阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词$或括号内单词的正确形式。
Last week,our class was on duty in the cafeteria. On the first day,I was shocked to see so much leftover food 1. (throw) away by students. What2. waste! Being concerned about it, my classmates and I had a heated discussion on how3. (solve) the problem. Lots of good ideas came up, such as holding class meetings, putting up a wall newspaper and charging a fine for wasting food. 4. (final),we all agreed that putting up a wall newspaper would be a good 5. (choose).
The next day, we put our idea into reality. Towards lunch time, we put up a wall news paper outside the school cafeteria, 6. (call) on students not to waste food. Many students gathered around to read and express their support. 7. my great delight, there were changes soon. In the cafeteria, I 8. (find) the plates returned after lunch all empty without any leftover. Food9. (save) and the dining hall was cleaner. Seeing this, I felt proud of 10. we had done.
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最 佳选项。
A Japanese farmer bought a big foreign tractor to grow his corn and apples in northern Japan. The giant tractor __ _ the waste land into fields at an amazing speed. ___ _ _ , he was troubled by the damage caused by raccoon dogs .Just when the sweet corn was ready to be ____ _ _ ,it was ruined.
“I placed ___ _ __ in several places around the fields,but ended up trapping a young raccoon dog. The mother stayed next to it,and didn’t _____ _ _ when I approached. When I tried _____ _ __ out to release the trap,the young raccoon dog bared its _____ _ __ and got really upset. It seems cruel,but I held its head down with my rubber boot _____ _ ___ I released it from the trap. It didn’t run away,though. Right in front of ____ _ _ , the mother started licking the young one’s ___ _ ___ leg. Seeing that, I felt committed an awful crime. “
“I _____ _ ___ told them ‘Stop eating our corny But then I started leaving small piles of second rate corn around the ____ _ _of the fields. They’re not good enough to sell. The next morning when I went to the fields, they’d completely _____ _ _ . But the raccoon dogs had caused ___ _ __more damage at all. So at harvest time I decided to ____ _ __using the traps and put out the corncobs without kernels . After that, __ _ __ by the raccoon dogs stopped almost completely. So I figured that farmers suffer this sort of damage because they ___ _ _everything. After all,we,d turned what used to __ _ the raccoon dogs into fields. I worried that if I actually fed them,the raccoon dogs would even more __ _ ,but that didn’t happen.
I suppose you could say that my eyes were opened to the mysteries of nature. Anyway,I realized that nature didn’t work in the __ _ that most people thought.”
1.A. divided B. developed C. transformed D. transport
2.A. Therefore B. However C. Meanwhile D. Moreover
3.A. raised B. hunted C. grown D. harvested
4.A. traps B. nets C. sticks D. forces
5.A. break away B. runaway C. jump up D. turn up
6.A. handing B. taking C. standing D. reaching
7.A. claws B. neck C. teeth D. mouth
8.A. as B. because C. unless D. after
9.A. it B. me C. them D. us
10.A. wounded B. folded C. deserted D. exhausted
11.A. seldom B. almost C. hardly D. once
12.A. trees B. soil C. edges D. hut
13.A. disappeared B. died C. melted D. escaped
14.A. a little B. a bit C. much D. no
15.A. begin B. continue C. stop D. delay
16.A. waste B. damage C. holes D. crops
17.A. take B. bring C. give D. lose
18.A. refer to B. turn to C. belong to D. lead to
19.A. fight B. bother C. scare D. cheer
20.A. sense B. form C. course D. way
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? _1.___ The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
"Make a plan for reaching goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.
"Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. 2.__
"When something goes wrong,try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self-pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks (挫折）to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
" ___3.__ These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.
" __4. Whether you treat yourself to lunch,take a long,relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance,you will be subconsciously (下意识地）putting yourself in a better mood.
"Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Humor is everywhere. There is irony (反语）in just about any thing a human does.
"Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. ___5.___
A. There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.
B. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
C. It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.
D. These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.
E. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood.
F. What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.
G. On the contrary,if you are around people who are happy,your emotional state will also be influenced.
As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night,it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is necessary for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact,it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.
The amount of stress a person can bear depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress and such characters are obviously important material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress in whatever form we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choices between “fight” and “flight” and in more ancient days the choice made the difference between life and death. The crises (危机）we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme,but however little the stress,it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long,through continued exposure to stress that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives(it would be unwise to do so even if we could),we need to find ways to deal with it.
