Jeremy looked across the hot, grassy plain South Africa was a long way from the cool, green countryside of his hometown in Oregon.
“Ready?” Dad asked.
“Yes,” Jeremy answered. They climbed into the old truck. Jeremy seldom spent time with his father, a famous wildlife photographer. The work seemed mostly hot and boring.
As the truck ran across the rough dirt, Dad chatted with their guides, Mkhulu and Bheki. They spoke Zulu, which Jeremy couldn’t understand, though they also spoke English. He watched for animals. “There!” he shouted, pointing. Mkhulu slowed the truck. Jeremy realized he had been pointing at a rock.
As the truck jumped up and down over a ditch, there was a big crash. “Wait!” Jeremy shouted. The door had fallen off. Bheki threw the door into the back of the truck. “Now we can see better,” Dad laughed.
They stopped near a watering hole. Mkhulu said he was friends with the elephants that sometimes gathered here. Maybe they’d see some.
Before long, Jeremy felt vibrations. Elephants! A small group walked towards the water. Dad jumped out of the truck and focused his camera on the largest elephant.
Jeremy spotted a very young elephant walking between two adults. It was tiny, by elephant standards. The two elephants beside the baby kept stopping to wait for it. Jeremy watched as they neared the water. Several larger elephants Jumped in the water.
Jeremy lost sight of the baby. Where was it? Then he saw. It was in water up to its eyes. Its mouth was underwater. It held it its trunk up above the water. The baby was in trouble. “Look!” said Jeremy. The bank was too steep for the baby. It couldn’t climb out of the water. Other elephants tried pushing it, without success.
Jeremy took the loose door from the back of the truck. Mkhulu saw what Jeremy was planning and ran to help. Together they dragged the door down to the water’s edge, Mkhulu calmed the mother elephant, gently explaining that they were bringing a ramp for the baby.
The mother knew Mkhulu and trusted him. She seemed to sense that they meant to help. Jeremy pushed the door onto the bank, angling it so the baby could walk up it to safety. The baby stepped onto the door. Its mother pushed. Three more steps, and they were up. The elephants gathered around the baby, touching it with their trunks.
“Boy, Jeremy,” Dad said. “That is one of the most exciting photo shoots I’ve ever done! I’m glad you came along.”
1.From the story, we know ________.
A.Jeremy had a very strong liking for nature
B.Jeremy’s father loved taking pictures of wild animals
C.Jeremy made a ramp for the baby elephant by himself
D.Jeremy and his father were in the green countryside of Oregon.
2.What was the main problem in the story?
A.The door fell off the truck.
B.Jeremy mistook a rock for a wild animal.
C.The baby elephant got stuck in the water.
D.Jeremy found his father’s work hot and boring.
3.According to the passage, how was the baby elephant saved?
A.Jeremy helped save it by making a ramp.
B.Mkhulu dived into the water and rescued it.
C.The mother elephant pushed it out of the water.
D.Mkhulu helped Jeremy put the door into the back of the truck.
A natural disaster is a major harmful event resulting from natural processes of the Earth. In recent years, owing to either cyclical (循环的) changes or human activities, there has been a rise in natural disasters. Earthquakes, typhoons, floods and hurricanes have caused a lot of deaths around the world. On the one hand, natural disasters always bring great sadness to people, but on the other hand, natural disasters make people fully aware of the mistakes of themselves and begin to rethink what they have done. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage, and typically leave some economic damage in its wake, the severity of which depends on the stricken population’s ability to recover.
Take the typhoon which hit Japan this summer as an example. This September Super Typhoon Chebi (飞燕) visited Japan, causing dozens of deaths, more than 600 injuries and losses worth countless dollars. Bridges and roads were washed away, houses and buildings damaged, leaving many people homeless. Furthermore, tens of thousands of visitors were forced to stay in the airport. Although the government of Japan had taken some precautions, the typhoon did bring much trouble to people there.
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（1）保护环境从自身做起，并提高公众的环保意识；
（2）掌握有关自然灾害的更多知识；
（3）建议政府提供更多的资金进行相关的研究。
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What is clone? The noun “clone” and the verb “to clone” are not used consistently. In biology a clone is a cell or an organism, which is 1. (genetic) the same as another cell or organism. Many simple organisms such as bacteria reproduce themselves by 2. (copy) their DNA and splitting (分裂) in half. The verb “to clone” refers 3. the process of creating cloned cells or organisms. The process differs, 4. (depend) on the kinds of cells used in the cloning procedure and the desired result. Usually, 5. scientists clone an animal, they take the nucleus (核) of a cell and place it into an egg cell from 6. the nucleus has been removed. The egg cell then divides to produce 7. embryo that develops an animal if the procedures work as 8. (plan). Different from other cloning cases, Dolly was created from a specialized adult cell, 9. from a very early embryonic cell in which no specialized 10. (tissue) begin to develop.
There are so many interesting and creative hobbies that can improve your life and make you smarter.
1. As the saying goes, reading gives us somewhere to go when we have to stay where we are. It enriches your knowledge and makes you feel better about yourself.
