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they give him shade, and they help to prevent droughts (干旱) and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most
important. In his eagerness (渴望) to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers,
only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.
Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to
gain itself an empire (帝国). It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When
the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.
Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to
persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with, and he can earn money by
making charcoal (木炭) or selling wood to the townsman (城市居民). He is usually too lazy or too careless
to plant and look after trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people,
the forests will slowly disappear.
This does not only mean that the villager"s sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more
serious. For where there are trees their roots break the soil up-allowing the rain to sink in and also hold the soil,
thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The
rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the rich
topsoil, in which crops grow so well. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but a worthless desert.
B. tell people the function of tree roots
C. warn that man mustn"t destroy forests any more
D. explain how trees help to prevent droughts and floods
B. Preventing droughts and floods.
C. Providing charcoal (木炭).
D. Offering wood to human.
B. people shouldn"t draw benefit from the trees
C. government must realize the serious results
D. unless trees are never cut down
B. necessary but difficult
C. impossible and unimportant
D. difficult and impossible
B. where there are many trees, there are more floods
C. where there are no trees, the land might become desert slowly
D. floods will make the land become desert
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试题【阅读理解。 Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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and even the way we speak have a big effect on our health, doctors say.
Wang Xiaoyu, a Senior 2 girl from Xichang, Sichuan Province, fainted (晕倒) in class when she heard
her classmates quarrel at the top of their voices. Quarrels between her parents also put the girl into a coma.
It is because she is suffering from depression (抑郁症), caused by bad relations at home, doctors explained.
"We don"t get sick or stay well by ourselves," says Dr Robert Ferrer from the US. Ferrer shows that family
forces may explain up to a quarter of health problems, in his recent research. The genes you get from your
family may cause illness. If one of your parents has a heart attack, your risk of being affected may double.
But effects on health are not only written in our DNA.
Unrelated people who live under the same roof also get similar problems. Diet, lifestyle and environment
affect our health, too. Ferrer"s research also found that if teenagers feel they are ignored or unimportant at
home they are more likely to get sick.
We may never fully understand all the effects that families have on our health. But just as individual (个别
的) problems can have effects on others, a small improvement can have big benefits, Ferrer said.
B. Because her parents used to quarrel.
C. Because of her depression caused by bad family relations.
D. Because her classmates shouted loudly at her.
B. Only the genes we get from our family have a big effect on our health.
C. Our health has nothing to do with diet, lifestyle and environment.
D. Teenagers who are ignored at home get sick more easily than those who are not.
B. faint
C. tiredness
D. sadness
B. The reasons why we get sick
C. Family-another cause to health
D. A research about health
the less they pay attention to their health. But it"s very important for us to keep healthy in our everyday life.
Here are some ways for you to follow.
First, you should have a healthy diet. It"s necessary to eat enough fish and vegetables, as they contain
many kinds of vitamin you need every day. Do not eat too much fat, such as butter or anything too fatty.
Too many sweets can do harm to your teeth, so you"d better not eat too many sweets or chocolates and
keep off coffee.
Second, good habits can help you keep fit. Doing regular exercise is certainly a good way to ensure
that your body is healthy. After a day"s work, an eight-hour sleep is needed. And avoid working or studying
too hard.
to _____.
B. live a better life
C. pay less attention to their health
D. keep healthy
B. vegetables
C. sweets
D. carrots
B. sleeping eight hours a day
C. Keeping good habits
D. working too hard.
B. Live a better life
C. Eat more fruit
D. Study too hard
are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer as a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS.
Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you"ll die on
average five years before a woman.
There are many reasons for this-typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink
and smoke-but perhaps more importantly, men don"t go to the doctor. "Men aren"t seeing doctors as often
as they should," says Dr. Gullotta, "this is particularly so for the over-40s, when disease tend to strike."
Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45, it should be at least
once a year. Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his
smoker"s cough for a year.
"When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer," he says, "Earlier
detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged his life." According to a recent
survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men
in the same age group.
"A lot of men think they"re undefeatable," Gullota says, "They only come in when a friend drops dead on
the golf course and they think, "Geez, if it could happen to him…"
Then there"s the ostrich approach. "Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not
know," says Dr. Ross Cartmill.
"Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies," Cartmill says. He believes
most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups. Regular check-ups
for men would inevitably place strain on the public purse, Cartmill says, "But prevention is cheaper in the long
run than having to treat the diseases. Besides, the ultimate cost is far greater: it is called premature death."
B.Their average life span has been considerably extended.
C.They have lived long enough to read this article.
D.They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.
