It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.    
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to the sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning

  1. 1.

    From paragraph I we learn that the villagers ______.

    1. A.
      worked very hard for centuries
    2. B.
      dreamed of having a better life
    3. C.
      were poor but somewhat content
    4. D.
      lived a different life from their forefathers
  2. 2.

    Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

    1. A.
      the frogs were easy money
    2. B.
      They needs money to buy medicine
    3. C.
      they wanted to please the visitors
    4. D.
      the frogs made too much noise
  3. 3.

    What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

    1. A.
      the crops didn’t do well
    2. B.
      there were too many insects
    3. C.
      the visits brought in diseases
    4. D.
      the pesticides were overused
  4. 4.

    What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?

    1. A.
      Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country
    2. B.
      Health is more important than money
    3. C.
      The harmony between man and nature is important
    4. D.
      good old day will never be forgotten

In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, there is major difference between two of the characters, Brutus and Mark Antony, Brutus was very honorable and Antony was very persuasive. When Brutus spoke at Caesar’s funeral, he appealed to the people’s logic and Antony spoke to the emotions of the people. Antony was very smart and used his brain frequently during the play and Brutus was very naive(天真的,率直的) about many of things.
Brutus was very honorable in the way that he always told people the truth. Antony was persuasive in the way that he used people to get whatever he wanted. For example, Antony used Lepidus to seek revenge on all of the conspirators (同谋者,阴谋者) to take the blame for their deaths. Brutus’ speech at Caesar’s funeral was very short and to the point and spoke to the logic of the people in the crowd. For example, Brutus spoke in a detached way about Caesar’s death while Antony spoke to the emotions of the crowd by crying and talking about all the good things that Caesar did for Rome. Antony’s intelligence was very apparent throughout the play and Brutus appeared to be naive about many things. Antony as smart in the way that he controlled people to his own advantage. Brutus appeared to be naive throughout the whole play because he believed everyone was as honorable as he. Brutus did not question what he was told, assuming it was always true.
In conclusion, in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, there is a major difference between the two characters, Brutus and Mark Antony. The strongest contrast between the two characters appears to be their ability and inability to be both honorable and persuasive.

  1. 1.

    The author wrote this passage by _____

    1. A.
      number            
    2. B.
      contrast                   
    3. C.
      question                  
    4. D.
      narration
  2. 2.

    A lot of difference is mentioned in the passage between _____

    1. A.
      Shakespeare and Antony                  
    2. B.
      Julius and Antony
    3. C.
      Brutus and Antony                               
    4. D.
      Julius and Brutus
  3. 3.

    Which of the following adjectives can be used to describe Antony’s character?

    1. A.
      Honorable and naïve                       
    2. B.
      Persuasive and smart
    3. C.
      Honorable and smart              
    4. D.
      Simple and frank
  4. 4.

    What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined “to the point”?

    1. A.
      离题的                  
    2. B.
      中肯的            
    3. C.
      优美的                   
    4. D.
      动听的
  5. 5.

    From the passage, we can conclude that ______

    1. A.
      Shakespeare was a great scientist         
    2. B.
      Shakespeare was a well-known musician
    3. C.
      Shakespeare was a famous artist      
    4. D.
      Shakespeare was a famed playwright

For years experts have argued that poor households are consuming less nourishing food than the rest of the population.
But a survey of some of the lowest earners in Britain shows the nutritional value of what they eat is little different to everyone else.
In fact, the same deficiencies in diet were shared by all the population and the findings suggest that poor eating choices are far more widespread than previously suspected - affecting many wealthier families.
These included low fruit and vegetable consumption, not eating enough oily fish and eating too much saturated fat and sugar.
“This is a large and significant study and it shows we are all eating just as bad a diet as each other,” said Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University.
The poorest families were eating only slightly more sugar and slightly less fruit and vegetables, according to the study of 3,728 respondents in the bottom of the population.
Alison Tedstone, head of nutritional science at the Food Standard Agency, said: “ Overall, people on low incomes have less than ideal diets, but their diets are only slightly worse than those of the rest of the population.”
The study also showed that low earners are choosing to eat unhealthily. Their food choices were not linked to their income, their access to shops or their cooking skills.
The findings appear to contradict assumptions that the poor cannot afford healthier foods or are too far away from shops that sell them.
The Low Income Nutrition and Diet Survey showed that like the rest of the population, the poor's daily fruit and vegetable intake on average is below the recommended five portions. Fewer than 10 per cent of respondents hit this target, while around 20 per cent ate less than a portion per day.
More than three quarters (76 per cent) of men and 81 per cent of women did less than one 30-minute session of moderate or vigorous exercise per week.
Some 45 per cent of men and 40 per cent of women were smokers.
This compares with 28 per cent of men and 24 per cent of women in the general population.

