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1.According to the WHO’s s___________(数据), about 1.8 million people across the world die each year from disease caused by unsafe food and water.
2.He bitterly regretted c__________ the false news by using his WeiChat.
3.For forty years Jane Goodall has been o__________ (坦率的) about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of animals.
4.This dictionary is for the a__________ English learners while that one is for the beginners.
5.When you see an English film or talk with native speakers, observe their facial expressions and g____________.
6.In October, the price of the a____________ to Mount Tai has risen by 50 yuan.
7.The traffic is terrible, p____________ in the city center.
8.If we grow fruit, vegetables and other food with chemical fertilizers, they usually grow too fast to be full of n____________.
9.E_____________ with new scientific farming methods, they have been able to use less farmland than in the past.
10.The key to r___________ yourself of bad habits is determination.
Tuy Sereivathana was born in 1970. In 1975 his family fled from the city to rural village where Tuy’s parents, both well-educated, taught school in the mornings to the local children and farmed in the afternoons to make ends meet．During his childhood, Tuy developed a deep respect for nature and elephants. ___1.____
After graduation from university, he returned to Cambodia to save his country’s natural resources. ____2.__ Its most famous building, the Angkor Wat temple, was built out of stone with the help of elephants．However, with their habitat decreasing, elephants were destroying farms as they looked for food．__3.__
As a ranger(国家公园管理员) in Cambodia’s national parks, Tuy worked throughout the country, connecting with rural communities and learning more about elephant migration and ecosystem．In Prey Proseth and Trang Troyeng, there lived 30,000 people on the forest’s edge, where he was aware of the lack of capacity within these communities to manage the human-elephant conflict．_4.__ More importantly, he taught the farmers to work together, encouraging them to organize overnight guard groups to protect the fields．Tuy also informed the communities of the national and religious pride attached to the elephants.
___5.__ As a result of Tuy’s involvement with the project, there wasn’t a single confirmed elephant death due to human-elephant conflict since 2005.
A．The elephant there are in danger of dying out.
B．More and more farmers had to kill them to protect their crops.
C．Later, he majored in forestry in Belarus University.
D．Since his work began, Tuy has been a significant success.
E．Cambodia has a long history of peaceful coexistence between people and elephants.
F．Now the villagers have begun to realize the importance of protecting animals.
G．Tuy began to teach villagers how to use fences, fireworks and fog horns to keep off elephants.
(CBS/AP)Lawyers for the stepfather of an 11-year-old girl tried to convince Massachusetts’ highest court on Tuesday that he should have a say on whether his stepdaughter is removed from life support. If the girl dies, Jason Strickland could face a murder charge for illegally taking part in the beating that left her comatose(昏迷).
Jason Strickland is asking the court to overturn a juvenile(少年) court judge’s decision allowing the state to remove Haleigh Poutre from her ventilator (呼吸机) and feeding tube.
Haleigh Poutre was hospitalized in September after her stepfather and adoptive mother kicked her and beat her nearly to death with a baseball bat.
Within two weeks of being charged, the adoptive mother, who was also Haleigh’s aunt, was found dead.
Strickland is free on bail(保释) while awaiting trial.
Sharyn Alfonsi from CBS reports that the girl’s biological mother, Allison Avrett, gave up her parental right years ago and now she has no say in what happens to Halleigh—but she wants life support to be relieved.
“I want her to rest,” Avrett told Alfonsi．“Being kept alive like that, it’s not a life.”
The state Department of Social Services wants to remove her from life support, according to opinions from her doctors that the girl is in a permanent vegetative(植物人状态的) state．And Strickland could face a murder charge if she dies.
Both of Haleigh’s doctors agree that she should be removed from the ventilator, but they can’t decide whether her feeding tube should be disconnected．They have said that with her feeding tube alone, Haleigh could live as long as two months.
Haleigh was adopted by her aunt about five years ago her biological mother moved to Virginia with a new boyfriend．Jason Strickland never formally adopted the girl, but is arguing that as the stepfather, he should be a de facto parent and allowed to have a say in whether she lives or dies.
1.CBS/AP are most probably ________.
A．two news reporters
B．a newspaper and a news reporter
C．a news agency and a newspaper
D．two news agencies
2.Which of the following is the right order of the events in the story?
a．Haleigh was adopted by her aunt．
b．Haleigh became comatose.
c．Haleigh was kicked and beaten badly
d．Haleigh’s aunt died.
e．Haleigh was put into hospital
f．Haleigh’s biological mother left her
A．c, e, b, f, a, d
B．f, a, c, b, e, d
C．b, c, a, f, d, e
D．b, c, e, f, a, d
3.Why did Haleigh’s stepfather demand that her life support not be removed?
