There are eight tips in Dr. Roger's lecture on sleep, and one of them is:
to bed early unless you think it is necessary.
A. doesn't go B. not to go
C. don't go D. not going
A journal is not necessarily a reliable record of facts, for the writer's impressions color the telling of events.
A. shall B. might C. should D. must
In our whole life, it is impossible for us to make no mistakes or do nothing wrong. Therefore, it’s essential for us to be tolerant, or to forgive and forget.
注意：1. 无须写标题；
2. 除诗歌外，文体不限；
3. 内容必须结合你生活中的具体事例；
4. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
5. 词数不少于120，如引用提示语则不计入总数。
1. Owing to our joint efforts, the task ahead of schedule, and then we summed up our working experience. (fulfil)
由于我们的共同努力，任务提前完成了； 随后我们总结了工作经验。
2. You the flowers, for the weather report says it is going to rain soon. (water)
你本没必要浇这些花的，因为天气预报说很快要下雨了。
3. Suddenly the dilemma, he was at a loss at first. But later he was determined to hold on. (face)
突然面临着进退两难的困境，他起初不知所措。便随后他决定顽强地坚持下去。
4. The true value of life is not but what you have done. (gain)
生命的真正价值不在于你得到什么，而在于你做过什么。
75.5. Failure is the mother of success. In no case ; keep on trying. (lose)
9. Peter’s work always gives satisfaction, twice in less than two years. (promote)
彼得的工作总是令人满意，为此，在不到两年时间里他被提升两次。
10. It is reported that the United States energy as the whole Europe. (use)
据报道，美国使用的能源是整个欧洲的两倍。
The dodo is among the most famous extinct creatures, and a poster child for human-caused extinction events. Despite its bad name, and the fact that the species was alive during recorded human history, little is actually known about how this animal lived, looked, and behaved. A new study of the only known complete skeleton(骨架) from a single bird takes advantage of modern 3-D laser scanning(扫描) technology to open a new window into the life of this famous extinct bird.
The study was presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Estrel, Berlin. Leon Claessens, Associate Professor at the College of the Holy Cross, and lead researcher on the study said that, "the 3-D laser surface scans we made of the fragile dodo skeletons enable us to reconstruct how the dodo walked, moved and lived to a level of detail that has never been possible before. There are so many outstanding questions about the dodo bird that we can answer with this new knowledge."
A complete dodo skeleton, found by an amateur collector and barber, Etienne Thirioux, on the island of Mauritius between 1899 and 1917, has remained unstudied, even though it is the only complete dodo skeleton from a single individual bird known to exist. All other skeletons are incomplete combinations, meaning that they are gathered from more than one individual. In addition, Thirioux constructed a second, partially combined skeleton, which contains many bones that also belong to a single bird. "Being able to examine the skeleton of a single, individual dodo, which is not made up from as many individual birds as there are bones, as is the case in all those other combined skeletons, truly allows us to appreciate the way the dodo looked and see how tall or fat it really was," said Juilan Hume, of the Natural History Museum UK, a co-author on the study.
The scans were performed on site in Durban, South Africa, and allow examination of the biology of this mysterious extinct bird in detail for the first time. Using the newest digital tools and techniques, the scans provide an insight into how the flightless dodo may have developed its giant size, and how it walked and lived in its forest home. According to Kenneth Rijsdijk, a biologist from University of Amsterdam, “the skull of the dodo is so large and its mouth so strong that it is easy to understand that the earliest naturalists thought it was related to sharks and other birds of prey（猛禽）, rather than the pigeon family.”
1.The underlined phrase “a poster child” in Para. 1 is closest in meaning to “ ”.
A. a typical example
B. an endangered animal
C. a child who puts up posters on the board
D. a child posted in a newspaper as an advertisement
2.The researchers study the dodo skeleton to find out .
A. ways to save the dodo
B. the dodo’s living habits
C. the bird’s natural habitat
D. the cause of the dodo’s extinction
3.What is special about the dodo skeleton found by an amateur collector?
A. It is gathered from more than one individual.
B. It reminded unstudied between 1899 and 1917.
C. It is the only complete dodo skeleton from a single individual bird.
D. It can be examined with 3-D laser scanning technology.
4.What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?
A. To call people’s attention to wildlife protection.
B. To criticize humans for the extinction events.
C. To introduce a new way of studying the dodo.
D. To give tips on how to study extinct creatures.
It doesn’t look like the heart of a green revolution. The huge chimneys stick up above the line of pine trees and don’t make for the most scenic view as you wander around the clear blue waters of the nearby lake.
But it is this power plant that has helped the small Swedish city of Vaxjo become arguably the greenest place in Europe. On closer observation, the only thing emerging from the chimneys is the faintest mists of steam. And inside it smells more like a sauna(桑拿) than a furnace(炉子). That’s because it is not oil fuelling the plant, but woodchip and other wood waste from the area’s sawmills. And as well as generating electricity, it also supplies 90 per cent of this southern Swedish town with heating and hot water.
The gases produced as the wood burns are changed into liquid form, and are purified before they reach the chimney. And instead of wasting this liquid, the power plant pumps it around town. Some runs out of the town’s public taps; the rest is directed through pipes that run through individual heaters, warming homes and offices.
The pile of wood chippings in the yard towers above head height and takes almost five minutes to walk around. That’s enough to keep Vaxjo warm on the snowiest day in winter, or supply it with hot water for a fortnight in summer, and it’s good way of using the paper industry’s waste. As well as the centuries-- old Swedish policy of planting a new tree for every one felled, the ashes swept out of the furnace each day find their way back to the forest as fertilizer(肥料).
It was this green plant that netted Vaxjo the European Union’s award for sustainable(可持续的)development, making it the greenest city on the continent.
However, it is not just the citizen’s consciences and moral histories to which the town’s current day authorities are appealing. They know how to talk to their wallets too. Oil-generated electricity costs about 16,000 kronor a year(￡1,170) per person, while the new power plant’s electricity comes in at two thirds of the price.
They’ve been planning for over ten years to become a “Fossil Fuel Free City”. But according to Anders Franzen, the head of planning and development department at the city council: “The battle in the energy sector has been won, yes, but the next battleground is transport.”
1.What’s the main reason for “inside it smells more like a sauna than a furnace”?
A. It is surrounded by pine trees.
B. It produces lots of hot water.
C. It is fuelled by woodchip and wood waste .
D. It sends out the smoke from the chimneys.
2.It can be concluded from the passage that the power plant .
A. promotes tree planting
B. makes full use of waste
C. relies heavily on paper industry
D. mainly supplies hot water and heating
3.What impresses the town’s current-- day authorities most?
A. The citizens’ consciences.
B. The town’s moral histories.
C. The lower cost of electricity
D. The award for sustainable development
4.What Anders Franzen said in the last paragraph indicates that .
A. they will continue their effort in green plan
B. they have great difficulty in transport
C. they have no room for further development
D. they are perfectly content with the achievement
