You can't always forecast a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Mikhail Belyaev doesn't think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before heading out should result in you getting wet. That's why he created Lampbrella, a lamp post with its own rain-sensing umbrella.
The designer says he got the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia. “Once, I was driving on a central Saint Petersburg street and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be suitable to have a canopy(伞篷)built into a street lamp,” he said.
The Lampbrella is a standard-looking street lamp fitted with an umbrella canopy. It has a built-in electric motor which can open or close the umbrella on demand. Sensors(传感器)then make sure that the umbrella offers pedestrians(行人)shelter whenever it starts raining.
According to the designer, the Lampbrella would move at a low speed, in order not to cause harm to the pedestrians. Besides, it would be grounded to protect from possible lightning strike. Each Lampbrella would offer enough shelter for several people. Installed(安装)at two meters off the ground, it would only be a danger for the tallest of pedestrians.
While there are no plans to take the Lampbrella into production, Belyaev says he recently introduced his creation to one Moscow Department, and insists his creation could be installed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter.
1. For what purpose did Belyaev create the Lampbrella?| A．To forecast a heavy rain. |
| B．To check the weather forecast. |
| C．To shelter people from the rain. |
| D．To get people to take an umbrella. |
| A．He enjoyed taking walks in the rain. |
| B．It rains a lot in the city of Saint Petersburg. |
| C．Street lamps are protected by canopies. |
| D．He came up with his creation from an experience in the rain. |
| A．Its moving speed. | B．Its safety. |
| C．Its installation. | D．Its appearance. |
| A．The designer is confident that his creation is practical. |
| B．The designer will open a company to promote his product. |
| C．The Lampbrella could be put into immediate production. |
| D．The Lampbrella would be put on show in Moscow. |
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【推荐1】The search for new, clean energy sources has occupied the attention of scientists and politicians for years. One common resource for green energy is the wind. A new twist on this old resource could cause the energy output of wind-power plants to rocket.
Standard wind-power plants rely on solid support and generally can only reach a height of 200 meters or so. Higher than that, winds tend to be stronger and more consistent, but the challenge is figuring out how to gain the energy from those winds.
Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in Germany have formed a kite-power research group. The group is working to develop kites with wings connected to electrical generators (发电机) on the ground.
The research group’s goal is to design a kite that can operate on its own for 24 hours. Research has begun, but many challenges remain, including making the generators more efficient and perfecting the automatic flight control and the structure of the kites. Nevertheless in June 2012, they demonstrated that their kites could operate automatically at an altitude of up to 700 meters.
Meanwhile, in Italy, researchers are working on a similar power generator that relies on kites. When the generator, called KiteGen, senses the wind blowing, kites are released from the ends of poles with high-resistance cables (线) to control their height and angle. These cables are able to move the kites if the system senses incoming objects such as planes, helicopters or even individual birds. The kites themselves are light, tough and able to reach fairly high altitudes. They circle around in the wind, which sets the core of the generator in motion, producing electric current.
KiteGen has the potential to be very cost-effective in the long run. After the initial cost of designing and setting up the plant, little additional investment will be necessary, apart from standard maintenance. The plant also requires relatively little space, which makes it ideal for cities and means that multiple plants can be set up to provide even more energy.
Kite power has the potential to greatly improve on current wind-power strategies. In the future, it may be an efficient, cost-effective supplement (补充) to the other sources of energy we use, or even a replacement for some of them.
1. What does the underlined expression “a new twist” probably mean in the first paragraph?| A．A strict standard. | B．A challenging task. |
| C．A strong motivation. | D．A clever idea. |
| A．It is a waste of money. | B．It is extremely dangerous. |
| C．It is hard to attain the energy. | D．It is totally unrealistic. |
| A．Kites can fly high. | B．Kites are a new trend. |
| C．Kites are eco-friendly. | D．Kites can replace old equipment. |
| A．Cautious. | B．Optimistic. | C．Unclear. | D．Critical. |
【推荐2】India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday developed a series of new high-producing rice species, including herbicide-tolerant（耐除草剂的）rice that can be directly planted into the soil, cutting the huge expenses on water and farm workers.
In India, the world's biggest rice exporter, the traditional method of rice growing requires farmers to grow seeds in nurseries, and then wait for 20 to 30 days before transplanting the small plants by hand into the fields that are ankle-deep in water.
