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Escape Surf School The Escape Surf School is in Newquay and has been teaching people to surf for over 12 years. As well as being one of the longest running UK surf schools, we are also the only school in Newquay with a 35-year professional surfer as head coach. We are open 12 months of the year, 7 days a week, so if you want to learn to surf or improve your surfing, then look no further. Surf Lessons At the Escape Surf School we are proud to specialize, not generalize. We offer lessons at all levels, from complete beginners to advanced and contest surfers. As well as offering surfing lessons, we also offer a variety of packages which include surfing and accommodation! All lessons take place on Towan, Great Western or Fistral beach, all of which are less than 5 minutes walk from school. So we meet at the school, where we all change into wetsuits, and then proceed to the best beach. Guide Prices 1 lesson--￡65: Perfect for a beginner, taster session, or quick surfing fix! Full day (2 lessons)--￡90: Can be split over 2 days to really progress in your surfing. Family lesson--￡160: Have fun with the family in a private lesson with one of our professional coaches. (Price is based on 2 adults and 2 kids.) One on One--￡100: Experience private coaching with Pro Surfer. All levels taught. Two on One--￡140: Couples or friends, experience a private surf coaching session, perfect to fast track your surfing and impress your partner! All levels taught. The prices include board and wetsuit(and boots or gloves if required), there are no hidden charges. 1.What advantage does the Escape Surf School have over the others? A.Its head coach. B.Its courses. C.Its prices. D.Its location. 2.How much will be paid if a beginner wants a private lesson? A.￡90 B.￡100 C.￡65 D.￡40 3.What do we know about the Escape Surf School? A.It teaches surfing as well as swimming. B.Learners should bring board themselves. C.It opens from Monday to Saturday all the year round. D.Learners at all levels can take the lesson.
假设你是晨光中学的李津。你校英语社团的微信公众号正在开展以 “Changes in Our Life”为题的征文活动。要求同学们谈一谈这些年来，在生活方 面发生的、使人们受益的变化。现请你投稿，文章内容应包括： (1)描述生活上发生的变化(两个方面)； (2)这些变化给人们带来的好处； (3)相信未来生活更加美好。 注意：(1)词数不少于100； (2)内容充实、行文连贯； (3)题目已给出，不计入总词数。 Changes in Our Life _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Li Jin
阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题 I remember doing the household chores to help my mother when I was nine. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器)bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up. Twenty years later, in 1978, with this lifelong dislike of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a bagless one. Easier said than done, of course. I didn't realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes (样机).By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem. In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters (滤网). No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business. But soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines like mine. I had to fight legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner. I was still in financial difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain. Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention. 1.What drove the author to make a bagless vacuum cleaner? (No more than 10 words) 2.What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us? (No more than 10 words) 3.Why did the companies refuse to license the author's technology? (No more than 10 words) 4.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? (No more than 10 words) 5.What lesson may you learn from the author's experience? (No more than 25 words)
If you believe that scientists and artists are most creative when they're young, you are missing an important part of the story. A new study published in De Economist looked at Nobel Prize winners in the field of economics. It found there are two different peaks of creativity. One comes early in a person's career, while another comes later. The research supports previous work by the authors that found similar patterns in the arts and other sciences. "We believe what we found in this study isn't limited to economics, but could apply to creativity more generally," said Bruce Weinberg, lead author of the study and professor of economics at The Ohio State University. "Many people believe that creativity is exclusively associated with youth, but it really depends on what kind of creativity you're talking about." In the study, those who did their most groundbreaking work early in their careers tended to be "conceptual" innovators（创新者）. These type of innovators "think outside the box", challenging conventional wisdom and suddenly coming up with new ideas. Conceptual innovators are not yet immersed（沉浸于）in the accepted theories of their field, Weinberg said. But there is another kind of creativity, he said, which is found among "experimental" innovators. These innovators accumulate knowledge through their careers and find new ways to understand it. The long periods of trial and error for important experimental innovations come later in a Nobel laureate's（荣誉获得者的）career. "Whether you hit your creative peak early or late in your career depends on whether you have a conceptual or experimental approach," Weinberg said. The researchers took a novel, empirical（经验主义的）approach to the study, which involved 31 laureates. They arranged the laureates on a list from the most experimental to most conceptual. This ranking was based on the laureates' most important work, classifying them into "conceptual" or "experimental". After classifying the laureates, the researchers determined the age at which each laureate made his most important contribution to economics and could be considered at his creative peak. They found that conceptual laureates peaked between ages 25 and 29. Experimental laureates peaked when they were roughly twice as old, in their mid-50s. "Our research suggests that when you're most creative is more about how you approach your work." 1.What does the underlined phrase "think outside the box" mean? A.Follow rules strictly. B.Experiment on boxes. C.Break old thought patterns. D.Figure out how to escape from a box. 2.What do we know about "experimental" innovators? A.They usually come up with new ideas all of a sudden. B.They make discoveries through constant trial and error. C.The majority of them reach their creative peak in their twenties. D.They make more contributions than "conceptual" innovators. 3.Which of the following statements about the study published in De Economist is false? A.The study is not the first of its kind. B.The conclusion can be applied to other areas. C.The laureates' most important work decides whether they are "conceptual" or "experimental". D.The "conceptual" won their Nobel Prizes between ages 25 and 29. 4.What do the researchers believe determines someone's creative peak? A.One's personality type. B.What kind of job one takes. C.How one handles their work. D.One's attitude toward their work. 5.What's the main idea of this passage? A.Creativity comes at any age, young or old. B.Creativity tends to decrease as people get older. C.Economists, artists and other scientists have much in common. D.Economists are more creative than artists and other scientists.
