Environmentalists fear that this is a short-sighted ______ to the problem of global warming.

A. means B. approach

C. method D. way

As she got older, offers of modelling work began to ______.

A. dry up B. dry off

C. dry out D. dry away

The right thing would be to ______ direct pressure to the wound.

A. attach B. apply

C. devote D. contribute

I think you can ______ the first five chapters before the deadline.

A. live through B. put through

C. get through D. see through

    Several years ago, I quit my job to chase my dream of writing a book, but that book was ______ repeatedly. Everybody was asking, “How’s the book coming?” I was so ______.

My friend got together one day and I blurted out(脱口而出), “I don’t know my purpose in life.” The outburst was met with ______ and stares. Finally, Pam said, “I don’t know, either.” She was in a job she ______. Teresa said, “Me either.” I was sure that Bette would have a(n) ______. She was suffering from cancer and, surely she had figured things out since she was facing a likely terminal outcome. ______, she shook her head.

Two years passed and, during that time, I sold my ______, Teresa went back to school, Pam switched ______, and Bette kept on living as best as she could.

Actually, for those two years, Bette lived a ______ life than any of us. She built a butterfly garden in her neighborhood. She spent time with her family, went hiking, ______ and lived.

My book was finally ______and Bette made it to my first big signing. A day or two later, she was back in the ______ as she was seriously ill. I left on tour for several weeks, and when I______, she was close to ______.

The day came when her brother called to let me know Bette had ______. He asked me to write her obituary(讣告). I thought about how she’d filled every moment with as much joy as she could find. That obituary wasn’t a list of ______. It was the story of a woman who lived ______ what life threw at her, she lived.

That was when I ______ what I’d learned through her passing. She defined her purpose in life by simply living her life. That’s all any of us are here to do. In the end, the only thing that ______ is that we breathe in our time here and fill it with ______

1.A. read B. printed C. rejected D. written

2.A. excited B. confident C. envious D. embarrassed

3.A. darkness B. smoke C. danger D. silence

4.A. hated B. lost C. found D. created

5.A. present B. answer C. dream D. excuse

6.A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. otherwise

7.A. house B. car C. paper D. book

8.A. jobs B. methods C. topics D. channels.

9.A. fuller B. poorer C. sadder D. simpler

10.A. complained B. shouted C. laughed D. learned

11.A. revised B. published C. reviewed D. translated

12.A. hospital B. school C. garden D. company

13.A. hollowed B. returned C. escaped D. recovered

14.A. success B. death C. trouble D. wealth

15.A. given up B. shown off C. turned down D. passed away

16.A. requirements B. suggestions C. achievements D. agreements

17.A. Other than B. Rather than C. Regardless of D. In case of

18.A. guessed B. decided C. expected D. realized

19.A. works B. matters C. exists D. changes

20.A. life B. trust C. luck D. nature

Violent Games: Fun or Harmful?

If you play lots of video games, you’ve probably blown a zombie(僵尸) into tiny bits. 1. Many adults worry that playing such games could make children act violently in real life. Is that true?

The American Academy of Pediatrics(儿科) says that violence in any kind of media --- from TV to music to video games --- presents a risk to kids’ health. A number of studies have shown a link between video games and aggression, including one published in JAMA Pediatrics in 2014, which found that kids who played violent video games showed an increase in aggressive thoughts and behaviors. 2.

But not all studies agree that violent games cause kids to act out. Another study replaced violent deaths with evaporation(蒸发) in a game. 3. People who played the non-violent game without any training were more aggressive afterward than people who played the violent version but learned to control themselves first.

And here’s an even stranger fact: When violent video games are released, people carry out fewer violent crimes! Why? 4. Steve Levitt, coauthor of the book Freakonomics, said, “If you can make video games fun enough, then kids will stop watching TV, and they’ll stop going out and creating violent disorder on the street.”

What do you think? 5.

