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The days of the hunter are almost over in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken, mainly by banning tiger-shooting, to protect those animals which still survive.
Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this view. Surely out earliest forefathers, who at first possessed no weapons, spent their time digging for roots, and were no doubt themselves often hunted by meat-eating animals.
I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in overpowering dangerous animals. Of course, there are some who truly believe that the killing is not really the important thing, and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of the wild countryside. There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and risk death by design; these men go out after dangerous animals like tigers, even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of a threat. I can respect reasons like these, but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high opinion of yourself.
The greatest big-game hunters expressed in their writings something of these finer motives(动机).One of them wrote.
“You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly and on the animal’s own territory(领地)。You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day. This is better than letting him grow a few years older to be attacked and wounded by his own son and eventually eaten, half alive, by other animals, Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing – not if you respect the thing you kill, not if you kill to enrich your memories, not if you kill to feed your people.”
I can understand such beliefs, and can compare these hunters with those who hunted lions with spears(矛) and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tiger—shoots I have seen, in which modern weapons were used.The so—called hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than rabbits.
小题1: There is no more hunting in India now partly because___.
A.it is dangerous to hunt there |
B.hunting is already out of date |
C.hunters want to protect animals |
D.there are few animals left to hunt |
A.to make the countryside safe |
B.to earn people’s admiration |
C.to gain power and influence |
D.to improve their health |
A.They hunt old animals |
B.They mistreat animals |
C.They hunt for food |
D.They hunt for money |
A.Modern hunters lack the courage to hunt face-to-face |
B.Modern hunters should use more advanced weapons |
C.Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigers |
D.Modern hunters should put their safety first |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
小题1:由文章第一段可知。
小题2:从第三段第一句话内容可知,作者认为现在的捕猎者打猎主要是为了赢得人们的赞许。
小题3:由倒数第二段最后一句话内容可知。
小题4:由最后一段内容可知古代的捕猎者用矛猎取动物,并勇敢地拽住它们的尾巴。但是现代人却是用现代化的武器从树后或经过训练了的大象的背上来猎***动物,因此作者认为现代捕猎者缺少面对面地猎***动物的勇气。
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According to the survey by China Youth Daily and www.qq.com, almost the entire nation hopes to catch images of the event at some point, with 99 percent of the 10358 respondents saying they expected to witness the satellite launch and 68.9 percent said they were certain to watch the live broadcast of the launch. On www.qq.com and www.sina.com, two popular web portals in the country, internet users have contributed some 2,000 poems and 5000 drawings on the theme of Chang"e I.
"The satellite launch means much more than just saying "hello" to the moon. Maybe in the future we could also send some people to accompany sister "Chang"e"," said a college student in the survey.
Remarkably, many people expect to visit the moon one day, with 93.4 percent of respondents saying they expected to do so.
Chang"e I is named after Chang"e, a famous character from Chinese mythology. She ascended from earth to live on the moon as a celestial being after drinking an elixir.
There is also another connection between the moon and China. In the 1970s, a crater on the moon was named after a Chinese stargazer, Wan Hu, who is said to be the first astronaut in human history.
Legend says about 600 years ago, around the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Wan Hu, a local government official, tried to fly into space with the help of a chair, two big kites and 47 self-made gunpowder-filled rockets. According to the legend after the rockets were lit there was a huge bang and lots of smoke. When the smoke cleared Wan was nowhere to be found.
China"s first astronaut flew into space in 2003 with the launch of the Chinese-made spaceship Shenzhou V. China became the third country, after the Soviet Union and the United States, to carry out manned space missions.
小题1:Which is true according to the passage?
