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Two young Chinese tigers set off on a 7000-mile journey to South Africa where animal experts will teach them how to hunt. The pair of South China tigers named Cathay and Hope will travel from an overcrowded field at Shanghai Zoo to a 1235-acre reserve（保护区）in South Africa.“There's room for them to move there. But the goal is to bring them back to China, where they have lived for millions of years,”Li Quan, founder of the Save China's Tigers Foundation, told reporters while the animals passed through Hong Kong airport. Quan said there were experts in South Africa with experience in teaching big cats born in imprisonment how to survive in the wild.
Big cats would instinctively（本能地）hunt food but needed to be taught how to kill it. The Chinese government says fewer than 30 South China tigers survive in the wild and a further 60 live in zoos. Tigers, which are found only in Asia, are disappearing because of the destruction of their natural surroundings and because of demand for products such as tiger bones, believed in parts of Asia to cure some serious diseases. The foundation hopes to transport another five to seven young tigers to South Africa over the next five years and then introduce them and any young tiger born there into a specially created re-serve in southern China from 2008.
(1) The Chinese tigers sent to South Africa will ________.
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A．teach other animals how to hunt
B．learn skills to survive in the wild
C．leave room to other animals at Shanghai Zoo
D．live in a wider area to comfort themselves
(2) Why are South China tigers dying out?
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A．Because people are destroying their living conditions as well as killing them for medicine use.
B．Because they only live in crowded zoos.
c．Because there are only a few of them in the wild.
D．Because there is little food for them in China.
(3) What will be the result of the tigers sent to Africa at last?
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A．They will live in Africa forever.
B．They will come back to the zoos.
C．They will be introduced to China to do research in the wild.
D．All of them, including their young, will return to China to live in a reserve.
(4) The main factor that the tigers were sent to Africa probably is ________.
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A．there are reserves there
B．there is plenty of food for the tigers to hunt there
C．there are experienced experts there
D．the Chinese specially created reserve hasn't been completed
查看习题详情和答案>>Number sense is not the ability to count. It is the ability to recognize a 1 in number. Human beings are born with this ability. 2 ，experiments show that many animals are, too. For example, many birds have good number sense. If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not 3 . However, if you remove two, the bird 4 leaves. This means that the bird knows the 5 between two and three.
Another interesting experiment showed a bird's 6 number sense. A man was trying to take a photo of a crow(乌鸦)that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming. The bird did not 7 until the man left the tower. The man had an 8 .He took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed, but they did not 9 the bird. The crow stayed away until the second man left, too. The experiment was 10 with three men and then with four men. But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were 11 .It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were 12 able to fool the crow.
How good is a human's number sense? It's not very good. For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a 13 group. But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are 14 fooled.
It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world, and that our human 15 is not much better than a crow's.
1. A. rise B. pattern C. change D. trend
2. A. Importantly B. Surprisingly C. Disappointedly D. Fortunately
3. A. survive B. care C. hatch D. notice
4. A. generally B. sincerely C. casually D. deliberately
5．A. distance B. range C. different D. interval
6．A. amazing B. annoying C. satisfying D. disturbing
7. A. relax B. recover C. react D. return
8. A. appointment B. excuse C. idea D. explanation
9. A. fool B. hurt C. catch D. kill
10.A. repo B. repeated C. designed D. approved
11.A. confused B. gone C. tired D. drunk
12.A. gradually B. luckily C. strangely D. finally
13. A. single B. small C. local D. new
14. A. seldom B. temporarily C. merely D. often
15. A. sight B. nature C. ability D. belief
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[1]Rising temperatures have forced many plants to climb to higher elevations(海拔)to survive, researchers reported．
[2]More than two-thirds of the plants studied along six West European mountain ranges climbed an average of 29 meters in altitude in each decade since 1905 to better conditions on higher ground, the researchers reported in the journal Science．