A. One possible explanation: potential criminals are at home playing the new game.

B. Then, before playing the game, some people received training and others didn’t.

C. More than 3,000 kids answered survey questions during a two-year period.

D. For example, thinking it’s OK to hit someone you don’t like.

E. Have you ever played any violent video games?

F. Do violent video games cause bad behavior?

G. Some games even pile up dead bodies.

    When asked about her childhood in the documentary Alive Inside, a 90-year-old woman with dementia(痴呆) replies, “I’ve forgotten so much.” Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett then plays music from her past for her. “That’s Louis Armstrong,” she says. “He’s singing When the Saints Go Marching In and it takes me back to my school days.” She then recalls exact details from her life.

Why does it happen? Music tends to accompany events that arouse emotions or otherwise make strong impressions on us --- such as weddings and graduations. These kinds of experiences form strong memories, and the music and memories likely become intertwined(紧密相连) in our neural(神经的) networks, according to Julene Johnson, a professor at the University of California. Movements, such as dancing, also often pair with our experience of music, which can help form memories. Even many years later, hearing the music can bring back memories of these long-past events.

As Alive Inside shows, music has this power even for many people with dementia. Researchers note that the brain areas that process and remember music are typically less damaged by dementia than other areas, and they think it may explain the phenomenon.

They also pay attention to elderly people with dementia, especially those in nursing homes. “It’s possible those long-term memories are still there,” Johnson says, “but people just have a harder time accessing them because they’re in a strange place and there are not a lot of circumstances in which someone could pull out those memories.”

Johnson also notes that music is not universally useful for all people with dementia since there are some people with dementia whose brain area that recognizes music is damaged.

Despite music’s apparent benefits, few studies have explored its influence on memory recall in people with dementia. “It’s really an untapped area,” Johnson says. Petr Janata is one researcher investigating the topic of music and memory. He says that scientists still do not have the answers for why and how music reawakens memories in people with dementia, but this phenomenon is real and it’s just a matter of time before it’s fully borne out by scientific research.

1.What helps the old woman in Alive Inside recall her childhood?

A. A film she has watched before.

B. A song she has listened to before.

C. The voice of her childhood friend.

D. The description of her school days.

2.What benefit of music is discussed in Paragraph 2?

A. It helps make lasting memories.

B. It helps cure patients of dementia.

C. It helps arouse emotions in special events.

D. It helps remember dance movements easily.

3.According to Johnson, what should we do for elderly people with dementia?

A. Send them to nursing homes for good care.

B. Provide familiar environments for them.

C. Play lots of classical music to them.

D. Talk to them about their past.

4.What do we know about the study into music and memory recall in people with dementia?

A. It is criticized by Petr Janata.

B. It is a ground-breaking study.

C. It is supported by solid evidence.

D. It applies to all people with dementia.

    Dyeing eggs has long been an Easter tradition, but it’s the dyeing of baby chicks that is upsetting in some states.

The dye, which is often ordinary food coloring, is either injected into eggs being hatched or sprayed onto newly hatched chicks. Although hatchery owners say the practice is harmless, critics argue that spraying the birds with color is stressful and that dyeing the animals transforms them into something attractive that can be thrown away when their colorful feathers disappear.

“These are living creature and dyeing them sends out a message saying that they are more of a new and unusual object than a living animal,” said Dr. Marc Copper, senior scientific manager for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Dyed chicks --- and sometimes rabbits --- have been a traditional part of the Easter holiday in some parts of the world, but the practice has gone largely underground in the U.S. because many people view it as cruel.

Today, about half of U.S. states ban the dyeing of animals, but last month the Florida Legislature passed a bill to remove the state’s 45-year-old ban. The drive to end the law wasn’t related to Easter chicks; it was done at the request of a dog groomer(美容师) who wanted to enter pet beauty contests.

Florida governor Rick Scott must agree to remove the ban, which would be lifted July 1, but the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida(ARFF) has asked him not to remove the ban. In addition to allowing animals dyeing, the law would also lift a ban on selling baby animals as pets, and the organization fears that next year the state could see hundreds of dyed baby chicks on the market.

As long as the dye is not poisonous, experts say the birds’ health isn’t affected, and there are scientific reasons to dye animals. Wildlife researchers often inject eggs with dye to track birds in the wild, and teachers have dyed chicks for educational purposes. However, animal advocates are quick to point out that dyeing baby chicks for Easter isn’t educational --- it’s done simply to earn profits.

