Some unwelcome visitors from North America have been turning up in the waters off the coast of Great Britain.
North American lobsters (龙虾) have been found in the North Sea (between Great Britain and Northwest Europe), far from their own habitat. The lobsters usually live along the eastern coast of Canada and the United States.
It is impossible that the lobsters could have made the 5,600-kilometre journey on their own. They were probably brought to Britain and then got away from containers. Some of the lobsters that were caught had elastic bands (松紧带) holding their legs shut, like lobsters that are kept in containers in stores or restaurants.
Many may have been “set free” from some ships passing through the area. Sometimes passengers order a live lobster from a tank in the dining room and then ask the waiter to throw it overboard instead of cooking it.
According to official records, 26 North American lobsters have been caught in waters off Great Britain since 1988. However, it is believed many more have been found but not reported.
It is against the law to let North American lobsters come into British waters. If they settle down in European waters, it would be bad for the local lobsters. The
two live in the same place and eat the same food. But North American lobsters are larger, stronger and more aggressive (好斗的) than European lobsters, and they produce young more quickly.
As a result, they could take food and space away from the local lobsters, and from other types of shellfish that live in the same area. These lobsters may also carry diseases that could harm the local lobsters.
1.Those unwelcome lobsters _____.
A. could travel 5,600 km a day on their own
B. used to live in waters off Great Britain
C. would soon disappear in British waters
D. might have escaped on the way to Britain
2.What can we learn about European lobsters?
A. They are growing too fast to be kept under control.
B. Shellfish often take away their food and space.
C. They are easily harmed by North American lobsters.
D. People become ill easily if they eat these lobsters.
3.The author's purpose of writing the text is most likely to _____.
A. discuss B. report
C. advertise D. introduce
The pupils of Grangetown High have been busy getting to know their newest and tallest classmate — a 7-meter-tall giraffe outside their school.
The giraffe is a huge sculpture (雕像) made by a local artist. The school's headmaster noticed the sculpture in the artist's garden as he drove past one day, and thought it would be perfect for his school. “I knew everyone would love it,” he said, “because our basketball team is known as the Grangetown Giraffes, and they wear giraffes on their shirts. So I asked them to write a letter to the artist, asking how much it would cost to buy the giraffe. He was very kind and got it ready to deliver (递送) in six weeks — all for nothing! It was expected to arrive one Sunday morning, so that the pupils would see it when they got to school on Monday — at that time they had no idea that we were getting it.”
The artist, Tom Bennett, was a university professor (教授) of chemistry before he left that job in 2006 and only took up metalwork a couple of years ago. “I've always drawn pictures,” he said. “I can even remember doing it on my first day at school — I drew a horse. I wanted it to be the best horse picture ever, but I don't think I succeeded.” Tom's first metalwork was a bicycle for two that he and his wife could go cycling on together. “It was the most uncomfortable bike ever created,” he said, “so I gave up making bicycles and went into sculpture instead.”
Meanwhile the pupils at Grangetown High are very happy with their new classmate. “We're going to hold a competition to give it a proper name,” said one girl. “Everyone likes the expression on its face, so perhaps that will give us some ideas.”
1.According to the text, the giraffe _____.
A. was as tall as a basketball player
B. was given to Grangetown High for free
C. was sent to Grangetown High on Monday
D. was specially made for a basketball team
2.When the pupils got to school on Monday, they probably felt _____.
A. shy B. sad
C. excited D. confident
3.What can we learn about Tom Bennett?
A. He showed interest in art at an early age.
B. He was good at drawing, especially horses.
C. He visited Grangetown High as a professor.
D. He learned a lot about sculpture at university.
4.What's the main idea of the text?
A. It was a difficult job to name a giraffe.
B. Tom Bennett is well-known as a sculptor.
C. The Grangetown Giraffes is a strong team.
D. A metal giraffe arrived at Grangetown High.
作为一名高中学生，你将参加主题为“let’s ride bicycles”的英语演讲比赛。请撰写一份演讲稿，主要内容包括：
1.目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题；
2.骑自行车的益处，如节能环保、有利健康等。
参考词汇：低碳生活（low-carbon life）；节能（energy saving）；有毒排放（poisonous emission）;交通堵塞（traffic congestion）
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When my grandfather left school, he got his first job as a office worker. In those days, he was extreme thin. He paid very little, so he could not afford to eating a lot. I have one or two photos of her from that time, and he looks just like me, but a lot thin! When he grew older, he worked at all sorts of thing, such as reporting for a local newspaper and worked as a part-time salesman. He worked hardly all his life, but he always found out time for the things he enjoyed, like going fishing on weekends or reading books at home.
One day, Daisy went to see the animals that gave fur to make her sweater in a flying carpet. It flew away to Tibet in China first, where she saw an antelope. The antelope told her that they 1. (kill) for the wool taken from their 2. (stomach). Then the carpet flew away to Zimbabwe, 3. Daisy saw 4. elephant. The elephant said they were an 5.(danger) species in Zimbabwe. Farmers used to hunt them 6. (merciless). Now the government allowed tourists 7. (hunt) a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. The flying carpet rose again and almost immediately they arrived at a thick rainforest. There a monkey 8. (rub) a millipede insect over its body was protecting 9. (it) from mosquitoes. So Daisy made a 10. (decide) to produce this new drug with the help of WWF. The carpet rose and flew home.
Recently, my family and I visited Kaikoura, a coastal town in New Zealand. The first evening it seemed a ____ place, but the next day I remembered what I'd ____ about it in a magazine. It was often ____ to see dolphins (海豚) and whales there!
My family and I ____ on a grey, windy morning on a small boat. _____, the sky turned blue ten minutes later. Soon we ____ the place where we were supposed to go swimming. To my ____, this was more than 40 km from land. I was quite ____ by this time, and wondered why we came all the way out there, when ____ someone shouted “Dolphins!”
All I could ____ were fins (鱼鳍) everywhere — there were about one hundred dolphins, all ____ towards our boat! Many of them were jumping around in the water __ they were asking us to come and play. I ____ my snorkel (潜水通气管) and jumped into the sea. Then I tried to make ____ in the water to attract them. What made me ____ was that they heard me and came to swim around me. Amazingly, a dolphin kept following me, but then changed his ____ and swam in another direction. It really made me realize how ____ these animals are.
About an hour later, it was time for us to get back onto the ____. I really enjoyed myself, but I was a little cold and ____ to leave the water. I noticed that everyone on board was smiling and I realized what a very ____ moment we'd had.
1.A. busy B. boring C. safe D. great
2.A. read B. sung C. taught D. drawn
3.A. impolite B. terrible C. difficult D. possible
4.A. gave up B. turned back C. set off D. dressed up
5.A. Besides B. However C. On the whole D. In other words
6.A. reached B. l
eft C. crossed D. missed
7.A. joy B. regret C. shame D. surprise
8.A. shy B. wet C. cold D. hungry
9.A. secretly B. suddenly C. certainly D. naturally
10.A. see B. hear C. smell D. touch
11.A. waving B. climbing C. looking D. swimming[
12.A. even if B. so that C. as if D. now that
13.A. sold B. put on C. lost D. picked off
14.A. sounds B. faces C. decisions D. promises
15.A. angry B. relaxed C. worried D. excited
16.A. life B. food C. mind D. habit
17.A. lazy B. dangerous C. powerful D. intelligent
18.A. bus B. boat C. train D. truck
19.A. decided B. forgot C. disagreed D. failed
20.A. bad B. strange C. special D. quiet
