【推荐1】How Climate Change Affects Airline Flights

Hot weather has forced dozens of commercial flights to be canceled at airports in the Southwest this summer. This flight-disturbing _______ is a warning sign. Climate change is projected to have far-reaching _______—including sea level rise flooding cities and shifting weather patterns causing long-term declines in agricultural production. And there is evidence that it is beginning to affect the takeoff performance of commercial aircraft, with potential effects on airline _______.

National and global transportation systems and the economic activity they support have been designed for the climate in which it all developed. In the aviation (航空) industry, airports and aircraft are designed for the weather conditions experienced _______. Because the climate is changing, even fundamental elements like airports and key economic parts like air transportation may need to be_______.

As scientists focused on the impacts of climate change and extreme weather on human society and natural ecosystems around the world, our research has quantified how extreme heat associated with our warming climate may affect _______ around the world. We’ve found that major airports from New York to Dubai to Bangkok will see more frequent takeoff weight _______ in the coming decades due to increasingly common hot temperatures, which can help reduce the aircraft’s weight so as to lower its required takeoff speed.

There is obvious evidence that extreme events such as heat waves and coastal flooding are happening with greater frequency and intensity than just a few decades ago. And if we _______ to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly in the next few decades, the frequency and intensity of these extremes is projected to increase dramatically.

The _______ on aviation may be widespread. Many airports are built near sea level, putting them at risk of more frequent ________ as oceans rise. The frequency and intensity of violent air movement may increase in some regions due to strengthening high-altitude (高海拔的) winds. Stronger winds would force airlines and pilots to change flight lengths and routings, potentially increasing fuel ________.

Many departments of the economy, including the aviation industry, have yet to seriously ________the effects of climate change. The sooner, the better: Both airport construction and aircraft design take decades, and have ________ effects. Today’s newest planes may well be flying in 40 or 50 years, and their ________ are being designed now. The earlier climate impacts are understood and appreciated, the more effective and less costly adaptations can be. Those adaptations may even include innovative ways to dramatically reduce climate-altering emissions across the aviation industry, which would help reduce the problem while also ________ it.

1.

A．scheme

B．heat

C．shift

D．mess

2.

A．contributions

B．confusions

C．feedbacks

D．consequences

3.

A．pilots

B．reservations

C．costs

D．accidents

4.

A．historically

B．enormously

C．fundamentally

D．domestically

5.

A．retested

B．implemented

C．prospected

D．reengineered

6.

A．travels

B．developments

C．flights

D．communications

7.

A．disorders

B．gains

C．bans

D．restrictions

8.

A．happen

B．fail

C．aim

D．promise

9.

A．taxes

B．effects

C．viewpoints

D．comments

10.

A．flooding

B．rotting

C．repairing

D．transferring

11.

A．standard

B．efficiency

C．distribution

D．consumption

12.

A．consider

B．avoid

C．maximize

D．demonstrate

13.

A．greater

B．different

C．lasting

D．direct

14.

A．airports

B．products

C．contracts

D．replacements

15.

A．sneezing at

B．responding to

C．resulting in

D．recovering from

【推荐2】完形填空
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

Two years ago, my husband bought me a bicycle. If you live in a town, it is often faster than a car and you don’t have to _______ about parking. You can _______ it anywhere. As it has a seat at the back and a basket at the front, I can take my small daughter to school, to the library, shopping, _______ in fact.

I use it most in summer when the weather is warm and dry. It can be very unpleasant in winter when it is cold and the rain is _______ down. It can also be very _______. You must, of course, be careful on a bicycle. Accidents are not the only problem, though. One day I went shopping and came back to _______ my front wheel missing. It was a long _______ to bicycle shop! Now I have three strong locks.

My husband uses my bicycle sometimes for short journeys. He says it is better than waiting for a bus. He still uses his _______ for longer journeys, but I think that all this sitting down is making him ______ and lazy. On my bicycle I get a lot of __________ and fresh air, and this makes me feel a lot younger.

1.

A．talk

B．learn

C．argue

D．worry

2.

A．leave

B．take

C．get

D．carry

3.

A．somewhere

B．nowhere

C．anywhere

D．whichever

4.

A．running

B．dropping

C．sinking

D．pouring

5.