1.What can we infer from Cooper’s words?

A. He finds it dangerous to dye eggs.

B. He likes dyed birds’ colorful feathers.

C. He is in support of the hatchery owners.

D. He is among the critics of dyeing animals.

2.What do we learn about dyed baby chicks in the U.S.?

A. They are mainly sold in secret.

B. They are as common as dyed eggs.

C. They are welcomed by most Americans.

D. They are getting more popular in the world.

3.What was the purpose of the bill?

A. To protect Easter chicks.

B. To ban pet beauty contests.

C. To make animals dyeing legal.

D. To prevent the sale of baby animals.

4.What is the ARFF’s attitude toward the bill?

A. Tolerance.

B. Opposition.

C. Doubt.

D. Caution.

    There is virtue in working standing up. It sounds like a fashion. But it does have a basis in science.

That, by itself, may not be surprising. Health ministries ask people for decades to do more exercise. What is surprising is that long periods of inactivity are bad regardless of how much time you also spend on officially approved high-impact stuff like pounding treadmills(跑步机) in the gym. What you need instead, the latest research suggests, is constant low-level activity. This can be so low-level that you might not think of it as activity at all. Even just standing up counts, for it invokes muscles that sitting does not.

Researchers in this field trace the history of the idea that standing up is good for you back to 1953, when a study published in The Lancet found that bus conductors, who spent their days standing, had a risk of heart attack half that of bus drivers, who spent their shifts on their backsides. But as the health benefits of exercise and vigorous(强度大的) physical activity began to become clear in the 1970s, says David Dunstan, a researcher at the Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, interest in low-intensity activity --- like walking and standing --- became weaker.

Over the past few years, however, interest has been excited again. A series of studies, none big enough to provide convincing evidence, but all pointing in the same direction, persuaded Emma Wilmot of the University of Leicester, in Britain, to carry out a meta-analysis. This is a technique that combines diverse studies in a statistically meaningful way. Dr Wilmot combined 18 of them, covering almost 800,000 people and concluded that those individuals who are the least active in their normal daily lives are twice as likely to develop diabetes(糖尿病) as those who are the most active. She also found that the immobile are twice as likely to die from a heart attack and two-and-a-half times as likely to suffer cardiovascular disease as the most mobile. Crucially, all this seemed to be independent of the amount of vigorous, gym-style exercise that volunteers did.

1.The surprising thing mentioned in Paragraph 2 is that ______.

A. Low-level activities are better than high-level ones.

B. Long periods of inactivity are bad to people’s health

C. The benefits of high-impact exercise are not highly approved by people

D. Strong physical activities cannot make up for the bad effects of inactivity.

2.Why did people lose interest in low-intensity activity in the 1970s?

A. Researchers didn’t devote much to studying their health benefits.

B. The health benefits of high-impact exercise were widely recognized.

C. It was believed to be unable to invoke all the muscles of the body.

D. It was proved not so effective in reducing the risk of heart attacks.

3.The findings made by Dr Wilmot ______.

A. disagreed with her assumption

B. consisted with the results of the 1953 study

C. changed her original research objectives

D. confirmed David Dunstan’s research results

4.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. The history of the theory.

B. The benefits of standing up.

C. Low-level activity and health.

D. A series of epidemiological studies.

Summer Camps

Make your summer magical with a one-of-a-kind summer camp experience!

Half-day, week-long camps are held from 9 am-12 pm or 1 pm-4pm.

Daily snacks will be provided and even become part of the hands-on fun!

Session 1---Ocean Commotion（暴动）

Set sail for fun and adventure on the deep blue sea!Campers explore uncharted land at The Magic House and discover something fishy as they come into the exciting world of sea creatures.

June 6-10

June 13-17

June 20-24

Session 2---Super kids Explore Earth

Campers become superheroes to the earth as they learn about the environment and discover how to use their super powers to protect it! During this action-packed week, campers will explore the earth from the sky to the sea and participate in fun, earth-friendly activities such as turning trash into treasure.

