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planet from the effects of climate change.
Supported by the former US vicepresident Al Gore and other environmentalists, the boss of Virgin
Atlantic airlines called for scientists to come up with a way to take greenhouse gases out of the
atmosphere.
"What w
e are doing is making sure we get the most carbon dioxidefriendly planets.We promise that100% of profits we make from our transportation business are put into things like the prize we"ve offered
today.We shall convince people
that we are facing a threat which is urgent and there"s no superhero.Wehave no hope of a meaningful solution unless we find a way to work together."he said.
Mr Gore said global warming was manmade and was like the planet suffering from a"fever". He said,
"Humans had slipped into a way of thinking that was centered on"short term satisfaction", and now meet
the challenge of "transforming ourselves and changing the structures of everything we do"".
Reacting to the launch of the prize, Tony Jupiter, the Friends of the Earth"s director, warned against
wasting time waiting for new inventions.He said, "Sir Richard"s initiative (初衷) may encourage inventors
to develop a wonder technology to deal with carbon dioxide of the atmosphere.But many of the ways,
such as energy efficiency and renewables, already exist, and it is essential that these be put into practice
as soon as possible.Moreover, Sir Richard must also look at his business activities and the contribution
they make to climate change.The world will find it very difficult to settle climate change if air travel
continues to expand and space tourism is developed."
1. Sir Richard Branson is________.
A. a scientist concerned for climate change
B. a businessman working for Al Gore
C. the boss of Virgin Atlantic airlines
D. the director of the Friends of the Earth
2. The purpose of using Al Gore"s quotation was to________.
A. ask people to change the way of thinking
B. compare global warming to an Earth"s fever
C. show how serious and urgent the problem is
D. call for more attention to the launch of the prize
3. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. It is important for people to save our planet.
B. Humans are to blame for causing climate change.
C. Scientists are trying to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
D. A prize was offered for solutions to global warming.
4. How was Tony Jupiter"s attitude to space tourism?
A. Negative.
B. Positive.
C. Optimistic.
D. Neutral(中立).
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试题【阅读理解 Sir Richard Branson today offered a $25,000,000 prize for scientists wh】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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of ice cream, bowls of noodles and plates of meat-all while losing weight?
You might hate me, thinking I have one of those annoyingly good metabolisms(新陈代谢)that just
burn up fat the instant it enters my body.You might wonder if I have an intestinal(肠的)worm, or perhaps
an eating disorder.Or maybe you"d just shrug your shoulders and figure I have a rich fantasy life.
You"d be wrong.
For my body to finish such a surprising task, I would have to be a mouse.Not just any mouse, but one
lucky enough to be involved in a new study at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
After identifying an enzyme(酶)that allows fat to be stored in the body, scientists fed mice without
those enzymes, and found those mice were able to consume far more food than other mice-and still weigh 10 to 15 percent less.
Best of all, the mice that had no enzymes were in very good health, producing baby mice with no
problem and generally acting like any other mouse.That"s great news for obesity researchers, who think
that scientists may figure out a way to prevent the fat?metabolizing(脂肪代谢)enzyme in humans and
control weight gain.And such a pill would be very exciting for many people who are struggling to get rid
of dangerous extra pounds.
But don"t start planning any big dinner just yet. At this point, of course, any pill for humans is but a
twinkle(闪烁) in the eye of every medicine company"s CEO.More tests are to be made, and eventually
humans will be introduced in the test.
But for now,unfortunately,control in diet is still the key.
1. What does "such a surprising task" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Eating a lot of food while losing weight.
