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the Pacific Ocean. In spite of its location beside the sea, several studies have shown that this region is the
driest place in the world. In the Antofagasta Region of the desert, the average annual rainfall is just 1 mm
and some weather stations have never received rain at all. Atacama is so arid that the surrounding mountains that reach up to 6885 m, have absolutely no glaciers! In the region, the river beds have been dry for over 120,000 years.
However, unlike the Sahara Desert,Atacama is surprisingly not that hot. It has an average daily
temperature between 0"C and 25?! If you find that surprising, you"d be shocked to find out that this desert has lakes!
When there was rainfall in the region (many year ago), this accumulated water created what we now
know as the Salt Lakes. The name of these lakes was given as a result of the effect of the Atacama
environment: the long dry period makes the water evaporate (蒸发),resulting in the higher concentrations of salt in the remaining water.
This region has been tested by scientists to see if life is present in the Atacama soil with the same instruments that would be used to detect life in the soil on Mars! As a result of the soil"s similarites to that of
Mars,the Atacama land is used to test instruments for future Mars missions. In addition, the region has
been used in movies as a set for filming Mars scenes, most famously in the television show Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets.
The Atacama Desert is truly a unique place, due to its lack of rain as well as its similarities to Mars
.You would think that this place would be a bare ghost town (鬼域), but think again! Many people have
lived here for centuries, giving this desert its own culture and economic significance.
B. Dry.
C. Hot.
D. Long.
B. wetter
C. less famous
D. less hot
B. rainfall in the Atacama Desert.
C. the weather in the Atacama Desert.
D. The current situation of the Salt Lakes.
B. focuses on the soil of Mars
C. explores life in Atacama
D. was filmed in Atacama
B. is as mysterious as Mars
C. is somehow livable
D. has many poor towns
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试题【阅读理解。 The Atacama Desert is located just west of the Andes, a 1000-km strip 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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surroundings, many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life.
Julie Astonis, an Australian hous
ewife in Brisbane is one such example. Even though autumn isapproaching Australia"s Brisbane in April, one can still watch colorful blooming (盛开的) flowers
in Julie"s little garden, as she
tells that in her community, "Each of us has a beautiful yard. The whole community, from children to elderly people, takes care of the environment as if they are taking care
of their own garden."
"Gardening is the most popular club in our community," she says. "A lot of retired people don"t
just regularly organize gardening lectures, but also personally visit families in the community to provide
gardening training. So you can see that flowers continue to blossom in our gardens throughout the year."
Talking about her people"s sense of caring for the environment, Julie says when people in the
community take along their dog, they always carry a garbage bag to deal with the dog"s waste. "In our
community, you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are
walking on the grass," says Julie with a smile."Taking care of the the dog"s waste can also help to develop
children"s sense of responsibility!"
As to protecting water resources, the Australian goverment has made strict rules for families. Julie
says, "We certainly would not use tap water to water the flowers!"She says almost every family in her
community has a huge tank used to store rainwater, which is later used as the resource of all outdoor
water use, including car washing and watering the garden. This year, they also asked people to connect
the water tank with their toilets.
B. April is a great time for people to enjoy flowers
C. it"s not easy to keep a garden without proper training
D. Julie"s community has a deep sense of caring for nature
B. Families are taught how to take care of their gardens.
C. The local government provides free gardening training.
D. There is enough rainwater to water the flowers regularly.
B. She once stepped on a dog"s waste.
D. She is quite in favor of raising a dog.
D. She finds it embarrassing to walk on the grass..
B. her community owns a public tank
C. her community makes full use of resources
D. it is not necessary to water flowers very often
B. How Australians save resources
C. How Austrlians lead their life
D. Protect nature, a must of life2
dog enjoy two daily walks,a collection of imported American toys, $300 worth of monthly food and
treats and his own sofa in her high-rise apartment. When Ms. Qiu feels bored, she takes Xiangzi out for a
long run in her car.
In a sense, Xiangzi is not just a dog, but a social phenomenon - and, perhaps, a marker of how quickly the Chinese nation is booming through its t
ransformation from poor farmer to first-world citizen.Twentyyears ago,there were hardly any dogs in Beijing, but now there"re 900,000 registered dogs with countless
thousands of others unlicensed. How this came to be is, in some ways, the story of modern China as well.
"People used to be focused on improving their own lives, and they weren"t really acquainted with raising
dogs," said Ms. Qiu. "But with the improvement in the economy, people"s outlooks (观念) have
changed."
Having a dog can be a way to relieve the stress in people"s lives, but mostly Beijing dogs have, as in
the West, become objects of affection - even devotion - by their owners. It"s easy to find dog-treat stores, dog Web sites, dog social networks, dog swimming pools - even, for a time recently, a bring-your-dog
cinema and a bring-your-dog bar on Beijing"s downtown nightclub row.
The doglike devotion of pet owners here seems to have softened the city government heart. In 1994,
Beijing officials relaxed their no-dog policy to "severely restrict" dogs. In 2003,it was changed again to
allow anyone to own a dog, but to limit city dogs to no more than 35 centimeters in height. And nowadays the restriction seems to be loosely carried out.
As for sti-fried Pekingese (京叭狗) - well, that dog,too, may have seen its day. A formal suggestion
to ban the eating of dogs has been made by a law professor named Chang Jiwen, who considered himself "not so much a dog lover as a China lover". "With China developing so quickly, more people should know how to treat animals properly," he said in 3 telephone interview.
B. Xiangzi lives a happy life.
C. Q
iu Hong has a lot of money. D. Qiu Hong is very busy.
