题目内容
This award winning image shows the extraordinary moment when a lemon shark stared into a lens(镜头)with an obvious cheeky grin(露齿的笑). Showing a close-up of a lemon shark’s face on the surface at sunset, it was recently selected from more than 20,000 photos as winner of the Oceans division of the international Nature’s Best Photography 2008 Windland Smith Rice Awards.
Amateur photographer Bruce Yates, snapped the named “Cheshire Cat Grin”(露齿笑的柠檬鲨) photograph in July last year in the Bahamas. 54-year-old Mr Yates, from Seattle, said, “My wife and I were on a boat trip to see and dive with sharks in the northwest part of the
“The shark was roughly eight feet long and only a few inches from my camera.” describes Bruce, “However, I was not actually in the water for that photo ― it was taken when I was sitting on the boat, holding my camera partly in water. Dozens of lemon sharks were around the boat competing for small bits of fish. The sunset is visible in the background.”
“Although this particular photo makes it look like the shark is smiling, it is really just closing its mouth after trying to grab a bit of fish. It is an expression that I have never seen on a shark before, and I doubt whether I could get that shot again if I tried for the rest of my life.”
The lemon shark inhabits inshore waters from around
Bruce, who owns an investment management firm, first got into photography 15 years ago when he undertook a scuba diving course, and his passion for nature photography has led him to many remote parts of the world, from the Arctic Circle to the coral reefs of Indonesia.
63. According to the passage, ________.
A. the photo of “Cheshire Cat Grin” was taken in the morning
B. the photo was taken in water
C. the smiling shark in the photo is really just closing its mouth
D. Bruce is a professional photographer
64. We learn from the reading that ________.
A. lemon sharks are suitable for open water shark diving
B. lemon sharks live in deep water
C. there have only been 10 reported lemon shark attacks and deaths
D. lemon sharks have large teeth and are a great threat to humans
65. The underlined word “inshore” in the fifth paragraph can be replaced by ________.
A. faraway B. coastal C. deep D. wide
Unfortunately, George cannot be with us today so I am pleased to accept this award _______ him.
A.in honor of | B.take the place of | C.on behalf of | D.in favor of |
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers has been named the greenest one in the world by the travel and tourist organization Skaal International, reported the Danish news agency Ritzau on Monday.
The hotel has been awarded the EcoTourism Award for setting an environmental-friendly example to other hotels, said the report.
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers is located in the Copenhagen suburb of Oerestad and has the largest solar cell facility in the Nordic. This facility delivers energy to the hotel while Danish groundwater supplies cooling and heating in the air condition of the hotel.
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers
TV and lights in the hotel are all of energy-saving brands. Shampoo bottles, toothbrushes and washing accessories are biologically degradable, which means that the nature can easily absorb the materials.
The hotel restaurant is only buying local goods and the food leftovers are used for bioenergy as well as fertilizer. The fitness facilities also provide a green touch to the hotel, as the training bikes of the fitness center are linked to the power grid(电网) of the hotel, thereby providing free energy if any guest wishes to exercise. People who do contribute free energy this way are supposedly getting a free meal in the hotel restaurant. “It is the first time that a Danish hotel receives this award. I think our throughout green thinking is the reason why we have been awarded. It is all the small details, as well as the big picture,” says Allan Agerholm, the CEO of the hotel, in a press release.
?The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers opened its doors last year. Skaal International was founded in 1932 by travel managers and has approximately 20,000 members in 89 nations. It is an organization promoting global tourism.
【小题1】Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A.Hotel in Copenhagen named world’s greenest |
B.Copenhagen-the world’s greenest city |
C.Eco Tourism Award in Copenhagen |
D.The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers |
A.delivers green energy to the hotels in Nordic |
B.is located in the Copenhagen suburb not in the city center |
C.has the largest solar cell facility |
D.it sets an environmental-friendly example to other hotels |
A.rejected by people who don’t like it |
B.accepted by guests from all over the world |
C.absorbed easily by nature |
D.recycled by the nature |
A.It is free for those who like to exercise. |
B.It uses green power to drive. |
C.It generates free electricity while being used. |
D.It offers free meal to guests who use it. |
A.Another name for this green hotel. |
B.An organization promoting global tourism. |
C.The Danish news agency Ritzau. |
D.A branch hotel restaurant in Danmark. |