[3]“This is the first time it's shown that climate change has a significant effect on a large set of forest plant species,” said Jonathan Lenoir, a forest ecologist at Agro Paris Tech in France, who led the study．“It helps us to develop our understanding of how ecosystems respond to temperature changes．”
[4]The French team's findings suggest plants at high altitudes face the same or greater impacts from rising temperatures．“Plants species move where it's the most suitable for them to grow,” Lenoir said．“If you change these good conditions, species will move to recover the same conditions．”
[5]Using database on plant species found at specific locations and elevations stretching back to 1905, the researchers showed many plants have steadily climbed higher to conditions best suited for survival and growth．
[6]Plants move higher when they disperse(分散)their seeds in the wind, which blows them ________ to high elevations and cooler temperatures similar to their former location, Lenoir said．
[7]The researchers tracked 171 forest plant species during two periods-between 1905 and 1985, and from1986 to 2005--along the entire elevation ranging from sea level to 2,600 meters．They found that two-thirds of the plants responded to warming temperatures over that time by ________．
[8]Plants at higher altitudes also appear most sensitive to warmer conditions because slight temperature changes at higher altitudes have a bigger impact．
1．What is the best title of the passage?(No more than 5 words)
2．Complete the following statement with proper words．(No more than 4 words)
Plants at high altitudes are quick to feel the warmer temperature because a tiny change there can ________ on them．
3．Fill in the blank in Para．7 with proper words．(No more than 4 words)
4．How do plants move to higher elevations?(No more than 8 words)
5．What does the word “them”(line 2, paragraph 6)probably refer to?(No more than 2words)
“I pity the empress. Poor empress.” “Do you think Zhen Huan really loves the emperor?” From campuses to offices, from shopping malls to the streets, talk about Legend of Zhen Huan is everywhere.
Unlike other long TV series, Legend of Zhen Huan, the 76-episode Qing dynasty drama series, has kept attracting new audiences along the way. It has enjoyed widespread popularity on the Chinese mainland over the past months.
The story is seemingly the same as those dramas which look into the lives of women in the imperial palace. It focuses on plots and intrigues(阴谋) within the Inner Palace during Emperor Yongzheng’s reign.
The heroine, Zhen Huan, initially a kind and innocent young lady, enters the emperor’s harem(后宫) of concubines. Discovering that the palace is a cruel and harsh place, Zhen learns how to survive on her own.
However, Legend of Zhen Huan seems to arouse more discussion than any drama series. Why? Some experts say it’s because it’s a well-made series from inside out.
Niu Hanting, deputy editor-in-chief of Art Panorama magazine, told Xinhua News Agency that the sets, props and costumes are carefully chosen. And the screenplay and dialogue are well-written. “The series takes care of every detail a good period drama should have,” Niu said. “From that aspect, it’s no coincidence that Zhen Huan could be big.” More importantly, Niu added, the TV series strikes a chord among audiences in different ways. “For example, as a woman, Zhen is hurt by the man she once loved. And as a newcomer to the palace, she finds herself caught in the fierce infighting and she has to survive,” Niu said, “Everyone may find themselves in Zhen’s position at a certain point.”
Then it’s not hard to understand why the story of Zhen Huan is even seen as a survival guide for newcomers in the workplace. Its director, Zheng Xiaolong, once admitted that in terms of society today, the “promotion” of Zhen Huan reflects a person’s career path in some way. “Whether the principles can be applied in today’s society, or not, I want to make the story as real as possible,” Zheng told Sina.com. “There are many fairytale-like series that make audiences ignore or avoid reality, and the complexity of humanity.” “But Legend of Zhen Huan, is a series that makes you think.”
1.What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. People have pity on the empress.
B. Zhen Huan really loves the emperor.
C. Legend of Zhen Huan is very popular.
D. Legend of Zhen Huan is shown everywhere.
2. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 most probably refer to?
A. The imperial palace.
B. The life of women.
C. Emperor Yongzheng’s reign.
D. The story of Zhen Huan.
3.When Legend of Zhen Huan finds the palace is a cruel one, she ______.
A. learns to survive on her own
B. asks others for advice
C. feels down and disappointed
D. becomes an innocent young lady
4.We can learn from Niu Hanting that she ______.
A. thinks Zhen has had effects on newcomers
B. makes little of Legend of Zhen Huan
C. speaks highly of Legend of Zhen Huan
D. wants newcomer to follow Zhen’s example
5. This text is most probably taken from a(n) _________.
A. textbook B. newspaper
C. advertisement D. story book
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