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单项选择
Animal’s “Sixth Sense”
A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals, 1 , seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that1 they possess a “sixth sense” for
2 , experts said.
Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast clearly 3 wild beasts, with no dead animals found.
“No elephants arc dead, not 4 a dead rabbit. I think animals can 5 disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening,” H. D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department, said about one month after the tsunami attack. The 6 washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife 7 and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.
“There has been a lot of 8 evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven,” said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior
9 at Johannesburg Zoo.
“There have been no＿ 10＿ studies because you can’t really test it in a lab or field setting2,” he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this 11 .
“Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain 12 , especially birds … there are many reports of birds
detecting impending disasters,” said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife.
Animals 13 rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger slid as predators.
The notion of an animal “sixth sense” — or 14 other mythical power is an enduring one3 which the evidence on Sri Lanka’s ravaged coast is likely to add to.
The Romans saw owls 15 omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special power or attributes.
词汇：
tsunami / tsʊˈnɑmi / n．海啸
trigger / "trɪɡə(r) / v．引发，触发
ravaged / "rævidʒid / adj．被毁坏的
leopard / "lepəd / n．豹
eruption / ɪˈrʌpʃən / n．喷发
migrate / maɪ"ɡreɪt / v．迁移
volcanic / vɒlˈkænɪk / adj．火山的
concur / kən"kɜ:(r) / v．（with）同意，赞成
impending / ɪmˈpendɪŋ / adj．迫近的
predator / "predətə(r) / n．食肉动物
mythical / ˈmɪθɪkl / adj．神话般的
owl / aʊl / n．猫头鹰
omen / "əʊmən / n．预兆，征兆
endow / ɪn"daʊ / v．赋予
注释:
1. adds weight to notions that：更加相信……
2. field setting：field意为“实地，野外”， setting意为“环境”。 field setting可译为“野外环境”。
3. enduring one：由来已久的信念。 one指代在句首出现的， noiton enduring意为“持久的，永久的”。空12
A:route B:behavior C:principle D:phenomenon
Global Warming
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Many scientists ___1___ the blame for1 recent natural disasters on the increase ___2___ the world"s temperatures and are convinced that, more than ___3___ before, the Earth is at ___4___ from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. ___5___ to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, ___6___ as hurricanes and droughts, even more ___7___ and causing sea levels all around the world to ___8___.
Environmental groups are putting ___9___ on governments to take action to reduce the ___10___ of carbon dioxide which is given ___11___ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in ___12___ of more money2 being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power ___13___.
Some scientists, ___14___, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait___15___ hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is here to stay.
词汇：
climate /"klaimit/n．气候，风气
hurricane /"hʌrikən/ n．咫风，暴风
drought / draut/ n．干旱，早灾
carbon dioxide /"ka:bən"dai"ɔksaid/ n．二氧化碳
solar /"səulə/ a．太阳的n．太阳能
atmosphere/"ætməsfiə/ n．大气
注释：
1. put the blame for… ：把……归咎于……
2. …in favour of more money being spent on…：……赞成把钱花在……
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A:belief B:request C:favour D:suggestion
A Powerful Influence
There can be no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference1 to our lives. Parents are worried that children spend too much time playing on the Internet, hardly (1) ______ doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents are (2) ______ to find out why the Internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it can be (3) ______ for their children. Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time (4) ______ their computers?
Obviously, if children are bent over their computers for hours2, (5) ______ in some game, instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents and children could decide how much use the child should (6) ______ of the Internet, and the child should give his or her (7) ______ that it won’t interfere with homework. If the child is not (8) ______ to this arrangement, the parent can take more drastic (9) ______ dealing with a child’s use of the Internet is not much different from (10)______ any other sort of bargain about behaviour.
Any parent who is (11) ______ alarmed about a child’s behaviour should make an appointment to (12) ______ the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of the screen does not (13) ______ affect a child’s performance at school. Even if a child is (14) ______ crazy about using the Internet, he or she is probably just (15) ______ through a phase, and in a few months there will be something else to worry about!
词汇：
drastic /ˈdræstɪk / adj．严厉的，极端的
phase /feɪz / n．阶段，时期
arrangement /əˈreɪndʒmənt /n．安排
注释：
1．…make a huge difference…：……造成巨大改变……
2．children are bent over their computers for hours…：bend over:……埋头苦干，孩子们在电脑上花费了数小时……空12
A:speak B:discuss C:talk D:debate
Global Warming
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Many scientists ___1___ the blame for1 recent natural disasters on the increase ___2___ the world"s temperatures and are convinced that, more than ___3___ before, the Earth is at ___4___ from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. ___5___ to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, ___6___ as hurricanes and droughts, even more ___7___ and causing sea levels all around the world to ___8___.
Environmental groups are putting ___9___ on governments to take action to reduce the ___10___ of carbon dioxide which is given ___11___ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in ___12___ of more money2 being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power ___13___.
Some scientists, ___14___, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait___15___ hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is here to stay.
词汇：
climate /"klaimit/n．气候，风气
hurricane /"hʌrikən/ n．咫风，暴风
drought / draut/ n．干旱，早灾
carbon dioxide /"ka:bən"dai"ɔksaid/ n．二氧化碳
solar /"səulə/ a．太阳的n．太阳能
atmosphere/"ætməsfiə/ n．大气
注释：
1. put the blame for… ：把……归咎于……
2. …in favour of more money being spent on…：……赞成把钱花在……
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A:belief B:request C:favour D:suggestion
(10～12题共用备选答案)
A:T1WI B:T2WI C:PD D:压脂像 E:压水像
(10～12题共用备选答案)
A:T1WI B:T2WI C:PD D:压脂像 E:压水像
