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Directions: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A. Illegal hunting has caused a decrease in the number of sea turtles.
B. Most turtles are eaten by Mexicans and Mexican Americans.
C. A campaign to protect sea turtles.
D. Many people kill and eat turtles in a religious observance.
E. Government should prevent sea turtle being hunted to increase the number of the species.
F. A letter was written to Pope to save endangered sea turtles.
1. ___________
Environmental groups in the United States are leading a campaign to save thousands of endangered sea turtles. They have asked Pope John Paul the Second to ban turtle meat during the Christian religious observance known as Lent. Christians observe Lent in preparation for the holiday of Easter.
2. ___________
Environmental groups say illegal turtle hunting is one of the major threats to endangered sea turtles in southern California and Mexico. It has been illegal to harvest and eat sea turtle meat in Mexico for more than ten years. However, demand for sea turtle meat is widespread in both Southern California and Mexico. Biologists believe that illegal hunting is one of the main reasons for the sharp drop in sea turtle populations during the past thirty years.
3. ___________
The week before Easter Sunday is an especially deadly time for the turtles. As many as 5,000 turtles are killed during this time each year. Many Mexicans and Mexican Americans eat turtle meat during the days before Easter. Many people do not eat meat during this holy time in order to obey the rules of Lent. Because sea turtles swim, many people consider them to be fish. Fish is permitted during Lent.
4. ___________
The Sea Turtle Conservation Network is a union of fishermen, environmental activists and researchers. They sent a letter to Pope John Paul, urging the Roman Catholic Church leader to officially declare that sea turtle flesh is meat, not fish or seafood. They say thousands of these endangered animals would be saved if people did not eat them during this religious period. The letter also asked members of the Catholic Church to obey laws banning the capture of turtles in Mexico and the United States.
5.___________
About 35,000 endangered sea turtles are killed illegally near the coasts of Baja, California each year. Studies have shown a sharp drop in the numbers of females. They travel from as far away as Japan to lay their eggs on local beaches. Environmental activists say hunting sea turtles for their meat is the main barrier to the recovery of the species. They have urged the governments of the United States and Mexico to improve enforcement of the ban on sea turtle harvesting.
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| Twice-crowned beauty queen Michele Reis is 18 years old. But she is still mummy's little girl. Mrs. Reis described her 1 feeling the night her daughter 2 the Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant, "I felt 3 I suffered the loss of something important when they crowned her, not because I was not happy for her, 4 because I knew my daughter no longer belonged to me alone and I would have to share her 5 everyone else." But Mom should have seen it coming. With her Portuguese-Chinese heritage（血统）,Michele was quite 6 as a youngster. She 7 modeling part time as a school girl. There was something 8 about her even as a child. People in the street always turned around to 9 her. 10 her recent fame, the beauty queen said, "Sometimes I have the feeling that I am no longer myself now. My schedule is 11 . I'm not getting enough 12 , and I am always 13 from one place to another. There are times when I am 14 tired that I just want to sit and sleep." Being a celebrity has another 15 . "People no longer regard me as an 16 person. It's becoming more 17 for me to make friends, and I've learned to 18 old friends because they 19 treat me as Michele 20 Miss Hong Kong." | ||||
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| I live in London and I was on my way to visit my cousins in Wales. I was driving on the motorway at around 70 mph when somehow I couldn't __1__ my car. I was involved in a scary collision with a smaller car, which had a family with three young children. __2__, no one was hurt but the experience was very frightening. There was so much smoke that my first __3__ was to just get out of my car as fast as possible. I could __4__ the children from the car behind me screaming and crying as I was trying to get out of my car. When I got out, I could see their mum was trying to __5__ her crying children and move them away from the smoking car at the same time. I kept thinking "Oh my god, these children are so young" and I felt so __6__ that I'd collided with them. I thought it would be __7__ that the parents would be so angry and upset at me. But instead of being angry, the mum simply said to me, "Come here. You need to join in our hug." It was such a wonderful, warm __8__ from someone whose family had just been hit by me! I can't tell you how __9__ I was by that. While this was happening, the father was trying to get the children's coats out of the back of his car __10__ it was freezing. He didn't see what had happened but when he came back, he asked me if I was okay and then gave me a hug too! I couldn't __11__ it! I remember thinking how lucky those children were to be __12__ by such amazing parents who would comfort a stranger in the middle of their own fear and panic! | |||
| ( )1.A.change ( )2.A.Hopefully ( )3.A.thought ( )4.A.sense ( )5.A.impress ( )6.A.disappointed ( )7.A.illegal ( )8.A.reward ( )9.A.moved ( )10A.unless ( )11.A.possess ( )12.A.taken up |
B．move B．Fortunately B．plan B．keep B．conserve B．sensitive B．natural B．gift B．satisfied B．when B．believe B．picked up |
C．repair C．Regretfully C．decision C．observe C．comfort C．despaired C．necessary C．gesture C．embarrassed C．though C．forgive C．brought up |
D．control D．Thankfully D．intention D．hear D．please D．guilty D．impossible D．lesson D．annoyed D．because D．receive D．built up |
large wooded areas have been cleared from the central Mexican state of Michoacan. The forests are the winter
home for millions of monarch butterflies. The butterflies go there each year to reproduce. After reproducing,
the adult butterflies die, but their young return to the home of their parents each spring.
