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At first sight, you would think the collection of hundreds of colored shards(碎片)could be a work of abstract art. But the objects are the contents of the stomach of a sea turtle that lost its battle with plastic pollution.
Environmentalists examined the stomach of the turtle found off the coast of Argentina. What they found is the symptom of the increasing threat to sea turtles from a human addiction to plastic.
Sea turtles often mistake plastic items for jellyfish or other food. Ingesting(摄取)ocean pollution can cause a digestive blockage and internal cuts. The result can be dangerous, followed by death.
Humans produce 260 million tons of plastic a year. When those products are pulled into the sea’s currents, the plastics are just broken into smaller pieces which are consumed by marine life at the bottom of the food chain. An examination of a green turtle found off Florida discovered that, over the course of a month, the animal’s faeces(粪便)had contained 74 foreign objects, including “four types of balloons, different types of hard plastic, a piece of carpet--like material and two 2--4 mm tar balls.”
“The oceans have become a giant refuse bin for all manner of plastics. All sea turtle species may be seriously harmed, “according to the biologists Colette Wabnitz, from the University of British Columbia. ”The symptom of this growing crisis can be seen inside and on sea turtles as well as their oceanic and terrestrial habitats. It is urgently necessary to directly confront the source of plastic pollution, redesign packaging and rethink the very idea of ‘throwaway culture’.”
Almost all marine species, from plankton to whales, have ingested plastic. But, even in small quantities, plastic can kill sea turtles, the biologists said.
Fifty out of 92 turtles found dead, stranded on the shorelines of Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil, had ingested a “considerable amount of man-made debris”.
小题1:What’s tile passage mainly about?
A.How to prevent the sea turtle from plastic.
B.Why plastic is dangerous to the sea turtle.
C.Protecting the sea turtle from being polluted.
D.Sea turtles suffering from plastic pollution.
小题2:The author mentions the “throwaway culture” probably in a(n) _________ tone.
A.praisingB.positiveC.ironicD.comedic
小题3:The underlined word in the last paragraph probably means _________.
A.a kind of foodB.a kind of fish
C.pieces of clothD.pieces of rubbish
小题4:The paragraph following the last one will probably talk about ________.
A.the way the biologists examined the sea turtle
B.some tips on how to make sea turtles avoid plastic
C.how to prevent plastic pollution
D.the reason why we should protect the sea turtle

答案

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
解析

试题分析: 目前人类产生的垃圾越来越多,大量垃圾进入海里后,塑料等物品不会腐烂,只是会分解成小块的物品而被海洋生物误食,因而造成了海龟的大量死亡。在本文中作者就这个问题用讥讽的语言介绍了这种现象。
小题1:D。主旨大意题。文章开头描述了海龟胃里面五颜六色的东西,指出这是海龟误食的塑料垃圾等,然后在下文详细介绍了垃圾对海龟造成的危害,由此判断文章中心内容是关于塑料垃圾对海龟的危害,故答案选D。
小题2:C。推理判断题。A赞扬的;B积极的;C讽刺的,反语的;D喜剧的。从文章倒数第三段. It is urgently necessary to directly confront the source of plastic pollution, redesign packaging and rethink the very idea of ‘throwaway culture’.”可以推断作者对“throwaway culture”是持反对态度的,由此推断作者是用讽刺的语气,答案选C。
小题3:D。词义猜测题。整篇文章介绍了海龟因误食垃圾而大量死亡的情况,再根据…..had ingested a “considerable amount of man-made…. 推断划线的词应该指一种垃圾,故答案选D。
小题4:C。推理判断题。文章开头提出了海龟因误食垃圾而死亡的问题,然后再对此进行分析,根据提出问题,分析问题,解决问题的写作模式可以判断作者接下来要讨论的是如何去保护海龟,避免垃圾污染的问题, 故答案选C。
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I bought a Paul Smith shirt three months ago. For those who don’t know, Paul Smith is an English designer brand.
His shirts cost about 1,000 yuan and upwards. I paid 50 yuan for my colorful shirt from a street vendor in Beijing.
Of course my shirt was a knockoff, a cheap copy of the brand. After a few washes, little balls formed on the surface of the thin material.
Do I care? Not at all. You get what you pay for.
I have to admit I hate shopping. I don’t care enough about spending money on clothes. I have other priorities.
In You Are What You Wear, US writer Jennifer Baumgartner says people’s clothes tell a story about their personality.
She writes: “The clothes you choose to wear provide important information about you as a person: your approximate education level, your income, social status and even your level of self-esteem (自信).” When I started work as an undercover crime reporter, I had to shop for jeans and a hoodie (连帽衫) in order to fit in with a rough and ready (世故的) social group.
I bought the hoodie in a charity shop. My daughters were shocked. They thought I looked bad, but I knew my disguise was perfect.
Elizabeth L. Cline thinks she knows best when it comes to cheap clothes in her book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. She expresses sadness that clothing has been turned into a good that is thrown away after being used once or twice.
She looks down her nose at cheap fashion and longs for the good old days when department stores sold quality clothes at high prices.
I don’t agree. At least people now can choose what to wear without breaking the bank.
小题1:The underlined sentence in the article meant that         .
A.I don’t mind spending money on clothes
B.there’s not much point spending money on clothes
C.it is too much trouble to spend money on clothes
D.I never spend money on clothes
小题2:From the text we can infer that the author’s disguise         .
A.immediately won the admiration of his daughters
B.turned out unsuited to his plan
C.proved that clothes can’t show a person’s true personality
D.had something to do with his income
小题3:The author mentions Elizabeth L. Cline’s book to         .
A.express his anger at the poor quality of clothes
B.show his disagreement with her idea
C.show his dislike for how people treat their clothes
D.support her attitude toward spending money on clothes
小题4:Which of the following might be the best title for the story?
A.The variety of clothesB.You are what you wear
C.High cost of cheap fashionD.You get what you pay for

