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3. 除了在这儿等到雪停，我们没什么可做。
3. We have nothing to do but wait here until the snow stops.
A[2015唐山一中期末测评] There has been an outpouring of love for a 23-yeai^old disabled woman whose dog was killed in front of her while a groomer (美容师) tried to trim (修剪) its claws.
Calls and e-mails came from as far away as the Upper Peninsula and Arizona as well as Oakland and Macomb counties,offering Laurie Crouch,who used a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis (5更化症) ，everything from dogs to money,such as that from Jason Daly of Roseville who said, "I would like to buy her a new dog.” A story about the death of Crouch's pet,Gooch,was printed on the front page of Macomb Daily.Crouch said a man sat on the dog to trim its nails. Gooch died after one claw was trimmed.
Crouch yelled at the groomer to stop when she saw Gooch was struggling to breathe,but she said she was ignored. "If I could have walked,I would have put my hands on him and pulled him off my dog and physically stopped him,but I can't do that.”Gooch was not a trained service animal,but naturally helped Crouch by picking up things for her.
"This case is absolute animal abuse (虐待) ”，Larry Obrecht,division manager of the Oakland County Animal Shelter in Auburn Hills,said.
People who read the story contacted Oakland Press to offer help. A message,from Rebecca Amett of Giggles N Wiggles Puppy Rescue,in Roseville,said, "We have puppies to donate…and want to help the young woman who lost her service dog."
"When Gooch was with me,I was happy," Crouch said, "I think I can be hap?py again but no animal can replace Gooch. There's never going to be another Gooch out there but I think I will find a dog that can bring me joy again.”
1. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. A disabled woman's service dog.
B. A cruel groomer killed a disabled woman's dog.
C. People's love for a disabled woman who lost her dog.
D. A disabled woman who loves to have the dog as company.
2. People called and e-mailed to .
A. offer help and care to Laurie Crouch
B. give their angry voice to the groomer
C. offer a cure for Crouch's disease
D. tell Crouch how to punish the groomer
3. We can infer from the passage that .
A. Crouch refuses to take another dog
B. Crouch must be sad after losing her dog
C. Crouch has accepted another dog from a stranger
D. Crouch can live well without a dog's company
at all. She doesn't have a tail.
Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005,she was fighting for her life. "Is she going to make it?" her trainer,Abbey Stone,feared the worst. Grace did make it―but her tail didn't. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.
Over the past six years,she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way―like a fish!She pushed herself forward through the water by moving her peduncle from side to side.
The movements put harmful pressure on Grace's backbone. So a company of?fered to create a man-made tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn't hurt her.
The first time Grace wore the artificial tail,she soon shook it off and let it sink in the bottom of the pool. Now,she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time,others not at all. "The tail isn't necessary for her to feel comfortable," says Stone, "but it helps to keep that range of motion (动作) and build muscles (肌肉) .”
Now,the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month,Grace will star in Dolphin Tale,a film that focuses on her rescue and recovery. Her pro?gress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.
5. When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park,her trainer worried about her .
A. physical build
B. potential ability
C. chance of survival
D. adaptation to the surroundings
6. A man-made tail is created for Grace to .
A. let her recover faster
B. make her comfortable
C. adjust her way of swimming
D. help her perform better tricks
7. The story of Grace inspires people to .
A. stick to their dreams
B. treat animals friendly
C. treasure what they have
D. face difficulties bravely
all in all， in comfort， benefit from， cut out，congratulate sb on，
meet with， make fun of， adapt oneself to， in other words， have (no) access to，
1. So far many small factories have the new policies carried out last year.
2. Animals that the changed environment survived,but those that couldn't finally died out.
3. I soon found that the work I was doing had already been done by someone else. ， I was wasting my time.
4. Apart from being good at teamwork,he is tall,strong and athletic. ， he is the best choice for the coming basketball match.
5. Nobody wants ,especially in public.
6. Many people in Haiti died from the earthquake because they immediate rescue.
7. The doctor strongly advised his patient smoking because of his poor health.
8. I have received many calls my being promoted to be the sales manager.
9. My request the approval of my father. He had promised to buy a mountain bike for me.
10. Mr Brown has enough money so that he can live in the countryside.
Researchers at the University of California,San Francisco have discov?ered a gene that might explain why some people need less sleep than others. Experts say the finding opens the door into the study of sleep.
Even so,Ying-Hui Fu of the University of California? San Francisco says little is known about this basic human need. "We know very little about sleep. We don't know how our sleep is regulated," she said. "We don't know why some people need more sleep;why some people need less sleep;why most of us need eight hours of sleep;why,when we don't sleep,we don't function very well. We just don't know much about sleep at all.” Fu says sleep can be stimulated in humans when they drink alcoholic bev?erages or take sleeping pills. But she says no specific gene had been discovered that appeared to be involved in regulating sleep—until now.
Fu's research team found the sleep gene by accident while looking for a molecular mechanism (分子机制) .In the course of their studies,Fu says re?searchers identified a genetic mutation in people who go to bed at a normal time but sleep for only about six hours,feeling as refreshed when they wake up as those who appear to need eight hours or more of sleep.
Investigators genetically engineered mice to carry the mutation,and com?pared their sleep cycles and brain activity to others that did not have. They found that those with the gene slept less and were awake for longer periods of time. Mice with the mutation were also more energetic than normal mice,af?ter being deprived of sleep for 24 hours.
Although the gene mutation is thought to be extremely rare,Fu says it is a significant find for sleep researchers. "We essentially don't know anything about how sleep is regulated," she says. "But this gene is kind of opening a door for us to say, ' Now we have this gene and we know it affects human sleep quantity.，” Fu adds that the gene might be related to other medical conditions.
1. What have the researchers discovered?
A. How our sleep is regulated.
B. Why some people need less sleep than others.
C. Why most of us need eight hours of sleep.
D. Why we don't function very well.
2. According to the passage,we can know .
A. the gene can make the body awake longer
B. the gene extends people's sleep
C. the gene can improve people's sleep quality
D. the gene mutation can be found in each one
3. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. People need right sleep
B. Gene and sleep
C. Researchers discover the secret of sleep
D. Researchers discover the gene that affects sleep
1. They (别无选择) but to move.
8. (怎样解决这个问题) is very important.
7. I will do some voluntary work for our (社区) this summer.
8. At present many young people tend to (定居在) the town instead of the country.