Learning a new language is a most unique and challenging hobby. It enables your brain to perform better, improves your memory and reduces the risk of brain decline. 2.
Playing chess makes you smarter by exercising both sides of your brain. 3. And it helps improve your memory and builds your self-confidence.
Writing makes your brain work. 4. Writing things down can improve your emotions and your ability to communicate with others and it will make you a more interesting person.
Exercising regularly keeps both your body and your brain functioning. A good blood circulation in your body means a good blood circulation of your brain, which means an increased brain function. 5.
Learning to play the piano or any other musical instrument teaches you patience and perseverance because it takes a lot of effort and a lot of time.
A. It teaches you to think.
B. Smiling will make you healthier and look cooler.
C. Moreover, a new language means new opportunities.
D. Positive thinking can help you to do your best each day.
E. Besides, exercising reduces stress and helps you sleep better.
F. Playing the game raises your IQ and encourages your creativity.
G. Reading teaches you new things about new places and new people.
“Regardless of social class, race and age, men say they hate to shop,” says Zukin, City University of New York sociology professor. “Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they like to shop. Men generally like to shop for books, music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they'll say, ‘Well, that's not shopping. That's research.’”
In other words, what men and women call “buying things” and how they approach that task are different.
Women will wander through several 1,000squaremetre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the perfect digital camcorder. Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a special task or a game to be won.
“Men are frequently shopping to win,” says Ann, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. “They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best and latest one and if they do that, it makes them happy. When women shop, they're doing it in a way that they want everybody to be very happy,” says Ann. “They're kind of shopping for love.”
“Teenage girls learn to shop from their mums and elder sisters, and they also learn to shop by examining articles in magazines like Seventeen,” Zukin says. “And although men's magazines such as GQ and Esquire have long had shopping articles, it's TV that has the eye of young male shoppers,” say Ann and Zukin.
“Television shows are used by young men in the same way Seventeen or Lucky is used by girls,” says Zukin, “to help make clothing and toiletry choices.”
“Of course, there are men who love to shop and are proud of it,” Ann says. And that is important no matter whether you buy a car or a frying pan. All men love to buy but don't want to get cheated. Ann adds, “There actually are men who are interested, for example, in cooking or shopping or chinaware or things around the home—they become kind of girl magnets. Women like it.”
1.From the first paragraph we can find that .
A.men are all dishonest B.men like to shop in fact
C.men hate to shop actually D.men are all booklovers
2.Compared to women, men usually treat shopping .
A.honestly B.frequently
C.seriously D.foolishly
3.As is shown in this passage, teenage girls go shopping .
A.only with their sisters B.often following magazines
C.only with their mums D.often following TV shows
4.The underlined word “magnets” in the last paragraph means “ ”.
A.vegetables that make women beautiful
B.magazines that attract young women
C.persons that have a powerful attraction
D.tools that can help housewives much
Two years ago, photographer Gen started his latest project visiting local communities in Latin America. The photo that gave birth to his “You are so beautiful” project was entirely unplanned.
In January 2015, Gen was in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico. He had been trying to get his female subject to feel more comfortable before his camera, and when a request for her to smile didn’t quite work, he found himself telling her she was beautiful. The result of his shot was so sincere and heartwarming that he decided he had found the concept of his new project. Gen is still on his journey to capture the power of this compliment (赞美). The photos he’s already published on his website, however, show the unbelievable effect these simple words can have.
When asked to have her photo taken, Mathilda from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, said, “I don’t have any teeth. Please don’t make me laugh.” After being told she was beautiful, she didn’t seem to mind anymore. “She and I laughed a lot. It was a nice moment.” Gen said.
Margarita was selling fruit on a street in Otavalo, Ecuador, when Gen approached her. She agreed to pose for a picture after the photographer bought some of her fruit, but still didn’t smile when he asked her to. Her smile was genuine, though, when she heard the compliment.
Gen met Juliana in a village in northern Colombia where desert meets the Caribbean Sea. The region is extremely dry, with some months seeing almost no rain, and Juliana wore a mask to protect her face from the sun. She was selling handicrafts when Gen approached her, and smiled happily when she received the compliment.
Mimba and baby Maya are from Brazil’s Marubo tribe. Mimba was shy, and it was only on the second visit to her home that the photographer finally got her permission to take her photo. She seemed to relax, though, when he paid her a compliment.
1.Where was the inspiration for Gen’s latest project from?
A.His unplanned travel. B.Praise for his photos.
C.A shooting experience. D.His love for photography.
2.Who did Gen meet twice?
A.Margarita. B.Mimba.
C.Mathilda. D.Juliana.
3.What do the examples convey?
A.Gen thought highly of his subjects.
B.Sincere praise makes successful shots.
C.Complimenting applies to nearly all women.
D.Women are nervous when having photos taken.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To introduce the effect of photography.
B.To provide some advice on complimenting.
C.To share his experiences of complimenting.
D.To show the amazing power of complimenting.
