题目内容
When Lucy and Maria Aylmer tell people they are twins, disbelief is the response. The 18-year-olds from Gloucester, U.K. are two of the five children born to their Caucasian (白种人的) father and "half-Jamaican" mother. While their other siblings (brothers and sisters) have a blend (混合) of features from their parents who have different skin colours, Lucy and Maria are unique: Lucy has fair skin and red hair, while Maria has brown skin and dark hair.
"No one ever believes we are twins because I am white and Maria is black," Lucy said. "Even when we dress alike, we still don't look like sisters, let alone twins. When we meet friends for the first time they all refuse to believe we are twins and some have even made us produce our birth certificates to prove that we are really twins."
Unlike identical (同卵的) twins, fraternal twins are bom from two separate eggs. The BBC reports that for a biracial (双人种的) couple expecting twins, there is about a 1 in 500 chance those twins will have different skin colors.
The Aylmers are proud of their uniqueness.
"Now we have grown older, even though we still look so different, the bond between us is much stronger," Lucy said. "Now we are proud of the fact that we are each other's twin sister. Maria loves telling people at college that she has a white twin sister — and I'm very proud of having a black twin sister, too."
1.Lucy and Maria are unique because _______.
A. they are fraternal twins
B. their siblings are all black
C. they are hybrids of multi-racial parents
D. they are twins with different skin colours
2.How do people usually react to the twins' physical appearances?
A. They think it possible.
B. They joke about them.
C. They find it unbelievable.
D. They regard them as lucky dogs.
3.What can we learn about Maria from the text?
A. She comes from Jamaica.
B. She was born of biracial parents.
C. She bears mainly features other father.
D. She shares a birth certificate with her twin sister.
For: Doug Smith, Director of wolf recovery, Yellowstone National Park In the world today there is so much we are losing; more and more species disappear from the earth every year. The time has come to put something back，to restore to treat some of the old wounds enforced on nature over the years. Wolves are animals killing and eating other animals in North America. They play an important role in keeping the continent healthy. Most places don’t have enough wild country to make their restoration possible, which means it’s even more important to restore wolves where conditions are right, places like Yellowstone, which has both a high level of wildness, as well as abundant creatures that wolves hunt and eat for living. Some who oppose wolf restoration have a human centered point of view that the earth is here for humans, we can use it whenever we want and for whatever purpose. But wolves offer us a chance to live another way—a way to learn to live with other life forms. | Against: Larry Bouret, Vice President, Wyoming Farm Bureau What does wolf introduction to Yellowstone mean? To the average citizen it probably just means introducing wolves to Yellowstone. There would be no unfavorable effects because few people live near Yellowstone. But to farmers it means introducing wolves, which wander over vast areas—in and out of the park—onto their farms. Wolves eat meat—as in the cattle, sheep that keep farmers in business. Introduction apparently also means lawsuits by environmental groups attempting to remove livestock from federal lands. To farmers, who own private lands in the same area, it means the possibility of financial ruin. To farmers it is a form of land use restrictions. To farmers introducing wolves means taking away the farmers’ livelihoods without just compensation. Why do people not want a nuclear power plant built in their backyard? For the same reason farmers do not want wolves introduced into their backyard. |
1.What are the two passages mainly about?
A. Whether to remove livestock away from federal lands.
B. Whether to introduce wolves to Yellowstone.
C. How to increase the number of wolves.
D. How to keep the balance of nature.
2.According to the passage Doug Smith is _______.
A. a national park administrator.
B. a wildlife conservationist.
C. an enthusiastic hunter.
D. a private land owner.
3.What are the farmers concerned about?
A. Being controlled by wolves.
B. Having to sell their farmland.
C. Suffering heavy financial loss.
D. Being forced to leave their homes.
4.Why does Larry Bouret mention “nuclear power plant”?
A. To summarize his opinion.
B. To make his view persuasive.
C. To tell the danger of nuclear power plant.
D. To introduce the background of wolf recovery.