My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff on the 1.(three)day in December last year. Our children lived far and couldn't come to join us f2. the holiday. I did not even have the time or energy to do the traditional Christmas decoration (布置).3., our new neighbors came to visit us one by one.
There was 4. knock on the door one evening. It was Jeff's new friend, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths 5.(bring)us some bread. They told 6.(we)that there was a package on the porch (门廊).7.(clear) the doorbell wasn't working in the cold snowy weather.
As Jeff and I were sweeping the s8. out of our yard, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to help us. Then, we were invited to share a Christmas Eve meal with some 9.(neighbor). Our Christmas Eve was quite happy.
Sometimes even the 10.(small) kind act can make the world different. So just take a look around you.
In China, giant pandas are considered a national treasure. People make a great effort to protect them. Now, the blackandwhite bears that live in the wild are going to be given a big new “home”. China is creating a reserve for them. The reserve will cover an area of 27,134 square kilometers.
Around 1,864 pandas now live in the wild. Their main threat is the loss of habitat (栖息地). The new park will link up 67 existing panda reserves across Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan. Scientists hope the effort will help the pandas get together, find mates (配偶) and produce babies. And the park will not just protect the giant pandas. It will also help protect more than 8,000 endangered animals and plants in the area.
Chinese scientists have tried many ways to protect the giant pandas. They have also spent a lot of time researching how they breed(繁殖). Their main aim is to increase the number to 2,000 by 2025. Hou Rong is the director of the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding (成都大熊猫繁育研究基地). He said the new park would be a great place for all kinds of animals and plants to live in. “Many scientists and experts support the building of a national park,” he added.
David Wildt is an experienced biologist from the United States. He said China had done a good job on protecting pandas. Experience in the past had shown how much a national park could do for a country. “Now,_it's_time_to_see_if_the_same_method_will_work_in_China,” he added.
1.完成句子 In China, people make ________________ to protect giant pandas.
2.简略回答问题How many pandas are living in the wild now?
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3.简略回答问题What's the main aim of Chinese scientists to protect the giant pandas?
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4.找出并写下第三段的主题句________________________________________________________________________
5.将文中画线句子译成汉语________________________________________________________________________
Imagine a perfect day: the weather is good and everything seems fine. When, suddenly, your mobile phone loses its signal, the television has no programs, and you can’t get online with your computer.
What has happened? These are just the types of problems a solar storm（太阳风暴）might cause. You may not think of storms as putting our society in danger. But today, a solar storm is as serious as other bad events, such as earthquakes.
A solar storm is caused by solar flares（太阳耀斑）: large explosions（爆炸) near the sun that can give off lots of energy. The strong energy can stop the satellite systems（卫星系统）that control our computers, telecom networks and so on. These storms can even cause the power to go out for weeks or months.
In the past of months, scientists have recorded some of the strongest sun flares in years. The most recent one happened around Valentine's Day, 2011. It caused radio and satellite signals to go down in some northern cities in China.
“Solar Flare activity is going to be much worse than what we’ve seen in the past. We’re not talking about a few cities losing power. It could be half of the country, maybe more.” SolarStormWarning. com, a US website about space weather, warned.
Scientists say that little can be done to predict such a storm. Governments around the world are trying to work together before the next storm, although they are not sure when that may happen.
1.According to the passage, a solar storm can cause many problems EXCEPT that________.
A.earthquakes happen B.mobile phones have no signals
C.people cannot get online D.the power may go out
2.According to the passage, solar flares are________.
A.telecom networks B.solar storms
C.large explosions near the sun D.US websites
3.From the passage, the right order of the following is________.
a. solar flares give off lots of energy b. people can’t get online with their computers
c. solar storms happen d. satellite systems are stopped
A.a-b-c-d B.a-c-d-b C.c-a-b-d D.c-b-a-d
4.The writer wrote the passage mainly to________.
A.call for scientists to predict when the next solar storm will happen
B.tell people how to solve the problems caused by solar storms
C.introduce what solar storms are to people
D.ask people to work to prevent the solar storm from happening
(2019原创) Some animals are ________, so we must do something to save them.
A.in danger B.in turn C.in time D.in public
(2019原创) In China, there are many leftbehind________ living alone without proper care of their parents.
A.officers B.farmers C.children D.teachers
(2019 原创) The boy is very ________. He solved the problem all by himself.
A.short B.smart C.shy D.outgoing