With the new seed species, developed by the state-run Indian Agricultural Research Institute, farmers only need to water the field once to moisten（使湿润）the soil before planting the rice. Besides, the traditional method also uses a lot of water to control weeds as herbicides are costly and often do not distinguish between the rice and the unwanted weeds.
Government scientists said the new rice species contains a gene that would allow farmers to use a common, inexpensive herbicide without worrying about any side effects. “Our focus is very high on new seeds that can be adapted to new conditions, especially in changing climates,” Modi said.
Water conservation is likely to be the main attraction of the new rice species in India, where farmers rely heavily on monsoon（季风）rains. “The traditional method uses 3,000 to 5,000 liters（升）of water to produce 1 kg of rice. The new species could cut water use by at least 50% to 60%,” farmers and government officials say. "For farmers like us, the main concern was the management of water, and the new species takes care of that concern," said Ravindra Kajal, who grows rice on his 9-acre farmland in the northern state of Haryana.
1. What is the advantage of the new rice species?| A．It can remove all the weeds. | B．It can be planted in any field. |
| C．It needs less water to grow. | D．It needs less soil to grow. |
| A．Because the new crop species contains herbicide itself. |
| B．Because the new crop species resists a common herbicide. |
| C．Because the common herbicide is relatively cheaper. |
| D．Because the common herbicide can moisten the soil. |
| A．Its climate. |
| B．Its plentiful funds. |
| C．Its tradition. |
| D．Its lack of herbicide. |
| A．India has completely changed its rice species. |
| B．The farmers prefer planting new rice species. |
| C．India is trying to promote its new rice species. |
| D．The new rice species produces the most rice in India. |
【推荐3】In 2019, the world generated 54.6 million tons of e-waste. However, just 17.4 percent of it was formally collected and recycled. Since 2014, the amount of e-waste recycled has grown by 1.8 million tons—a relatively small amount, considering that the amount of e-waste generated increased by 9.2 million tons in the same period.
Global reserves of some elements, such as platinum, are supposed to be fully used up within 15 years if the proportion of recycled stocks entering production doesn’t increase. E-waste and EV batteries are currently recycled through processes called pyrometallurgy (火法冶金术) and hydrometallurgy (湿法冶金术). However, they involve burning temperatures with a high energy demand and deep carbon footprint, and poisonous chemicals which are harmful to the environment. Alternatives are therefore being sought.
A team of scientists from the University of Coventry are extending one such alternative. They have been using non-poisonous bacteria to oxidize and recover the precious metals—a process known as “bioleaching”. They have shown that copper is widely recoverable from e-waste, and that all metals present in EV batteries can be recovered by using microbes (微生物). If extended, bioleaching facilities would mean that manufacturers of EV batteries and other electronic goods would be able to recover metals locally, relying less on costly exports to recycling centers abroad.
“At present, a key limitation for e-waste recycling is the lack of certification detailing the types and amounts of metals contained in electronic goods. But with an efficient recycling process appearing, manufacturers have the motivation to use more recycled material in their products, which will change the very design of electronics goods. It’s about closing the loop of a product’s life cycle,” said the leader of the Bioleaching Research Group, Sebastien Farnaud.
Ultimately, bioleaching technology is born out of the idea of creating a truly circular process for the things that we consume. We need to shift from a mindset and economy where we see waste as an end product, to one where there isn’t even a start or an end at all.
1. What do the statistics in Paragraph 1 indicate？| A．People pay no attention to e-waste recycling. |
| B．The recycling rate of e-waste is comparatively low. |
| C．E-waste has caused serious environmental problems. |
| D．The amount of e-waste is sharply increasing every year. |
| A．They are not environmentally friendly. |
| B．They only apply to certain e-waste. |
| C．They generate metals with a complex process. |
| D．They cause a sharp rise in local temperatures. |
| A．It has been applied abroad. | B．It releases no poisonous gas. |
| C．It recovers metals by microbes. | D．It promotes the local export trade. |
| A．a travel guide | B．a fiction novel |
| C．a health magazine | D．a scientific journal |
【推荐1】In Japan many workers for large corporations have a guarantee of lifetime employment. They will not be laid off during recessions or when the tasks they perform. are taken over by robots. To some observers, this is capitalism at its best, because workers are treated as people not things. Others see it as necessarily inefficient and believe it cannot continue if Japan is to remain competitive with foreign corporations more concerned about profits and less concerned about people.
