It is often necessary to release a fish, that is, set it free after catching, because it is too small, or you just don’t want to take it home to eat. In some cases, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive (存活) to bite again another day.

—When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.

  Don’t’ use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.

—Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Don’t wipe the scales (鱼鳞) off the   fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.

—Remove your hook (鱼钩) quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the   line and leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.

—Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water . Release the fish when it begins to   struggle and is able to swim.

—Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are   going to release a fish, do so right away.

With a little care and by following the suggestions given above, you can give the released fish a better chance of survival. 

People sometimes set a fish free after catching it because they _________

   A. don’t want it to die                B. hope it will grow quickly

   C. don’t want to have it as food         D. want to practice their fishing skills

Which of the following will probably make a fish ill?

   A. Taking the hook off it.             B. Removing its scales.

   C. Touching its eves                 D. Holding it in your hand.

A proper way to release a fish is to _________.

   A .move it in water till it can swim          B. take the hook out of its stomach

   C. keep it in a bucket for some time         D. let it struggle a little in your hand

What is the purpose of the test?

   A. To show how to enjoy fishing.          B. To persuade people to fish less often.

   C. To encourage people to set fish free.     D. To give advice on how to release fish.

“Big boys don’t cry.” I heard those words a lot   36  up in America in the late sixties and early seventies. In those days men were expected to be   37  and rugged and never shed a tear no matter what. Our   38  were all stone faced cowboys who were too   39  to cry. Believing this then I tried my best   40  to cry at all during my teenage and early adult years.

All that changed,   41 , as I was driving home alone one night shortly after my Mom   42 . It was dark and raining outside. I was struggling to   43  the car on the road while at the same time   44  to hold the tears back in my eyes. I remember almost going off the road twice as I blinked back (眨眼控制) the salty water that was burning my   45  and blurring (使模糊) my vision. My hands shook, my heart   46 , and my soul felt dead.   47  I could do it no longer. I stopped, pulled over, lay my head on the steering wheel, and   48 . I cried until the tears couldn’t fall anymore. I cried until the pain that I was holding onto so   49  finally fled my heart.

After that night I   50  something. Big boys do cry.   51 , it is the biggest hearts that cry the most. I realized too that it is our   52  that can release us from our anger and our grief while   53  us to our love and our God. Tears help us to embrace this often bittersweet life. They help us to keep growing   54  to each other in love and joy instead of   55  ourselves up in dull, aching, and lonely hearts.

1.

A.hurrying

B.growing

C.rising

D.getting

 

2.

A.tough

B.cold

C.independent

D.active

 

3.

A.leaders

B.neighbors

C.heroes

D.fathers

 

4.

A.strict

B.strong

C.stubborn

D.eager

 

5.

A.still

B.always

C.hardly

D.never

 

6.

A.otherwise

B.therefore

C.however

D.instead

 

7.

A.left

B.died

C.returned

D.disappeared

 

8.

A.keep

B.hold

C.fix

D.move

 

9.

A.hopping

B.learning

C.managing

D.struggling

 

10.

A.arms

B.feet

C.eyes

D.hairs

 

11.

A.hurt

B.sank

C.froze

D.stopped

 

12.

A.Actually

B.Finally

C.Naturally

D.Immediately

 

13.

A.faded

B.slept

C.rested

D.cried

 

14.

A.secretly

B.carefully

C.strongly

D.firmly

 

15.

A.realized

B.picked

C.gained

D.lost

 

16.

A.At least

B.In fact

C.In all

D.As usual

 

17.

A.love

B.sweat

C.tears

D.relation

 

18.

A.helping

B.changing

C.removing

D.reconnecting

 

19.

A.closer

B.higher

C.richer

D.shorter

 

20.

A.catching

B.shutting

C.picking

D.wrapping

 

短文填词(每小题1分,满分10分)

阅读下面短文,根据以下要求:1)汉语提示;2)首字母提示;3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

Fishing is my favourite sport. 