June 27-July 1

July 11-15

July 18-22

Session 3---Once Upon A Time

At this unique fairy tale-themed camp, campers have a magical, make-believe adventure through the pages of some of their favorite storybooks. Campers experience gaint-sized fun as they use their imaginations to travel to places found only in fairy tales.

July 25-29

August 1-5

August 8-12(am sessions only)

All campers must be registered in advance.

1.What does the underlined word “one-of-a-kind” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. Long    B. Unique

C. Official    D. Moving

2.What is the main purpose of Session 2?

A. To encourage reading.

B. To inspire imagination.

C. To develop the spirit of adventure.

D. To raise environmental awareness.

3.What do campers probably do during Session 3?

A. Read fairy stories.

B. Travel the country.

C. Search for treasure.

D. Learn about animals.

很多家长热衷于让孩子参加短期的海外游学活动．你班正准备就这一话题召开一次主题班会，请你依据下表用英语准备一篇发言稿，要点如下：

注意：

1．对所给提示，不要简单翻译，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯．

2．词数150左右．开头已给出，不计入总词数．

Overseas study tours are becoming more and more popular with Chinese parents．

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单词拼写-单句

1.A saying goes that one minuted performance on s______needs ten years' hard work．

2.Your computer is still under g______． You can have it repaired for free．

3.It is hoped that the relationship between the two countries can be s______ by the President's visit．

4.Of all the teams p______ in the competition， I think the Oxford team is the best one．

5.Before entering college， you need to receive education in primary， j______ and senior school．

6.These desks and seats can be______（调节）to the height of each child．

7.In order to stop poverty， the World Bank will provide______（技术的）assistance to developing countries．

8.You will have the chance to join one of these large assemblies and take part in the dancing， listen to traditional______ （叙述）of bravery， and play games．

9.The heating system in the hotel has an______（自动的）temperature control．

10.We must work harder to live up to our parents'______ （期望）．

    A book on etiquette （礼节） explained the proper behavior Americans should follow in many different social situations． But in modern society， it is not enough to simply know the proper rules for behavior in your own country． International travel for work and pleasure is becoming increasingly popular， which makes it necessary for people to understand the rules of etiquette in other cultures as well．

Take， for example， the etiquette required in giving and receiving gifts． Cultural differences may appear even in such simple processes． In Western cultures， a gift can be handed over to the receiver with relatively little ceremony． When a gift is offered，the receiver typically takes the gift while expressing his or her thanks． However， in some Asian cultures，the act of giving is an important aspect of gift-giving，and this process may appear confusing or frustrating to Westerners． In Chinese culture， a receiver will typically refuse to accept the gift at first， with the understanding between the giver and receiver that after being turned down several times， the gift will finally be accepted． In addition， to show respect for the receiver， it is customary in several Asian cultures to use two hands when offering a gift to another person．

After receiving a gift， tradition may demand that the person open the gift right away or， alternatively， wait before opening the gift． In many Western cultures， etiquette requires the receiver to open the gift immediately and show appreciation for the thoughtfulness of the giver． In Asian cultures， on the other hand， the gift may be accepted with appreciation and then set aside to be opened later． The gift will then be opened in private in order not to show their greed or impatience．

Another tip for cross-cultural gift-giving relates to wrapping presents， especially in choosing the color of paper used to wrap a gift． In Japan， for example， white or very bright colors are traditionally not good choices for wrapping a gift． In Japanese culture， white is the color associated with mourning and bright colors may be considered by some people to be vulgar （庸俗的）．Plain white and black are also to be avoided when wrapping presents in China， because of the relation of these colors to funerals （葬礼）． Joyful colors such as red， yellow， and pink are preferred in Chinese culture． In contrast， Europeans seem to prefer softer colors for wrapping presents． A good rule of thumb for wrapping gifts， especially for business travelers， is to travel with unwrapped gifts， and then wrap the gift with paper bought in the country where the gift will be given．

Finally， when choosing the appropriate gift to give， a good rule to bear in minds is the following： "Never give vodka to Russians， chocolate to Belgians， or beer to Germans．" It is better to travel with quality gifts from one's own region or culture． These increase the chances of being appreciated in other cultures because of their unique nature．

