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Every August on the island of Heimaey, young people often take a walk along the street throughout the night. Why their parents allow them to stay out ? The children of Heimaey are going to save young puffins ---- small black-and-white seabirds.
The cliffs（悬崖）above the town are home to a large group of puffins . The birds dig holes all around the cliffs . These holes are their homes. The young stay in the holes for about seven weeks. Then they begin to leave . Some move slowly on their undeveloped wings and feet down to the sea around Heimaey. There they swim, which they can do naturally , and learn to dive for fish . Others, however, may lose their way at night and find themselves in the town instead. On the ground, the young birds are in trouble. Because their wings are fully developed, they cannot take off quickly to sea and safety. The birds then become a good meal for cats and other animals .
For many years, islanders have help the young puffins. At night in late August, children carrying thick paper boxes and lights hurry out to catch puffins . They spend most of the night running after the birds. They put the birds they've caught into boxes and take good care of them .
The next morning the children take the puffins to the sea and set them free. The bird will live at sea until they are at least two years old. Then they will return to the cliffs to build homes of their own.
The children of Heimaey look forward to August !
16．Every August the children of Heimaey are allowed to stay out all night.    
A．to catch puffins and take them home  B．to save puffins from danger
C．to drive puffins away  D．to run after puffins for pleasure
17．The young puffins that lose their way are in the danger of ______.
A．being killed by hunters  B．knowing nothing about the sea
C．being eaten by animals  D．having no fish to eat
18．The children put the seabirds into boxes and ______.     
A．look after them carefully for several days, then set them free
B．set them free when they grow bigger and can take off to sea and safety
C．carry them to the sea right away to set them free
D．they don' t set them free until the next morning
19．The children look forward to August because ______.     
A．they enjoy playing the game of running after seabirds
B．it' s time for them to go out at night to save puffins
C．it' s time for them to catch seabirds
D．they like to stay out at night to catch puffins
20．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?   
A．Once a year the children are allowed to stay out at night to have a good time .
B．The earlier home for the young puffins is in the cliffs, not in the sand of shores .
C．Young puffins make their way down to the sea when they are about seven weeks old.
D．The young birds that get to the sea will stay there for at least two years before they return to the cliffs .


【小题1】B
【小题2】C
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
【小题5】A

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If you would like to receive an email advising you of the next recruitment(招募) intake, please email tourism@melbourne.vic.gov.au. 
Information about volunteering with Tourism Melbourne
Volunteers play a vital role in the City of Melbourne’s tourism services. They provide information on Melbourne to around two million visitors each year. Their love and knowledge of the city and regional Victoria adds to Melbourne's reputation as a friendly, welcoming and culturally vibrant (有活力的) city.
The City of Melbourne’s tourism branch generally conducts two volunteer recruitment intakes each year for the following tourism programs:

  • City Ambassadors
  • Melbourne Visitor Booth at Bourke Street Mall
  • Melbourne Visitor Centre at Federation Square 
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第一节   passionate about Melbourne
第二节   customer service focused
第三节   familiar with computer
第四节   available for one four-hour shift (either morning or afternoon) each week for a minimum of one year
第五节   team players who love meeting with people
第六节   able to demonstrate a commitment to the City of Melbourne’s values(as outlined in the online application)
More information
To find out more about becoming a tourism volunteer, contact us online or phone 03 9658 9658.
For other volunteering opportunities, see national volunteer recruitment website Go Volunteer.
【小题1】Where will you most probably read the above passage?
A．In classified tourism advertisements.
B．In a radio report of a tourism program.
C．In a book review about volunteering.
D．On a local government website.
【小题2】Which of the following is NOT one of the requirements for a volunteer?
A．Owning a driver’s license.
B．Enjoying meeting people.
C．Having computer skills.
D．A four-hour shift each week.
【小题3】 It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A．the program’s recruitment takes place every two years
B． Go Volunteer offers more information about Melbourne’s volunteer program
C．if you know Melbourne well, you are sure to be admitted as a tourism volunteer
D．even though you are interested in the program, you can’t be its member right now
【小题4】What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Does Volunteering Pay Back?
B．Welcome to the City of Melbourne!
C．Tourism Volunteer Program.
D．Interest and Tourism Volunteering.


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C.Chinese people feel a special sympathy for Haitians because we have the same experiences.
D.The flows of aid from the world has been managed well.
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A.people among countries have close relations
B.earthquake is a natural disaster, people respect human lives, and show common feelings to people in trouble
C.people should be responsible
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     This was the year the Earth struck back.
     Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, snow storms, landslides and droughts killed
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killed worldwide by natural disasters this year than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years
combined.
     "It just seemed like it was back-to-back and it came in waves," said Craig Fugate, who heads the U.S.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. It handled a record number of disasters in 2010.
     And we have ourselves to blame most of the time, scientists and disaster experts say.
     Even though many catastrophes have the ring of random chance, the hand of man made this a particularly
deadly, costly, extreme and weird (古怪的) year for everything from wild weather to earthquakes.
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be. More people live in poverty in vulnerable (脆弱的) buildings in crowded cities. That means that when the
ground shakes, the river breaches, or the tropical cyclone hits, more people die.
     Disasters from the Earth, such as earthquakes and volcanoes "are pretty much constant," said Andreas
Schraft, vice president of catastrophic perils for the Geneva-based insurance giant Swiss Re."All the change
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     The January earthquake that killed well more than 220,000 people in Haiti is a perfect example. Port-au-
Prince has nearly three times as many people - many of them living in poverty-and more poorly built shanties
than it did 25 years ago. So had the same quake hit in 1985 instead of 2010, total deaths would have probably
been in the 80,000 range, said Richard Olson, director of disaster risk reduction at Florida International
University.
     In February, an earthquake that was more than 500 times stronger than the one that struck Haiti hit an area
of Chile that was less populated, better constructed, and not as poor. Chile's bigger quake caused fewer than
1,000 deaths.
     Climate scientists say Earth's climate also is changing, bringing extreme weather, such as heat waves and
flooding.
     In the summer, one weather system caused oppressive heat in Russia, while farther south it caused flooding
in Pakistan that inundated 161,200 square kilometers, about the size of Wisconsin. That single heat-and-storm
system killed almost 17,000 people, more people than all the worldwide airplane crashes in the past 15 years.
     Scientists have calculated that the killer Russian heat wave-setting a national record of 43.9℃-would
happen once every 100,000 years without global warming.
1. What is responsible for the most human deaths in 2010?
A. Natural disasters.
B. Terrorist attacks.
C. Poor buildings.
D. Too rapid development.
2. According to Andreas Schraft, _____.
A. earthquakes are happening more often because of human beings
B. earthquakes are causing more damage because of human beings
C. stronger houses should be built to limit storm damage
D. Port-au-Prince is now overpopulated
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A. list the natural disasters that occurred in 2010
B. give the details of some natural disasters of 2010
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A.University students' controlling the camera system.

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D.University students' investigating Earth from space.

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A.The astronauts.　　　　　　 B.The students.

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A.DR.Sally Ride explains the details of EarthKAM

B.Why the team at EarthKAM posts these photographs online.

C.EarthKAM provides a viewpoint that the astronauts have.

D.Brion Au explains the details of EarthKAM.

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