A．Because he might be accused of murder if she died.
B．Because she might be comatose if the life support was removed.
C．Because Haleigh’s biological mother hopes so too.
D．Because he hopes that Haleigh will live with him.
4.The underlined word “de facto” most probably means ________.
A．existing in factB．the second
C．the only existingD．admitted by law
5.The passage is mainly about ________.
A．the stepfather of a girl
B．the adoptive mother of a girl
C．a girl beaten nearly to death
D．a juvenile court judge’s decision
Are you an early riser or a night owl? Researchers from Aachen University in Germany believe that about 10 percent of people can be classified as “morning people”, who feel more active and function best in the morning．Around 20 percent are night owls—people who naturally tend to stay up late and are more tired during the day．And the rest of us fall somewhere in between, according to New Scientist.
Previous studies have suggested that early risers are more likely to be happy and healthy while night owls experience worse sleep as well as more depression and anxiety during the day.
For a long time, scientists have been trying to find out what causes the differences between the two．A new study suggests that it isn’t just people’s habits—early risers and night owls actually have different brain structures.
Led by Jessica Rosenberg at Aachen University, researchers scanned the brains of 16 early risers, 23 night owls and 20 people with intermediate sleeping hours．They found that the brains of night owls had less “white matter”—which speeds up the transmission(传输) of nerve signals — in brain areas associated with depression.
As you know, after people fly in an airplane from one time zone to another, they often suffer from a confused and tired feeling called “jet lag” because their body clocks are out of sync(不同步的) with the new time zone．It usually takes about a week for their bodies to adjust to the new time．But night owls always have difficulty syncing their bodies to the right time due to their brain structure．“It’s like they suffer from permanent jet lag,” said Rosenberg.
The good news is that it is possible for night owls to turn themselves into morning people．According to the researchers, night owls should try to spend as much time in the sunlight as possible and reduce their exposure to artificial light at night to force their body clocks to shift to a more normal rhythm.
1.What does the article mainly discuss?
A．How to turn early risers into night owls.
B．How our habits influence our sleep patterns.
C．What causes the differences between early risers and night owls.
D．Why early risers are happier and healthier than night owls.
2.We can learn from the article that night owls ________.
A．make up almost a third of the human population
B．have more white matter in their brains than other people
C．are more used to artificial night than sunlight
D．have body clocks that are not in agreement with the actual time
3.Jessica Rosenberg’s research suggests that ________.
A．previous studies about night owls are wrong
B．night owls are affected by jet lag more strongly than others
C．white matter helps our brains work more efficiently
D．brain structure might determine people’s chances of suffering from depression
4.According to the last paragraph, ________.
A．night owls have to give up their unhealthy life habits
B．night owls can learn to adjust their body clocks
C．there is little we can do to ease the trouble of night owls
D．scientists are planning research on how to change night owls’ brain structures
5.What would be the best title?
A．Night Owls Have “Jet leg”
B．Early Riser Have “Jet leg”
C．Who Are Night owls
D．Who Are Early Risers
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1.What made “I” finally think of getting a cell phone?
A．Being persuaded by cell phone salespersons.
B．Being urged by his grandkids.
C．Being stuck by the highway.
D．Being attracted by the friendly return policy.
2.Which of the following is NOT the reason that nearly stops “me” from having a cell phone?
A．The cell phone with cameras and global-positioning device.
B．The cell phone of small size.
C．Expensive rate plans.
D．No agreement to sign.
3.On the monthly basis of 100 minutes, the Jitterbug weekly rate is about ______．
A．$4.99 B．$3.75
C．$14.99 D．$19.99
4.An advantage of Jitterbug mentioned in the passage is ______．
A．its discount price with a free gift
B．its reasonable rate plans without a contract
C．its “global-positioning” system with 911 access
D．its good customer service all over the world
5.The main purpose of the passage is to ________．
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C．attract potential customers to Jitterbug
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A certain man planted a rose and watered it ___1.___ (faith)．And before it blossomed, he examined it．He saw the bud that __2.__ (come) out soon, but noticed thorns(棘刺) upon the stem and he thought, “How can any beautiful flower come from a plant __3.__(burden) with so many sharp thorns?” Saddened by this thought, he didn’t water the rose any longer, and just_4.__ it was ready to come out…it died.
__5._ it is with many people．Within every soul there is a rose．The God-like qualities, planted in us _6.__ birth, grow surrounded by the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the faults.
We despair(绝望), __7._(think) that nothing good can possibly come from us．We fail to water the good within us, and eventually it dies. We never realize our potential(潜能).
Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show _8.__ to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess _9._(be) to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find _10.__ rose within them.
