题目内容
Not______,the process of wedding ceremony varies widely from culture to culture.
A.obviously B.surprisingly
C.particularly D.normally
B
解析:
考查副词的辨析。根据语境和常识可推知B项正确。
About 45 percent of Americans don’t get enough sleep, according to a recent survey. However, the benefits of getting enough sleep far outweigh the thrill of watching TV for one more hour or surfing the web. Getting a better night’s sleep will help you lose or keep your weight more effectively. Try these simple steps to improve your quality of sleep.
Take time to relax
So many of us go-go-go until it’s time for bed, but it’s important to take time to slow down and relax before sleeping. Do relaxing things, such as listening to soothing (抚慰的) music or deep breathing. Avoid stimulating (刺激的) activities such as writing e-mails, talking on the phone and watching TV. Some guidelines (指导方针): no e-mail after 8 p.m. and no TV or phone calls after 9 p.m..
Darker is better
Your body regulates your sleep cycle in response to the presence and absence of light, so dim the lights as evening approaches. Try getting ready for bed by candlelight. When you’re ready to sleep, make sure your room is as dark as possible.
Put your thoughts to bed
We all need time to process our day, but bed is not the place to do it if you want to sleep well. Take 10 to 15 minutes to record your thoughts in a journal. This effective technique will capture what’s in your mind so you don’t lie awake. Tell yourself you’re putting your thoughts to bed so that you can go to bed.
No sugar or alcohol before bed
These may wake you up. If you need a snack before bed, make it protein.
Try to get more sleep
Get an extra hour or two of sleep every night for a week and see how you feel. You’ll notice the difference!
【小题1】The purpose of writing this text is to ________________________.
| A.share some ways to slow down and relax before sleeping |
| B.guide readers to improve their quality of sleep |
| C.tell readers the importance of getting a good night’s sleep |
| D.publish the results of a recent survey on quality of sleep |
| A.we should keep our bedrooms in strong light before going to bed |
| B.writing a diary may excite us and influence our sleep |
| C.we should never get up later on weekends than we do on weekdays |
| D.candlelight is a good choice for our bedrooms when we’re getting ready to sleep |
| A.inform us of the importance of sleeping |
| B.signal to our body it’s time to sleep |
| C.tell us to stop watching TV for making phone calls |
| D.tell us not to do stimulating activities |
“In wilderness(荒野) is the preservation of the world.” This is a famous saying from a writer regarded as one of the fathers of environmentalism. The frequency with which it is borrowed mirrors a heated debate on environmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved.
As John Sauven of Greenpeace UK points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild, the untouched; more than anything else, they speak of the nature that many people value most dearly. The urge to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation(开发) brings to such landscapes(景观) is real. Some of these wildernesses also perform functions that humans need—the rainforests, for example, store carbon in vast quantities. To Mr. Sauven, these “ecosystem services” far outweigh the gains from exploitation.
Lee Lane, a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute, takes the opposing view. He acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, such as water conservation. But that is not, he argues, a reason to avoid all human presence, or indeed commercial and industrial exploitation. There are ever more people on the Earth, and they reasonably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely struggle for survival. While the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in abundance. If they can be tapped without reducing the services those wildernesses provide, the argument goes, there is no further reason not to do so. Being untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others.
I look forward to seeing these views taken further, and to their being challenged by the other participants. One challenge that suggests itself to me is that both cases need to take on the question of spiritual value a little more directly. And there is a practical question as to whether wildernesses can be exploited without harm.
This is a topic that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reason. What position wilderness should enjoy in the preservation of the world obviously deserves much more serious thinking.
【小题1】John Sauven holds that________________.
| A.many people value nature too much |
| B.exploitation of wildernesses is harmful |
| C.wildernesses provide humans with necessities |
| D.the urge to develop the ecosystem services is strong |
| A.The exploitation is necessary for the poor people. |
| B.Wildernesses cannot guarantee better use of raw materials. |
| C.Useful services of wildernesses are not the reason for no exploitation. |
| D.All the characteristics concerning the exploitation should be treated equally. |
| A.Objective. | B.Disapproving. | C.Sceptical. | D.Optimistic. |
| A. | B. | C. | D. |