B. Burning up fat very quickly.
C. Controlling the diet.
D. Having a rich fantasy life.
2. Why did the author say he/she had to be a mouse in Paragraph 4?
A. Because a mouse can lose weight no matter how much it eats.
B. Because the weight losing tests were made on the mouse.
C. Because the mouse has a very good metabolism.
D. Because the author wants to try the food without the enzyme.
3. In the experiment, the mice without those enzymes_______.
A. were in good condition
B. put on weight
C. became weak
D. could not have baby mice
4. What does the author want to show through the last two paragraphs?
A. You can be free of guilt when having big dinners.
B. Scientists cannot find the key to identifying theenzyme.
C. Don"t overeat before the test is made on humans.
D. It is unnecessary to control weight at present.
carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.However, it now turns out that planting trees could add to global
warming.We all know that tree roots do a great job of keeping soil firmly on the ground and out of the
wind"s power.The problem is that some of the dust clouds play an important part in soaking up carbon
dioxide.
Huge dust storms blow out over the oceans from dry parts of North Africa and Central Asia.Tons of
dust are lifted and left as a thin film over the ocean surface.
Dust from China is carried east and left in the Pacific Ocean.If a tree?planting programme there is
successful and the dust supply reduced, the net result may be that less carbon dioxide gets locked away
in the ocean.
Andy, an environmental scientist has spent the past few years studying dust and says his work shows
clearly the complexity of the system.For this reason the need is to focus on cutting carbon dioxide giving
off rather than doing anything else.
Robert, an American scientist, has shown that when native grassland areas are invaded by trees,
carbon is lost from the soil."We are studying why the soil carbon disappears, but one theory is that trees
do a lot more of their growing above ground compared to grass, so less carbon goes directly into the soil
from trees." said Robert.
In wet areas of the world, the gain from trees absorbing carbon dioxide above ground seems to be
outweighed by the loss of carbon from the soil below ground.
Countries that plan to fight against global warming by planting trees may have to think again.Solutions
to environmental problems are often more complex than they first appear, and understanding the Earth"s
climate is a very great challenge.
1. People usually hold the opinion that________.
A. huge dust storms can destroy carbon dioxide
B. planting trees could reduce global warming
C. huge dust storms can destroy the oceans on the Earth
D. planting trees is the only way to control huge dust storms
2. Andy, an environmental scientist, believes that________.
A. environmental problems are more complex than expected
B. trees shouldn"t have been planted in dry places
C. dust plays a more important part than trees
D. carbon dioxide is harmful to everything
3. Robert"s experiment proves that________.
A. trees absorb more carbon than grass
B. carbon can turn grass into dust
C. less carbon can make trees grow faster
D. grassland areas should be covered by forests
4. The best title for this passage is "________".
A. The importance of planting trees
B. The dust clouds soak up carbon dioxide
C. Is it really useful to plant trees to reduce global warming?
D. Why the soil carbon disappears
When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing
course so when this show business thing doesn"t work out, you"ll have something to rely on." Mary
responded in typical teenage fashion.From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about
doing was taking a typing course, " she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course.In her career, Mary won many awards.Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom, "I don"t know how to
use a computer, " she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an awardwinning
actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I
felt there was a need for a book like this, " she says. "I didn"t want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics
to know that things get better when we"re selfcontrolled and do our part in managing the disease."
But she hasn"t always practiced what she teaches.In her book, she describes that awful day, almost
40 years ago, when she received two pieces of lifechanging news.First, she had lost the baby she was
carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes.In a childlike act, she left the hospital and
treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years 
would pass before she realized she had to grow
up-again-and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her.Only then did she kick her threepackaday
cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she
refuses to fall into selfpity. "Everybody on earth can ask "why me?" about something or other, " she insists. "It doesn"t do any good.No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments.Sometimes we can make things better by helping others.I"ve come to realize the importance of that as I"ve grown up
this second time.I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."
1. Why did Mary feel regretful?
A. She didn"t achieve her ambition.
B. She didn"t take care of her mother.
C. She didn"t complete her high school.
D. She didn"t follow her mother"s advice.
2. We can know that before 1995 Mary ________.
A. had two books published
B. received many career awards
C. knew how to use a computer
D. supported the JDRF by writing
3. Mary"s second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her ________.
A. living with diabetes
B. successful show business
C. service for an organization
D. remembrance of her mother
4. When Mary received the lifechanging news, she ________.
A. lost control of herself
B. began a balanced diet
C. tried to get a treatment
D. behaved in an adult way
5. What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Mary feels pity for herself.
B. Mary has recovered from her disease.
C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.