Eric Attayi, owner of the Urban Bicycle Gallery in Houston, Texas, has watched the pandemic transform his shop in a way most businesses can only dream of. Bicycles are selling before he has time to assemble them for display. Attayi said he'd matched his 2019 sales by the start of May. He's had to hire new employees to meet demand, and hasn't taken a day off since February. Attayi said now the phone doesn't stop ringing and his guys get overwhelmed. He'd given raises and started buying lunch for his stressed staff. As unemployment reaches record levels and small businesses scramble to survive, bike shops have been an exception. They're thriving whether they're in car-dominated cities like Houston or more traditional biking areas like New York. Keeping enough bikes in stock, and finishing repairs in a timely manner, has become a challenge. Customers are being turned away, in some cases. New customers are looking for ways to be active and outdoors. Bike shop owners say that the closing of gyms and yoga studios during the pandemic has contributed. Others say customers are looking for a commuting alternative to public transportation. Social spacing is easiest on individual modes of transportation, like cars and bikes. In March 2020, US cycling sales increased 39% when compared with March 2019, according to a survey. "Bikes are like the new toilet paper," Attayi said. "If it's available, buy it." Robert Keating, owner of the Triathlon Lab outside Los Angeles, said he's never seen anything like the current bicycle boom in the 37 years he's worked in bike shops. He's shifted his shop from a focus on high-end bicycles to affordable bikes people are likely to ride in their neighborhood. Beach cruisers have been especially popular, he said. Bike shop owners are also wondering how long the current boom will last. Some said customers were more interested in biking because with less car traffic, roads felt safer. Their interest may decrease as traffic returns. But some cities have begun to reallocate street space to bike lanes, which could lead to more biking in the long term. Phil Koopman, owner of BicycleSpace in Washington DC, compared the current bicycle boom to 1999, when many people bought computers to prepare for Y2K. "Then those companies didn't sell a lot of computers for a few years because everyone already had one," Koopman said. "That's the big question. Is this a one-time thing or is it something sustainable?" 1.What can we learn from Para l and Para 2? A.Most businesses have experienced the same development as Attayi's shop. B.Attayi's 2019 sales were as many as those of the start of May. C.Bikes are flying off shelves, overwhelming shops. D.The staff's wages were raised because they had no day off since February. 2.What does the underlined word They in Para 4 refer to? A.Unemployment levels. B.Small businesses. C.Bike shops D.Stressed staff 3.What is the challenge for bike shops? A.Jo attract customers when they are not keen on biking. B.To survive in car-dominated ciles. C.To promote their sales in traditional biking cities. D.To prepare enough bikes for sale and do repairs quickly. 4.Which is not the reason why more customers are turning to bikes during the pandemic? A.They can spend much less on qualified goods. B.They cannot go to gyms and yoga studios. C.They prefer biking to public transportation. D.They are trying to find an active way in the open air. 5.We can infer from para7 and para8 that _______? A.The current bicycle boom was totally within Keating's expectations. B.Triathlon Lab used to mainly sell bikes that were unaffordable for most people. C.Roads feel dangerous when there are more bikers. D.People lose interest in biking because there is no bike lane. 6.What is Phil Koopman's attitude towards the bike boom? A.Short-sighted. B.Unconcerned. C.Skeptical. D.Optimistic
The first time a tortoise walked through my hut at Middle Camp on Aldabra Atoll, I was amazed. I grabbed my camera and carefully positioned myself to take this wildlife encounter. The second time: same thing. The third time: I picked up my phone and took a snapshot. By the fourth or fifth time, I didn't even look when I felt something bump into me. I knew what it was. I was there to shoot a story about island restoration（修复）in the Seychelles, far off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. Until roughly the middle of the past century, the small island nation showed signs of real environmental killing—local vegetation（植被）cleared to make way for coconut plantations, foreign rats and mice running uncontrolled, native sea turtles and giant tortoises being exploited. Biodiversity seemed destroyed. But then the country experienced a shift in conservation awareness — and the giant Aldabra tortoises are among its most visible signs. Every morning when I woke up and walked outside the hut, I had to remind myself that I hadn't traveled back in time. I could see flightless Aldabra rails, coconut crabs the size of dinner plates, and giant tortoises—roughly four feet long and weighing up to 550 pounds—just wandering around. The number of sharks in the bay was crazy. Frigatebirds and boobies（鲣鸟）nested in the mangroves（a kind of tree）. When we left our hut doors open, which