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My aim this year is to persuade as many of my friends and colleagues as possible to choose the train, and leave their cars behind too. My gardens have been pesticide(***虫剂)–free zones for years and I enjoy seeing more wildlife on my doorstep as a result; I’ve tried to reduce my contribution to water pollution too, by using environment-friendly, phosphate(磷)–free washing powder , and by no longer thinking of the toilet as a suitable waste-disposal(处理) point .
I ran after a young lady through town recently to give her back the piece of paper she had carelessly thrown away. She disappeared into a shop, and when I followed her inside and made my presentation, she was doubly embarrassed--she worked there, and the boss gave her a ticking–off too. I’ve started asking fellow drivers at gas stations why they aren’t using unleaded (无铅的) petrol . These are small things, but we have to start somewhere, and every little does help .
小题1:To help the environment, the author is trying to do everything mentioned below EXCEPT .
A.taking the train instead of a car |
B.throwing away the old cars |
C.avoiding the use of pesticides |
D.running after those who throw articles carelessly |
A.to find out where she worked |
B.to give her back the piece of paper she had lost |
C.to tell her not to throw away pieces of paper carelessly |
D.to ask her to pay him for picking up the piece of paper. |
A.blaming | B.a piece of paper | C.prize | D.ticket |
A.persuade his friends to take the train |
B.inform us of the good news |
C.make clear who is responsible for the environment |
D.try to advise us all to protect our environment |
答案
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:D
解析
小题1:根据短文描述,可知作者尝试做的事情不包括扔掉旧的汽车,故选B。
小题1:根据短文最后一段描述,可知选C,告诉她不要随意的乱扔废纸。
小题1:联系前文,可知此处指的是老板也给了她批评,故选A。
小题1:这篇短文主要是通过作者自己的一些行动来说服我们保护环境,故选D。
核心考点
试题【It’s you and I who are to blame for the state of the earth. No question about it】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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The children’s passion and talent inspired Hefley to work with the kids at an orphanage(孤儿院)in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, to organize a traveling dance troupe(团).The goals: to give the problems in Uganda a human face, to raise awareness and to raise money.
The first tour touched down at six American cities in 1994.Today, the 22-member troupe, known as the Spirit of Uganda, travels across America every two years.The young performers bring their energy and joy to audiences across the U.S.and help support hundreds of Ugandan orphans back home.Among the young dancers, some earn scholarships to attend the U.S.colleges, and then return to their country to help rebuild it.
Photojournalist Douglas Menuez first photographed the troupe in 2006 -?a project that led to his new book, Transcendent Spirit, from which these images are drawn.At each performance, the dancers’ faces show pure joy, quite an achievement given the hardships they’ve faced."They look to the future, not the past," explains Menuez."They embrace beauty and good in the world." As one dancer puts it, "People think we have lost our parents.We’ve had so many problems.But then they see us perform.They see our smiles.And they learn that life goes on."
小题1:What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?
A.How miserable Ugandan orphans’ life is. |
B.How the dance troupe was set up. |
C.How the young dancers earned money. |
D.How the orphans lost their parents.| |
A.It was started by a journalist. |
B.It travels across the U.S.annually. |
C.It consists of two dozen performers. |
D.Its dancers have chances to study in the U.S. |
A.beautiful | B.talented | C.optimistic | D.humorous |
A.Ugandan orphans turn tragedy into dance |
B.Transcendent Spirit: A close look at Uganda |
C.AIDS and war are claiming people’s lives |
D.Lots of people are helping Ugandan orphans |
A national team led by two doctors at the University of California, Davis, studied hospital records from thousands of children with head injuries. They found that in many cases, the risk of developing cancer from the radiation outweighed the risk of a serious brain injury.
The study found that one in five children over age two had a low risk of serious injury but received CT scans anyway. The same was true of almost one in four children under two years of age.
The researchers have developed rules to predict if a head injury is serious enough for a scan. For children under two, doctors are advised against it if there is:
·Normal mental activity.
·No swelling in the back of the head.
·No feeling of a broken bone in the skull. (头骨)
·And no loss of consciousness for more than five seconds.
Doctors should also consider how the child was injured and whether the parents say the child is acting normally.
For patients from two to eighteen, the guidelines are similar —— except there should be no l vomiting(呕吐)and no severe headache.
Earlier this year, the British Journal of Sports Medicine published new guidelines for concussions in children and teens. International experts said they should not return to sports or school until fully recovered. The brain also needs a "cognitive rest," they say, by restricting activities like video games, texting and watching TV.
It often take longer than adults to recover from a concussion than adults. The experts say individual progress and not a set time period should always guide a decision to return to play.
