If anything can be said about recordbreaking globetrotter (环球旅行家) Graham Hughes, it's that— throughout his travels— he's always kept his feet firmly on the ground.
The 33yearold adventurer, from Liverpool, has become the first person to visit all 201 countries in the world without using a plane.
Hughes used buses, taxis, trains and his own two feet to travel 160,000 miles in exactly 1,426 days — all on a shoestring(资金微薄) of just $100 a week.
He spent four days “crossing open ocean in a leaky (漏的) boat” to reach Cape Verde on the North Atlantic, was jailed for a week in the Congo for being mistaken as a “spy”， and was arrested trying to “sneak (溜；偷偷地做) into” Russia.
And yesterday Graham Hughes trudged (长途跋涉) into Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to end the epic fouryear journey that began in his hometown of Liverpool on New Year's Day 2009.
“I love travel, and I guess my reason for doing it was that I wanted to see if this could be done, by one person traveling on a shoestring，” he told the Christian Science Monitor. “I think I also wanted to show that the world is not some big, scary place, but in fact it is full of people who want to help you even if you are a stranger.”
Guinness has now confirmed that Hughes, who filmed the expedition for a documentary and raised money for charity Water Aid, has achieved the world record.
“The main feeling today is just one of intense gratitude to every person around the world who helped me get here, by giving me a lift, letting me stay on their couch, or pointing me in the right direction，” Hughes added.
1.Which of the following is NOT described Graham Hughes?
A. Globetrotter.
B. Adventurer.
C. The first person traveling around the world not using a plane.
D. Scientist.
2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?
A. When he traveled on the ocean, his boat was leaking water.
B. He was put into prison because of being considered a spy in the Congo.
C. He was caught in Russia because he stole something.
D. It was in South Sudan that he ended his epic fouryear journey.
3.Why did Hughes make the world record that he had achieved into the film — the expedition for a documentary?
A. Because he wanted to be remembered by people all over the world.
B. Because he wanted to raise money for charity Water Aid.
C. Because he only wanted to record his experience.
D. Because he wanted to earn money.
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. When he traveled all over the world, he got a lot of help from different people.
B. He often sleeps on the coach.
C. He often points the direction for others.
D. He is grateful to the people who have helped him.
If a noisy neighbor is blasting music at all hours of the day and night, drowning out your phone conversations and interrupting your sleep, you can call the police. But what is a whale to do?
Natural noise from waves, wind, rain and even earthquakes is common in oceans. Unfortunately, manmade noise from oil and gas drilling, sonar, and ships is also present.
Low frequency noise has doubled off the California coast every decade since the nineteen sixties. The main reasons are ships' propellers (螺旋桨). They not only generate continuous low frequency sound, some propellers cavitate(形成气穴), which means they create air bubbles that collapse, creating loud popping sounds.
Whales use low frequency calls to communicate across thousands of miles of ocean. They are threatened by noise pollution because it can prevent them from contacting each other and from locating their foods. Endangered humpback and right whales, which use fibrous baleen to strain food from the water, are the most at risk.
Scientists studying right whales off Canada's east coast have discovered that whales are sending louder calls through the water to make themselves heard. Because they invest more energy in making calls, they have less energy available for finding food and mating. Other scientists measuring whale calls against background noise pollution have discovered that right whales have lost about eighty percent of their normal communication area. This could seriously affect survival of this already threatened species.
Scientists don't have badges and guns, but they are trying to correct the noise pollution problem. By tracking ships and marine mammals and understanding how noise travels, they are creating sound maps. They hope to get shipping lanes moved so that the noise pollution ships create will not overlap with areas most important to the whales.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Whales are in danger because of the noise.
B. Noise pollution is affecting whales.
C. Natural noise is good for whales.
D. How to protect whales endangered.
2.The following statements are true EXCEPT ________.
A. You can call the police if you are disturbed by a noisy neighbor.
B. Low frequency noise has doubled off the Canadian coast every decade since the 1960s.
C. Noise pollution can prevent whales from contacting each other and from locating prey.
D. Endangered humpback and right whales are the most at risk.
3.We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.
A. some areas important to whales are overlapped with the ship lanes
B. scientists are creating the sound maps by tracking ships and marine mammals
C. if scientists have guns, they can correct the noise pollution
D. scientists have worked out a plan to protect the whales
4.According to scientists，________.