1.People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_________.
A. they are travelling fast all the time
B. they are becoming busier with their work
C. they do not know how to enjoy themselves
D. they do not believe that relaxation is important for health
2.In Paragraph 3,” such a reaction” refers to “___________”.
A. responding to crises quickly
B. losing heart on seeing difficulties
C. making a choice between ‘flight' and ‘fight'
D. reacting to stress both chemically and physically
3.We can learn from the text that _______.
A. stress is always harmful to people
B. we can find some ways to avoid stress
C. different people can bear different amounts of stress
D. it is easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work
4.What would the passage deal with,if it were to continue?
A.How to keep mentally fit.
B.Why we have a tight schedule.
C.How to handle stress correctly.
D.How we can benefit from stress.
Twelve years ago, a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco, California, visited the Sabah rainforest on Malaysian Borneo. In one area of the rainforest,he watched a bird flying through the trees. The beautiful sight lett quite an impression on him. But weeks later, back home, Rhett Butler got the news that trees had been cut down in the area he visi1ed.
That experience led Rhett Butler to begin writing a book about rainforests and threats to their existence. But he did not publish the book. Instead, in 1999, he used his research for the book to create a website, Mongabay. com. His purpose was to inform the public about tropical rainforests. But the subject quickly developed. As a former businessman, he became a respected writer of science and environmental stories.
The popularity of Mongabay. com attracted advertisers. Small ads on the site pay for its operations. Mongabay. com has grown and led to other sites. For example,there is a site for children which is called Kids. Mongabay. com. Another one,WildMadangascar. o rg, is allabout the island nation that Rhett Butler calls his favorite place.
To keep his website going, he travels around the world on several major trips each year. His working tools are a laptop computer,cameras and sometimes diving equipment. He often calls on experts for information. For example,he interviewed Alison Jolly,a top expert on lemurs (狐猴）. He interviewed Rodney Jackson, a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy.
Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers, students and teachers. In April, Time, com named it one of the fifteen top climate and environment websites in the world.
1.Rhett Butler didn’t publish his book about rainforests because________.
A. he didn’t want to become a writer
B. the book was not about rainforest protection
C. he wanted to use the information to create a website
D. making websites earned more money than writing books
2.To keep his website going,Rhett Butler___________.
A. kept visiting rainforests
B. raised rare snow leopards
C. traveled around and interviewed experts
D. produced a great number of advertisements
3.We can learn from the text that ________.
A. Rodney Jackson was once a businessman
B. Kids. Mongabay. com has many stories written by kids
C. Mongabay. com is loved by researchers as well as students
D. WildMadangascar. org is better known than Mongabay. com
4.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Rhett Butler and his website.
B. Rainforests on Malaysian Borneo.
C. How Rhett Butler protected rare animals.
D. How Rhett Butler made his website popular.
Every university has a Students’Union. If students are the lifeblood of a university, the union is surely its beating heart.
For students, by students
A Students’Union is run by students and acts independently. At the end of each academic year, it will find six students to hold a sabbatical (带有休假的）position managing the Union for the coming year. That the six successful sabbatical officers have only recently experienced issues affecting students ensures that your needs are very well understood.
Letting your hair down
Although the university is spread across a fairly wide area, the Union is centrally located and is only a short walk from any of the main buildings. This makes it very easy to catch up with friends who might be on a different course.
At night, the place really comes alive—we have three different bars to suit every occasion. The venues are student-only so you can be sure of meeting people with a similar outlook and we throw in a transport service to make sure you get home safely.
The Union also organizes various formal balls throughout the year, with the highlight being the end-of-year ball.
Supporting you
Beyond having fun, we also make sure some of the more serious issues are effectively dealt with. If you have a problem with your course, another sabbatical officer is trained to help you. Being independent from the university means we can represent and support you to the best of our ability, and once you reach the university you may find that you know about more national or political issues.
1.What does the underlined phrase probably mean?
A. Stopping being self-centered.
B. Relaxing and enjoying yourself.
C. Telling others your feelings and secrets.
D. Cutting your hair and letting it fall freely.
2.According to the third paragraph, we can learn that___________.
A. a Students’Union is close to the home
B. a Students’Union is far away from the university
C. a Students’Union is in the central part of the university
D. a Students’Union has different courses for all the students
3.The person who takes up a certain post of the Students’Union_____________.
A. is very happy and easy
B. learns what the students need
C. can affect the life of any student
D. has understood everything of the university