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My oldest child, Emma, just returned to campus after a long holiday break to finish up her last period of ______. These days, friends and family have begun _____ me with one question: What is she going to do after _____?
The job market is, after all, awfully ______. Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank _____ a study showing that “recent graduates are ______ working in low-paid jobs or working part-time.” The ______ spot, according to the study, is for students who majored(主修) in STEM— science, technology, engineering and ______— areas in which recent graduates “have______ to do relatively well”.
But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college. She’s an American Studies major with a(an) ______ on the politics and culture of food. For quite a while, I think her field of study is so fashionable right now that I’m not the least bit ______ she will find a good job. Yet the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve decided to be honest. “I’m not sure what Emma is going to do,” I now say. “But she’s gotten a great education and has really found her ______. — and I know those things will serve her well over the _____ of her life.”
Nowadays, more and more universities and colleges are being ______ by the salaries of their recent graduates. In this climate, ______ your kid to study the humanities, seems, at best, unwise or, at worst, unconcerned with ______ a living. But a college is not a vocational(职业) school. And promoting STEM subjects should not be society’s only answer to helping the next generation grow in a competitive world.
From the beginning, we never urged Emma to ______ a college or a major with an eye on its expected return on money, ______ more and more families are doing. To Emma, what really ______ will be something that we may not be able to measure for quite a long time: Emma’s ______ to the world and how happy she is in it.
小题1:
A.work B.collegeC.trainingD.project
小题2:
A.fillingB.coveringC.floodingD.meeting
小题3:
A.classB.schoolC.lunchD.graduation
小题4:
A.toughB.fairC.excitingD.mild
小题5:
A.wroteB.publishedC.came outD.printed
小题6:
A.surprisinglyB.doubtfullyC.jokinglyD.increasingly
小题7:
A.darkB.usefulC.brightD.weak
小题8:
A.mathematicsB.literatureC.philosophy D.humanities
小题9:
A.intendedB.tendedC.decidedD.pretended
小题10:
A.interestB.attitudeC.focusD.point
小题11:
A.worriedB.astonishedC.pleasedD.touched
小题12:
A.skillB.potentialC.wishD.interest
小题13:
A.programB.chanceC.courseD.way
小题14:
A.decidedB.measuredC.dependedD.attracted
小题15:
A.discouragingB.forcingC.remindedD.encouraging
小题16:
A.earningB.raisingC.providing D.achieving
小题17:
A.searchB.considerC.getD.pick
小题18:
A.whileB.thoughC.asD.when
小题19:
A.worksB.mattersC.attachesD.fixes
小题20:
A.contributionB.enthusiasm C.desperationD.creativity