小题1:The researchers at the -University of California found that children who received CT scans
A.were likely to suffer brain injuries |
B.wouldn’t have normal mental activity |
C.would lose consciousness now and then |
D.were likely to develop canter |
A.Four. | B.Six. | C.Seven. | D.Nine. |
A.Texting is harmful to patients’ recovery from concussions. |
B.Patients with brain injuries can play many sports. |
C.Adults need a longer time than teens to recover from concussions. |
D.It takes at least a year for individuals with brain injuries to fully recover. |
A.describes the risks of brain injuries |
B.suggests CT scans are of practical use |
C.tells us about the risks of brain injury tests |
D.argues against new guidelines for concussions |
Your body, which has close relations with the food you eat, is the most important thing you own, so it needs proper treatment and proper nourishment (营养).The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away ”is not as silly as some people think. The body needs fruit and vegetables because they contain vitamin C. Many people take extra vitamins in pill form, believing that these will make them healthy.
But a good diet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins you need. The body doesn’t need or use extra vitamins, so why waste money on them?
In the modern western world, many people are too busy to bother about eating properly. They throw anything into their stomachs, eating hurriedly and carelessly. The list of illnesses caused or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening,
小题1:“Your body has close relations with the food you eat.” It really means that ______.
A.all kinds of food you eat can be made into your body |
B.your body is made up of the food you eat |
C.what you eat has great effect on your health |
D.the more you eat, the fitter you will feel |
A.eating apples regularly does lots of good to our health |
B.the apple is the best among all kinds of fruits |
C.apples can take the place of doctors |
D.an apple is a sure cure for illness |
A.only eat an apple a day |
B.eat properly |
C.take as many vitamin pills as possible |
D.throw something into our stomachs slowly and carefully |
Instead, a few muscles could claim the title, depending on how strength is measured.
If the title goes to the muscle that can exert(产生) the most force, the victor would be the soleus(小腿肚肌), according to Gray"s Anatomy(解剖学). Without this muscle, we wouldn"t be able to stand, walk, run or shake our bodies on the dance floor. If the soleus was not continuously pulling, we would always be falling over ourselves (although some of us tend to do that from time to time anyway).
But perhaps the title should go to the muscle that exerts the most pressure. Pressure is different from force — pressure takes into account the area over which a force is exerted. The muscle that takes the prize for delivering the greatest amount of pressure is the masseter, or the jaw muscle, according to the book "Clinical Oral Science" (Reed Educational and Professional Publishing, 1998).
In 1986, Richard Hofmann of Lake City, Fla., achieved a bite strength of 975 pounds (442 kilograms) for two seconds, setting a Guinness Record. Talk about jaw dropping! The jaw is able to clench(咬紧) and chew because of the masseter muscle.
Others may argue the muscles used in childbirth are the most powerful.
When it comes to versatility, perhaps the tongue is the strongest muscle. Its combination of elasticity(伸缩性) and forcefulness gives us the ability to speak, eat and kiss – all things very desirable on a first date. However dexterous(灵巧的) it may be though, its power does not match that of muscles such as the soleus.
If slow and steady wins the race, the heart is certainly a contender for the title. When it contracts, the muscle pumps about 2 ounces (59 milliliters) of blood, and is constantly working over a lifetime. Beating about 40 million times a year, a person"s heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times by the time of their 70th birthday.
小题1:According the passage, the underlined word “contender” in the last paragraph is closet in meaning to “ ”.
A.failure | B.partner | C.muscle | D.competitor |
A.What’s the strongest muscle in the human body? |
B.who is the strongest person in the world? |
C.What are the functions of different muscles? |
D.What are the standards of the strongest muscle? |
A.Without the soleus, we could still stand, walk, run or shake our bodies on the dance floor |
B.a few muscles could be the winners, according to different measures |
C.the muscles used in childbirth are the most powerful |
D.tongue is the strongest muscle for delivering the greatest amount of pressure |
A.Another possible strongest muscle. | B.the conclusion of the strongest muscle. |
C.The functions of different muscles. | D.the Guinness record of strongest muscle. |
Fox Point is operated by Palladia, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy people. Palladia received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers.
ECP has created national standards for healthy, environmentally (环境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials. Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.
Michael. Bloomberg, New York"s mayor plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for 500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York City’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused by housing. So he recently announced that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the city’s supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECP’s green standards.
Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New York’s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.
小题1:What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph?
A. To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people. |
B. To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas. |
C. To show how the environment-friendly building works. |
D. To compare old and new boiler rooms. |
A. Lower running costs. |
B. Costing less in construction. |
C. Less air to be lost in hot days. |
D. Better prices for homeless people. |
A. New York City is seriously polluted |
B. people’s daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York City |
C. a great number of people in New York City don"t have houses to live in |
D. some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City |
A. To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems. |
B. To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing. |
C. To ask society to help homeless people and low-income families. |
D. To introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing. |
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