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Yala. But very few of the park"s animals - elephants, buffaloes, monkeys and wild cats -appear to have
died. There are theories that animals can sense natural disasters and flee to safety. First, it s possible that
the animals may have heard the quake before the tsunami hit. The underwater rupture likely produced
sound waves known as infrasound (次声) or infrasonic sound. Humans can"t hear infrasound, but many
animals including dogs, elephants, tigers and pigeons can. A second early warning sign the animals might
have sensed is ground vibration (振动). The massive quake would have produced vibrational waves
known as Rayleigh waves. These vibrations move through the ground like waves move on the surface
of the ocean but faster. They travel at ten times the speed of sound. The Rayleigh waves would have
reached Sri Lanka hours before the water hit. Mammals, birds, insects and spiders can sense Rayleigh
waves. So the animals at Yala might have felt the Rayleigh waves and then run to higher ground. But
what about humans? While we can"t hear infrasound, we can feel it, although we don"t necessarily
know we"re feeling it. We also experience Rayleigh waves by special sensors in our joints, which exist
just for that purpose. Sadly, it seems we don"t pay attention to the information when we get it. Maybe
we screen it out because there"s so much going on before our eyes and in our ears. Humans have a lot
of things on our minds and usually that works out OK.
B. Because the animals were able to run much faster than human beings.
C. Because human beings cannot hear the infrasonic sound.
D. Because the animals might have picked up the danger signals and ran away.
B. Rayleigh waves move on the ocean surface at a speed ten times that of sound waves.
C. Rayleigh waves can be felt both by animals and human beings.
D. Rayleigh waves, just like infrasonic sound, can only be felt by animals.
B. we can feel Rayleigh waves as well as infrasound so we are able to escape the danger like animals
C. we were so busy with things on our minds that we feel neither infrasound nor Rayleigh waves
D. we think nothing of the information of its coming even though we can also get it
B. There being so much going on before our eyes and in our ears.
C. Having a lot of things on our minds.
D. Paying attention to the information.
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核心考点
试题【阅读理解 Among the dead in South Asia"s tsunami were many tourists at Sri Lanka】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
I have finally found ways to come up with plans, organize them and follow through with them.
Make an outline of everything you need to have and do to make your plan happen. Make a list of all
of the steps that need to be accomplished and think about what needs to be done.
Detail everything thoroughly and read over it so you can start coming up with some mental solutions
of how to carry out your plans.
You should ensure that if for some reason way one doesn"t work, you have way two and way three to
lean back on. Therefore, different ways are needed at hand. It"s just a matter of being organized. Chances
are that there is always more than one way of doing things, and chances are that if one of those ways doesn"t work, one of the other ones will.
Committing yourself to finishing at least part if not all of your plan at once is also necessary. It will show
that you not only have initiative to get things rolling, but that you are interested in the results obtained with
making the move to get everything done.
If you make a commitment to finish before a specific time, make sure that you carry that out, and be
sure to do everything in the way you said you would, within the time-frame you set for yourself.
Don"t try to tackle more things all at a time. All that does is delay your progress, distract you and make
you lose your interest, motivation and energy.
Carrying out an effective plan requires being as organized as possible. You will only achieve this by
sticking to the order of the plan and not deviating or trying to do more at a time.
Last but not the least, you should never abandon things mid-project. It will only annoy everyone
around you including yourself. Unfinished plans are a waste of time, energy and, in some cases, even
money.
So, don"t be afraid of organization. The older we get, the more necessary it becomes to have the skills
necessary to follow through with confidence and to be able to carry through plans in an organized and
manageable way. It pays to be organized, after all.
| Title: Tips on how to be ( 1) ______ in your life | ||||
| Tips | Details | ( 2 ) ______ | ||
| (3) _____ your plan | ◆List everything you need ◆List (4) _____ you will follow | To make your plan happen | ||
| Prepare three (5) _____ ways to carry out your plan | To (6)_____you can have some other choices when one way doesn"t work | |||
| (7)_____ to finish at least part of your plan if not all | Do everything (8) _____ your own time -frame | To show yourself you are determined to get things started and caring about the results | ||
| Do one thing at once | Stick to the order of your plan | To save your interest, m6tivation and energy | ||
| Finish what you have started | To get your plan (9) ______ out thoroughly | |||
| (10) ______ | ||||
| You shouldn"t be afraid of organization because it" s really worthwhile | ||||
| 阅读理解 | ||||
| So you"re between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock "n" roll (摇滚乐). Maybe some cash, or at least the car keys. It turns out the real answer is quite different. Spending time with family is the top answer to that open-ended question, according to an extensive survey-more than 100 questions asked of 1,280 people ages 13-24 - conducted by The Associated Press and MTV on the nature of happiness among America"s young people. Next is spending time with friends, followed by time with a significant other. And even better for parents: Nearly three quarters of young people say their relationship with their parents makes them happy. "They"re my foundation," says Kristiana St.John, 17, a high-school student from Queens in New York. "My mom tells me that even if I do something stupid, she"s still going to love me no matter what. Just knowing that makes me feel very happy and blessed." You might think money would be clearly tied to a general sense of happiness. But almost no one says "money" when asked what makes them happy, though people with the highest family incomes are generally happier with life. However, having highly educated parents is a stronger predictor of happiness than income. From the body to the soul: Close to half say religion and spirituality are very important. And more than half say they believe there is a higher power that has an influence over things that make them happy. Beyond religion, simply belonging to an organized religious group makes people happier. And parents, here"s some more for you: Most young people in school say it makes them happy. Overwhelmingly (压倒性地), young people think marriage would make them happy and want to be married some day. Most also want to have kids. Finally, when asked to name their heroes, nearly half of respondents mentioned one or both of their parents. The winner, by a nose: Mom. | ||||
