Humans are responsible for causing changes in the environment that hurt animals and species(物种). We take up more space on Earth for our homes and cities. We pollute habitats(栖息地). 1. illegally hunt and kill animals. All of these activities take resources and habitats away 2. plants and animals.
Human activity often changes or destroys the habitats that plants and animals need to survive. 3. human populations are growing so fast, animals and plants are disappearing many times faster 4. they have in the past 65 million years.
Animals and plants have always had a 5. time surviving. Animals became extinct (灭绝的) in the past for a wide variety of reasons. In some cases, competition for resources among animals led to extinction and in 6. cases, environmental changes caused extinction.
Fortunately, we humans are beginning to realize our mistakes, 7. we could destroy everything on Earth. We must not only use our knowledge and abilities to manage the Earth, but to make the Earth 8. safe and healthy place where all animals and plants——including humans ourselves——can live.
The position of children in American family and society is no longer what it is used to be. The _36__ family in colonial North America was mainly concerned with survival and 37 that, its own economic prosperity, Thus, children were __38__ in terms of their productivity, and they played the role of producer quite early, Until they fulfilled this role, their position in the family was one of the subordination(附属).
With the __39__ of the society, the position of the children in the family and in the society became more important. In the complex and technological society that the United States has become, each member must fulfill a number of personal and occupational roles and be in contact with many other members. __40__ , viewing children as necessary members of society means that they are __41__ more as people in their own right than as those of the family is reflected in various laws __42__ the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs.
This new __43__ of children and the frequent contact between the members of society has also __44_ an increasing interest in child-raising techniques. People today spend much time seeking the proper way to __45__ children.
Nowadays, the socialization of the child in the United States is a two-way transaction(事务) between parents and child __46___ a one-way, parent-to-child training program. As a consequence, socializing child and __47__ with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction, and problems
1.A. poor B. ordinary C. happy D. wealthy
2.A. except B. for C. beyond D. through
3.A. supported B. received C. encouraged D. valued
4.A. movement B. achievement C. development D. requirement
5.A. Besides B. However C. Instead D. Therefore
6.A. admired B. regarded C. made D. respected
7.A. enjoying B. preventing C. considering D. protecting
8.A. view B. faith C. world D. study
9.A. led in B. brought in C. resulted in D. taken in
10.A. nurse B. praise C. understand D. raise
11.A. more than B. rather than C. better than D. less than
12.A. talking B. living C. playing D. discussing
Thinking you know in fact you don’t know is a terrible mistake.
A. that, that B. what, what C. that, what D. what, that
There are many idioms used in English _____ quite a few of them come from the Bible.
A. that B. which C. and D. but
In the past few years, My Heart Will Go On was a popular song among young people, were often heard singing it at parties.
A. who B. which C. they D. that
Idioms are used all the time and unless you recognize when an idiom is being used, what you read or hear ______ can easily be misunderstood
A. spoken B. speaking C. speak D. be spoken