A．pleasant

B．dangerous

C．unhappy

D．interesting

6.

A．watch

B．find

C．understand

D．hear

7.

A．road

B．path

C．walk

D．ride

8.

A．chair

B．plane

C．car

D．bicycle

9.

A．young

B．healthy

C．thin

D．fat

10.

A．exercise

B．wisdom

C．attention

D．experience

【推荐1】What happens when the right to know comes up against the right not to know? The ease of genetic testing has brought this question to light. Two _______ legal cases－one in Britain, the other in Germany － stand to alter the way medicine is practised.

Both cases involve Huntington’s disease (HD). whose _______ include loss of co-ordination (协调), mood changes and cognitive (认知的) decline. It develops between the ages of 30 and 50, and is eventually fatal. Every child of an _______ parent has a 50% chance of inheriting it.

In the British case, _______ for trial at the High Court in London in November, a woman known as ABC-to protect the _______ of her daughter, who is a minor-is charging a London hospital, St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, for not _______ her father’s diagnosis of HD with her. ABC was pregnant at the time of his diagnosis, in 2009. She argues that had she been aware of it, she would have stopped the pregnancy. As it was, she found out only after giving birth to her daughter. She later tested _______ for HD.

The German case is in some ways the mirror image of the British one. Unlike in Britain, in Germany the right not to know genetic information is protected in law. _______ , in 2011 a doctor informed a woman that her divorced husband - the doctor's patient - had tested positive for HD. This meant their two children were _______   the disease. She accused the doctor, who had acted with his patient's permission. Both children being minors at the time, they could not legally be tested for the disease, which, as the woman’s lawyers pointed out, is currently     ________. They argued that she was therefore helpless to act on the information, and ________ suffered a reactive depression that prevented her from working.

Both cases test a legal grey area. If the right to know is ________ recognized in Britain later this year, that may remove some uncertainties, but it will also create new ones. To what lengths should doctors go to track down and inform family members, ________?

It is the law’s job to ________ these rights for the modern age. When the law falls behind technology, somebody often pays the price, and currently that somebody is ________ . As these two cases demonstrate, they find themselves in a difficult situation - charged if they do, accused if they don't.

1.

A．remarkable

B．distinct

C．contrasting

D．dominant

2.

A．consequences

B．symptoms

C．indications

D．diagnoses

3.

A．influenced

B．affected

C．inherited

D．annoyed

4.

A．scheduled

B．determined

C．approved

D．implemented

5.

A．possession

B．status

C．health

D．identity

6.

A．revealing

B．sharing

C．reminding

D．concealing

7.

A．convinced

B．suspicious

C．infected

D．positive

8.

A．Nevertheless

B．Thus

C．Additionally

D．Fundamentally

9.

A．in advance of

B．in the course of

C．at the close of

D．at the risk of

10.

A．inevitable

B．inextinguishable

C．incurable

D．intolerable

11.

A．as a result

B．after all

C．above all

D．in return

12.

A．financially

B．academically

C．legally

D．culturally

13.

A．on occasion

B．by comparison

C．in effect

D．for example

14.

A．reserve

B．balance

C．defend

D．draft

15.

A．lawmakers

B．victims

C．patients

D．doctors

【推荐2】In 2011, a law was born. A kind of ladybug (瓢虫) became the state insect of North Dakota. When the governor (州长) ________ the bill (法案) into law, four kids stood behind him! 

Jaden, Logan, Megan and Isabel were in first grade ________ their idea for a law was born. Megan and Logan were farm kids and they had been ________ with the ladybug already. They knew that farmers had difficulty in controlling crop-eating pests called aphids (蚜虫) and that ladybugs tended to ________ on aphids. The more ladybugs were around, the fewer ________ the farmers had to use. 

They decided that this ladybug should be their state insect. This ladybug was of great ________ to the crops on the farm and deserved a place of honor. But they had no idea how to ________ a law. So they asked help from their teacher, who happened to ________ their local state representative. When they all met, he told the kids they would have to present facts and reasons to ________ lawmakers that North Dakota was in need of the ladybug as the state insect. 