we often did to let in air, the tortoises would walk right through. In the late afternoon or early evening, whenever they'd finished eating, the tortoises would drop themselves down and fall asleep with their heads outstretched. That made nighttime trips to the outhouse perilous. To get there, we'd have to go 200 feet into the mangroves, negotiating what I called the tortoise slalom （之形障碍）trail. It was a track without a pattern, because of course they picked different places to sleep every night. Avoiding them was important: Falling headfirst over a tortoise onto the sharp coral rock could lead to serious injury on an island far from medical facilities. Nothing was easy on Aldabra, and much of it was insanely difficult. Yet living among the tortoises in this primordial place, in one of the last spots where reptiles still rule; was one of the happiest times of my life. 1.How did the author feel about his final meeting with the tortoise in his room? A.Calm B.Excited C.Concerned D.Disturbed 2.What made the wildlife on the island suffer during the last century? A.Introducing foreign species. B.Killing too many rats and mice. C.Planting lots of coconut trees. D.Repairing the building on the island. 3.What does the author intend to do in paragraph 3? A.To stress the importance of their work. B.To introduce how large the tortoises are. C.To present his daily routine on the island. D.To show how the wildlife is diverse on the island. 4.Which can best replace the underlined word "perilous" in the 4th paragraph? A.risky . B.competitive C.successful D.interesting 5.What might be the suitable title for this passage? A.Island fills with curious tourists. B.Tortoises rule on this isolated island. C.Efforts are made to protect the environment. D.Aldabra is heaven for wild animals.
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For years, I thought a present and a gift as the same thing. I grew up in a household where presents marked special ________ There was always a box for each of us under the tree at Christmas. _________, Dad always gave Mom something each Valentine’s Day and anniversary. He would carefully plan his shopping trips to find just the _______ thing. His joy in the hunt was proof of the _______of giving and of his love for her. I saw these presents as the _______ of a husband's devotion. So when I married a man who did not give presents on a regular basis, it was an _______ I wrestled with my expectation. Gary did hot _______ avoid gift-giving. Gary would return from sea armed with a brown paper bag inside of which was something that _______ him of me. But mostly, he ignored holidays, _______ to shop for a thing to present to me as a sign of love. I tried to change him ________. I prepared gifts for Christmas and for his birthdays ________. He appreciated the caring, but refused to do the same thing for me. I dropped hints, they ________ deaf ears. I began to tell him what I wanted, giving ________ instructions. When Gary left for the market one Saturday, I asked him to find me diamond earrings as a birthday present. Yet he came home with a road scraper （刮路机）. ________when the snowstorm stopped later that year and he was at sea, I used the road scraper to plow （犁）out both our driveway and our neighbor's, thinking how ________ earrings would have been and it was then that I realized he had been giving me gifts all along. The gestures, large and small, born of his caring and concern were the ________that he gave daily. We ________ to teach others how to love us. In that struggle, we often forget how to ________ the love they already give us as only they can give it. I finally began to understand the ________ between a present and a gift. A present is a thing. But a gift is a small act of kindness, the willingness to ________ another's needs, the sacrifice of time and effort. 1.A.locations B.situations C.occasions D.conditions 2.A.Additionally B.Originally C.Fortunately D.Consequently 3.A.cheap B.astonishing C.splendid D.right 4.A.pleasure B.ambition C.intention, D.addiction 5.A.example B.emphasis C.experiment D.expression 6.A.improvement B.adjustment C.excitement D.enjoyment 7.A.actively B.willingly C.patiently D.wholly 8.A.warned B.reminded C.convinced D.informed 9.A.refusing B.announcing C.demanding D.rushing 10.A.by tradition B.by force C.by example D.by accident 11.A.on purpose B.in order C.at random D.on time 12.A.absorbed in B.cared for C.fell on D.broke down 13.A.some B.specific C.brief D.unusual 14.A.And B.So C.Though D.But 15.A.precious B.practical C.useless D.ugly 16.A.promises B.gifts C.blessings D.instructions 17.A.struggle B.fail C.attempt D.decide 18.A.express B.appreciate C.return D.share 19.A.distance B.similarity C.difference D.conflict 20.A.fight against B.laugh at C.turn down D.bend to
—I can't remember his name clearly.Is it Brain Johnson? －Yes,____________. A.you name it B.that's the point C.that's it D.you deserve it
—I am going to the library. Do you have any books_______? —No, but thank you all the same. A.to return B.returned C.to be returned D.returning
The spokesman noted _______ some individuals apparently lack is not the means to get the correct information, but the courage to admit the truth. A.whether B.that C.which D.what