D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.
what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition so that others may also share the enjoyment.Our
forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials;
most of them, even until very recently, had this foolish idea that the treasures were "limitless" and
"inexhaustible". Most of the citizens or earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated
and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy
condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.
Fifty years ago nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry (林地) was a new
idea: timber (木材) was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands;
soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied longterm climatic
cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word "conservation" had nothing of the meaning that it has
for us today.
For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about repairing the
mistakes of our forefathers.Conservation should, therefore, be made a part of everyone"s daily life.To
know about the water table (地下水位) in the ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the
basic mathematic formulas.We need to know why all watersheds need the protection of plant life and
why the running current of streams and river must be made to yield their full benefit to the soil before
they finally escape to the sea.We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them.
We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, because living_space_for_most_of_man"s_fellow_
creatures_on_this_planet_is_figured_not_only_in_square_measure_of_surface_but_also_in_cubic_volume_above_the_earth.In brief, it should be our goal to restore as much
of the original beauty of nature as we can.1. The author"s attitude towa
rds the present situation in the use of natural resources is ________.A. positive
B. neutral
C. critical
D. suspicious
2. According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that ________.
A. they had little or no sense of environmental protection
B. they had no idea about scientific forestry
C. they did not know the importance of nature study
D. they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials
3. With a view to correcting the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that ________.
A. we plant more trees and make full use of the woodlands
B. we be taught environmental science, as well as the science of plants
C. we return to nature and not use any natural resources at all
D. environmental education be directed toward everyone
4. What does the author imply by saying "living space...above the earth" in the underlined sentence in
Paragraph 3?
A. Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller in volume.
B. We must create better living conditions for both birds and animals.
C. We need to take some measures to protect space in volume.
D. Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.
5. What"s the best title for the passage?
A. Our Forefathers" Big Mistake
B. Improve the Living Conditions
C. Protection of Our Resources
D. Lead a Simple Life
tired and was losing weight fast.Diagnosed with diabetes (糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin (胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even
death.And if that weren"t bad enough, he had no health insurance.
After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he"d better find a way
to fight back.He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar, and created
diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones-a place where over
1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.
Jason Swencki"s
son, Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six.Father and son visit the online children"s forums (论坛) together most evenings."Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over, "
says Swencki, one of the site"s volunteers."They know what he"s going through, so he doesn"t feel alone."
Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with
24 million diagnosed cases.And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.
These days, Thomas"s main focus is his charity (慈善机构), Fight It, which provides medicines and
supplies to people-225 to date-who can"t afford a diabetic"s huge expenses.Fightit.org has raised about
$23,000-in products and in cash.In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in
the Caribbean.
Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while
still doing his fulltime job waiting tables."Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into
finding a cure, " says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar"s original members."But Christopher is the only
person I know saying people need help now."
1. Which of the following is TRUE of Christopher Thomas?
A. He needs to go to the doctor every day.
B. He studies the leading cause of diabetes.
C. He has a positive attitude to this disease.
D. He encourages diabetics by writing articles.
2. Diabeitcrockstar.com was created for ________.
A. diabetics to communicate
B. volunteers to find jobs
C. children to amuse themselves
D. rock stars to share resources
3. According to the text, Kody ________.
A. feels lonely because of his illness
B. benefits from diabeticrockstar.com
C. helps create the online kid"s forums
D. writes children"s stories online
4. What can we learn about Fight It?
A. It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties.
B. It organizes parties for volunteers once a year.
C. It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics.
D. It owns a wellknown medical website.
5. The last paragraph suggests that Thomas ________.
A. works fulltime in a diabetes charity
B. employs 22 people for his website
C. helps diabetics in his own way
D. tries to find a cure for diabetes
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