简要描绘漫画内容，并结合现实生活，就漫画的主题谈谈自己的感想，题目自拟。字数80-100。
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White-furred animals are in danger of dying out. Climate (天气) change is causing a fall in snow cover, leaving them exposed (暴露的), a new study suggests.
Scientists in Poland have been following the worrying case of the white-coated weasel (白鼬), which sheds (褪去) its brown covering in the winter for a milky coat in order to blend easily into its icy environment.
But researchers have discovered that between 1997 and 2007 the number of days with snow cover was from 80 to 40 in Bialowieza Forest, Poland. It means that the little animals are caught out in a completely unsuitable environment, where they can be caught by foxes and crows. Scientists found that on days when there was little winter snow cover. The number of white-coated weasels they managed to catch fell to as low as 20 percent of the total. It meant that the rest had been killed.
The problem is likely to affect other white-furred animals such as the Arctic fox when the snow cover increasingly gives way to a landscape (风景) of greens and browns.
In the near future white weasels may disappear completely from many areas of Northern Europe and America. They will either be replaced by brown ones or they will evolve (进化).
Researchers also carried out tests using toys of brown and white-coated weasels to see if the colors were actually making a difference to predators (捕食者). They found lots of animals had come near to the white toys, but none had shown interest in the brown toys.
The researchers are hopeful the animals will learn to adapt (适应), but say they cannot rule out the animals disappearing completely.
1.写出划线单词them指代的内容。
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2.回答问题：Why does the weasel change its brown covering into white when winter comes?
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3.根据短文内容填空，第(1)题不超过3个词，第(2)题限填1词。
(1) White-furred animals are in danger of dying out because of _______________.
(2) In Bialowieza Forest, the number of days with snow cover reduced (减少) by ______ percent between 1997 and 2007.
4.选出划线短语rule out的意思。
A.give up B.imagine C.control
5.给短文拟一个恰当的题目，不超过8个词。
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The Chinese saying goes: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. This is what the Seattle-based Fare Start does. Not only does the charity provide meals for the homeless but it also teaches them cooking skills that prepare them for jobs in food service.
In Seattle, 13.2% of people live below the poverty (贫穷) line since its beginning in 1999. Fare Start has grown, graduating 100 people from its adult cooking training program in 2013, 90% of whom went on to well-paid job within 90 days of graduation. 88% of those people still held their positions six months later.
At Fare Start, students begin their training with simple tasks like reading recipes (菜谱) and planning menus. Many also receive housing. In return, they are required to work. Starting with helping in the kitchen preparing meals for people, the trainees (实习生) move their way up the ranks, ending up in the kitchen of the Fare Start restaurant in downtown Seattle.
The practical skill-training and other support services allow successful graduates like Jayna. She lost her job as a nurse due to alcohol abuse. Since graduating from Fare Start, she has worked in a small house at Yellow stone National Park. She said, "I could not have put myself back together again. Fare Start did that for me."
Kevin is another success story. He found that having to show up at the same place every day kept him on track. Upon leaving Fare Start, Kevin began setting goals for his future and seeing them through—including holding down his job for almost a year.
Going forward, Fare Start plans to shift more focus to women especially women with children.
1.将划线句子译为汉语。
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2.回答问题：How many people got well-paid job within 90 days of graduation in 2013?
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3.找出She couldn't be a nurse because she drank too much.的同义句。
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4.写出文中提到的Kevin的一个目标。
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5.根据短文内容填空，每空限填1词。
The writer uses numbers in Paragraph 2 to show Fare Start is ________. Both Jayna and Kevin must be ________ to Fare Start.
6.选出本文的最佳题目。
A.A better way to feed the hungry. B.A new land found for housing.
C.Success stories in Seattle. D.Poverty programs in Seattle.
You have to be careful when throwing away wet rubbish, which may include food or other kinds of rubbish. Maybe these kinds of waste have made a big mess when you've thrown 1. (they) away before.
Shi Yuan, 14, from Shanghai Wenlai Middle School, has made a special plastic bag to solve this problem.2. plastic bag has a band of adhesive tape (粘贴带). When one end of the tape is open, the bag can 3. (turn) upside-down. You can hold the bottom end and throw wet rubbish into a trash can 4. (easy).
Shi came up with the idea after an unpleasant experience in which he got wet waste all over his pants while throwing it away. He found that many other people had the same problem. He decided to solve this problem and 5. (invent) his special bag.
