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提示：假如，Simon Li， 8年级的学生。上周听了一个动物协会主席的有关动物的报告，决定申请加入动物保护协会，请根据下列提示，写一份80左右的申请信。
1. 自我介绍，8年级的学生，各门功课都很优秀。喜欢各类动物。
2. 加入理由：人类不断地砍伐树木, 再加上猎人的捕杀，结果，动物的生存空间越来越少，动物数量变得越来越少。希望能为保护动物做些事情。
3. 假如能加入俱乐部，将非常高兴。
4. 联系方式：电话：63908 电子邮件：Simon LI@sina.com.
5. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总数。
Dear Chairperson，
I listened to your talk about animals last week. Now I’m writing to you I’d like to join the Animal Protection First, let me
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Look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours Sincerely
Simon Li
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What do you read when you are travelling by train or bus? What are other people reading? Perhaps a woman sitting near you is reading a love story. A man is reading a serious biography(自传) about a president. And there’s a student reading an English textbook.
What do their choices(选择) say about them? Do you think you can know them by what they are reading? I have got to tell you that your feelings of them may be quite wrong. The woman reading the love story could be a lawyer. She just wants a light read to take her mind off work. The man reading the biography wants you to think that he is very clever. The student reading the textbook isn’t a student at all. She’s an English teacher.
Publishers(出版商) know that some people care what they read on trains or buses and so they put out different types of covers. For example， books about Harry Potter have a cartoon cover for young readers and then another more serious cover for grown-ups.
So next time you are on a train， look around and see what other people are reading， but don’t jump to any conclusions(结论). You will be wrong maybe.
Here is a sentence that you could say， “Don’t judge（判断） a book by its cover”.
Title： Never judge a book people choose to read by the cover. | |
Persons | The lawyer reading a love story just wants to have a1.. |
The man reading the biography wants2.people to think he is very clever. | |
The student reading a textbook in fact3.English. | |
Ways | Publishers won’t put out the4.cover of a book. |
Conclusion | If you jump to the conclusions carelessly， you may make5.. |
完成句子
1.老虎有捕杀大型动物的能力。
Tigers _____________________________________________________________________.
2.蜜蜂总是记得沿着它们去的时候的路回来。
Bees always remember ______________________________________________________.
3.海豚聪明到能够计算出简单的数学题。
Dolphins are _______________________________________________________________.
4.他同情那些无家可归的人并且经常给予他们帮助。
He ______________________________ and often ________________________________.
5.政府正在采取措施防止渔民在太湖里过度捕捞。
________________________________________________ too much in Taihu Lake.
6.你能不能描述一下保护丹顶鹤的重要性。
Can you _____________________________________________________ ?
7.我们需要更多地游客来记录珍稀鸟类的种类以及它们数量上的变化。
We need _________________________ of rare birds and _________________________.
Did you ever see a fish with its very own lights? Some fish have built-in lights. That is, the lights are really part of the fish’s body! One such fish lives in the Red Sea. It is called the “flashlight fish” because it has special body parts, or organs, that give off light.
The flashlight fish has one light organ underneath (在下面）each eye. These lights are bright and greenish in color, and they are always “on”. But a flashlight fish can hide its lights by raising an extra (额外的）piece of skin up over each organ. Then, when the fish lowers the skin,the lights can be seen again.
What are these special lights for? The light organs help the fish find food at night along the Red Sea reefs (暗礁).They also help the fish run away. Usually,the lights are flashed “on” and “off’ about once every 20 seconds. But when the fish is worried, it will blink (眨眼）its lights about 75 times in 1 minute. Can you imagine 20 or 30 flashlight fish blinking their lights all at the same time?
1.In the passage,the underlined word “organ” means _____.
A.an extra piece of skin B.a special body part
C.a kind of eye D.a kind of ear
2.The flashlight fish uses its lights to hunt for food and to .
A.change color B.hide its eyes
C.run away from danger D.catch other fish
3.When a flashlight fish is worried, its lights will .
A.flash more slowly B.flash faster
C.turn bright green D.blink many times
4.How often are the lights usually flashed?
A.Three times a minute. B.Twice a minute.
C.About 75 times a minute. D.Once a minute.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Editor's note: Enjoy Yourself English is a programme telling short stories on China National Radio broadcast from 6:50 a.m. to 7 a.m., Monday through Saturday. Here are our two selected scripts (选稿）from next week’s programs.
An American visiting Scotland met an old man with a beautiful sheepdog. The American offered US $50 for the dog,but the old man refused.” I couldn't part with Jock,” he said. Just then, an English man walked up and made the same offer. The old man agreed, pocketed the money and handed over the dog. The American was very angry, “You told me you wouldn't sell the dog!” he cried. “No, no!” said the old man. “I said I couldn't part with him. England’s not that far away and Jock will be back in two days. But he couldn't swim the Atlantic (大西洋)
Hartley is afraid of thunder so he went to see a famous doctor. “At your age,it’s silly to be afraid of thunder. Thunder is our friend. Just think of it as a drum roll in the symphony (交响乐）of life." said the doctor. “How will that cure (治愈）my fear?” asked Hartley. “If it doesn't,” answer the doctor, then do as I do. Cover your ears with a sock, get under the bed and sing Mary Had A Little Lamb loudly.
1.Why didn't the old man sell the dog to the American?
A.Because he didn't like the American.
B.Because he knew the Englishman.
C.Because the dog couldn't find the old man again easily
D.Because the dog liked to go with the Englishman.
2.Why did the doctor ask Hartley to sing under the bed loudly?
A.Because it was very quiet under the bed.
B.Because Hartley was afraid to go out.
C.Because Hartley didn't enjoy singing.
D.Because it could train Hartley not to be afraid of the terrible sound.
3.What's the meaning of the underlined words “drum roll”?
A.Knock something heavily. B.Make terrible sound under the bed.
C.Cannot sing, but want to sing loudly. D.A long deep sound as if a lot of quick blows of drums.
Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population(人口) is left-handed.
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he/ she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.
Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no more think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.
1.How many people in the world are left-handed now?
A.Less than one sixth. B.More than a half.
C.About 40%. D.The passage doesn’t tell us.
2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A.No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.
B.Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.
C.Today children are not made to use their right hands only.
D.Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.
3.The best title for this passage is _______
A.Scientists’ New Inventions B.Left-handed People
C.Which Hand D.Different Brains, Different Hand