The American space agency released the relevant satellite pictures last month. The images show the Monarch
Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. A Mexican law protects trees growing in the area. The images show that about
four hundred and forty-five hectares have been cleared since 2004. Scientists say that, if the clearing continues,
monarch butterflies are unlikely to continue using the Reserve as their winter home.
For thousands of years, the butterflies have been flying to the same forests. Their trip begins along the border
of Canada and the northeastern United States. The insects fly about eighty kilometers a day. They reach central
Mexico after about sixty days. No one is sure why the brightly coloured orange and black butterflies chose these
forests. However, scientists believe the area might offer the right mix of wetness and cool weather to keep the
insects alive through the winter.
Lincoln Brower is a professor of biology at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. He has been studying monarch
butterflies for fifty-two years. He says they have been migrating along the same path for about ten thousand
years. People in Mexico have compared the arrival of the butterflies to dark cloud-like formations (阵式) filling
the air. The monarchs arrive in such large numbers that they sometimes cover whole trees.
Mexico's President ordered special protection for the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve eight years ago.
The Mexican government has struggled to enforce (强制) the order. Although illegal logging has become one
way for poor people to earn money, other Mexicans are fighting to protect the butterflies' home.
B. The Forests are the Winter Home for Monarch Butterflies
C. Monarch Butterflies Like the Winter Home in the Forests
D. Protecting the Forests Can Protect Monarch Butterflies
the butterflies travel there to _____.
B. look for food
C. sleep
D. produce young
B. It has the appropriate environment for them.
C. It is easy to get to.
D. We don't know.
B. travelling regularly from one part of the world to another
C. changing from one place or position to another
D. starting using an area again as a place to live
B. Most people in Mexico are poor.
C. All Mexicans are destroying the butterflies' home.
D. Some poor people in Mexico often break the law.
| 阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中，选出符合各小段的最佳的标题选项。 选项中有一项是多余选项。 | |
Environmental groups in the United States are leading a campaign to save thousands of endangered sea turtles. They have asked Pope John Paul the Second to ban turtle meat during the Christian religious observance known as Lent. Christians observe Lent in preparation for the holiday of Easter. 2._____ Environmental groups say illegal turtle hunting is one of the major threats to endangered sea turtles in southern California and Mexico. It has been illegal to harvest and eat sea turtle meat in Mexico for more than ten years. However, demand for sea turtle meat is widespread in both Southern California and Mexico. Biologists believe that illegal hunting is one of the main reasons for the sharp drop in sea turtle population during the past thirty years. 3._____ The week before Easter Sunday is an especially deadly time for the turtles. As many as 5000 turtles are killed during this time each year. Many Mexicans and Mexican Americans eat turtle meat during the days before Easter. Many people do not eat meat during this holy time in order to obey the rules of Lent. Because sea turtles swim, many people consider them to be fish. Fish is permitted during Lent. 4._____ The Sea Turtle Conversation Network is a union of fishermen, environmental activists and researchers. They sent a letter to Pope John Paul, urging the Roman Catholic Church leader to officially declare that sea turtle flesh is meat, not fish or seafood. They say thousands of these endangered animals would be saved if people did not eat them during this religious period. The letter also asked members of the Catholic Church to obey laws banning the capture of turtles in Mexico and the United States. 5._____ About 35,000 endangered sea turtles are killed illegally near the coasts of Baja, California each year. Studies have shown a sharp drop in the numbers of females. They travel from as far away as Japan to lay their eggs on local beaches. Environmental activists say hunting sea turtles for their meat is the main barrier to the recovery of the species. They have urged the governments of the United States and Mexico to improve enforcement of the ban on sea turtle harvesting. |