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Most people know this joke. But recently, some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road.
"Millions of animals die each year on U.S. roads," the Federal Highway Administration reports. In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U. S. today. The main reason? Road kill.
"Eco-passages" may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars. They are paths both over
and under roads. "These eco-passages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents," said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society.
But do animals actually use the eco-passages? The answer is yes. Paul Beier of Northern Arizona
University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an eco-passage that went under a highway. This
showed that the lions used the passage.
Builders of eco-passages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and
around them. Animals seem to be catching on. Animals as different as salamanders(火蜥蜴)and grizzly
bears are using the bridges and underpasses.
The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around. You might see an animals overpass!
B. the driving conditions have improved greatly
C. the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work
D. wild animals have become more dangerous
B. a fence built for the safety of the area
C. a pass for animals to cross the road
D. a bridge for animals to get over a river
B. animals begin to learn to use eco-passages
C. animals are crossing the road in groups
D. animals are becoming safer
B. wild animals may jam the road
C. they may kill the animals
D. they may see wild animals on eco-passages
B. call on drivers to be careful when seeing animals on roads
C. introduce a new way to help protect animals
D. tell us the main reason for the killing of animals in the US
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举一反三
After TV became a product most families could afford,people bought and started to watch their new
TVs.Both adults and children became less creative in problem solving,less able to focus on tasks,and less
tolerant of flexible time.
In my family,we grew up with t
he TV on.Every weekend,we watched Gun Smoke and Bonanza together as a family.TV provides us with a comfortable background when we want to learn a foreign
language at home,and it entertains us cheaply with live action sports,incomparable performing arts and
important events of the world.In addition,it educates us about everything from the cells in our body to the
galaxies in the universe.
Perhaps it"s not even practical to live without television unless our views change unexpectedly as we get older.I don"t think that TV damages us so much as it robs us of time that could be spent doing other things such as learning new skills,getting some exercise or doing volunteer work.
I was lucky to have a family that watched TV together.Today there seems to be a TV in every room of the house and there"s no need to agree on a program to watch.To watch TV or not is more of a question
for adults than for us,and even though we all say we want to cut down the time we spend in front of the
tube,we never really do.TV_has_us_hypnotized!
B. how much people like watching TV
C. whether people like watching TV
D. why people give up watching TV
B. found it easier to solve problems
C. became more independent of TV
D. fixed less attention on tasks
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TV by himselfB. watching TV too much prevents the author from growing up well
C. TV programmes bring only fun to the author and his family
D. the author and his family get a lot of valuable experience in watching TV
of time to watch TV.B. We benefit little when we watch TV.
C. It is hard to live without television.
D. We change our views as we live with television
B. watching TV makes us united
C. TV robs us of valuable time
D.TV changes our daily life
sa policy.On the other hand,China"s rise as an economic powerhouse is resulting in a rapid expansion of its higher education system,making it the fastergrowing destination for American foreign exchange students.
Recently,according to a study by the Institute of International Education,a research organization based
in New York,the number of American students seeking higher education in China has never been greater,
increasing by 90 percent from 2002 to 2004.Alan Goodman,president of the institute,believes that the_
phenomenon lies in the pace of change in China,which is spending billions of dollars to expend and
transform its higher educational facilities into worldclass institutions.
"China is a job market," said Professor Chou,professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University.
"Twenty years ago,only those interested in Chinese literature would study the Chinese language.Now all
professors have opened up."
China now ranks 9th as a host destination for American students,advancing from the No.12 spot it held a year earlier.The study revealed that Britain continues to be the leading
destination,attracting 16.8 percent of all American students who study abroad.On the other hand,in the 2004～2005 academic year,China sent more than 62,000 students to the United States,nearly 60 percent more than a decade earlier.
According to the study,the Chinese now make up 11 percent of foreign students in the United States,the
secondlargest group behind students from India.
________.
B. it is extremely difficult to get a visa
C. it results in a rapid expansion
D. China becomes a fastgrowing country
B. the pace of change in China during the past few years
C. founding a research organization based in New York
D. expending and transforming its higher educational facilities
B. 55,000
C. 38,750
D. 6,820
and cross deserts to bring Yemenis the goods more valuable than oil.It is one that only the rich can afford
with the supply regularly being cut off.Others must rely on scarce rain or charity to fight thirst.