Culturally Appropriate Gift-Giving

    The story happened in India． An official and his wife are giving a large dinner party． They are seated with their guests-officers and their wives， and a visiting American-in their dining room．

A heated discussion springs up between a young girl who says that ______have grown out of the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era （时代）and a major who says that they haven't．

"A woman's ______in any crisis （危机），" the major says， "is to scream． And ______a man may feel like it，he has that ounce （盎司）more of ______than a woman has．"

The American does not join in the argument． He sees a（n）______expression come over the face of the _____， She is ______straight ahead， her muscles tightening slightly． She ______to the native boy standing behind her chair and ______something to him． The boy's eyes _____； he quickly leaves the room．

Of the guests， none ______the American notices this or sees the boy place a bowl of milk just ______the open doors．

The American comes to with a start （惊跳）．In India， milk in a bowl means only one thing-bait （诱饵）for a snake． He realizes there must be a cobra in the room ______he can't warn the others as the noise would frighten the cobra into _____．

He speaks calmly， "I want to know just what control everyone at this table has． I will count three hundred and not one of you is to move a（n）_____． Those who move will lose 50 rupees． Ready？"

20 people sit like stone images while he counts． He is saying "two hundred and eighty…" _____， out of the corner of his eye， he sees the cobra appear and ______the bowl of milk．______ring out as he jumps to slam the doors safely shut．

"You were _____． Major!" the host cries． "A man has just shown us an example of perfect self-control．"

"Just a minute，the American says， turning to his hostess． "Mrs． Wynnes， how did you know that the cobra was in the room？"

A faint smile ______up the woman's face as she replies "Because it was crawling across my foot．"

1.A. men B. women C. humans D. children

2.A. movement B. performance C. motivation D. reaction

3.A. while B. since C. unless D. as

4.A. carefulness B. selfishness C. control D. panic

5.A. amused B. strange C. blank D. puzzled

6.A. girl B. hostess C. major D. servant

7.A. staring B. sitting C. marching D. pointing

8.A. refers B. dashes C. walks D. gestures

9.A. explains B. whispers C. confirms D. offers

10.A. tighten B. soften C. widen D. lengthen

11.A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. less than

12.A. inside B. outside C. through D. into

13.A. for B. or C. so D. but

14.A. fleeing B. hiding C. striking D. jumping

15.A. person B. bowl C. eye D. muscle

16.A. after B. before C. once D. when

17.A. make up B. make out C. make for D. make off

18.A. Screams B. Shots C. Complaints D. Thanks

19.A. wrong B. right C. stubborn D. absurd

20.A. takes B. brings C. picks D. lights

    It was a bright， clear February afternoon in Gettysburg （葛底斯堡）． A strong sun and layers of warm clothes did little to ease the biting cold． From the top of Little Round Top， we looked down on the wheat field where the young men fighting there had fallen so close together that one could not see the ground． A frozen wind whipped tears from our eyes． Despite the cold， it was hard to leave this place．

Driving east out of Gettysburg on a country road， the gray car ahead of us ran into a small truck on the passenger side when it tried to take a left turn at a rural crossroad． We immediately pulled over to investigate． The driver of the car looked fine，but the truck driver was unconscious and starting to turn blue． A young man from a house at the crossroads called an ambulance．

There were six empty beer bottles on the floor of the truck． I could smell beer through the window． I knew I had to move him to open his airway （气管）．I had no idea what neck injuries he had suffered． He could easily end up paralyzed （瘫痪的）．But he'd be dead before the arrival of the ambulance if I did nothing to help him．

An image flashed before my mind． I could see the truck driver sitting in a wheelchair in the courtroom． I could see his lawyer pointing at me and shouting at title jury： "This young doctor， with still a year left in his residency training， took it upon himself to move this seriously injured man， condemning him forever to this wheelchair…"

What was I going to do？

The response from long hours in the emergency room came to me． I pulled off my overcoat and rolled up my sleeves． The trick would be to keep his head up while I moved his body， so that his probable broken neck and spinal-cord injury wouldn't be made worse．

