摘要:2039] Hidden by a big tree, his house was not to be seen. [译文] 由于隐藏在一棵大树后面.他的房屋是看不见的. A. as it was B. as it is C. as it did D. as he did [答案及简析] A. as 引导的让步状语从句.要倒装,主句是过去时态.当然从句的时态要和主句的一致.

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Scientists discovered 163 new species in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region last yearbut all are at risk of extinction due to climate changethe WWF said in a report released Friday.

The newly discovered creatures include a bird?eating frog with fangs (毒牙)a bird that would rather walk than fly and a gecko (壁虎) whose alien appearance inspired the report’s title of “Close Encounters”the conservation group said.

The report was released ahead of major UN talks on climate change in Bangkok next weekwhich are being held before a make?or?break summit in Copenhagen this December.

“Some species will be able to adapt to climate changeand many will notpotentially resulting in massive extinction” Stuart Chapmandirector of the WWF Greater Mekong programsaid in the report.“Rare and endangered species like those newly discovered are especially vulnerable (易受伤害的) because climate change will further shrink their already restricted habitats” he said.

“The new discoveries in 2010 include 100 plants,28 fish,18 reptiles,14 amphibians,2 mammals and a bird”the WWF report said.The area spans CambodiaLaosMyanmarThailandVietnam and China’s Yunnan Province.

“Among the new species is the bird?eating fanged frogwhich remains hidden in a protected area of Thailand despite the fact that scientists are studying there for 40 years” the report said.

The tiger?striped pit viper was discovered accidentally on an island off the coast of Vietnam when a scientist was looking? for a lizard and his son pointed out that his hand was on a rock right next to? the snake’s fangs.“We caught the snake and the gecko and they both proved to be new species” researcher Lee Grismer of La Sierra University in California was quoted as saying in the report.The leopard geckofound on another Vietnamese islandhas the coloring of a leopard and bizarre orangecat?like eyes and thin legs.

The Greater Mekong region has proved a rich area? for scientists.The WWF said in December 2010 that it had found 1,068 new species there between 1997 and 2009.

1. What is special about the newly discovered bird?

AIt usually walks.

BIt likes walking and flying.

CIt can eat other birds.

DIt can eat frogs.

2. Stuart Chapman believes that________.

Amost of the newly discovered species can adapt to climate change

Bclimate change can cause massive extinction of the newly discovered species

Cthe newly discovered species are not so vulnerable to climate change

Dmany species have already died out because of climate change

3. When Lee Grismer discovered the tiger?striped pit viperhe probably felt________.

Afrightened? Bdisappointed

Cexcited? Dpuzzled

4.What does the passage mainly tell us?

AThe Greater Mekong region is a rich area for scientists.

BMany rare species remain to be discovered in the Mekong region.

CScientists have discovered many new species in the Mekong region.

DClimate change threatens Mekong new species.

 

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Sarah came running in. She shouted happily, "Look what I ____36_____." She put a snake skin on the newspaper I was reading and it came so suddenly that it caused me to ____37_____. "Mom, look! Isn't it ____38_____?" said my seven-year-old daughter. I ____39_____ the snake skin and thought that it really wasn't pretty. Everything children see ____40_____is full of beauty in their eyes; they see only ____41_____ and excellence in the world until educated.

"____42_____ did the snake do this?" Sarah asked. I tried to seize the ____43_____ to teach my children that there was almost always something beyond the obvious. I wanted to tell them that there was something else going on ____44_____ what they saw in front of them. "Snakes shed (蜕) their skin because they need to renew themselves," I ____45_____.

"Why do they have to renew themselves?" Sarah asked.

My son Robert laughed and said, "Because they don't ____46_____ what they are and they want to be someone else." I politely ignored him and said that by shedding skins, we could ____47_____ the hidden reality.

"We often need to shed our skin, those coatings that we ____48_____ ourselves with," I said to my children, who listened very ____49_____, with their eyes wide open. "This snake ____50_____ needs this skin. It is probably too hard for him, or he probably doesn't think he looks as ____51_____in it as he once did. It's like buying a new ____52_____."

I'm sure this explanation will not ____53_____ the naturalists. But Sarah was getting to understand that renewal is part of ____54_____. She should learn from it what we need to keep and what we need to ____55_____.