A.According to a survey, two thirds of the nation are hoping to see the launch live on TV, |
B.The internet users have drawn some 5000 pictures of ‘Chang’e’. |
C.Wan Hu, a Chinese stargazer(n. 看星星的人,占星师,天文学家) , was dead after the huge bang and a lot of smoke. |
D.China’s first astronaut flew into space in 2003 in the spaceship Shenzhou VI. |
A.a kind of medicine for long life. | B.a kind of medicine to make you light enough to fly in the air. |
C.a kind of wine | D.a kind of alcohol. |
A.Because a crater on the moon was named after his name. |
B.Because he was the first to go to the moon in his own “spaceship”. |
C.Because of his courage for scientific experiment to the moon. |
D.Because he made the first rocket in human history. |
Long ago, the Panamint Indians called this place “Tomesha”— the land of fire. Death Valley’s present name dates back to 1849, when a group of miners coming across from Nevada became lost in its unpleasantness and hugeness and their adventure turned out to be a sad story. Today Death Valley has been declared a National Monument(纪念碑) and is crossed by several well-marked roads where good services can be found easily. Luckily the change created by human settlement has hardly ruined the special beauty of this place.
Here nature created a lot of surprising, almost like the sights on the moon, ever-changing as the frequent wind moves the sand about, showing the most unusual colors. One of the most astonishing and variable parts of Death Valley is the Devil’ s Golf Course, where it seems hard for one to tell reality from terrible dreams. Sand sculptures(沙雕) stand on a frightening ground, as evening shadows move and lengthen.
小题1:_______ is the lowest place in the desert.
A.Tomesha | B.Death Valley |
C.Nevada | D.Badwater |
A.an Indian name | B.the death of the miners |
C.the local people | D.a National Movement |
A.no one had ever known the desert before the miners |
B.it’s still not easy to travel across the desert |
C.people can find gas-stations, cafes and hotels in the desert |
D.people have changed the natural sight of the desert |
A.the frequent wind | B.the colors of the sand |
C.dream-like sights | D.the sand sculptures |
A.appreciates | B.is fearful of |
C.dislikes | D.is tired of |
The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. It cost $ 7 143 789, but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges(过运河费) were stopped, the state collected $121 461 891.
For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clinton’s Ditch(沟)”. Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful.
Clinton became governor of New York in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4, 1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N.Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles.
小题1:We can see that the Erie Canal ________.
A.joined the Great Lakes together |
B.crossed New York from north to south |
C.played an important part in developing New York City |
D.was the first waterway built in the US |
A.the Great Lakes flow | B.the Hudson River flows |
C.Lake Erie flows | D.the Erie Canal flows |
A.The Erie Canal brought profits of over $114, 000, 000. |
B.It’s 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. |
C.The West was more advanced than the East when the canal was built. |
D.Many other states helped New York built the canal. |
A.Clinton broke ground for the canal at both ends. |
B.Clinton started building the canal before he became governor. |
C.All parts of the canal were completed at the same time. |
D.Construction of the canal took eight years. |
The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive(原始的)artifact. It is, rather, the product of thousands of years" development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.
Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers .People"s food supplies were similarly vulnerable. Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.
Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems(图腾) before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.
These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked: The king of China around 1000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe ,where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag.
小题1:The best title for the passage would be______.
A.Power of the National Flag | B.Uses of Flag |
C.Types of Flags | D.Development of the National Flag |
A.impossible to make sure of | B.difficult to find |
C.likely to be protected | D.easy to damage |
A.they were believed to stand for natural forces |
B.they could bring good luck to fighters |
C.they were handed down by the ancestors |
D.they could tell wind direction |
A.He thinks it came from | B.He believes it was made in Egypt |
C.He doubts where it started. | D.He knows when it was sent to Europe |
A.The role of China in the spread of the national flag. |
B.The second ancestor of the national flag. |
C.The use of modern flags in Europe |
D.The importance of modern flags |
小题1:Before the year 1800, the capital of America had been located in _______.
A.Maryland | B.Washington |
C.New York | D.several cities |
A.the District of Columbia was on the borders of several states |
B.the District of Columbia was in the center of America |
C.Maryland insisted that the capital lie in its own state |
D.Each of the states wanted the capital might lie within its own state |
A.an explorer, who first found the place |
B.the place where it occupied |
C.the first president of the United States of America |
D.a famous general who fought in the war |
A.the capital building | B.Maryland |
C.New York | D.the White House |
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