The publication of Great Expectations, which ________ both widely reviewed and highly praised, strengthened Dickens’ status as a leading novelist. A.is B.are C.was D.were
Only five years after Steve Jobs’ death, smart-phones defeated _________PCs in sales. A.controversial B.contradictory C.confidential D.conventional
People often turn to china daily.com.cn_____they’ll find valuable information regarding everything they’ll be or are going through. A.which B.where C.when D.why
Our school often organizes various after-school activities, _____our stress to some degree. A.to relieve B.relieved C.having relieved D.relieving
She and her best friend felt sad when they heard I__________ for New York the next day A.had left. B.was leaving. C.left. D.has left.
The Campbells _______ sometimes invite us over for the weekend when we lived in the same neighborhood. A.should B.must C.might D.would
His new invention is beyond all praise and has quickly occupied the market _____its superior quality. A.in terms of B.by virtue of C.on behalf of D.on top of
This part of the book isn't very interesting, so I'm going to_________ it. A.deny B.cancel C.skip D.digest
New employees, ____ they are skilled, will get more opportunities for personal development. A.though B.since C.once D.unless
—Gosh, I feel I have messed up my whole life. —Cheer up. Things will _______. A.break down B.work out C.put up D.show up
There is a great _______ of relief that nobody was killed or seriously injured in the car accident. A.sense B.resource C.effect D.root
—Sorry, I’m having a headache today and... —_____________. I know you just don’t want to accompany me to the party. A.Don’t give me that B.Don’t mention it C.Don’t get me wrong D.Don’t take it for granted
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 Jenny was the only child in her home. She had a quarrel with her mother that afternoon and she ran out of the house angrily. She couldn’t help crying sadly when she thought of the scolding (指责) from her mother. Having wandered aimlessly in the street for hours, she felt a little hungry and wished for something to eat, but it was not possible for her, since she had nothing with her. She stood beside a stand for a while, watching the middle-aged seller busy doing his business. However, with no money in hand, she had to leave。 The seller behind the stand noticed the young girl and asked, "Hey, girl, you want to have the noodles? “oh, yes…,but I don't have money on me...” she replied. “That’s nothing. I'll treat you today,” said the man, “come in.” The seller brought her a bowl of noodles, whose smell was so attractive. As she was eating, Jenny cried silently. “What is it?” asked the man kindly. “Nothing, actually I was just touched by your kindness! ” said Jenny as she dried her tears， “ Even a stranger on the street will give me a bowl of noodles, while my mother, drove me out of the house. She showed no care for me. She is so cruel compared to a stranger! ! ” Hearing the words, the seller smiled, “Girl, do you really think so? I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you thanked me a lot. But it is your mother who has raised you since you were a baby. Can you number the times she cooked for you? Have you expressed your thanks to her?” Jenny sat there, speechless; she remembered mother’s familiar face and weathered hands. “Why did I not think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel thankful, but I have never thanked my mum for what she has done for me.” On the way home, Jenny made up her mind to make an apology (道歉) to her mother for her rudeness as soon as she arrived home. 注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右； 2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语； 3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； 4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Paragraph 1: Approaching (走近) the doorway, Jenny took a deep breath. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: A gentle touch on her hair called her mind back. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假设你是李华，你收到英国笔友Tom发来的一封邮件，得知他最近转入了一所新学校，在新学校里他没有朋友感到很孤单。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括： 1. 帮他分析原因；2. 给他提出建议（至少两条）；3. 美好祝愿。 注意：1. 词数不少于 80； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Tom, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua
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。 Every day has the potential to be a good and, in some cases, a great day for you. Few of us get up in the morning,1.(think) that we want this to be a bad day. Yet in many cases the day turns that way because of a person or an event 2.we worry about. Think about those small3.(event) which can throw you off balance and affect your whole day 4.(negative). Who stole your day?5.(Be) it your boss, an odd driver on the way to work, or an impolite waiter at lunch that did? Every day numerous people or things can prevent us6.having a good day, if we let them. The key is that we should adopt7.positive attitude towards life. We cannot control8.happens to us in many cases, but we can control how we react to them. Lao-tzu, a Chinese 9.(philosophy), said, “He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers10.(he) is mighty.