I often fish for hours without c_______ anything.                          1._______

B____ this does not worry me. Some fishermen                           2 ._______

are unlucky. I_______ of catching fish, they catch                          3._______

old boots and___(垃圾). I am even less lucky.                             4._______

I ______catch anything -- not even old boots.                             5._______

After having s______ whole mornings on the river,                         6._______

I always go home with an ___ (空的)bag. 'You must give up fishing!'          7._______

my friends say. 'It's a w­­­______ of time.' But they don't realize                8._______

one important thing. I'm not really interested ______fishing.                 9._______

I just enjoy ___(坐) in a boat and doing nothing at all!                    10._______

 

第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My husband hasn’t stopped laughing about a funny thing that happened to me. It is funny now but it wasn’t at that time.

Last Friday, after doing all family   31    in town, I wanted a rest   32    catching the train, so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the    33   coffee shop—that cheap, self–service place with long    34    to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to   35    a place, and went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in the next   36    . It was one of those wild-looking youngsters,   37    dark glasses and worn clothes, and    38   colored bright red at the front. Not so unusual these days. What did    39    me was that he had started to eat my chocolate.

Naturally, I was annoyed. However, to avoid    40    —and really I was rather   41   

about him, I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee, and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me   42    , then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could   43     believe it. Still I didn’t dare to   44   an argument. When he took a    45    piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece”. And I got it.

The boy    46    me a strange look, then stood up. As he left he shouted out,” This   47    is crazy.” Everyone stared. That was embarrassing(令人难堪的)enough, but it was worse when I finished my coffee and got ready to   48   . My face went red—as red as his hair—when I    49    I’d made a mistake. It wasn’t my chocolate that he had been taking. There was mine, unopened, just    50    my newspaper.

31. A. cooking                            B. running                    C. shopping                  D. reading     

32. A. after                          B. as                            C. while                D. before

33. A. airport                       B. park                         C. station               D. hotel

34. A. bridges                      B. tables                C. desks                D. fences

35. A. keep                         B. make                       C. take                         D. have

36. A. seat                          B. room                       C. chair                 D. door

37. A. on                             B. with                         C. by                           D. between

38. A. hair                          B. button               C. hands                D. eyes

39. A. frighten                            B. worry               C. encourage          D. surprise

40. A. matter                       B. thing                 C. trouble                     D. danger

41. A. difficult                        B. excited                     C. uneasy                     D. worried

42. A. quickly                      B. closely                     C. happily                    D. friendly

43. A. seldom                      B. nearly               C. almost               D. hardly

44. A. avoid                         B. follow               C. attack                D. make

45. A. second                       B. third                 C. fourth               D. fifth

46. A. took                         B. kept                         C. gave                        D. turned

47. A. woman                      B. man                         C. boy                          D. kid

48. A. run                         B. leave                 C. calm                        D. prepare

49. A. guessed                      B. regretted           C. said                         D. realized

50. A. in                              B. with                         C. under                D. for

 

 

In meditation(冥想),people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath.As they breathe in and out,they attend to their feelings.As thoughts go through their minds,they let them go.Breathe.Let go.Breathe.Let go.

According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre,Massachusetts,three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a marked change in how the brain allocates(分配)attention.It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside world.Expert meditators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli(刺激),like facial expressions.

The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training.People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice,everything from driving to playing the piano.The study has shown that meditating is good for the brain.It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being.

In an experiment,17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day.A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same period.Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters.As both groups looked for the numbers,their brain activity was recorded.

Everyone could catch the first number.But the brain recordings showed that the less experienced meditators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it,so they missed the second number.Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number,as if letting it go,which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number.This shows that attention can change with practice.

Just ask Daniel Levsion,who meditated for three months as part of the study.“I’m a much better listener,”he said.“I don’t get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying.”

1.The underlined word“them”in Paragraph 1 refers to         .

A.feelings          B.minds             C.people                D.thoughts

2.Meditators manage their daily tasks better because they         .

A.are given less pressure

B.allocate their attention better

C.have more stimuli for life

D.practice them more frequently

3.In the experiment,volunteers doing meditation for longer hours         .

A.were more likely to catch both of the numbers

B.were used to memorizing numbers in groups

C.usually ignored the first number observed

D.paid more attention to numbers than to letters

4.The study proves that         .

A.meditation improves one’s health

B.brain activity can be recorded

C.human attention can be trained

D.meditators have a good sense of hearing

 

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