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Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss’s secretary, there are keys to timing: don’t approach the boss when he’s on deadline; don’t go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don’t go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.
If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you.
Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.
Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem. People who frequently present problems without solutions to their boss may soon find they can’t get past the secretary.
To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work with you to achieve your goals.
小题1:What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?
A.Present problems.
B.Propose your solution.
C.Put yourself in the boss’s position.
D.Make the issue clear.
小题2:If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first _________.
A.how he is feeling.
B.whether the boss had breakfast.
C.whether he is on deadline.
D.whether he had taken a vacation.
小题3:What is the best title of the passage?
A.How to Propose Your Solution.
B.Never Give in to Your Boss.
C.How to Argue with Your Boss.
D.Learn to Understand Your Boss.
小题4:From the passage, we can infer that_____________.
A.you don’t go into the boss’s office when you are angry
B.you can present the boss with a problem only.
C.when you offer advice to your boss, don’t think of the troubles he may have.
D.when you go into the boss’s office, keep your voice all the time.
小题5:It is necessary to make clear to the boss ___________.
A.what problems he has.
B.why you are mad.
C.what position you are in the company.
D.what you really want to talk to him about

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Air pollution by sources ranging from cooking fires to auto fumes contributed to an estimated seven million deaths worldwide in 2012, the UN health agency has said.
"Air pollution, and we"re talking about both indoors and outdoors, is now the biggest environmental health problem, and it is affecting everyone, both developed and developing countries," said Maria Neira, the World Health Organisation"s public and environmental health chief.
Globally, pollution was linked to one death in eight in 2012, new WHO research found.
The biggest pollution-related killers were heart disease, stroke, pulmonary disease and lung cancer.
The hardest-hit regions of the globe were what the WHO labels Southeast Asia, which includes India and Indonesia, and the Western Pacific, ranging from China and South Korea to Japan and the Philippines. Together, they accounted for 5.9 million deaths.
The global death toll included 4.3 million deaths due to indoor air pollution, chiefly caused by cooking over coal, wood and biomass stoves. The toll from outdoor pollution was 3.7 million, with sources ranging from coal heating fires to diesel engines.
Many people are exposed to both indoor and outdoor pollution, the WHO said, and due to that overlap the separate death toll attributed to the two sources cannot simply be added together, hence the figure of seven million deaths. The new figure is "shocking and worrying", Ms Neira told reporters.
When it last released an estimate for deaths related to air pollution, in 2008, the agency had put the figure related to outdoor pollution at 1.3 million, while the number blamed on indoor pollution was 1.9 million. But a change in research methods makes comparison difficult between the 2008 estimate and the 2012 figures, Neira said.
In the past, for example, the WHO did not take into account the overlap between exposure to both forms, and only assessed urban pollution. Satellite imagery has made it easier to assess rural pollution, and new knowledge about the health impact of exposure has enabled a better count. "The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes," said Neira.  "Few risks have a greater impact on global health today than air pollution. The evidence signals the need for concerted action to clean up the air we all breathe."
According to the WHO, some 2.9 billion people in poor nations live in homes that use fires as their principle method of cooking and heating. Carlos Dora, the WHO"s public and environmental health coordinator, said that turned homes into "combustion chambers". Simple measures to stem the impact include so-called "clean cook stoves", which are a low-tech option, as well as improved ventilation, he said.
Countries also need to rethink policies, Mr Dora said, pointing to the impact in the developed world of a shift to cleaner power sources, more efficient management of energy demand, and technical strides in the auto industry. He also said transport policies needed a shake-up. With air pollution having sparked a recent scare in France, leading to restrictions on car use and the temporary scrapping of public transport fees in Paris, Mr Dora said such measures could be applied in the longer term. "You can"t buy clean air in a bottle," he said."The air is a shared resource. In order to breathe clean air, we have to have interventions in the areas that pollute air." The WHO said it planned by the end of this year to release a ranking of the world"s 1,600 most polluted cities.
小题1:The main idea of this article is that          .
A.In the past, the WHO did not take into account the overlap between exposure to both forms.
B.Air pollution by sources ranging from cooking fires to auto fumes caused an estimated seven million deaths worldwide in 2012.
C.According to the WHO, some 2.9 billion people use fires as their principle method of cooking and heating.
D.The WHO will release a ranking of the world"s 1,600 most polluted cities by the end of this year.
小题2:The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to “         ”..
A.The risks
B.cooking fires
C.environmental health problem
D.Air pollution
小题3:Which of the following is True according to the passage? .
A.The biggest pollution-related killers were heart disease, stroke, pulmonary disease and lung cancer.
B.Air pollution only affects developing countries.
C.The risks from air pollution are now not serious.
D.Maria Neira said that we can"t buy clean air in a bottle.
小题4:What is main idea of the last paragraph?
A.The air is a our shared resource.
B.The WHO will release a ranking of the world"s 1,600 most polluted cities.
C.The government should make effective policies to control the air pollution.
D.The transport policies need a shake-up.
小题5:The death toll in 2008 can hardly compare with that in 2012 because________.
A.the death toll included 4.3 million deaths due to indoor air pollution.
B.in 2008 the WHO only assessed rural pollution.
C.the research methods changed.
D.the risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought.

