【题目】从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Spring is just around the corner and its a time to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. Here is a selection of festivals around the country that are a great excuse to get back in the spring sunshine.

Dana Point Festival of the Whales

Dana Point, California

March 7 to 8 and 14 to 15, 2010

Each year, over two sunny weekends in March the town of Dana Point, California celebrates the return of migratory California Gray whales to this part of the Pacific Ocean. Festivities include whale-watching, an arts festival and educational hands-on activities for the entire family. Prices start at $ 29 per adult and $ 19 for children. For more information, visit www.dpfestivalofwhales. com

Chandler Ostrich Festival

Chandler, Arizona

March 13 to 15, 2010

Chandler is the center of Ostrich(鸵鸟) ranching in the U.S. You can see jockeys ride these feathered beasts around the ostrich track at Tubleweed Park. General admission is $ 9 for adults, $ 8 for seniors, $ 7 for children aged five to 12 and kids four and under are free. For more information visit www.ostrich festival.com

Festival of Houses and Gardens

Charlestib, South Carolina

March 19 to April 18, 2010

The Historic Charleston Foundation gives curious travelers the opportunity to explore gardens of some of the finest private residences in America. Each three-hour tour(afternoons from 2 to 5 p.m. and evenings from 6 to 9 p.m.)lets you to visit eight to ten properties dating from the American colonial period. Prices range from $25 to $45. For more information, visit www.historic-charleston.org.

Tulip Time Festival

Holland, Michigan

May 1 to 9, 2010

You dont need to travel to the Netherlands this spring to see and smell some of the worlds finest tulips (郁金香). The town of Holland is home to millions of colorful bulbs. The 81st annual Tulip Time Festival, one of the largest flower festivals in the country will begin with fireworks on May 1. Admission fee ranges from $ 6 for the childrens area to $ 38 for theatre tickets. Tickets and more information are available at www.tuliptime.com.

【1】Which of the following is truer of Tulip Time Festival?

A. It is held in a town in the Netherlands.

B. It will start with fireworks on the first day.

C. It is the largest flower festival in the country.

D. It has been held every year for the past 81 years.

2A group of travelers who want to have fun in mid-April will go to ________.

A. Dana Point Festival of the whales

B. Chandler Ostrich Festival

C. Festival of Huouses and Gardens

D. Tulip Time Festival

3A couple with their 4-yer-old son will go whale-watching, they have to pay ________.

A. $58.B. $38.C. $48. D.$77.

【题目】从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Some people would have you believe that being fat is the worst thing you can be. They think that if a person is fat they have no life, no love, no reason to want to look good in their clothes. The sad thing is that many people who are fat do feel the same loathing toward themselves and others who are overweight or obese.

I know what Im talking about because I have been there. I have been that fat girl who wore big T-shirts to cover my sins. Forget style. Forget fashion sense. I absolutely had none. I didnt even bother getting haircuts for years, just wore my hair long and straight, pulled back in a ponytail, I have to wonder if the reason the fashion industry has ignored plus sized women and children for so long is because plus sized people, feeling they couldnt possibly look great, didnt bother shopping for new clothes, and therefore no profit was to be found by producing those sizes.

For me, the change that improved my outer look actually started with my outlook on life. I started by being grateful for all I do have, like great health, a stable family, a steady income, freedom, a decent home, the ability to see the trees turn orange in the fall, to hear my grandson humming in the back seat, to remember the great times Ive had in my life.

I started to focus on all the positive aspects of the life I already had. I actually started to feel the beauty of the Universe all around me and to realize that I am part of that perfection. The self loathing stopped. I noticed all the people in my life who loved me in spite of my size. I got off the pity pot and smiled at myself. I acknowledged my shame and embarrassment and moved through that too.

【1】We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.

A. a fat person is easy be taken away by others viewpoint

B. fat people always have a low opinion of themselves

C. fat people usually envy others who are slim

D. fat people usually have pity on each other

2According to the author, the fashion industry ________.