A. right whales off the Californian coast have been in danger because of the loss of the energy
B. right whales cannot find food and mate for they lose a lot of living area
C. there are about 20% of the normal communication areas still available for the right whales
D. the right whales always invest most of their energy for making calls
A new set of R's are here: Recycle, Reduce and Reuse. These three “Rs”，when used every day, can reduce the amount of waste going into landfills, reduce the litter polluting the land and water, conserve (节约) energy and save your money.
Recycling is one of the easiest ways to save energy, money and time while reducing the amount of garbage going into landfills.
Most communities have roadside pickup service to recycle common household items like glass, steel, aluminum, newspaper and cardboard. By separating out the recyclable items from normal household trash, you can reduce the amount of trash entering a landfill by more than 75 percent.
Recycling one aluminum beverage can saves enough energy to run your television for three hours. Even better, local recyclers or scrapmetal dealers may pay money for your metal recyclables.
It is estimated that the 54 billion cans recycled last year in the US saved 15 million barrels of oil. That is equivalent (相等的) to the US oil consumption for one day. Recycling other household items offers similar savings in money and energy.
Composting food waste will reduce your trash load even more. A basic compost pile built with the help of instructions from numerous resources on the web can be constructed over a weekend, using materials easily obtained from local hardware or home improvement stores. In addition to reducing your waste, this allnatural recycling provides safe, clean and organic fertilizer for your garden, eliminating the need to buy chemicalderived products.
Finally, recycling other household items like computers, televisions and monitors and household chemicals like pesticides (农药) and paints will remove dangerous chemicals like mercury (水银) and lead from the landfills.
If your community doesn't offer recycling programs, contact your local government to get one established.
1.What's NOT true about recycling in the eyes of the author?
A. It's energyefficient.
B. It's moneysaving.
C. It's timeconsuming.
D. It's environmentallyfriendly.
2.Recycling________aluminum beverage cans save enough energy to keep your TV on for half a day.
A. three B. four
C. five D. six
3.What's the possible meaning of the underlined word “composting” in the sixth paragraph?
A. Turning waste into fertilizer.
B. Throwing waste into dustbin.
C. Making waste clean and useful.
D. Finding new land to put the rubbish in.
4.The passage tells us the way of living a ________life.
A. happy B. rich
C. green D. economical
My husband and I were on our way home to Adlaide after holidaying in Queensland with our three children. It was late afternoon as we were heading for Narrandera, where we ______ to stay the night.
The car became difficult to control and we ______ we had a flat tyre (轮胎). It was quite ______ by the time we'd ______ all the camping equipment and ______ the tyre. Then, not long after getting back on the road, another tyre ______ . But now we had no ______.There was no traffic on the road and only farms along the way.
Just as we were debating whether to sleep in the car or ______ to the nearest farm for help, car headlights ______ in the distance. My husband walked to the middle of the road to flag it down, ______ the children and I sat in the car with the inside light on so the driver could ______ we were a family and not a threat.
______， it was a lovely couple and their three children who lived on a nearby______ farm. We all piled into their car, and a short drive later we ______ their farm. They suggested we spend the ______ on the floor of their sitting room.
The next morning, after cooking us a great ______， the farmer took my husband into the nearby town to buy new tyres. Our two ______ got on so well that they ______ us to stay on for another day to learn about the workings of the farm and watch their daughter ______ ride one of the huge pigs.
We finally continued home to South Australia, very ______ for the kindness this family had shown us.
1.A. planned B. refused C. managed D. hesitated
2.A. promised B. admitted C. remembered D. realized
3.A. cold B. hot C. dark D. light
4.A. loaded B. removed C. bought D. destroyed
5.A. changed B. afforded C. improved D. exchanged
6.A. blew B. came C. stayed D. started
7.A. money B. time C. spare D. share
8.A. escape B. return C. drive D. walk
9.A. helped B. remained C. appeared D. waited
10.A. since B. though C. while D. unless
11.A. hear B. see C. smell D. prove
12.A. Luckily B. Unfortunately C. Strangely D. Naturally
13.A. chicken B. duck C. pig D. cow
14.A. got away from B. arrived at C. lived up to D. looked for
15.A. day B. holiday C. night D. weekend
16.A. supper B. lunch C. dinner D. breakfast
17.A. children B. families C. friends D. strangers
18.A. invited B. ordered C. required D. allowed
19.A. uselessly B. endlessly C. fearlessly D. carelessly
20.A. eager B. ready C. sorry D. grateful
These comments are not directly________ to the inquiry about safety standards.
A. controversial B. accessible
C. appropriate D. relevant
He was robbed last night, but________he didn't have much money on him then.
A. fortunately B. eventually
C. certainly D. surprisingly
