【题目】Twelve years ago, a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco, California, visited the Sabah rain forest on Malaysian Borneo. In one area of the rain forest, he watched a bird flying through the trees. The beautiful sight left quite an impression on him. But weeks later, back home, Rhett Butler got the news that trees had been cut down in the area he visited.

That experience led Rhett Butler to begin writing a book about rainforests and the threats to their existence. But he did not publish the book. Instead, in 1999,he used his research for the book to create a website. The site is Mongabay, com. His purpose was to inform the public about tropical rain forests. But the subject quickly developed. As a former businessman , he became a respected writer of science and environmental stories.

The popularity of Mongabay. com attracted advertisers. Small ads on the site pay for its operations. Mongabay. com has grown and led to other sites. For example, there is a site for children which is called kids, Mongabay. com. Another one, Wild Madangascar. org, is also about the island nation that Rhett Butler calls his favorite place.

To keep his website going, he travels around the world on several major trips each year. His working tools are a laptop computer, cameras and sometimes diving equipment. He often calls on experts for information. For example, he interviewed Alison Jolly, a top experts on lemurs (狐猴). He interviewed Rodney Jackson, a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy.

Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers, students and teachers. In April, Time, com named it one of the fifteen top climate and environment websites in the world.

【1】 What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Rhett Butler and his website.

B. Rainforest on Malaysian Borneo.

C. How Rhett Butler protected rare animals.

D. How Rhett Butler made his website popular.

【2】 Rhett Butler didn't publish his book about rain forests because __________

A. making websites earns more money than writing books

B. he didn't want to become a writer

C. the book was not about rain forest protection

D. he wanted to use the information to create a website

【3】 Which of the followings is NOT true about the Mongabay. com?

A. It was set up in 1999.

B. It attracted many advertisers.

C. At least two related websites grew from it.

D. Rhett Butler made a lot of money from it.

【4】 To keep his website going, Rhett Butler __________.

A. kept visiting the rain forest

B. traveled around and interviewed experts

C. raised rare snow leopards

D. made a great number of advertisements

【5】 We can learn from the passage that __________.

A. Mongabay. com was loved by researchers as well as students

B. kids. Mongabay. com has many stories written by kids

C. Wild Madagascar, org is better known than Mongabay. com

D. Rodney Jackson was once a businessman

【题目】Camilla Broomstick, a missing Camden –area woman, was reported found inside her damaged Chevrolet Malibu Sunday afternoon in a County near Camden New Jersey, at the bottom of an embankment(路堤) off a highway, according to authorities. Her car, turned upside down, was spotted by a passer-by who had stopped to view scenery and noticed something shining and what looked like a body, authorities said. When emergency responders arrived, they found Broomstick alive inside her severely damaged car. The vehicle rested upside down after flying 120 feet off the highway and rolling an additional 200 feet into an aspen woods.

“The crash alone would have killed her,” New Jersey State Trooper Dean Enoch said. “It's surprising that she survived the crash at all, and then to be down there for that amount of days without food or water.”

Earlier Monday, the family released a statement at the hospital thanking emergency responders who rushed Broomstick to the hospital and to the man who found her and notified authorities.

“We sincerely appreciate all the thoughts, prayers and kind gestures from the community during such a hard time for our family,” the statement read. “While we're hopeful of her prognosis(愈后), Camilla was seriously injured and with multiple internal and external injuries. Later this afternoon Camilla will be undergoing surgery here to amputate(截肢) both of her feet. Doctors were not able to save her feet due to the serious injuries. Camilla is in critical but stable condition at this time and has a very long road ahead.”

In the statement, family members mentioned reports that Broomstick wrote a request for help on an umbrella she pushed out the car window. “We cannot comment on that right now because we have not seen the umbrella,” the statement said. Family members also asked that the public respect their privacy.

【1】Who found the severely damaged car?

A. The authorities. B. A passer-by.

C. Emergency responders. D. Her families.

【2】Where was the damaged car when it was found?

A. 200 feet from the high way. B. 120 feet from the high way.

C. 220 feet from the high way. D. 320 feet from the high way.

【3】What can we know from the passage ?

A. Camilla Broomstick was lucky to survive.

B. Camilla Broomstick had a strong will.

C. Camilla Broomstick had a good body.

D. Camilla Broomstick was bad in driving.

【4】What is implied in the last two paragraphs?

A. Broomstick’s family are grateful for the doctors.

B. Broomstick’s family are not sure about the umbrella.

C. Broomstick’s family are worried about her legs.

D. Broomstick’s family are not willing to be disturbed.

【题目】If you put a buzzard(秃鹰) in a pen(围栏) six to eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be a prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten to twelve feet. Without space to run, it will not even attempt to fly, but remain a prisoner for life in a small prison with no top.

The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is to shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight height from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.

A bumblebee (大黄蜂), if dropped into an open tumbler(平底玻璃杯), will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but insists on trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists until it completely destroys itself.

In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that the answer is right there above them.

【1】Why does a buzzard choose to stay in a pen?

A. Because it is safe to live there.

B. Because it gets used to living there.

C. Because it cannot take off within an limited area.

D. Because it lost its ability to fly.

【2】 The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means .”

A. to run slowly B. to move slowly

C. to pace slowly D. to fly slowly

【3】A bumblebee will completely destroy itself for .

A. it does not look for a way out above

B. it is dropped into an open cage

C. it does not try to find a way to escape

D. it hurts itself while flying

【4】 In which way are many people similar to a buzzard, an ordinary bat and a bumblebee?

A. They are overcoming all their problems and frustrations.

B. They are all content with the things as they are.

C. They choose to give in to problems and frustrations.

D. They do not seek new ways to deal with difficulties.

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