The students spent much of that first-grade spring ________ ladybugs. There was no doubt that their research was hard work, ________, they fell in love with it. “Even if we hadn’t achieved what we wanted,” says Jaden, “even if the bill hadn’t been passed, I think it was really ________ a lot.” 

In the fall of their second-grade year, they were invited to speak to a committee. In excitement, Megan wrote ________ for the group to sing, they contacted more experts for support, and they practiced their presentation a lot! They showed up at the state building in ladybug costumes and presented their case. ________, the bill was passed! 

The students want everyone to know that kids can make a ________ “Whether you are 8 or 80,” says Isabel, “you have a voice in your community.”

1.

A．forced

B．refused

C．signed

D．allowed

2.

A．when

B．before

C．since

D．until

3.

A．satisfied

B．familiar

C．angry

D．content

4.

A．act

B．feed

C．take

D．depend

5.

A．chemicals

B．tools

C．plants

D．efforts

6.

A．interest

B．quality

C．benefit

D．strength

7.

A．discuss

B．complete

C．imagine

D．create

8.

A．know

B．compete

C．recognize

D．phone

9.

A．remind

B．convince

C．promise

D．attract

10.

A．describing

B．introducing

C．reporting

D．researching

11.

A．meanwhile

B．besides

C．therefore

D．however

12.

A．important

B．worth

C．necessary

D．helpful

13.

A．songs

B．books

C．poems

D．cards

14.

A．Suddenly

B．Gradually

C．Unluckily

D．Finally

15.

A．difference

B．noise

C．decision

D．point

【推荐3】A smart dog in Oklahoma City came home on Saturday ____a dead newborn baby in its mouth.
A house keeper, ____ name has not been reported, was at the home at the time, KOCO said.
The house keeper told KFOR that the dog, ____ Luke, turned up at the door with the body of a three to five-pound baby in his ____
"He was carrying it just ____ a momma puppy," she told the station, "and laid it at my feet."
The house keeper stressed that the body had no markings or signs of trauma(伤口), and that Luke ____ never have hurt anyone. She believes the dog was trying to help the poor baby.
“I believe Luke found it, picked it ____ and brought it. There was no trauma you could tell he injured the baby," she said.
Experts have determined that the newborn was a girl.
"We don’t know____ the baby came from," Police Captain Dexter Nelson told KFOR. "If it was born in the area outside or if someone brought the baby out there to throw it away.”
Medical experts are trying to determine if the baby was born alive or ____
According to KOCO, Luke typically wandered over a large area, which officials are now seeking ____ original place about the dead baby.
All 50 states have some form of "safe shelter" law ____ that allow parents -- or someone with a parent's ____ -- to leave a newborn without a name at special ____places but can get away with the action.
The details of such ____ are different from state to state. State-by-state laws can____ at ChildWelfare.gov.1.

A．carry

B．carrying

C．carried

D．to carry

2.

A．that

B．which

C．how

D．whose

3.

A．named

B．shouted

C．viewed

D．reminded

4.

A．belief

B．mouth

C．trick

D．award

5.

A．as

B．for

C．like

D．just

6.

A．would

B．must

C．should

D．need

7.

A．down

B．out

C．in

D．up

8.

A．why

B．where

C．when

D．how

9.

A．obvious

B．religious

C．dead

D．raw

10.

A．for

B．of

C．from

D．away

11.

A．strengths

B．papers

C．books

D．items

12.

A．benefits

B．permission

C．steak

D．cheatings

13.

A．dangerous

B．tall

C．safe

D．frustrated

14.

A．laws

B．people

C．diets

D．manners

15.

A．find

B．found

C．founded

D．be found

【推荐1】A recent article in The Wall Street journal says that Chinese students in American universities   are not making   the most of their educational opportunities.   The article   says   that ______ Chinese students work hard,     many are not acquiring the soft skills that come with fully participating in campus life.

Soft skills refer to things like socialization and learning to be ______. These are the skills students ______ by mixing socially with American and other international students and by learning how to handle problems in a new ______ and make their own decisions. A large number of Chinese students, ______, tend to self-segregate,   that is, they just ______ other Chinese students and ______ the campus culture and even   the wider American culture that surrounds them.

