It’s always great to hear news about wildlife returning to where they once lived. For the first time in 8 years the small blue --- British’s smallest butterfly--- has been seen back at a nature reserve in Hertfordshire.
This nature reserve has had a lot of work done recently in order to help butterflies. Management of the land has included bringing in sheep to keep the grass under control in a more natural way and planting wild flowers for butterfly species. The nature reserve is home to a number of butterfly species. In fact the way that this reserve has been managed means that it is probably the best reserve in Hertfordshire to see butterflies with at least 25 species now living in the area.
There are a number of threats to British butterflies and the greatest threat is the loss of their habitat. Changing farming practice has affected British native butterfly species greatly with many more now being at risk. Butterflies are such an excellent species that they can clearly tell the situation of local environment because they are easily influenced by environmental changes, A wide species of butterflies will generally mean a healthy environment.
The type of land management at the nature reserve in Hertfordshire offers a hope for many species of butterfly to live as usual. Butterflies need all the help they can get at the moment. Although the number of butterflies is beginning to increase, many are still at risk.
1.What has the nature reserve done to help butterflies return ?
a. changing the reserve place b. bringing in sheep
c. planting wild flowers d. changing farming practice
A. a.b B. c,d C. a,d D .b,c
2.Why did the butterflies fly away eight years ago？
A. The weather is changing B. The flowers have died out
C. Their habitat has been lost. D. The environment has changed
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The environment has changed healthier a lot than before.
B. All the butterflies have returned to the reserve.
C. There is no threat to the British butterflies.
D. Over 25 species is living in the reserve now.
4.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. The butterflies changed as the environment changed.
B. Butterflies are very beautiful.
C. Butterflies are sensitive to the environment the live.
D. Butterflies can tell us what is happening.
Do you still remember your dreams from childhood? They’re like flowers that never fade, “23-year-old Liu Wei told a happy audience during a broadcast of the nationwide talent competition China’s Got Talent. Liu, an ___16____ pianist from Beijing, was named one of the show’s finalists.
Liu once had arms. At the age of 10 he accidentally grabbed a high-voltage wire and lost his arms. “My family and I were so ___17____ then,” Liu recalled. He credits a disable boy he met at the hospital who gives him the __18_____ to cheer him up.
He was forced to __19_____ playing soccer (his favorite sport) but bounced back and ___20____himself to learn swimming. After two years, Liu had won two gold medals and one silver at the National Swimming Championship for the disabled in 2002.
By the age of 19, Liu had taught himself __21_____ to play the piano with his feet, fulfilling a childhood ___22____ of composing and producing music, he said ___23____ a big smile. “__24_____ enough time, I could be just as same as anyone.”
“I can read music and have __25_____ the ‘toeing’ by myself,” he told. According to Liu, the big toe is the most __26_____ digit when “toeing,” but that he can only reach five keys at the same time. “It means I have to train my toes to move more ___27____,” he said.
One of the show’s hosts, Cao Kefan, told press. “He was __28_____ so hard his feet were constantly cramping,” Cao said.
“ We’ve all __29_____ our dreams when we were young, but no one has fought as hard as you,” commented Gao Xiaosong. Gao is one of the show’s judges and one of most ___30____ music producers in China.
“You tell us that to __31_____ our dream, we need to spare no pains,” said Yi Nengjing, a show judge and Taiwanese pop star.
“I’ve received a lot of letters of support, all ___32____ me to focus on my music,” Liu said. When asked what he would do when the show was ___33____, he revealed several music companies had asked to __34_____ him. But whatever happened, he added he is sure he would keep __35_____ his dream.
“Music is like water and air to me,” he said. “I can’t live with out it.”
1.A．aimless B．legless C．armless D．forceless
2.A．desperate B．happy C．angry D．nervous
3.A．power B．strength C．energy D．enthusiasm
4.A．give away B．give in C．give up D．give off
5.A．let B．devoted C．abandoned D．challenged
6.A．what B．how C．whether D．which
7.A．idea B．purpose C．dream D．thought
8.A．at B．to C．in D．with
9.A．given B．if C．when D．only if
10.A．carried out B．figured out C．worked out D．gave out
11.A．flexible B．available C．sensible D．advisble
12.A．heavily B．rapidly C．slowly D．slightly
13.A．looking B．working C．exercising D．practicing
14.A．looked for B．fought for C．make for D．took for
15.A．influential B．beneficial C．potential D．official
16.A．make B．gain C．get D．realize
17.A．letting B．discouraging C．inspiring D．encouraging
18.A．by B．out C．over D．off
19.A．offer B．sign C．answer D．find
20.A．pursuing B．looking C．thinking D.promising
One of the most important things in education is to let students ____ positive emotions and experience in the process of their learning.
A. require B. acquire C. demand D. clarify
––– I felt left out at the party last night.
––– Really? ____, you should have said something.
A. If possible B. If so C. If necessary D. If any
Where were you at supper time? I ____ for you to join me.
A. waited B. had waited C. have been waiting D. was waiting
––– I promise my daughter ____ get a nice present on her birthday.
––– I think it will be a big surprise to her.
A. must B. shall C. might D. need
