Every year more people recognize that it is wrong to kill wildlife for “sport”. Progress in this direction is slow because shooting is not a sport for watching, and only those few who take part realize the cruelty and destruction.

The number of gunners, however, grows rapidly. Children too young to develop proper judgments through independent thought are led a long way away by their gunning parents. They are subjected to advertisements of gun producers who describe shooting as good for their health and gun-carrying as a way of putting redder blood in the veins. They are persuaded by gunner magazines with stories honoring the chase and the kill. In school, they view motion pictures which are supposedly meant to teach them how to deal with arms safely but which are actually designed to stimulate(刺激)a desire to own a gun.

Wildlife is disappearing because of shooting and because of the loss of wild land habitat. Habitat loss will continue with our increasing population, but can we slow the loss of wildlife caused by shooting? They seem to forgive shooting for sport because they know little or nothing about it. The only answer, then, is to bring the truth about sport shooting to the great majority of people.

Now, it is time to realize that animals have the same night to life as we do and that there is nothing fair or right about a person with a gun shooting the harmless and beautiful creatures. The gunner like to describe what they do as character building, but we know that to wound an animal and watch it go through the agony of dying can make nobody happy. If, as they would have you believe, gun-carrying and killing improve human character, then perhaps we should encourage war.

1.According to the text, most people do not seem to be against hunting because _______.

A.they have little knowledge of it B.it helps to build human character

C.it is too costly to stop killing wildlife D.they want to keep wildlife under control

2.The underlined word “agony” in the last paragraph probably means _______.

A.form B.condition C.pain D.sadness

3.According to the text, the films children watch at school actually _______.

A.teach them how to deal with guns safely B.praise hunting as character-building

C.describe hunting as an exercise D.encourage them to have guns of their own

4.It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to _______.

A.blame the majority of people B.worry about the existence of wildlife

C.be in favor of war D.be in support of character-building

Answer the question(根据短文内容,回答下列问题):

Many visitors may feel confused (困惑的) when they are reading the menu in a restaurant in America, for the names of the dishes look unfamiliar to most visitors. Here are some points which may be useful.

Fried mushrooms and fried onion rings are sometimes served as starters.

Potatoes most often come “French-fried” or baked. If you order a baked potato, the waiter will ask you what you want on it. The choice is butter or cream.

Very often vegetables do not come automatically with the meal, and you have to pay extra (额外费用) for them.

“Scrod”, “red snapper” and “mahi hahi"are all name of fish."Seafoodmeans lobster, shellfish (贝壳类) and fish. Prawns are known as “shrimp”.

American beef is usually good and often wonderful.

You have probably heard that in American restaurants, if you can’t finish your meal, you can put the food left in a “doggy bag” and take it home. This is quite true. If you leave some meat, your waiter may ask you if you’d like him to put it into “a little bag”, or you can ask him to do this.

1.Do visitors feel confused when they are reading the menu in a restaurant in America?

_____________________________________________________________________________.

2.What are sometimes served as starters?

___________________________________________________________________________.

3.What does the writer think of American beef?

____________________________________________________________________________.

4.How can people usually deal with the food left in American restaurants?

______________________________________________________________________.

5.What do you think of the idea of taking the leftover (剩菜) home?

___________________________________________________________________________.

An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the ______ got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄伽梵歌).

One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you, but I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the ______ of reading it?"

The grandfather said, "Take this coal(煤炭)basket down to the _______and bring me back a basket of water.”

The boy did as his grandfather said, but all the water ran ______ he got home. The grandfather laughed, "You have to move faster next time.”

This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that it was ______ to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, "I just want a basket of water. You’re not ______ hard enough.”

The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the basket into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said______, “Look, Grandpa, it’s useless! ”

"Watch the basket,” said the grandfather.

For the first time the boy found the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a ______ one, inside and out.

“Boy, you might not understand or remember ______ when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be ______, inside and out. That’s what you get from it.”

1.A.son B.father C.grandfather D.grandmother

2.A.time B.place C.use D.habit

3.A.house B.beach C.bridge D.river

4.A.if B.because C.until D.before

5.A.difficult B.interesting C.possible D.popular

6.A.playing B.trying C.jumping D.studying

7.A.sadly B.hopefully C.shyly D.carefully

8.A.white B.clean C.small D.long

9.A.somebody B.something C.anybody D.everything

10.A.different B.relaxed C.serious D.worried

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