Dr. Sylvia Earle wants you to stop eating fish. It’s not because fish are endangered, though wild fish stocks in many oceans are very low. It’s not because they’re bad for you, though fish in many areas are exposed to poisonous substances in the water. It’s because they’re smart.
“Fish are sensitive, they have personalities,” says the marine biologist. For Earle, eating a fish would be like eating a dog or a cat. “I would never eat anyone I know personally.”
There’s a lot more to fish than meets the eye: they talk to each other, they like to be touched, and they engage in behavior that can seem very human. They can remember things and learn from experience. Earle and a growing number of animal rights activists see these as strong arguments against eating fish altogether.
The activists also point out that fish feel pain and fish suffer horribly on their way from the sea to the supermarket. “While it may seem obvious that fish are able to feel pain, like every other animal, some people think of fish as swimming vegetables,” says Dr. Lynne Sneddon. “Really, it’s kind of a moral question. Is the enjoyment you get from fishing (or eating fish) more important than the pain of the fish?”
Fishermen and (fried) fish lovers are doubtful. “I’ve never seen a smart fish,” says Marie Swaringen as she finishes off a plate of fish at a Seattle seafood restaurant. “If they were very smart, they wouldn’t get caught.”
“For years, everyone’s been telling us to eat fish because it’s so good for us,” says another diner. “Now I’ve got to feel guilty while I’m eating my fish? What are they going to think of next? Don’t eat salad because cucumbers have feelings?”
小题1: Dr. Sylvia Earle discourage people from eating fish because _____________.| A．there are not that many wild fish in the ocean | | B．fish actually are sensitive and have personalities | | C．some ocean fish contain poisonous substances | | D．fish are like dogs or cats that people know personally |
小题2:We can infer from the passage that _____________.| A．all people don’t agree with the idea to stop eating fish | | B．people will be persuaded not to eat fish in the future | | C．stopping eating fish will lead to people’s not eating vegetables | | D．we shouldn’t care too much about the feeling of fish |
小题3: By saying “There’s a lot more to fish than meets the eye,” the writer means ____________.| A．there are far more fish than other animals in the world | | B．there are more fish in the world than people can see | | C．people can see more fish if they pay more attention | | D．fish are not that simple as they appear to people’s eyes |
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小题1:细节理解题，根据文中语句“Dr. Sylvia Earle wants you to stop eating fish. It’s not because fish are endangered, though wild fish stocks in many oceans are very low. It’s not because they’re bad for you, though fish in many areas are exposed to poisonous substances in the water. It’s because they’re smart.”理解可知。
小题2:理解归纳题，根据文中第五第六自然段的语句理解可知。
小题3:理解推断题，根据文中语句“they talk to each other, they like to be touched, and they engage in behavior that can seem very human. They can remember things and learn from experience.”理解可知。 |
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Year after year my brothers, sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning. We were just 36 to hear my father’s voice saying it was all right to 37 . Usually I was the first one jumped out of bed. I can still 38 my growing eagerness(渴望) for the 39 every year.
Even now as I 40 the boxes of Christmas decorations(装饰品) I can see the familiar ones: the presents with our birth years on them, our five stockings, four for the 41 , one for the dog. It used to be easy for us to 42 when to put up the decorations. But now since we all have 43 and social lives, it is usually a hurried activity.
As we get older, the season almost brings a 44 to a little place in our hearts. The worst was year after my grandparents had 45 . We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday anymore. 46 , we just had a get-together in my house. Now when I 47 to it, I miss the special 48 my grandfather gave me for Christmas. I even miss him 49 me “Jessie”, even though I can’t 50 when people call me that.
Things change, not always for the good, 51 not always for the bad either. And the things that don’t 52 have the most important meaning to us, and I am sure they will be there for the 53 of our lives. After all, every time I hear my father’s 54 “All right you guys, come on down, nice and slow” and we go down the stairs, first my brother, then me, then my sister, then my older brother, I still 55 the true Christmas spirit.
| 小题1: | | A．advising | B．starting | C．wishing | D．forgetting |
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| 小题2: | | A．come up | B．come down | C．come on | D．come out |
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| 小题3: | | A．discover | B．understand | C．receive | D．remember |
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| 小题4: | | A．year | B．season | C．habit | D．result |
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| 小题5: | | A．throw away | B．set down | C．look through | D．give up |
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| 小题6: | | A．kids | B．girls | C．boys | D．babies |
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| 小题7: | | A．wonder | B．get | C．record | D．decide |
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| 小题8: | | A．toys | B．balls | C．jobs | D．candies |
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| 小题9: | | A．surprise | B．pain | C．joy | D．disappointment |
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| 小题10: | | A．died | B．failed | C．succeeded | D．married |
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| 小题11: | | A．Possibly | B．Indeed | C．Instead | D．Luckily |
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| 小题12: | | A．move back | B．turn back | C．step back | D．think back |
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| 小题13: | | A．gifts | B．news | C．replies | D．tools |
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| 小题14: | | A．bringing | B．calling | C．telling | D．introducing |
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| 小题15: | | A．follow | B．listen | C．watch | D．stand |
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| 小题17: | | A．change | B．grow | C．appear | D．happen |
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| 小题18: | | A．beginning | B．rest | C．truth | D．happiness |
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| 小题19: | | A．letters | B．dreams | C．promises | D．words |
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| 小题20: | | A．need | B．hate | C．feel | D．doubt |
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Paula and Rory have fives kids, three dogs, and a rabbit. When the house is very noisy, Megan, one of the children, is quietly inventing. A year ago, the 10-year-old had to design an anti-smoking poster, she came up with the idea of creating something that shows the average amount of tar(尼古丁) a smoker collects from just four packs of cigarettes.