B. Men don"t seek medical care as often as women
C. Men aren"t as cautious as women in face of danger
D. Men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases.
B. I should avoid playing golf
C. I should consider myself lucky
D. it would be a big misfortune
B. They will save money in the long run.
C. They may cause psychological strains on men.
D. They will enable men to live as long as women.
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the ages of 12 and 17 start smoking. Most junior school students don"t smoke-only about 1 in 10 does. Most
senior school students don"t smoke either-about 1 in 4 does.
But why do those who smoke ever begin? There"s more than just one simple answer. Some kids may start
smoking just because they"re curious. Others may like the idea of doing something that grown-ups don"t want
them to do. Still others might think smoking is a way to act or smoking makes them look like an adult.
Luckily, fewer people are starting to smoke than a few years ago. Maybe that"s because more and more
people have learned that smoking can cause cancer and heart disease. Sometimes kids don"t worry about what
future illness they might get.
Nicotine and other poisonous (有毒的) chemicals in tobacco cause lots of diseases, like heart problems and
some kinds of cancer. If kids smoke, it will hurt their lungs and hearts each time they light up. It can also make
it more difficult for blood to flow in the body, so smokers may feel tired. The longer they smoke, the worse the
damage becomes.
The human body is smart, and it knows when it"s being poisoned. When kids try smoking for the first time,
they often cough a lot and feel pain or burnt in their throats and lungs. This is their lungs" way of trying to
protect them. Also, many kids say that they feel sick to their stomachs or even throw up (呕吐).
| Title | Kids and Smoking |
| Theme (主题) | It"s important to make sure kids understand smoking is bad for their 1______. |
| 2______ that kids smoke | * Some kids are just 3______ about smoking. * Others 4______ to do things that adults forbid (禁止) them to do rather than do what adults want them to do. * Still others think smoking is adult behavior and they want to act like an adult. * Sometimes kids fail to worry about the 5______ they might get in the future. |
| Damage to the body | * Cancer and heart disease can be 6______ by smoking. * Those who smoke may have a 7______ of tiredness. * The first time kids try smoking, they often cough and feel pain or burnt in their throats and lungs. * Smoking can make kids feel 8______ to their stomachs. |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Unusual incidents are being reported across the Arctic. Inuit (因纽特人) families going off on snowmobiles to prepare their summer hunting camps have found themselves cut off from home by a sea of mud. There are also reports of sea ice breaking up earlier than usual, carrying seals beyond the reach of hunters. Climate change may still be a rather abstract idea to most of us, but in the Arctic it is already having great effects-if summertime ice continues to shrink at its present rate, the Arctic Ocean could soon become almost ice-free m summer. The knock-on effects are likely to include more warming, cloudier skies, and higher sea levels. Scientists are increasingly eager to find out what"s going on in the Arctic. For the Inuit the problem is urgent. They live in unsteady balance with one of the toughest environments on earth. Climate change, whatever its causes, is a direct danger to their way of life. Nobody knows the Arctic as well as the locals, which is why they are not content simply to stand back and let outsider experts tell them what"s happening. In Canada, where the Inuit people are trying hard to guard their hard-won autonomy in the country"s newest land, Nunavut, they believe their best hope of survival in this changing environment lies in combining their ancestral knowledge with the best of modern science. This is challenge in itself. The Canadian Arctic is a vast, treeless polar desert that"s covered with snow for most of the year. Adventure into this area and you get some idea of the hardships facing anyone who calls-this home. Farming is out of the question and nature offers few pickings. Humans first settled in the Arctic a mere 4,500 years ago, surviving by taking advantage of sea fish. The environment tested them to the limits: sometimes the settlers were successful, sometimes they failed and disappeared. But around a thousand years ago, one group appeared that was uniquely well adapted to deal with the Arctic environment. These Thule people moved in from Alaska, bringing dogs, iron tools and the like. They are the ancestors of today"s Inuit people. | |
| 1. Which of the following is not likely to be the effect of climate change? | |
| [ ] | |
| A. Shorter and shorter summertime. B. Ice-free summer around the Arctic. C. Higher sea levels. D. More cloudy skies. | |
| 2. The Inuit people believe the solution to the climate change problem is _____. | |
| [ ] | |
| A. to change their way of life B. to use their ancestral knowledge C. to make the best of modern science D. to use their ancestral knowledge and modern science | |
| 3. It can be concluded from the last paragraph that _____. | |
| [ ] | |
| A. the first settlers in the Arctic survived by taking advantage of sea fish B. it"s hard to farm in the Arctic due to the climate change C. the ancestors of Inuit people stood out among the settlers D. the Thule people from Alaska invented iron tools | |
| 4. Which of the following is the best title of this passage? | |
| [ ] | |
| A. Climate change and the Inuit B. Climate change around the Arctic C. Global warming around the world D. The Inuit and their ancestors around the world |