B. Love dogs evry much
C. are good at making money
D. have modernized their city
B. there were no dogs in Beijing before 2003
C. Beijing strictly bans dogs above 35cm high in practice
D. Chang Jiwen spoke for dog lovers only
B. The psychological problems in modern society.
C. People"s attitude to wards animals.
D .The problems caused by dog keeping.
B. Dogs Help Humans Live Better
C. Dogs Reflect China"s Rise
D. Dogs Enjoy More Freedom In Beijing
For most families, a long car journey is the bane of any trip.But for the Zapps, their 83-year-old
vehicle has been a home for the past 11 years, as the couple travel around the world on a never ending
trip of a lifetime, covering 142,000 miles over four continents.
Herman and Candelaria Zapp, who got married to each other in 1996 and to their journey in 2000,
Set off from Patagonia, Argentina, heading for Alaska. They came back to Argentina in2004,but settled
there only for a couple of weeks, before deciding the open road is the only way to live. They have been
traveling ever since, with a trip around South America between 2005 and 2007, then central America,
the U.S. and Canada until 2009.The car was shipped to Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South
Korea as they traveled those countries and they are currently in the Philippines on a tour of South East
Asia.
As a proof that life is possible in such a mobile style, the family of the two slowly grew to a number
of six.They became, over the years and while on the road, parents to four children, Pampa (eight), Tehue
(five), Paloma (three) and Wallaby (one). Remarkably, each of their kids has a different nationality.
"My grandfather knew that we wanted to travel and to never stop so he gave me the old Grdham-Paige car he used on his farm," Herman said. Each night the six Zapps either sleep in or around a tent set up
next to their car, but more often than not they find a friendly local who will put them up for the night.The
only hard rule the couple have to stick by, is the 40mph speed limit the 83-year old car is restricted to.
Their trip is supported with the money coming from selling books they write about the places they visit.
B. Highlight.
C. Pleasure.
D. Discouragement.
B. Eight
C. Nine
D. Eleven
B.Central America
C. Australia
D.South East Asia
B. It can travel on water like a ship.
C. It can never run faster than 4Omph.
D. Herman"s grandfather bought it for them.
B.They let the kids stay where they were born.
C. They sent the kids to their motherland.
D.They keep the kids in a foreign country.
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buses. The traditional red double-deckers are 1 symbol of London. Their symbolic status was settled
in 2008 when one bus made the longer-than-usual trip to Beijing 2 (collect) a very special passenger:
the Olympic Flame.
Now a new bus design 3 (uncover) and it has been exciting Londoners.
The new bus uses more efficient green technology and has two staircases and an open platform, 4
(enable) people to hop on and hop off. It also has a unique design for the front end, which gives it an
innovative (新颖的)look.
Despite 5 innovations, the design is not all new. Its outward appearance takes after London"s
faithful old double-decker, the Route master.
In July 2008 a 6 (compete) was launched by the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, to design a new
Route master bus for the capital. There were over 700 entries, ___7___ several designers jointly winning
the ?25,000 (244,000 Yuan) prize.
The new double-deckers, ___8___ have three doors to speed up boarding, are expected to be in
service in 2012.
Mr. Johnson said: "This iconic new part of our transport system is not only beautiful, but also has a
green heart beating beneath its ___9___ (attract) appearance."
He expects cities around the globe to be "beside themselves with envy" for ___10__ he described as
a "stunning red symbol" of 21st-century London.
But Theodor Seuss Geisel-better known as the children"s books author Dr. Seuss -who came into the
world on 2 March, 1904, was an unusual man.
Like generations of children I was raised on his wonderful stories. But when I now read them to my
children it"s not just the childhood memories I enjoy. His writing is brilliant and imaginative and flows with
a self-confidence as sure as the words of a Shakespeare poem. Readers ride his characteristic rhythm (韵律) with an effortless joy that cannot be matched by any other modern writer:
You have brains in your head
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself any direction you choose
And will you succeed?
Yes indeed, yes indeed!
Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed.
Seuss"s brilliant cartoons and clever words make his books a delight for adults but they attract mostly
children of course. His stories teach kids moral lessons but in indirect and entertaining ways.
The first Seuss book I was given was The Lorax, written just as the 60s were becoming the 70s.
Seuss was ahead of his time, and in this book the dawn of concern for environmental problems are shown as the Lorax "who speaks for the trees" battles against an evil businessman who wants to destroy the
forest and make goods "which everyone needs".
It"s not only a warning of the heavy price of environmental destruction, written well before most people had thought to worry, but it"s also a smart analysis of consumer societies: "Unless someone like you cares
a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It"s not." This is of course a moral message, but not of the kind designed to persuade the youngsters into behavior that adults want.
I could go on, but hey, it"s a birthday, and I"m sure you folks have some good toasts to raise for the party…
B. To analyze Dr. Seuss"s books.
C. To describe Dr. Seuss"s writing style.
D. To celebrate Dr. Seuss"s achievements.
B. To give readers a sample of Seuss"s story The Lorax.
C. To provide readers with an example of Seuss"s writing style.
D. To explain how relevant Seuss"s stories remain today.
B. His books give children obvious moral messages to learn from.
C. He writes about adult topics in a way that is understandable to children.
D. He was the first person to write about the environment.
B. Early 1970s.
C. Late 1960s.
D. Late 1970s.
B. He is widely considered as the twentieth-century Shakespeare.
C. His books are more popular now than when they were first published.
D. Most readers thought his ideas were difficult to understand.
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