“I like people to play with things more than read and write,” she says. So she researched her idea on the Internet, found a company in China that could make it, saved up her pocket money and got her idea made.
Paula says her daughter “think differently”: Ideas jump into her mind. After she got sunburnt on holiday, Megan invented a small plastic bracelet(手镯) that changes colors in the sun, telling you when to put on sunscreen(防晒霜). Several sunscreen companies have expressed an interest in the idea. She also came up with an idea to make a ball filled with water to stop the dog from feeling thirsty. “But we didn’t do anything with it,” says Paula.
Then she pulls out a picture of a special fishing rod(钓鱼竿) she had designed. “There is a camera on the hook(钩),” she explains, “and the screen is on the handle, and it shows if you’ve caught a fish or not.”
Megan doesn’t want to go to university. She keeps her pink-and -cream bedroom tidy. Paula is amazed and a bit confused by her daughter. “Everything has to be in a certain order,” Paula says. “Her brothers and sisters go with the flow, but with Megan, it’s ‘What time will that be happening?’ or ‘Where am I being picked up from today?’”
小题1:From Paragraph 2, we can infer that Megan .| A．is not willing to go to school | B．likes to play with her brothers and sisters | | C．prefers making something by herself | D．is good at reading and writing |
小题2:What did Megan invent after she got sunburnt on vacation?| A．The anti-smoking poster | | B．The ball providing water for thirsty dogs | | C．The fishing rod telling whether you’ve caught a fish | | D．The bracelet telling when to put on sunscreen |
小题3: The underlined phrase “go with the flow” probably means “ .”| A．do what the most people usually do | B．follow the fashion closely | | C．set an example to others | D．do something differently from others |
小题4:According to the passage, which of the following about Megan is true?| A．She has fives kids, three dogs, and a rabbit. | | B．She designed an anti-smoking poster when she was nine. | | C．She founded a company in China to get her idea made. | | D．She invented a small plastic bracelet to change the color of sunscreen. |
小题5:The passage is mainly about .| A．how Megan helps people give up smoking | | B．a little girl’s dream to be a world-famous inventor | | C．a 10-year-old inventor’s story | | D．Megan’s relationship with her family members |
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A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet computer web site called a “blog”．The word “blog” is a short way of saying web log, or personal web site．Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like．
There are millions of blogs on the Internet today．They provide news, information and ideas to many people who read them．They contain links to other web sites．And they provide a place for people to write their ideas and react to the ideas of others．
A research company called Perseus has studied more than 3,000 web logs．It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls．They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their life．The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year．
However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas．For example, the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs．And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products．
At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended．Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service, weblogs．com．He says the site became too costly to continue．He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had written on it．
One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket．It involves much useful information for readers．Rebecca Blood created the web site in 1999．She wrote about the history of blogs on the site．That article led to a book called “The Weblog Handbook”．It has been translated into four languages so far．
Ms Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket gets about 30,000 visitors a month．She writes about anything and everything----politics, culture and movies．She recently provided medical advice．And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from online bank accounts．
小题1:The text is written mainly to _____| A．introduce an Internet computer web site called “blog” | | B．introduce a way of reading on blogs． | | C．tell readers how to write blogs | | D．tell readers about blogs |
小题2:From the text we can learn that blogs cover almost everything except ____．
A．different ideas B．medical advice C．account codesD advertisements．
小题3:According to this passage, which of the following is NOT true?| A．A lot of bloggers no longer write or read blogs | | B．Politicians don’t use blogs at all | | C．Those who like to use blogs are mostly teenage girls | | D．Dave Winer closed his “weblogs．com” because of money shortage |
小题4:The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong is that_____| A．it provides plenty of useful information and advice | | B．it was created by a woman | | C．it is about the history of books | | D．it has editions in at least four different languages |
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My husband is a born shopper. He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.
Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded. This was his story.
One day I said to him, ” I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “ No,“ said Jimmy. “I won’t forget. You want three oranges , six eggs and a pound of meat.”
He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again, “three oranges , six eggs and a pound of meat.”
In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.
As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “I’m sorry, Mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat. I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”
小题1:The husband likes shopping because _______.| A．he has much money. | | B．he likes the shops. | | C．he likes to compare the prices between the same items. | | D．he has nothing to do but shopping. |
小题2:They never go shopping together because_______.| A．their ways of shopping are quite different | B．they hate each other. | | C．they needn’t buy anything for the family | D．they don’t have time for it. |
小题3:Jimmy can’t do the shopping well because _______.| A．he is young | B．he is absent-minded | | C．he often loses his money | D．he doesn’t like shopping |
小题4:Jimmy didn’t buy what his mother wanted because_______.| A．the shop was closed that day | B．the policeman stopped him | | C．he forgot some of them | D．he gave all the money to the beggar |
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“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton (骨骼) in the closet (衣橱)？”Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother paused thoughtfully. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?”“Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.”“Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank into a faint (晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.
小题1: According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means .| A．a family honor | B．a family secret | | C．a family story | D．a family treasure |
小题2:What can we learn about some Australian’s ancestors from Paragraph 2?| A．They were brought to Australia as prisoners. | | B．They were the earliest people living in Australia. | | C．They were involved in some crimes in Australia. | | D．They were not regarded as criminals in their days. |
小题3:Jessica’s mother fell down into a faint because she was .| A．knocked | B．frightened | C．injured | D．surprised |
小题4:Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home? | A．She was curious about it. | B．She planned to keep it for fun. | | C．She needed it for her school task. | D．She intended to scare her parents. |
小题5:Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because .| A．they were crazy | | B．they were overexcited | | C．they realized their misunderstanding | | D．they both thought they had won the quarrel |
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