Great white sharks! Just hearing that name makes many people’s hair stand on end. In reality, these big fish have more to fear from us than we do from them. For many years, people killed countless great white sharks in the waters around the United States.
But thanks to conservation (保护) efforts, great whites are making a comeback in the U.S. Two recent studies show that the population of these sharks is rising along the east and west coast.
Why is the growing population of a killer fish something to celebrate? “When you fish too many of them, you start to lose balance in the environment,” says shark researcher Tobey Curtis. As the biggest killer, sharks help keep the populations of fish, seals, and other creatures they eat from growing too large.
In spite of their importance, great white sharks had long been hunted for their meat and their fins (鳍). Then, in 1997, the U.S. government passed a law that didn’t allow the hunting of great whites.
Afterwards, the numbers of these sharks in the U.S. waters started to increase.
The law wasn’t the only thing that has helped great whites. Conservationists have also played a part
in the sharks’ comeback. The research group OCEARCH is using a method called tagging (加标签) to help change people’s attitudes about great white. They let the public follow each shark as it travels the world’s oceans. OCEARCH also gives each tagged shark a name to help people form a closer connection with the big fish.
The group’s most well-known shark is named Katharine. She was tagged last year near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Since then, thousands of people have tracked Katharine’s movements on Twitter and the
OCEARCH website.
This helps people see sharks in a new way. Chris Fischer, the founder of OCEARCH believes
learning to appreciate great whites will encourage people to do more to protect them.
1.The underlined part “makes many people’s hair stand on end” in Paragraph 1 can best be replaced by______.
A. worries many people B. bores many people
C. frightens many people D. interests many people
2.The law passed in 1997 ______.
A. seemed very helpful B. let scientists down
C. needed to be changed D. made people like great whites
3.Katharine’s example is used to show that ______.
A. great whites are in fact lovely animals
B. the OCEARCH website has a lot of visitors
C. the number of great whites is growing quickly
D. OCEARCH help people get closer to great whites
4.The main purpose of the passage is to ______.
A. introduce an experiment result
B. make an advertisement for OCEARCH
C. remind us that big killers are dying out
D. inform us that great whites are making a comeback
It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing
more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds
of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
1.From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.
A. worked very hard for centuries
B. dreamed of having a better life
C. were poor but somewhat pleased
D. lived a different life from their forefathers
2.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?
A. The frogs were easy money.
B. They need money to buy medicine.
C. They wanted to please the visitors.
D. The frogs made too much noise.
3.What might be the cause of the children’ s sickness?
A. The crops didn’t do well
B. There were too many insects
C. The visitors brought in diseases.
D. There were too many frogs.
4.What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?
A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.
B. Health is more important than money.
C. The harmony（和谐） between man and nature is important.
D. Good old days will never be forgotten.
1.I will never forget the way_____________my teacher taught me.
2.This is the factory____________we visited last week.
3.I bought a vase yesterday,____________price is too high.
4.Do you know the trouble I have_____________(learn) the English grammar?
5.The parents are trying to train their son to be a great_____________(music).
6.I think_____________(happy) depends on our attitudes to life.
7.Mary was able to provide the police with some_____________ (value) information.
8.The policemen are still searching for_____________(survive) of the plane crash.
9.It’s wrong to see _____________(violent) as the only way to solve problems in the world.
10.He shows _____________(cruel) to those who are against him.
11.After the car crash,an ambulance took the_____________(injure) lo hospital at once.
12.Other schools might have somewhat different rules_____________(base) on different conditions.
13.We can rely on _____________that our parents are willing lo help us whenever we meet difficulties.
14.I’d appreciate_____________if you could let me know in advance whether or not you will come.
15.This desk needs _____________(mend).
16.My coat _____________(wash) easily.
17.Great changes_____________(take place) in my hometown since 1978.
18.For many students,great attention must be paid____________(improve) their handwriting,especially in the fresh year.
19.Every minute should be made use of_____________(study) our lessons well.
20.Niki is always full of ideas,but_____________is useful to my knowledge.
21.With time_____________(go) by,I was made smaller.
22.My daughter is familiar_____________The Voice of China,which is not familiar_____________me.
23.I didn’t mean_____________(eat) anything,but those apples looked so good that I couldn’t help trying one.
24.It’s requested that all members_____________(present) at the party.
25.The number of foreign students attending Chinese Universities_____________been rising steadily since 1990.
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10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加 、删除和修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
The winter holiday is coming. My classmates and I are talking about how to do during the holiday. We can chose between staying at home and take a trip. If we stay at home, it is comfortable but there is no need to spend money. But in that case, we will learn little about world. If we go on a trip abroad, we can broaden your view and gain knowledges that we cannot get from books. Some classmates suggest we can go to places of interest nearby. I thought that it is a good idea. It does not cost many, yet we can still learn a lot.
According to a recent survey,violence did exist in schools.Students 1.(show) their fear and parents and teachers also expressed their great concern about it.2.(expert) hope the whole society will pay more attention to the mental health of adolescents.
Nowadays,school violence is 3.hot issue.I think this is a phenomenon（现象）,4.calls for our great concern.We should try every effort 5.(prevent) violence happening at school for more and more students would drop out of school if their personal 6.(safe) could not be guaranteed.In fact,violence can be learned.Children learn violent behavior from adults or from 7.they see on television or on the Internet.
If I meet with school violence,I will not answer violence 8.violence,for it will result in 9.(much、fighting.I will tell my teachers or parents about it.I think they will help me deal with it well and they will protect me from the bad guys.
All in all,every student should behave 10.(he) and keep away from violence.
One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. The professor _____________the question papers, with the text facing down as usual. ___he handed them all out, he asked his students to ___the page and begin. To everyone's surprise, there were no ___just a black dot (点) in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the expression on everyone's face, told them the following:
“I want you to write what you ___there.”
The students, ___, got started on the inexplicable (令人费解的) task.
At the end of the class, the professor ___all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no ___, described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been ___, the classroom was silent, the professor began to explain:
"I'm not going to grade this. I ___wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the __ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our __. We have a white paper to observe and __, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a __ given to us with love and care and we always have ____to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that ____ our livelihood(生计) and the miracles we see every day.
__, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health issues that bother us, the lack of money, the ___relationship with colleagues, the ___with a friend, and etc.
The dark spots are very ___compared to everything we have in our lives, but they are the ones that pollute our minds. "
1.A. handed out B. turned up C. referred to D. pointed at
2.A. Since B. Until C. If D. After
3.A. fold B. turn C. open D. use
4.A. exercises B. choices C. questions D. excuses
5.A. .remember B. imagine C. study D. see
6.A. surprised B. confused C. curious D. displeased
7.A. collected B. finished C. marked D. selected
8.A. excuse B. doubt C. exception D. explanation
9.A. said B. answered C. returned D. read
10.A. also B. just C. even D. finally
11.A. big B. black C. beautiful D. white
12.A. lives B. classrooms C. colleges D. studies
13.A. send B. keep C. enjoy D. show
14.A. burden B. gift C. pressure D. lesson
15.A. reasons B. time C. freedom D. festivals
16.A. threatens B. ruins C. provides D. changes
17.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Moreover
18.A. close B. complicate C. special D. strong
19.A. stay B. contact C. satisfaction D. disappointment
20.A. dark B. round C. small D. dirty
