题目内容
—Are you ready to leave??
—Almost, I’ll be ready to go just as soon as I _______ putting the clean dishes away.?
A. get through B. give up
C. carry out D. set about?
A?
解析:
根据上下文，空格的意思应为“做完某事”。错选C、D两项者，是对短语动词掌握不熟，不知道carry out 有“开展、进行” 之意，而set about 则是“着手做某事”。
对话填空 (满分10分)
| K=Kathy M=Mum M: Kathy, have you decided what you’re going to do in the vacation? K: I need to (76) e______ some money. I’d try to find a job looking after children. What do you think, Mum? It’s not an easy job and you don’t have any (77)p??????______ knowledge about (78) c______. Some children could be noisy and(79) b_______ behaved. Do you have any other ideas? K: Not (80) r________. I don’t think much of the jobs I’ve seen (81) a________ in the newspaper. (A week later) M: Kathy, are you still looking for a children job? K: No, Mum. I (82) m______ to tell you earlier. I’ve been offered a job in the office of the local computer factory and it’s well (83) p______. I’ve decided to take it and will start on Monday. M: Good! Tell me more (84) d______ about the job. K: I will work as a (85) s_______, typing letters, answering phone calls and so on. M: You will find it busy and boring, so you need to be patient and careful. K: Thank you, Mum. I’ll try my best. | 76．_____________ 77．_____________ 78．_____________ 79．_____________ 80．_____________ 81．_____________ 82．____________ 83．____________ 84．____________ 85．____________ |
Ban Fur? Then Why Not Leather?
Much to the displeasure of some local businesses, the City Council in West Hollywood, California, voted without opposition last week to ban the sale of fur products. Should laws be involved in this issue? Is it unfair to ban sales of fur, but not sales of leather and hides (兽皮)?
Animals Do Not Have Rights
By Tibor R. Machan
My view is that animals do not have basic rights. It is a matter of ethics (伦理学) and not of the laws of human societies. If animals had such rights as human beings do, they would have to be held responsible for killing fellow animals in the wild. That way of thinking about animals makes a category mistake. Using animals, including their fur or organs, to improve people's lives is acceptable.
A Small Step Against Cruelty
By Kate Carter
Both fur and leather are the skins of dead animals. Why should we think that the lovable furry ones deserve more of a life than the less pleasing ones? Some say leather is less cruel because it's a byproduct (副产品) of the meat industry. But this isn't really true. Some cheap leather may be a byproduct of the meat industry, but often it's the other way round. In South Africa, where there is a developing market for ostrich(鸵鸟)farms, the skins account for roughly 80 percent of the slaughtered (宰杀)birds' value, a mere 20 percent of which comes from the meat.
"Who" Are You Wearing?
By Marc Bekoff
West Hollywood's ban is a move in the right direction. However, we must work to ban the sales of leather and hides, too. Furs come from animals who are attacked to become clothing, while some leather and hides come from slaughterhouse(屠宰场) animals. We must remember that when people choose to wear fur, leather and hides, they are wearing formering conscious beings. So it's a matter of who they are wearing, not what they are wearing because these animals must be referred to as who and not what or that.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?
| A．West Hollywood's ban on fur products. |
| B．Differences between fur and leather sales. |
| C．The government's role in protecting animals. |
| D．The ecological imbalance in West Hollywood. |
| A．laws should be passed to protect animals |
| B．humans are respornsible for killing animals |
| C．it is not reasonable to use animals to improve life |
| D．animals and humans aren't supposed to share equal rights |
| A．Both are decided by the meat industry. |
| B．There is little distinction (区别) between them. |
| C．Wearing fur is generally more acceptable. |
| D．Wearing leather is cheaper than wearing fur. |
| A．Sympathetic. | B．Careless. | C．Tolerant. | D．Opposed. |