1.                A.made          B.seized          C.caught   D.found

 

2.                A.think           B.jump           C.run  D.struggle

 

3.                A.interesting      B.smooth         C.beautiful  D.colorful

 

4.                A.stared at        B.took off         C.referred to    D.brought back

 

5.                                  A.by accident B.over and over again

C.in the future                      D.for the first time

 

6.                A.honesty        B.difference       C.value D.fear

 

7.                A.Where         B.Why           C.How D.When

 

8.                A.information     B.possibility       C.opportunity   D.question

 

9.                A.besides         B.for            C.without   D.around

 

10.               A.talked          B.explained       C.whispered D.shouted

 

11.               A.keep          B.want           C.need D.like

 

12.               A.see            B.guess          C.ignore D.remember

 

13.               A.keep          B.store          C.cover D.improve

 

14.               A.properly        B.attentively      C.sadly D.angrily

 

15.               A.once more      B.at times        C.right now  D.no longer

 

16.               A.nice           B.healthy         C.strong D.big

 

17.               A.hat            B.watch          C.suit   D.home

 

18.               A.move          B.satisfy          C.correct    D.defeat

 

19.               A.experience     B.achievement    C.progress   D.competition

 

20.               A.throw out       B.hope for        C.find out   D.throw away

 

 

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BEIJING (AP) — Sandstorms whipping across China shrouded(遮蔽) cities in an unhealthy cloud of sand Monday, with winds carrying the pollution outside the mainland as far as Hong Kong and Taiwan.

     It was the latest sign of the effects of desertification: Overgrazing, deforestation, urban sprawl(无计划地扩展) and drought have expanded deserts in the country's north and west. The shifting sands have gradually moved onto populated areas and worsened sandstorms that strike cities, particularly in the spring.

    Winds blowing from the northwest have been sweeping sand across the country since Saturday, affecting Xinjiang in the far west all the way to Beijing in the country's east. The sand and dust were carried to parts of southern China and even to cities in Taiwan, 1600 miles (2600 kilometers) away from Inner Mongolia where much of the pollution originated.

    The sandstorm in Taiwan, an island 100 miles (160 kilometers) away from the mainland, forced people to cover their faces to avoid breathing in the grit(砂砾) that can cause chest discomfort and respiratory problems even in healthy people. Drivers complained their cars were covered in a layer of black soot in just 10 minutes.

     In Hong Kong, environmental protection officials said pollution levels were climbing as the sandstorm moved south. Twenty elderly people sought medical assistance for shortness of breath, Hong Kong's radio RTHK reported.

     The latest sandstorm was expected to hit South Korea on Tuesday, said Kim Seung-bum of the Korea Meteorological Administration. The sandstorm that raked(掠过) across China over the weekend caused the worst "yellow dust" haze in South Korea since 2005, and authorities issued a rare nationwide dust advisory.

    Grit from Chinese sandstorms has been found to travel as far as the western United States.

    China's Central Meteorological Station urged people to close doors and windows, and cover their faces with masks or scarves when going outside. Sensitive electronic and mechanical equipment should be sealed off, the station said in a warning posted Monday on its Web site.

    State television's noon newscast showed the tourist city of Hangzhou on the eastern coast, where graceful bridges and waterside pagodas were hidden in a mix of sand and other pollution. In Beijing, residents and tourists with faces covered scurried along sidewalks to minimize exposure to the pollution.

   A massive sandstorm hit Beijing in 2006, when winds dumped about 300,000 tons of sand on the capital.

1.We can learn from the text that           .

A. the sandstorms were purposely made by China.

B. the writer thinks that China government should be responsible for the pollution.

C. the sandstorms badly affected the air in US.

D. China's Central Meteorological Station will be closed.

2.The passage tells us that the sandstorms mainly came from      .

A. Xinjiang B. Hangzhou  C. Beijing    D. Inner Mongolia

3.The underlined word, “respiratory” (in Para.4) means         .

A. breathing   B. digesting     C. hearing      D. walking

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. South Korea seldom issues nationwide dust advisories.

B. Taiwan is 1,600 miles from Beijing.

C. Sandstorms have hit Beijing more than once.

D. In Hong Kong some old people need help for shortness of breath caused by sandstorms.

 

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The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.

On 17 July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people drowned.

Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the Earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won’t be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.

Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?

1.What is mainly described in the passage?

A. A historic discovery.           B. An event of imagination.

C. A research on space.           D. A scientific adventure.

2.When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes      .

A. an earthquake                B. damages to cities

C. an Earth explosion            D. huge waves

3.Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long?

A. Because the land is covered with water.

B. Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the Earth.

C. Because people there can not live at the temperature of zero.

D. Because wars break out among countries.

4.By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove      .

A. animals could not live in the cold climate

B. what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story

C. the human beings will die out in 2094

D. the Earth could be hit by other objects in space

 

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