With Amy's assistance， I lifted him off the window． He was deep blue now； his pulse was rapid． The alcohol turned my stomach， but I tried to blow air down his mouth into his lungs．

Amy brought me a large needle from my car． My numb hands， covered with freezing blood and bits of broken glass，were trying to find the thyroid gland （甲状腺）． It was a lucky first shot． I placed a second needle next to the first． Almost immediately， the driver's face turned bright red． After a minute， his pulse slowed down and his eyes moved slightly． An ambulance approached from the distance．

The ambulance captain took down my name and address for his reports． I had just destroyed my career． I would never be able to finish my residency training if the man put the law on me． My life was over．

The ambulance crew had controlled the bleeding and began giving the truck driver a drip （输液）． He was slowly waking up． As they loaded him into the ambulance， I saw him move his feet． Maybe my future wasn't lost．

A few days later， I went into the office of my senior professor． "You did the right thing medically． But， do you know what you put at risk by doing that？" he said strictly． "What was I supposed to do？" I asked． "Drive on，' he replied． "If that driver had turned out to be paralyzed， you might never practice medicine again． You were a very lucky young man．"

The day I graduated from medical school，I took an oath （誓言）to serve the sick and the injured． I remember truly believing I would be able to do just that． But I have found out it isn't so simple． Despite my oath， I would drive on．

1.What did the writer see when he stopped his car to investigate？ ______

A. The truck driver was fine．

B. The car driver's face was turning red．

C. The truck driver was unconscious．

D. The car driver had drunk much beer．

2.What happened after the truck driver's eyes moved slightly？ ______

A. He was lifted off the window．

B. The writer blew air down his mouth into his lungs．

C. The writer found his thyroid gland．

D. The ambulance crew loaded him into the ambulance．

3.What does the underlined sentence "Maybe my future wasn't lost" mean？ ______

A. The writer wouldn't necessarily be taken to court．

B. The driver was so fortunate．as to be saved by the senior professor．

C. The ambulance crew had given the driver the best treatment．

D. The writer would have a promising career after his residency training．

4.What can we infer from the professor's words？ ______

A. Offering timely help could have taken the writer to court．

B. The unreasonable law against doctors needs to be changed．

C. The writer's unthoughtful kindness wouldn't affect his future．

D. The writer shouldn't have driven on．

5.Which of the following sentences best reflects the theme of the story？ ______

A. You were a very lucky young man．

B. I remember truly believing I would be able to do just that．

C. I could see his lawyer pointing at me and shouting at the jury…

D. I would never be able to finish my residency training if he put law on me．

6.What's the best title of the passage？ ______

A. A professor's warning B. A doctor's dilemma

C. An accident in Gettysburg D. An oath in the court

    People asked to imagine how flooding or droughts would affect particular people or places were more likely to engage in environmentally friendly actions．

Many people view climate change as a distant threat． But having them imagine the tangible （有形的） consequences of resulting droughts or floods may help change this idea and encourage proenvironmental behavior， a new study suggests．

Researchers asked 93 college students to read a report on temperature anomalies （异常），floods and other climate change-related events that have affected the island． The scientists then asked 62 of the participants to write down three ways in which such phenomena might impact their future lives． Half the people in that group were instructed to imagine such situations in detail． The remaining 31 students did not complete either the writing or imagining steps， acting as a control group．

All the participants then rated their ideas of climate change risks by responding to questions such as "How likely do you think it is that climate change is having serious impacts on the world？" They used a scale from 1 （"very unlikely"） to 7 （"very likely"）． The average score was higher among subjects who had been asked to envision detailed situations than among those who had not． The results were later confirmed in a second experiment involving 102 participants．

Participants in the first experiment who had imagined the effects of climate change were more likely to say they would use air conditioning in an energy-saving manner． In the second experiment， nearly two thirds of people in the visualizing （想象） group signed up to help clean a beach， compared with 43 percent in the nonvisualizing one． And when offered a choice of a vegetarian （素食主义的）or nonvegetarian lunch box， nearly half the visualizers selected the environmentally friendlier meatless choice-compared with about 28 percent of the nonvisualizers．

