Justin Bieber may have millions of fans worldwide, but Russia’s bears don’t appear to admire the pop singer’s music --- which proved fortunate for one lucky fisherman.
Igor Vorozhbitsyn had his life saved by a Justin Bieber ringtone, when his mobile phone went off during a dangerous attack by a brown bear.
The 42-year-old was attacked as he was walking to a favourite fishing spot in northern Russia’s Yakutia Republic and firmly believed that he was going to be killed.
Wildlife experts believe the ringtone must have frightened the bear into stopping its attack.
‘Sometimes a sharp shock can stop an angry bear in its attack and that ringtone would be a very unexpected sound for a bear,’ explained one．
Mr Vorozhbitsyn suffered from cuts and severe wounds and was rescued when he was found by other fishermen after using the phone to call for help.
Mr Vorozhbitsyn ---now recovering from his wounds---explained: ‘I had parked my car and was walking towards the spot I’d marked out when there was a tremendous impact on my back and the bear was on top of me.’
‘I couldn’t believe my luck when the phone went off and it run away.’
‘I know that sort of ringtone isn’t to everyone’s taste but my granddaughter loaded it onto my phone for a joke,’ he added.
Adult brown bears can weigh as much as 600kg and have been known to kill wolves and even Siberian tigers.
Finally, this is a proof that Justin Bieber is unbearable
1.Igor Vorozhbitsyn was attacked when____.
A．he was fishing at his favourite fishing spot.
B．he was walking towards his favourite fishing spot.
C．he was phoning his granddaughter.
D．he was driving to his favourite fishing spot.
2.The bear stopped attacking because___.
A．Justin Bieber came to rescue Igor Vorozhbitsyn.
B．Justin Bieber sang to it.
C．Justin Bieber’s ringtone was a sudden fright to it.
D．Igor Vorozhbitsyn’s mobile phone was a sudden fright to it.
3.What is the writer’s attitude towards Justin Bieber?
A．positive
B．negative
C．neutral (中立的)
D．not mentioned
4.What does the last paragraph imply?
A．Justin Bieber’s music is popular all over the world.
B．Justin Bieber’s music is life-saving.
C．Justin Bieber’s music is threatening.
D．Even bears cannot stand Justin Bieber’s music.
American researchers found females are the more talkative sex because of a special “language protein” in the brain.
The study, conducted by neuroscientists(神经学家) and psychologist from the University of Maryland, concluded that women talked more because they had more of the Foxp2 protein．The research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, found that higher levels were found among humans that were women but in rats that were males．Their findings came after it was previously claimed that ladies speak about 20,000 words a day – over 13,000 more than men．“This study is one of the first to report a sex difference in the expression of a language-associated protein in humans or animals,” said Prof Margaret McCarthy, who led the study．In their study, the researchers attempted to determine what might make male rats more vocal than their female friends．
They separated four-day-old rats from their mothers and then counted the number of times they cried out in the “ultrasonic（超声波的） range”, the frequencies higher than humans can hear, over five minutes．While both sexes called out hundreds of cries, the males called out twice as often, they found．But when the pups were returned to their mother’s cage, she fussed over her sons first．Tests conducted on the parts of the brain known to be associated with vocal calls showed the male pups have up to twice as much Foxp2 protein as the females．The researchers then increased the production in the brains of female pups and reduced it in males．This led to the female rats crying out more often and their mothers showing more interest to them．In contrast, males became less “talkative”.
The researchers then tested samples from ten children, aged between three and five, which showed that females had up to 30 per cent more of the Foxp2 protein than males, in a brain area key to language in humans.
“Based on our observations, we assume higher levels of Foxp2 in girls and higher levels of Foxp2 in male rats is an indication that Foxp2 protein levels are associated with the more communicative sex,” said Prof McCarthy.
“Our results imply Foxp2 as a component (成分)of the neurobiological basis of sex differences in vocal communication in mammals.”
1.From the second paragraph, we can learn that ________.
A．women always speak more words than men
B．men and male rats have low levels of language protein
C．women and male rats have similar levels of Foxp2
D．McCarthy isn’t the first to find females more talkative
2.The underlined phrase “fussed over” in the third paragraph probably means______.
A．paid attention to
B．related to
C．put pressure on
D．counted on
3.The researchers carried out the experiments on rats in order to _______.
A．test which part of the brain is key to language in rats and humans
B．prove the levels of Foxp2 protein in humans and rats are different
C．determine the reason why female rats are more talkative than male rats
D．discover the association between Foxp2 protein and vocal communication
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．Tests on humans and rats
B．Why women are the talkative sex
C．Sex differences in Foxp2 protein
D．Foxp2 protein determines oral ability
Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too．His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio．She didn’t realize her brother was in the midst of it all．She never saw him again．And it’s all your fault.
I wish you’d walk out of my life forever．I don’t want anything to do with you．Look at all the pain you’ve caused．Sure, you’ve made people happy too from time to time．But the damage you’ve caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable．Stop luring (引诱) in the people I love．Stop hurting me, please.
Sincerely,
Anonymous
1.What is author’s purpose in writing to alcohol?
A．To introduce Mr．Alcohol to the readers
B．To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.
C．To show how much alcohol can hurt people.
D．To show the great fun alcohol can bring to people’s life.
2.What did alcohol do to the author’s father?
A．It made him crash into two other cars and took his life.
B．It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped.
C．It made him kill two other people when driving.
D．It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself.
3.The underlined phrase “were intrigued by” is closest in meaning to ________．
A．were familiar with
B．were interested in
C．were disappointed with
D．were satisfied with
4.What is the tone of the article?
A．Critical
B．Doubtful
C．Unconcerned
D．Humorous
书面表达（共1小题）
假设你叫李华，你的英国朋友Chris打算在校园网上成立一个中文读书俱乐部，他来信向你寻求帮助和建议。请你根据以下提示回信。
1．在网络上发布相关信息；
2．在校园张贴海报；
3．定期组织读书活动，交流读书心得．
注意：1．词数不少于l00左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Chris，
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Yours，
Li Hua．
短文改错（共1小题）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有1 0处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Mrs．White was in hurry to visit her grandson because she missed her very much．
It was nearly three months when she last saw her grandson．When she was walking by a playground，a football fly in her direction．She was already in her seventy．Should she kick the ball back and should she just go past leave it where it was? Finally she gave it a kick with greatly effort and the ball went straight on into the goal．What amazing it was! She helped them win the game．
阅读填空（共1小题）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In the Tibetan language，“Guozhuang dance”means singing and dancing in a circle．It is very popular in Tibet and places like Yunnan，Qinghai and Gansu_____1.____Tibetans live．
In the dance，men and women of an equal number form a circle hand in hand with one．person____2.____（act）as the leading dancer．The whole song begins with slow part．and gradually_____3.____（turn）fast．Men always take the first lines of lyrics（抒情歌），____4.____women reply．The dance involves repeated_____5.____（music）dialogues between male and female dancers．
Guozhuang dance is rich in content and flexible in steps．It changes with the____6.____（develop）of Tibetan life and work，There are dances concerning daily work_____7.___crop gathering，wool twisting，cattle feeding and wine making etc；And also there are dances presenting，___8._____Tibetan customs and marriage traditions．
Guozhuang dance is a joyous dance．Whenever there are festivals or happy events，people of all ages will____9.___（happy）join the dance．
Guozhuang dance____10.____（catalogue）in the first set of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage（非物质文化遗产）since 2006．
