阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
A class pet can be an invaluable experience for elementary school children. The pet can teach responsibility, build a connection to the classroom, serve as a motivator, and be something for the children to love. If the teacher is willing to take on the added responsibility of caring for an animal in addition to all of the children in the classroom, a class pet can be a wonderful addition to a class.
Many factors need to be taken into consideration when choosing a class pet. It cannot be too big, as classrooms generally have limited space. Cost should also be considered since the teacher will likely have to pay for the pet, its food and its habitat. It must also be somewhat hardy (耐寒的). Each particular type of animal has its advantages and disadvantages, and a teacher must weigh these and make a decision about which one is right for his or her class.
Birds are physically more delicate (娇养) than many other animals. They will not survive in drafts (气流) and need a somewhat regulated temperature in their environment. Many birds are quite social and do best with other birds or when being handled routinely by people who can be appropriate with them. Young children are not likely to have the skill to handle a bird without harming it, making it a poor choice for a class pet.
Some reptiles are beautiful to look at but are delicate, afraid of cold, light sensitivity or poisonous and shouldn’t be handled by children. Others are more hardy but require expensive habitats. Most snakes eat rats and mice, which may be a frightening thing for small children to witness.
A hardy fish, such as a betta, is a good low-cost option for a class pet. They are obviously not huggable or able to be caught by children. Besides, they are inexpensive, have relatively long life spans, and can be kept in a simple fish bowl.
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假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Jackson打算近期实地了解一下中国文化，请你给他回信，建议他到北京参观。内容包括:
1. 提出建议；
2. 活动:参观博物馆，欣赏京剧等；
3. 预祝开心；
注意:
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
Chinese cartoon film Ne Zha has proved to be a big winner in this summer’s box office. This film, 1. (loose) based on the novel Fengshen Yanyi, is about an imaginary figure who fights against unfair fate.
In the novel, Ne Zha is a naughty teenager, who kills 2. gets in his way. His father, a 3. (command) who governs the port of Chen Tang Guan, forces Ne Zha to kill himself over an error. Ne Zha is reborn as a three-headed, six-armed god 4. (ride) on two magical “wind-and-fire” wheels to fight his enemies.
5. (direct) by Yang Yu, the film describes Ne Zha 6. a lovely little boy who has to overcome prejudice and his dark fate to become a hero. “I wanted to change the telling of the original story.” says Yang. In the movie, born as a demon, Ne Zha is 7. (fair) treated by local villagers who believe that he will grow up to be a public threat. 8. , he never gives in and believes that he is the master of his own destiny.
Li Baochuan, 9. expert in animation at Hangzhou Normal University, says Ne Zha shows the development of animation techniques in China and 10. (reduce) the gap with the world’s best.
It was our first Thanksgiving in the new house and I wanted everything to be perfect. But my plan for everyone to do some preparation work had been ______ by my husband's business trip. Even worse, a project for me that week had ______ two days of planned vacation. By Wednesday, my task of a table with fresh flowers, _____drinking glasses and various homemade desserts had already______, I just hoped that I'd find a clean tablecloth and eight ______ forks.
In my perfect Thanksgiving, there wouldn't be any orange in my salad because It hadn't made the grocery list. There would be no perfect family photos to record that day because I hadn't got the broken camera _____. Someone had brought home the wrong toilet paper, which was the last straw that made me ______.
I don’t remember what my son asked me as he was doing some cleaning, ______I do remember twisting into that mean-and-tight mom-face before making an ______. This combination of noise and anger is a universal signal to kids everywhere that they might as well ______ me. But he didn’t.
Instead of disappearing from view, my second-grader turned ______ the cleaning machine and walked across the room to ______ me. He never said a word. He just ______ his arms around me, making me feel ______ of myself until today.
It turned out a(n) ______ Thanksgiving. The people I loved gathered around my table and dined just one choice of the pie. My dad used a mismatched fork without ____. My daughter drew a picture of us where everyone smiled.
My son took a(n)______to teach me that sometimes we need a hug most when we are ______ huggable. This is the best gift you can give: One size ______ all and no one ever minds if you ______.