The researchers did not track people to see if they behaved differently in their day-to-day lives-something further studies should examine， says study co-author Wen-Bin Chiou． Moreover， the research ''should be done again in other places with other populations，" says Robert Gifford， a professor of psychology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia， who was not involved in the work．

The findings could be applied to raise public concern about climate change， Chiou says． For example， he suggests that news reports about the phenomenon could include vivid descriptions of its effects on people，s lives and ask readers to imagine experiencing such impacts． Having virtual-reality demonstrations （展示）in local science museums of the consequences of climate change would be another way of putting the research into practice， Chiou adds．

1.Which of the following statements about the study is true？ ______

A. Only one experiment was carried out for the study．

B. Professor Robert Gifford played a key role in the study．

C. The control group only completed the writing step in the experiment．

D. Participants asked to imagine detailed effects scored higher than those who weren't．

2.Future studies will probably be about whether ______ ．

A. it is true of other populations in other places

B. more money will be donated to the people affected by climate change-related events

C. people choose vegetarian lunch boxes in their daily lives

D. climate change will cause people to think about joining in a control group

3.To put the research into practice， Wen-Bin Chiou suggests that ______ ．

A. the government call on people to live a low-carbon life

B. people use air conditioning in an energy-saving manner

C. people experience possible effects of climate change through virtual reality facilities

D. news reports provide vivid descriptions of the effects of climate change on peoples5lives

4.The passage mainly tells us that ______ ．

A. different people may have different reactions to climate change

B. different forms of climate change may affect people's ideas in different ways

C. people may change their behavior after thinking about the vivid impacts of climate change

D. college students show great concern for the people affected by climate change

    When we see a person in deep sorrow， our immediate reaction is to lend a hand． Not to do so would be a moral failure． But what if we see an animal in deep sorrow， does the same logic apply？

This question was raised following the "rescue" of a group of penguins from an icy gully in Antarctica． It was filmed for the BBC wildlife series Dynasties．

The film crew was alarmed when they saw that a group of penguins had fallen into a gully and been trapped with their young． The crew dug a shallow ramp so that a few of the penguins could save themselves．

The case has taken the international media by storm． Viewers watching this episode let out a sigh of relief on social media． "I'm so glad． I understand not getting directly involved， but a helping hand isn't intervening right？" viewer Kathryn Shaw tweeted．

However， others think that human intervention is unnatural． It's an unwritten rule among documentary filmmakers that they are there to observe， not to intervene， according to CBS News． For example， in another episode of Dynasties， David the chimpanzee， was left to die after he was filmed being beaten up by other chimps．

"Tragedy is a part of life． You can't have sunshine throughout your life． To have done anything else would only make matters worse and distort （扭曲）the truth，" said the show's creator David Attenborough，according to The Times．

In this case， however， Mike Gunton， the executive producer of the series， said that this was a one-off situation． "There were no animals going to suffer by intervening． It wasn't dangerous． You weren't touching the animals and it was just felt by doing this…they had the opportunity to not have to keep slipping down the slope，" he told the BBC．

Such cases are familiar to Paul Nicklen， wildlife photographer for National Geographic．

"I have a practical view when it comes to the natural rhythm （节律）of life，" he told Metro． "If it's ever a dangerous situation， no matter how gut-wrenching， you stay out of the way． Even when you are watching a male polar bear eat the young．"

But he said that he would help animals if he saw no real gain or disruption （扰乱） to the ecosystem．

Indeed， there will always be two sides to the coin， and human beings will forever be conflicted in such circumstances． "There's no rule book in those situations． You can only respond to the facts that are right there in front of you，" Will Lawson， the show's director， told Daily Mail．

1.The case has taken the international media by storm because ______ ．

A. people all over the world prefer documentaries of Antarctica

B. people were very curious about how the penguins died

C. what the film crew did upset people all over the world

D. it has caused a heated discussion on human intervention in wildlife

2.The underlined word "gut-wrenching" in Paragraph 9 probably means ______ ．

A. highly embarrassing B. slightly worrying

C. very comforting D. extremely upsetting

3.From this essay， we can learn that human intervention ______ ．

A. is a topic rarely mentioned by international media

B. once resulted in chimpanzee's death directly

C. is usually not expected in making documentary films

D. surely breaks the natural rhythm of life

Monkeys! A primate story

Until 28 January 2019 Go bananas for the world of primates （灵长类动物）at Queensland Museum's latest exhibition， Monkeys! A Primate Story．