Experts say Yemen is going to be the first country in the world to run out of water.The capital,Sanaa,
will run out of drinking water as early as 2025,says a report by the World Bank.
Hannan,an 18yearold from Lahej,said that only the rich could prepare for cuts in supply."In a good week
we"ll have a water supply all week but then the following week there will be water only for a day or two,"
she said.
She and her husband,a factory worker,pay 3,000 riyals (99 yuan) for a week"s supply of water from a
touring water truck when the taps run dry.With an income of only 20,000 riyals (660 yuan) a month,this
means the family often spend half their money on water.
"There are a lot of people who can"t afford it and they have to rely on their neighbors to help," she said.
The average person in Yemen survives on onefifth of what the World Health Organization considers to
be enough water.
In Taiz,in the south,tap water is available only once every 45 days.In the mountainous Malhan district in
the north,women and children climb a 1,500m mountain to collect water from a spring,often in the small
hours to avoid long queues.
Yemen is located in Southwest Asia,bordering the Arabian and Red Sea.Yemeni people have lived on
scarce water supplies for thousands of years but that problem has been made serious by conflict in the are
a,the fastgrowing population and the use of water to grow a drug called qat.With one of the world"s highest
rates of population growth-3.46 percent,Yemen is the poorest Arab country.
The government is considering desalinating (淡化) seawater,but this would be expensive and it may
now be too late.The only other solution is to cut down on farming,but that means importing even more
food.
B. suggest some solutions to the water issue in Yemen
C. present how serious the water problem is in Yemen
D. encourage the world to help Yemenis who are suffering from water shortages
B. rich people could buy water from the water trucks if there was a water supply cut
C. she had a rich neighbor who often helped her during water supply cuts
D. the rich were not affected by water supply cuts
B. The population of Yemen is growing fast.
C. The government has failed to reduce farming.
D. People can"t afford the water from government water trucks.
B. The water truck-the commonest sight in Yemen
C. The first country to run out of water in the world
D. No water for Yemen
have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago. Because more people live longer,
there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in
birthrates, that has led to the population explosion.
Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are
disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In
hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times
of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, where
as if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary (当代的)societies, people
feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people
today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which
require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security
checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illnesses than
young or middleaged people: unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must
often "go on welfare" if they have a serious illness.
When older people become senile (衰老的)or too weak and ill to care for themselves,they create
grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at
home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school,there is often no
one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this_need, a great many nursing homes
and convalescent (疗养的)hospitals have been built. These are often profit making organizations, although
some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good,
most of them are simply "dumping (倒垃圾的)grounds" for the dying in which "care" is given by poorly
paid, overworked, and under skilled personnel.
B. the industrial development
C. a decrease in death rates
D. human beings" cultural advances
B. the survival of infants was less important than that of their parents in times of starvation
C. old people were given the task of imparting the cultural wisdom of the tribe to new generations
D. death was celebrated as a time of rejoicing for an individual freed of the hardships of life
is TRUE?
B. Minority of them remain in a state of near poverty after their retirement.
C. When they reach a certain age, compulsory retirement is necessary and beneficial.
D. With the growing inflation, they must suffer more from unbearable burdens than ever.
B. reducing the problems caused by the retired people
C. making profits through caring for the sick or weak people
D. taking care of the sick or weak people
convalescent hospitals?
B. Approving.
C. Optimistic.
D. Critical.
people are also searching for areas 1._____ they can put their talents to use.A talent to be noticed
nowadays is much 2._____ (easy) than it used to be in the old times.In the early days,for example,if one
wanted to be a singer,he or she had to have a great amount of talent in singing.That was the only way they
could promote 3._____ and be recognized.Now sources like the Internet help a great deal in promoting
oneself.The Internet is like a global village.4._____ (seat) in your home you are capable 5._____ finding a
lot of sources.People with 6._____ (vary) of talents can be recognized through the Internet.7._____,the
Internet is 8._____ opportunity to put forward one"s talents,creativity,and powers in order to be noticed.
Keeping in mind 9._____ a talent unexposed is the talent unfound.Now we are lucky enough to show
our 10._____ (hide) talents,without trying very hard and just by sitting at home.
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