As you may know, coral (珊瑚) is not a plant, but 1. animal. However, coral reefs (珊瑚礁) around the world are in 2. (danger) situation. Here is a piece of bad news. Thailand will close one of the beaches to protect 3. (it) coral from business activities for tourists. The beach is so famous t4. millions of tourists put it on their wish lists. More than 5, 000 visitors visit it a day. And they usually arrive by boat. This does much harm to the coral reefs. Most of the coral has been 5. (die). The beach will be closed b6. June and September to let the coral come back to life.
Experts say that 80% of Thailand's coral reefs have been killed. Too many tourists cause a lot of 7. (pollute) to these beaches. An expert said the biggest 8. (problem) were hotels by the beaches, boats, and plastic waste in the sea. He believed the 9. (good) choice was to close the beaches forever. He 10. (explain), "I hope the government can take steps to protect the coral reefs. At the same time, I also hope all of us should try our best to protect the environment around us."
Pick ______ the rubbish on the ground, Daisy. Remember not to throw it here and there.
Never w ______ water. We should try to save water in our daily life.
世界上幸福指数最高的国家
According to a recent study by the University of Leicester, in a list ranking countries by the happiness of their citizens, Denmark is the happiest place to live in.
Well you'll be more surprised when you hear that the Danes pay some of the highest taxes (税费) in the world. Most Danes are used to seeing between 50—70% of their salary going to the government! So what's the secret of their success?
Let's start with all that tax they pay. The Danish government provides its people with one of the finest education and health systems in the world. And there is another advantage to those high taxes. Because a refuse collector's final salary is not that much less than someone who works in a bank. For example, Danes don't choose their careers based on money or status (地位) as people in other countries do. They choose the job they want to do. The refuse collector can hold his head up high as he proudly does his job—workers in other countries are not used to looking at life in this way.
Finally, Danish people aren't as suspicious (多疑的)as many other nations and show an amazing amount of trust in each other and their government. Parents leave their babies in prams outside the supermarket while they do the shopping and Danes don't need to lock their bikes up when they leave them to go into a shop. Perhaps the bike is a good symbol for Denmark. The Danes can afford cars but they choose bikes—simple, economical, nonpolluting machines that show no status but help keep people fit.
1~2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题用英语简要概括出本文的主旨大意；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1.You may feel more surprised that Danes pay some of ______ in the world.
2.The Danish government provides its people with one of the finest ______ in the world.
3.How do the Danes choose their careers?
_____________________
4.The passage is mainly about ______________.
5._____________________
Jack got the first place in the exam. His parents took ________ in him.
A.doubt B.pride C.regret D.ability
These beautiful cards ________ by Lucy last night. How beautiful they are!
A.make B.made C.are made D.were made