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Every year in late April, students at Renmin University of China become the subjects of admiration and jealousy of their peers on other campuses in Beijing. Why? Because they get a week off in the middle of term, the so-called spring break.
It’s been a unique tradition of our school for a decade,” said Wang Yueran, 20, a journalism major at Renmin University, who organized a weeklong trip to Sichuan with 12 classmates last year.
But having fun is just one dimension of the spring break. Field trips, voluntary work, and social projects are all on students’ to-do lists. Experts say the spring break is not just for students to enjoy a few days off, but for them to gain new experiences beyond the campus walls.
Push them out
The traditional Chinese belief of the exploration of knowledge and truth emphasizes “reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles”, which indicates the importance of experience as much as theory. But while Chinese universities have the tradition of spring outings, what’s the benefit of making spring break an institution?
Qin Jianguo, of the student affairs office at Shenzhen University, thinks the idea of the spring break in some universities in China comes from the intention of pushing students out of the ivory tower to experience more diversity in their lives.
“Take traveling for example. A week traveling is a very different experience to a one- or two-day outing,” said Qin. “Students are expected to acquire the spirit of teamwork and compromise, and learn survival and communication skills when put out there in an unfamiliar context.”
Diverse approaches
Many countries have similar vacations in the middle of the semester for students to do things out of their own interest. Taking Japan as an example, instead of partying like their US counterparts, many Japanese students choose to work as interns or engage in study-related projects.
“The spring break is an opportunity for many of our students to put their learning to use,” said Hiroshi Kanno, dean of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University, in the school’s description of a recent spring break project.
As for Chinese students who take a week off around the Labor Day holiday, many tend to do volunteer work. Duan Zhipeng, a 22-year-old economics major at Renmin University, applied for a project to go back to his hometown in Jiangxi province to introduce his university’s enrollment policies and campus culture to local high school students.
Not a trend yet
Apart from Renmin University, only a few other universities, such as Yantai University, have a spring break for their students. The concept in China is still far from the culture and norms built around it in the US.
Wei Xiang, a professor specializing in holiday economics at Beijing International Studies University, said that the spring break is a good experiment for universities to make study schedules smoother in order to give students more options to arrange their own leisure and study activities.
小题1:According to the text, up to now, Apart from Renmin University, which University has a spring break for their students. 
A.Yantai University
B.Peking University
C.Suzhou University
D.Nankai University
小题2:The underlined word “it” refers to ______
A.field tripsB.exploration of knowledge
C.spring breakD.ivory tower
小题3:According to the passage,why do the students in the other universities admire the students at Renmin University?
A.Because they tend to do volunteer work.
B.Because they go home to meet their relatives.
C.Because they get a spring break.
D.Because they have lesser courses .
小题4:Which of the following is the best title?
A.Reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles
B.Spring break expands horizons
C.Enjoy yourselves
D.A weeklong trip
小题5:Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?
A.Spring break can help students to gain new experiences beyond the campus walls.
B.Students are expected to acquire the spirit of teamwork through pring break.
C.Spring break can help students tolearn survival and communication skills when in an unfamiliar context.
D.Spring break is not common in the US.

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