Ask people to name the world's tallest peak and anybody with sound general knowledge will name Mount Qomolangma. But quiz them on its exact __and many will be not sure. In 1975, Chinese surveyors __ that Mount Qomolangma （Mount Everest） was 8848. 13 meters high. As __ improved, satellites, photoelectricity, radars and gravity measurement technologies were __ to get more exact figures. Of course, someone still had to carry __ to what is the world's rooftop. In 2005, a Chinese team scaled Qomolangma and found that it was not as high as that, as they __ the height to be 8844. 43 meters. Scaling Qomolangma is no __ task. The average air temperature there is -29 degrees Celsius, even four degrees_____ than in Antarctica. The snow there is 4 —5 meters thick and hurricane-like __ blow all the time. Team members were training to __the extreme conditions. In a nutshell, measuring the Qomolangma's height is a tall order, __ huge amounts of money and human resources, But it is worth the_____. Qomolangma is the perfect __ for observing crustal （地壳的）movements. And changes to the peak's height could __ whether the two plates are heading toward or away from each other. Besides, the condition of snow and other natural materials at the top is an indicator of upcoming climate change on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau. That's __ measuring the Qomolangma's height is so significant. Put to good use, it can benefit mankind. 1.A.location B.appearance C.area D.height 2.A.determined B.assumed C.estimated D.admitted 3.A.condition B.technology C.society D.economy 4.A.employed B.expected C.approached D.inspired 5.A.weapons B.vehicles C.instruments D.packages 6.A.changed B.calculated C.extended D.expanded 7.A.glorious B.easy C.admirable D.tough 8.A.colder B.hotter C.higher D.lower 9.A.snows B.rains C.winds D.snowflakes 10.A.cope with B.fight for C.take on D.carry out 11.A.wasting B.spending C.overcoming D.involving 12.A.effort B.loss C.harvest D.achievement 13.A.channel B.window C.solution D.entrance 14.A.measure B.foresee C.indicate D.expose 15.A.where B.how C.why D.whether
Many scientists believe our love of sugar may actually be an addiction. When we eat or drink sugary foods, the sugar enters our blood and affects parts of our brain that make us feel good. 1.In this way, it is in fact an addictive drug, one that doctors recommend we all cut down on. “It seems like every time I study an illness and trace a path to the first cause, I find my way back to sugar,” says scientist Richard Johnson. One-third of adults worldwide have high blood pressure, and up to 347 million have diabetes. Why? “ 2.“ says Johnson. Our bodies are designed to survive on very little sugar. Early humans often had very little food, so our bodies learned to be very efficient in storing sugar as fat. In this way, we had energy stored for when there was no food. But today, most people have more than enough. 3. So what is the solution? It’s obvious that we need to eat less sugar. 4.From breakfast cereals to after-dinner desserts, our foods are increasingly filled with it. Some manufacturers even use sugar to replace taste in foods that are advertised as low in fat. But there are those who are fighting back against sugar. 5.Other schools are growing their own food in gardens, or building facilities like walking tracks so students and others in the community can exercise. The battle has not yet been lost. A.We take in more energy and fat. B.Then the good feeling goes away, leaving us wanting more. C.Our ancestors were used to poor food, clothing and shelter. D.So the very thing that once saved us, may now be killing us. E.Sugar, we believe, is one of the reasons, if not the major one. F.The trouble is, in today's world, it's extremely difficult to avoid. G.Many schools are replacing sugary desserts with healthier options like fruit.