| 1. In America, it is essential that young people should____.. | ||||
| A. make some money B. enjoy rock"n"roll C. stay with parents D. have their own cars | ||||
| 2. What Kristiana St.John says shows that____. | ||||
| A. her mother is clever as other mothers B. her mother loves her unconditionally C. she is stupid and often does foolish things D. she takes it a happy thing to cheat her mother | ||||
| 3. To a general sense of happiness, the survey indicates____. | ||||
| A. money is the most concerned. B. work condition is the key factor. C. parents" quality is vital. D. friends" quality is decisive. | ||||
| 4. From the 7th paragraph we can infer that____. | ||||
| A. the body is more important than the soul. B. spirituality is more important than money. C. religion is accepted by a large number of Americans. D. religion group have saved many young Americans. | ||||
| 阅读理解 | ||||
| Books have been our best friends from time immemorial. There was a time when reading them was supposed to be the best way of entertainment. Book lovers used to carry the book of their choice wherever they went. But ,now in this microchip (微芯片) generation where everything is possible with the help of the Internet, we do not need to carry them for reading. E-books are gaining popularity and the Web world is now a treasure house of books. All book lovers can rejoice (高兴), as now they can find their favorite books online. Reading books online is a comparatively new concept. People used to think that the Internet is a storehouse of information. But with the advancement of technology, now you can read and download books from the Web world. Imagine reading your favorite romantic novel while on a pleasant trip. You may think that it will be quite tiresome to carry such heavy books while touring. But there is nothing to worry anymore as e-books have come as a boon (赐物) to us. E-books are nothing but online books. The only difference between an e-book and a book is that one has a physical existence while the other exists in the virtual world of the Internet. Content is the same for both. And you are saved from the hassles of carrying books as well. There are various e-book depositories (储藏室) from which you can either buy or download e-books. The process of downloading them is very easy. The websites give proper instructions and you just need to follow them to get hold of the book of your choice. Moreover it you do not want to make investment, just read it by opening the online depository and read it for free. From entertainment to business, e-books prove to be handy for all purposes. The time will come when they will become the most important entertainment option for many people. | ||||
| 1. Compared with traditional books, e-books are popular because they are ____. | ||||
| A. more attractive B. more interesting C. more convenient D. more expensive | ||||
| 2. The underlined word "hassles" in Paragraph 3 probably means ____. | ||||
| A. costs B. advantages C. chances D. troubles | ||||
| 3. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? | ||||
| A. The Difference Between Traditional Books and E-books B. The Great Development of Technology C. The Time of E-books Is Coming To Us. D. E-books Are in Great Need Nowadays. | ||||
| 阅读理解 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项。 | ||||
| Lately, your job has taken up too much of your time. You"re even started bringing work home, working until the wee hours (凌晨) of the morning. 1____ A workaholic(工作狂). This is what you have become. Here are a few tips to help you, the workaholi c, refocus and get the best out of life. Eight hours of sleep! While food has substitutes in the form of natural medicines or manmade foods, there are no substitutes for sleep and rest. 2.____. Your body cannot make up for lost sleep or rest time because it is not physiologically possible. 3.____ Decide to make Saturdays and Sundays strictly for family time. And stick to this! From Mondays to Fridays, you can make an excuse not to relax or spend time with your family because it"s work time, why not make a similar excuse for Saturdays and Sundays? "I can"t work today because I"m spending time with my family." Get some food in! Workaholics are known to be food-skippers. If you can"t afford to get off your desk or from doing paperwork, have food delivered to you. 4.____ Limit work! Decide to limit work in your office. Don"t bring work home! If you work at home, keep your work stuff in the limitation of your home office. Keep them there until the next day when you start work. 5____ If you have eight-to-five working schedule, stick to it. Follow the tips outlined today, and then you"ve just taken the first step to live a healthy, successful and happy life. A. Family time on weekends! B. Practice working only within your working hours. C. Never sleep too much or too little, for that does harm to your health. D. And you spend Saturdays and Sundays with your head bent on your work. E. It"s always a good idea if you have cookies in your drawer to ease the hunger. F. Better not do your daily work at home unless very necessary or important. G. Don"t believe that you can always catch some sleep or rest later. | ||||
| 完形填空 | ||||
| Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers". You may think that this is rather 1 , and it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be as 2 as people of any other occupation, though we must 3 that their job is not a 4 one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are 5 .We are likely to forget their 6 .Our dustbins are 7 regularly, but we 8 stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to 9 the rubbish, the general 10 soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages. During the first few days it was regarded as a 11 .But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so 12 any more. 13 the strike continued, people could not 14 the hills of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to 15 it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was 16 high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a(n) 17 attraction that the people of London were not at all 18 to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people appreciate the work of 19 dustmen rather more 20 and won"t take them for granted any more. | ||||
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