SPECIAL OFFER： From 3-21 December buy a ticket to SparkLab and visit Monkeys for only ﹩5． Present your SparkLab ticket to the ticket desk to buy discounted entry to Monkeys! A Primate Story．

Discounted tickets are available from Monday to Friday only． Ticket must be used on day of purchase and it cannot be used with any other offer， Annual Pass upgrade not included．

Monkeys! is a unique chance to discover a collection that's been over two centuries in the making． Many primate animals are becoming endangered due to human activity， so it's the most important that we understand how a modern， changing world impacts on their environments． How can we make sure the survival of these creatures？ And in turn， how have they succeeded in living in urban environments and facing new challenges？

Ticket Prices

Adult： ﹩12

Child （5-15 years）： ﹩12 Family （2A + 2C）： ﹩40 Annual Pass holder： ﹩10.80

Open time

This exhibition is a timed ticketed experience， and is open daily from 9：40 am to 5：00 pm． Entry times begin at 9：40 am daily， then at 20-minute intervals （间隔）through to the last entry at 4：00 pm．

Season Pass for Annual Pass holders

Do you have an Annual Pass？ When you buy a Monkeys! ticket， you can get a Season Pass to Monkeys! A Primate Story． This means unlimited re-entry to Monkeys! during the exhibition period （29 September 2018 to 28 January 2019）．

It is important to point out that no monkeys were harmed for this exhibition． The primates came from zoos． Protecting endangered primates is a strong theme throughout and a key visitor takeaway．

1.If a couple with two 8-year-old children go to Monkeys! on 26January 2019， how much should they pay altogether at least？ ______

A. ﹩43.2 B. ﹩48

C. ﹩40 D. ﹩20

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true？ ______

A. The entry time is from 9：40 am to 5：00 pm every day．

B. A Season Pass to Monkeys! means unlimited re-entry to it during the exhibition period．

C. The exhibition focuses on the protection of endangered primate animals．

D. Monkeys! provides people with a unique chance to discover a collection．

When his beloved girlfriend left him， he was_______for a couple of weeks．

A. over the moon B. as sly as a fox

C. down in the dumps D. on cloud nine

(2017·北京) Jane moved aimlessly down the tree-lined street, not knowing ______she was heading.

A. why    B. where

C. how    D. when

-I can't believe it． Tom failed the test again!

-He would not be so upset now   your advice．

A. would he follow B. should he follow

C. did he follow D. had he followed

Difficult as rumours on social media are _______，the government will step up supervision （监管）so that people will not be easily misled．

A. preventing B. to be prevented

C. to prevent D. being prevented

-Where is my suitcase？

-Somebody_______it away by mistake．

A. must have taken B. could take

C. should take D. must take

-I hear that Jean is planning to buy a car．

-I know． By next month， she_______enough for a used one．

A. will have saved B. will be saving

C. has saved D. saves

I will think about how Stephen Hawking managed to live a normal life and made great achievements _______my life feels unbearable．

A. whenever B. however

C. whichever D. wherever

Simon put up a picture of Michael Jordan beside the bed to keep himself_______of his own dreams．

A. reminding B. to remind

C. reminded D. remind

-Where is Jerry？

-He is at the library studying for his Japanese test． In fact， he __________for the test every day over the past week．

A. has reviewed B. was reviewing

C. has been reviewing D. had been reviewing

To ensure that children from poor areas can receive a better education， the government has planned to_______ more money to improve the conditions of local schools．

A. announce B. allocate

C. advocate D. approve

I need a copy of today's China Daily badly，only wondering where I can_______ one．

A. catch sight of B. get hold of

C. take charge of D. take control of

-Who will be offered the position of manager when it becomes ________？

-A dedicated person with rich work experience．

A. free B. vacant

C. realistic D. accessible