Most of the new diseases we humans have faced in the past several decades have come from animals. The more we come into contact with wild animals, the more we risk a so-called disease “spillover” from animals to humans. “As people move and wildlife move in response to a changing environment, humans and wildlife and animals will come in contact more regularly,” said Jeanne Fair from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Fair argues that by shifting animal habitats, climate change will also make the opportunities for disease spillover more frequent. “Everything is sort of shifting and will shift into the future as the environment changes through climate change,” Fair said. Scientists, including climatologists and epidemiologists on Fair’s team at Los Alamos, are beginning to model how changes to the climate will impact the spread of infectious diseases. It’s early days for this kind of research, but previous studies suggest that extreme weather has already played a role in at least one outbreak. Scientists say drought and deforestation have combined to force bats out of rainforests and into orchards（果园）in Malaysia to find food. Those bats, a common disease reservoir, then passed the Nipah virus through pigs to humans for the first time in the late 1990s. “We’re going by the past data to really predict what’s going to happen in the future,” Fair said, “And so, anytime you increase that wildlife-human interface, that’s sort of an emerging disease hot spot. And so, that’s just increasing as we go forward.” Jeffrey Shaman, head of the climate and health program at Columbia University’s public health school, argues we don’t yet know whether climate change will cause a net increase in infectious disease rates globally. For example, mosquitoes carry disease that affects millions of people across the world every year. As their habitats expand in some parts of the world, they might contract diseases elsewhere. Shaman says what we know for certain about climate change is that it will make it harder to predict where disease outbreaks will pop up. 1.How does climate change affect the spread of disease according to Fair? A.By breaking animals’ habits. B.By increasing animals’ varieties. C.By promoting animals’ breeding. D.By changing animals’ living environment. 2.What is the example of bats for in paragraph 3? A.Explaining the influence of Nipah virus. B.Proving the harm of bats to human beings. C.Showing the effects of climate change on disease. D.Presenting scientists’ early study about the cause of disease. 3.What can we infer from Fair’s words in paragraph 4? A.Humans should give up studying animals. B.Past data can solve the problems in the future. C.Disease hot spots will disappear if animals die out. D.Frequent contact with animals can cause disease outbreaks. 4.What could be the best title for the text? A.Climate Change and Disease Spillover B.Animals’ Interaction with Humans C.Scientists’ Prediction for Disease Outbreaks D.Early Studies about Extreme Weather
A storm hit Houston, Texas, on Tuesday. It brought heavy rains and rising flood-waters. By Tuesday night, some parts of the city had received 10 inches of rain. Police and firefighters helped people move to safe places. They also saved people from cars and buses that were stuck on roads. Certain areas around Houston were hit really hard. In just four hours, more than seven inches of rain fell in Sugar Land in the southwest of Houston. Cars could not pass through any of the areas main roadways. On Twitter, Sugar Land city officials asked people to get to high ground. Tuesday’s rain hit parts of Texas that Hurricane Harvey had already damaged almost two years ago. Hurricane Harvey in August, 2017 was the second most costly hurricane in US history. It caused $125 billion worth of damage in Texas. In the Houston area, 36 people died and about 150, 000 homes were flooded. A spokesman for the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management spoke with the Houston Chronicle. The spokesman said that this week’s rain is “not in any way a Harvey-level event.” But the worst may not be over yet. People will have a break from the heavy rain on Wednesday. According to the National Weather Service, the Texas Gulf Coast will continue to experience heavy rain later in the week. "Today should be our quietest over the next few days for rainfall,” said Don Oettinger, a National Weather Service meteorologist (气象学家). Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peia warned, “As there is too much water on the ground, these are perfect conditions for flash floods, so we hope people are careful of what they’re doing and encourage them to stay home. There’s no sense in putting yourself, firefighters or anybody in danger needlessly.” 1.What are Paragraphs 1 and 2 mainly about? A.Flood damage in Houston. B.Flood prevention in Houston. C.Heavy floods hitting Houston. D.People fighting floods in Houston. 2.What do we know about Hurricane Harvey? A.It caused no deaths or injuries. B.It did a lot of damage to Texas. C.It was less serious than this week’s rain. D.It was the biggest hurricane on record. 3.What can we learn from the weather report of the National Weather Service? A.Fine days are coming. B.It will rain a little non-stop. C.A hurricane is unavoidable. D.Floods will continue. 4.What did Samuel suggest local people do? A.Stay indoors. B.Join firefighters. C.Give up needless things. D.Comfort those who lost homes.
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