A. makes a lot of money by making clothes for fat people

B. does not bother to make clothes for fat people

C. targets on fat people mainly for the purpose of making profit

D. looking down upon fat people too

3What does the author think is the most important to lead a happy life?

A. Ones view on life.

B. The support and care from others.

C. Neglecting others views.

D. Focusing on ones inner beauty.

4The author is probably ________.

A. an expert at weight loss

B. a girl who is troubled by her weight

C. an old woman who is much careful with her appearance

D. an old lady who is happy with almost everything

【题目】从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Danger-junkie orangutans(猩猩) in Borneo climb dead trees and shake then until they begin to fall. They scream with excitement as they cling to the falling tree. Just before the tree hits the ground the orangutans leap to another tree or vine, narrowly escaping death. While no one cab ask orangutans if they enjoy it as a person playing an extreme sport, one animal behaviorist sees this monkey fun as a bit of harmless thrill-seeking.

A growing number of scientists agree that animals are conscious and capable of experiencing basic emotions(情感), such as happiness, sadness, boredom or depression. A few scientists even see the possibility for higher animal emotions like love, jealousy and spite.

Five years ago, behaviorist and animal-rights activist Dr. Jonathan Balcombe stood on a Virginia hotel balcony watching two crows intimately groom (清洁) each other in the comfort of an abandoned billboard. He felt that the birds liked what they were doing, even if engaged in a natural, beneficial act, such as picking parasites (寄生虫) off the others feathers. That moment changed the way he would view animals forever and led to a book, Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good, which is filled with hundreds of examples of animals living it up thanks to developed senses of touch, taste, sight, sound and smell.

Balcombe recounts a favorite example of Kenyan hippos (河马) having high-end spa treatment in a fresh water spring. They splay their toes, open their mouths wide and wait for a school of cleaner fish to remove parasites and slough off dead skin, he recalls. Balcombe knows that the hippos and the fish both benefit from this arrangement. My interpretation is that it is also enjoyable for them , he says.

1Danger-junkie orangutans shook the tree to ________.

A. get some fruits B. enjoy themselves

C. train their escaping skills D. frighten other animals

2The purpose of the first paragraph is to ________.

A. describe an unusual scene among animals

B. give an example that animals can experience pleasure

C. make a comparison between monkeys with humans

D. show that animals can avoid danger

3The passage leads us to the belief that _____.

A. animals can experience emotions

B. animals have a way to adapt to their environment

C. animals can copy what humans do

D. animals are only eat-or-be-eaten beasts

4We can conclude from the passage that ________.

A. only a few animals have emotions

B. Balcombes theory is not supported by other scientists

C. Balcombe has watched a lot of animals showing emotions

D. Balcombe can understand animal language

【题目】信息匹配(共1小题)

Article writing has been a way of conveying information through the web.If you’re a writer, being able to let them stay on your article for more than two seconds is already a success.Your writing style can create more readers for your content if you know how to capture the attention of readers.【1】 .

Be Direct-to-the-Point

Website writing differs from print writing.People do not want to spend much time on a website because they want to get the information they need.2 .

Be Informative

Articles for web content are briefly written.They flesh out the information without decorations.Be sure that your articles are not confusingly

worded.3 Make sure you organize your facts logically so that your reader can effectively process them.

Be Conversational

4 Be conversational so that readers can grasp what you mean in your article.With quality content,engage your readers so that your article will have that personal and human touch.

Be Connected

Most article writers just place sentences that state a certain fact to form a paragraph.However, in readers’hopes,these writers fail to establish a human connection.5 So it is important to make the connection smooth and not abrupt.

A.Stay away from decorations when writing online content.

B.Most readers like to read articles that“speak”to them.

C.Connection will allow the readers’minds to effectively process what is written.

D.Get to your point directly so that your readers can process the information.

E.Here are some important points to consider before writing online.

F.Article writing is a fun way of establishing/span> a connection with a reader and a writer.

G.Complex sentences tend to wrongly lead your reader and make them confused.

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