1.A.damaged B.ruined C.destroyed D.robbed
2.A.wasted B.offered C.saved D.spared
3.A.useful B.rough C.nice D.ordinary
4.A.failed B.changed C.survived D.come
5.A.amazing B.amusing C.satisfying D.matching
6.A.developed B.fixed C.delivered D.hired
7.A.defend B.compromise C.sigh D.explode
8.A.but B.so C.for D.until
9.A.excuse B.apology C.order D.answer
10.A.criticize B.praise C.avoid D.comfort
11.A.on B.up C.off D.down
12.A.challenge B.face C.question D.trick
13.A.removed B.raised C.bent D.wrapped
14.A.proud B.ashamed C.confident D.astonished
15.A.fashionable B.disappointing C.perfect D.effective
16.A.hesitation B.doubt C.complaint D.permission
17.A.risk B.break C.opportunity D.lead
18.A.most B.worst C.best D.least
19.A.fits B.affect s C.admit s D.applies
20.A.relieve B.return C.recover D.remind
Why do people travel? There are many reasons one can think of when asked questions like this.
To travel far enough to meet yourself
Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere. 1. You find out your abilities. When you are offered a different lifestyle, you can find out what you are made of. The farther you go from your home, the nearer you come to your true self.
2.
If you look back at all the amazing memories of your life, you will realize that most of them were out of your comfort zone. Travelling is dangerous, full of life threatening possibilities and will not always be comfortable, but at the same time, it gives irreplaceable memories.
To slow down and relax
A wise man once said that never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. Money is worth nothing if you cannot spend it on a little adventure. While we are deeply involved in making money, we forget that time is going through our fingers. 3. The feeling of being away from your workplace is pure happiness. The feeling of not having to worry about the never ending piles of files is pure joy. 4.
To celebrate life
Life is short and the world is wide. One day you might wake up and realize that you don’t have time to do everything that you have always wanted to do, anymore. Once in a while, make time to appreciate the fact that you are alive, young, free and healthy. 5.
A. To become a storyteller.
B. Travelling lets you discover yourself.
C. To break through your comfort zone.
D. So, go travelling to celebrate life itself.
E. You can relate to the world and connect to others.
F. And the feeling of being away from your boss for a few days is pure pleasure.
G. Escape life for a little while because experience is far more valuable than money.
Humans and elephants don’t always get along. In Africa and Asia, elephants damage equipment, farmers’ crops, and natural habitat for other species. If an elephant becomes a problem, humans may kill it. So local people and animal protectionists are trying to find better ways to keep elephants away from sensitive places. Now, researchers think they have a good tool to prevent elephants: honeybee pheromones (信息素).
“Elephants dislike being stung(叮咬) in the trunk, because it’s an extremely sensitive organ. Imagine being stung in your nose by a bee, and multiply that a few thousand times.” said Mark Wright, a professor at the University of Hawaii.
Kenyan farmers have long known that if they hang live beehives (蜂箱) around their farms, they will drive elephants away. The problem is how to manage hundreds of thousands of hives, if you have a huge area to protect. And then the idea came up to look at the alarm pheromones, which are chemicals that the bees release to launch an attack on something that’s damaging the hive.
So the researchers tested out an artificial mixture of chemicals that imitates (模仿) honey bees’ alarm pheromones. The researchers hung white socks treated with the artificial mixture as well as untreated control socks around an elephant watering hole, and then observed the animals’ behavior. “Elephants are really curious creatures. They’ll walk along and see something like a sock hanging on a branch. If it’s not treated with the alarm pheromones, they’ll pick it up, throw it around, and try to taste it, things like that. And in the case of the treated ones, they would show immediate signs of unease or uncertainty, and they’d eventually back off from them.”
In order to avoid the elephants more effectively, the researchers plan to make the pheromone mixture purer. That way, elephants will stay far away from wherever they should not be going-and both elephants and humans can coexist a bit more peacefully.
1.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in paragraph 2?
A.Bees enjoy stinging elephants.
B.Elephants’ trunk is a sensitive organ.
C.Being stung in the trunk is unbearable to elephants.
D.Honeybee pheromones make elephants suffer great pain.
2.Why didn’t the researchers hang live beehives to keep elephants away from crops?
A.Because it’s not practical.
B.Because it doesn’t work to elephants.
C.Because elephants like the taste of honey.
D.Because researchers prefer to invent new chemicals.
3.Paragraph 4 mainly tells us_________.
A.how the experiment was carried out
B.elephants’ reaction to the white socks
C.how to imitate honeybee alarm pheromones
D.why the team hung two different white socks
4.What’s the purpose of the research?
A.To cut down the number of elephants.
B.To keep elephants away with bees’ stings.
C.To prevent elephants from damaging crops.
D.To better the relation between humans and elephants.