He first thought about using a gunny (麻布) bag or placing a bag break on his trash cans. But 6. of these ideas worked. So he decided to just design his own rubbish bag. "I didn't want to put any extra burden (负担) on the bag, so I used adhesive tape." Shi said.
7., the bag he made first was a one-off product and not environmentally friendly. So Shi kept on improving his design.
He remembered 8. (read) about the adhesive used for Post-it notes (便利贴). Shi thought this weak glue could be used for the adhesive tape and allow the rubbish bag to be reused.
So far, he 9. (sell) 2 million bags online. His bag has become popular in many communities. His father is quite proud of him.
"10. (child) like to play. Shi just changed the way he 'plays' and put his mind toward looking for a way to make life easier," Shi's father said.
A high school history teacher once told us, "If you make one close friend in school, you will be the most lucky. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life." Experience teaches that he is right. 1.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to make it clear in our minds what kinds of friendship we want. You may ask yourself the following questions.2. Do we want to share ourselves or do we want to walk on surface?
For some people, many friendships on the surface are quite enough and that's all right.3. It's whether or not our expectations are the same as our friends' expectations. If so, the sharing of personal experiences including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships.
4. The greatest is to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships take time. Another "main difficulty" is the selfishness(自我中心；任性)to think one "possesses(控制)" the other, including his time and attention. In fact, friendships require actions in return.5. Finally, there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend reasonable time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die away.
A.Good friendship is just not easily formed.
B.We should understand why we need friends.
C.Are they to be close or kept at arm's length?
D.What are some of the difficulties of friendship?
E.In other words, you must give as much as you take.
F.But at some point we need to make sure one thing.
They say that "travel is the best teacher" and there is no better example of this idea than the Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer Xu Xiake (1587-1641). His book The Travel Notes of Xu Xiake, not only encouraged a love of travelling among Chinese people but provided important scientific information about the country's land and geography.
Born into a wealthy Jiangyin family, Xu became interested in books about different places at an early age and wanted to travel. When he was 18, however, Xu's father died and so, it seemed, did his travelling dreams. He now was responsible for the family farm and taking care of his 60-year-old mother as tradition required.
But his mother had different ideas. Understanding her son's love of travel and valuing the knowledge he could get from such experiences, this modern-thinking woman refused to keep her son at home. She agreed that Xu could travel for three months every year, when there was less farm work.
So at the age of twenty and with his mother's support, Xu set off for the first time, leaving behind not only his mother but his new wife as well. He would repeat this goodbye each year for most of the next 30 years. During this time, he travelled throughout the Ming kingdom, carefully studying the lands he passed through and recording his experiences and many discoveries in a diary. This diary, which once had over 500,000 words, would finally become The Travel Notes of Xu Xiake.
Although rich, Xu avoided comfortable travel, preferring to go almost everywhere on foot. This way he could research the environment in detail and get a true picture of the natural world. Many of his trips were to hard-to-reach mountain areas, and through wild forests where few people lived. His willingness to face hardships came at a cost however. Progress was slow and tiring and he was frequently sick, robbed and beaten during his journeys.
Sadly Xu became seriously ill during his last and longest journey, a 4-year trip through the Southwest of China. He died in 1641, soon after returning to his hometown for the last time. When his diary was finally printed years after his death, much of it had been destroyed or lost. Although incomplete, it still made Xu a travelling legend (传奇人物) around the world.
1.Which of the following best describes Xu's mother?
A.Strict but interesting. B.Supportive and open-minded.
C.Helpful and hardworking. D.Kind but uneducated.
2.Xu preferred walking during his travels because ______.
A.it gave him the chance to meet different kinds of people
B.it helped him to save money and travel for a longer time
C.it allowed him to see and study the environment in detail
D.it was the only way to reach the places he was interested in
3.What is true about Xu's book The Travel Notes of Xu Xiake?
A.It was the first travel book ever written in China.
B.It made Xu very famous during his lifetime.
C.It was mainly about the different people of China.
D.It was only made public after Xu died.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Xu Xiake's Life Story B.Xu Xiake's Discovery
C.Xu Xiake's Travelling Experience D.Xu Xiake's Book
5.What is the correct order for the following events from Xu's life?
a. He went on his first journey.
b. His book was finally printed.
c. He returned to his hometown for the last time.
d. He developed an interest in books about other places.
e. He started managing the family farm after his father died.
A.a-e-d-c-b B.d-e-a-b-c C.d-e-a-c-b D.e-d-a-b-c