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, which of the following is true?

    1. A.
      Whether the poor or the rich maybe have a bad diet.
    2. B.
      Even the poor can enjoy enough fruit and fish consumption.
    3. C.
      Only the poor have a bad diet.
    4. D.
      The study was conveyed in both the rich and the poor.
  2. 2.

    What kind of persons maybe eat most sugar?

    1. A.
      The rich.
    2. B.
      Men.
    3. C.
      The poorest.
    4. D.
      Women
  3. 3.

    From the passage, we can learn __________.

    1. A.
      the poor choose unhealthy food because of low income
    2. B.
      having no access to shops also leads to the poor’s bad diet
    3. C.
      the poor’s daily fruit intake is as much as general people
    4. D.
      the number of smokers in the poor is bigger than that in general people
  4. 4.

    What’s the best title of the passage?

    1. A.
      The poor’s healthy problem.
    2. B.
      Keep off junk food.
    3. C.
      How to have a good diet.
    4. D.
      A diet survey.

Skeptics are a strange lot. Some of them refuse to admit the serious threat of human activities to the environment, and they are tired of people who disagree with them. Those people, say skeptics, spread nothing but bad news about the environment. The “eco-guilt” brought on by the discouraging news about our planet gives rise to the popularity of skeptics as people search for more comforting worldviews.
Perhaps that explain why a new book by Bjorn Lomborg received so much publicity. That book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, declares that it measures the “real state of the world” as fine. Of course, another explanation is the deep pockets some big businesses with special interests. Indeed, Mr. Lomborg’s views are similar to those of some Industry-funded organizations, which start huge activities though the media to confuse the public about issues like global warming.
So it was strange to see Mr. Lomborg’s book go largely unchallenged in the media though his beliefs were contrary to most scientific opinions. One national newspaper in Canada ran a number of articles and reviews full of words of praise, even with the conclusion that “After Lomborg, the environmental movement will begin to die down.”
Such one-sided views should have immediately been challenged. But only a different review appeared in Nature, a respected science magazine with specific readership. The review remarked that Mr. Lomborg’s “preference for unexamined materials is incredible (不可信的)”。
A critical (批判的) eye is valuable, and the media should present information in such a way that could allow people to make informed decisions. Unfortunately, that is often inaccessible as blocked by the desire to be shocking or to defend some special interests. People might become half-blind before a world partially exhibited by the media. That’s a shame, because matters concerning the health of the planet are far too important to be treated lightly.

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, which of the following may be regarded as “skeptics”?

    1. A.
      People who agree on the popularity of “eco-guilt”.
    2. B.
      People who disbelieve the serious situation of our planet.
    3. C.
      People who dislike the harmful effect of human activities.
    4. D.
      People who spread comforting news to protect our environment.
  2. 2.

    Which of the following can be a reason for the popularity of Lomborg’s books?

    1. A.
      Some big businesses intend to protect their own interests.
    2. B.
      The book challenges views about the fine state of the world.
    3. C.
      The author convinces people to seek comforting worldviews.
    4. D.
      Industry–funded media present confusing information.
  3. 3.

    The author mentioned the review in Nature in order to_____.

    1. A.
      voice a different opinion
    2. B.
      find fault with Lomborg’s book
    3. C.
      challenge the authority of the media
    4. D.
      point out the value of scientific views.
  4. 4.

    What is the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?

    1. A.
      To encourage the skeptics to have a critical eye.
    2. B.
      To warn the public of the danger of half–blindness with reviews.
    3. C.
      To blame the media’s lack of responsibility in presenting information.
    4. D.
      To show the importance of presenting overall information by the media.

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