection major at Jiangxi University of Science and Technology.But this changed when she joined the university broadcast station.Her daily interviews with students and teachers expanded her horizon.Now she is determined to become a journalist on environmental issues with her degree in environmental protection."Journalism changed my life track," said the 22 –year-old girl."I only wanted to be a science teacher in a local senior high school.But now I am applying for a graduate school in journalism."
Lan Yujie, professor at Anhui University of Technology, regards Mu and Zhang as good examples of choosing "what I like" instead of " what is practical" in finding jobs and seeking further study. "Some freshmen don"t know what to choose," said Lan."Just following a hobby and doing something you like can easily give you the experience that makes you happy and special."
Lan further says that joining clubs should not necessarily have a purpose, As part of campus life, a club experience will impact one"s life and career m one way or another."The point of clubs is to have as many diverse(多样的)experiences as possible so that students can explore more of their life," said Lan.
小题1:Why did Mu Yumin join the computer club?
A.To get another diplomA. B.To change his major.
C.To find a good joB. D.To have a good time.
小题2:Which of the followings is true about Zhang Ling?
A.She didn"t intend to be a journalist. |
B.She changed her major to journalism. |
C.She now works as a science teacher |
D.She"s graduated from the university. |
A.helping you know what you really like |
B.making you plan your career better |
C.helping you to make more friends |
D.obtaining more life experiences |
A.Club experiences will affect students" life and career |
B.Students should be practical in finding jobs |
C.Joining clubs should have a clear goal. |
D.Students will have a colorful campus life by joining clubs. |
A.How to change your major. |
B.Joining a campus club for a diploma. |
C.How to find a job after graduation |
D.Joining a club to explore more of your life. |
It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved. But, increasingly, this apparent diversity (多样化) is becoming a mask for a new type of conformity. Behind the differences in sex, skin tones and mother tongues, there are common attitudes, expectations and ambitions which risk creating a set of clones among the business leaders of the future.
Diversity, it seems, has not helped to address fundamental weaknesses in business leadership. So what can be done to create more effective managers of the commercial world? According to Valerie Gauthier, associate dean at HEC Paris, the key lies in the process by which MBA programmes recruit (招聘) their students. At the moment candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior (以前的) academic and career performance, and analytical and problem solving abilities. This is then coupled to a school’s picture of what a diverse class should look like, with the result that passport, ethnic origin and sex can all become influencing factors. But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach—arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters.
Professor Gauthier believes schools should not just be selecting candidates from traditional sectors such as banking, consultancy and industry. They should also be seeking individuals who have backgrounds in areas such as political science, the creative arts, history or philosophy, which will allow them to put business decisions into a wider context.
Indeed, there does seem to be a demand for the more rounded leaders such diversity might create. A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been eradicated (根除) completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management—at least in America and Europe. Perhaps most significant, according to Mannaz, is the increasing interest large companies have in more collaborative (合作的) management models, such as those prevalent (流行的) in Scandinavia, which seek to integrate the hard and soft aspects of leadership and encourage delegated responsibility and accountability.
小题1:What characterizes the business school student population of today?
A.Greater diversity. | B.Exceptional diligence. |
C.Intellectual maturity. | D.Higher ambition. |
A.It will arouse students’ unrealistic expectations. |
B.It will produce business leaders of a uniform style. |
C.It focuses on theory rather than on practical skills. |
D.It stresses competition rather than cooperation. |
A.Age and educational background. | B.Attitude and approach to business. |
C.Social and professional experience. | D.Ethnic origin and gender. |
A.It is eradicating the tough aspects of management. |
B.It encourages male and female executives to work side by side. |
C.It adopts the bully-boy chief executive model. |
D.It is shifting towards more collaborative models. |
1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?
Finding: A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.
Step: Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day.
2. How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?
Finding: Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30%wash their hands only 4 times a day-half of the number doctors recommend.
Step: We touch our faces around 3,000 times a day-often inviting germs (病菌) to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.
3. How often do you think about fighting germs?
Finding: Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.
Step: Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge (海绵) that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.
小题1:What is found out about American seniors?
A.Most of them have good habits. |
B.Nearly 30%of them bathe three days a week. |
C.All of them are fighting germs better than expected. |
D.About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day |
A.twice a day | B.three times a day |
C.four times a day | D.eight times a day |
A.We should keep from touching our faces. |
B.There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth. |
C.A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet. |
D.We should wash our hands before touching a door handle. |
A.a guide book | B.a popular magazine |
C.a book review | D.an official document |
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