Jocelyn Jia, a 22-year-old student at the university of north Carolina at Chapel Hill, says, "If you just come to study and hang out with Chinese people, all you bring back to China is the ______. It's   just   a piece of   paper.   That's it." Jocelyn studies hard, but she likes to ______, too. She's taking every opportunity to make American friends and experience things that she couldn't have at a (n) ______ university.

“Chinese companies want to hire ‘haigui’ like Jocelyn.” Ken Chen of a consulting firm in Shanghai says, “an American college education teaches you how to socialize, develop your ______ intelligence and know how to think and solve problems.” Mr. Chen says these are the kinds of people he is looking for.

Of course, American education isn't ______, though. It can cost as much as U. S. $200.000 for a four-year program. But Charlotte Fan, a graduate   of Duke   University from Shanghai, says the ______ was worth it. She's     now working for an American company, in the Wall Street Journal article, saying, “I've learned a lot and changed a lot in college, not just to learn knowledge, but more importantly the way of thinking, creativity, communication---the soft skills you never learn from ______ but learn from day-to-day life and from interacting     with all the smart kids around you in school. Those sorts of things are exactly what Chinese education should ______.”

1.

A．if

B．while

C．as

D．unless

2.

A．enjoyable

B．hardworking

C．intelligent

D．independent

3.

A．develop

B．hunt

C．find

D．search

4.

A．society

B．environment

C．class

D．organization

5.

A．however

B．in addition

C．as a result

D．for instance

6.

A．have pity on

B．show respect to

C．rely on

D．hang out with

7.

A．ignore

B．admire

C．require

D．challenge

8.

A．diploma

B．knowledge

C．education

D．title

9.

A．have fun

B．have a rest

C．do research

D．take a trip

10.

A．average

B．Chinese

C．traditional

D．ideal

11.

A．social

B．economic

C．physical

D．emotional

12.

A．adequate

B．cheap

C．worthy

D．qualified

13.

A．time

B．effort

C．investment

D．degree

14.

A．teachers

B．books

C．movies

D．friends

15.

A．allow for

B．know about

C．focus on

D．seek out

【推荐3】Here I must put in a few words about my experience here in China. If I have _______ with a Chinese host, he always presses(硬塞给)_______ food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied the previous helping(份额). That often makes me _________awkward(尴尬). I have to eat the food even if I don’t _________ it, because it is _________ manners in the West to _______ one’s food on the plate. I have also _______ that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he often _________ the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or _________. This might be good manners in China, but it is certainly__________ in the West. In the United States, it is____________ to keep asking someone again and again or press something on him. Americans are very ____________. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “__________”. Here’s an example: When an American is offered __________ by the host, and he doesn’t feel like beer, he will probably say, “No, thanks. I just don’t feel like it. I’ll   ____________   some Pepsi-Cola （百事可乐）if you have it.” That is __________ an American will do. ____________are taught that “Honesty is the best policy”. But in some countries, courtesy(谦虚) might be more important than ____________. So when I am here in China, I have to observe（遵循） the __________ here. But when you go to ____________, you had better “Do as the Romans do.”

1.

A．trouble

B．words

C．dinner

D．difficulty

2.

A．enough

B．much

C．more

D．little

3.

A．think

B．taste

C．feel

D．smell

4.

A．eat

B．like

C．drink

D．help

5.

A．important

B．rude

C．polite

D．bad

6.

A．take

B．leave

C．forget

D．pass

7.

A．minded

B．noticed

C．heard

D．informed

8.

A．accepts

B．refuses

C．nods

D．gives

9.

A．happy

B．angry

C．thirsty

D．full

10.

A．so

B．kind

C．not

D．right

11.

A．impolite

B．good

C．kind

D．sad

12.

A．direct

B．honest

C．short

D．kind

13.

A．I’m sorry

B．Yes, I want

C．No, thanks

D．Yes, please

14.

A．food

B．beer

C．coffee

D．tea

15.

A．bring

B．offer

C．take

D．like

16.

A．that

B．what

C．whether

D．how

17.

A．Englishmen

B．Frenchmen

C．Americans

D．Australians

18.

A．manners

B．honesty

C．request

D．order

19.

A．ways

B．habits

C．action

D．customs

20.

A．China

B．the United States

C．Rome

D．the United Nations