Defenders of the system argue that those who call it inefficient do not understand how it really works. In the first place not every Japanese worker has the guarantee of a lifetime job. The lifetime employment system includes only “regular employees”. Many employees do not fall into this category, including all women. All businesses have many part-time and temporary employees. These workers are hired and laid off during the course of the business cycle just as employees in the United States are. These “irregular workers” make up about 10 percent of the nonagricultural work force. Additionally, Japanese firms maintain some flexibility through the extensive use of subcontractors. This practice is much more common in Japan than in the United States.
The use of both subcontractors and temporary workers has increased markedly in Japan since the 1974 — 1975 recession. All this leads some to argue that the Japanese system is not all that different from the American system. During recessions Japanese corporations lay off temporary workers and give less business to subcontractors. In the United States, corporations lay off those workers with the least seniority. The difference then is probably less than the term “lifetime employment” suggests, but there still is a difference. And this difference cannot be understood without looking at the values of Japanese society. The relationship between employer and employee cannot be explained in purely contractual terms. Firms hold on to the employees and employees stay with one firm. There are also practical reasons for not jumping from job to job. Most retirement benefits come from the employer. Changing jobs means losing these benefits. Also, teamwork is an essential part of Japanese production. Moving to a new firm means adapting to a different team and at least temporarily, lower productivity and lower pay.
1. according to the passage, a woman in Japan ________.| A．cannot get a lifetime job | B．is impossible to get a part time job |
| C．will be employed for life | D．is among the regular workers |
| A．They don’t want to lose their retirement benefits. |
| B．They are not adaptable people. |
| C．Any change of jobs will make them less paid. |
| D．They get used to the team work. |
| A．Those who want to change jobs frequently in Japan should think twice. |
| B．Those who are first laid off by American corporations are temporary workers. |
| C．The use of subcontractors makes Japan films less flexible |
| D．The Japanese system is totally different from the American system |
【推荐2】“Buzz. Buzz. The queen is that way,” said one honey bee to another. “Pass it on.” Honey bees can’t speak, of course, but scientists have found that the insects combine teamwork and chemicals to relay the queen’s location to the rest of the community, revealing an extraordinary means of long distance, mass communication.
Individual honey bees communicate with the chemical called pheromones, which scientists have long known. But just how these individual signals work together to gather tens of thousands of bees around a queen has remained a mystery.
In the new study, Dieu My Nguyen, a scientist at the University of Colorado, and his colleagues focused on a colony of western honey bees, the most common honey bee species in the world. The researchers set up a flat, pizza box–size arena with a transparent ceiling, in which the bees could walk around, but not fly. They put the queen bee into a cage on one side and released the worker honey bees on the other. The scientists then recorded the insects’ movements from above with a camera and an AI software tracking bees that were releasing pheromones.
Once the first worker honey bees located the queen, they began to gather chains of evenly spaced bees that extended outward from the queen, with each bee sending out pheromones to its neighbor down the line. The findings are the first direct observations of this collective communication in honey bees. Like smelly bread crumbs, the branching communication lines guided far-off honey bees back to the queen’s location — a feat no single bee could achieve alone.
Mark Carroll, an insect biologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, cautions that the work was done in a closed, practically 2D space. In reality, he notes, honey bee colonies are 3D, and they often have to fight with elements like wind and rain, which make communicating more complicated. “The next step will be to observe natural honey bee swarms and see if they’re actually doing this.” he says.
1. What is the focus of the new study?| A．Why worker bees gather around a queen bee. |
| B．How pheromones function in a bee’s body. |
| C．Why insects’ mass communication is limited to short distances. |
| D．How the queen’s location is passed on to the rest of the colony. |
| A．The process of the experiment. | B．The equipment required for the experiment. |
| C．The technique used in the experiment. | D．The species chosen for the experiment. |
| A．Direction. | B．Movement. | C．Location. | D．Relay. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Reliable. | C．Realistic. | D．Influential. |
【推荐3】An unusual experiment in Botswana suggests that painting eyes on the rear (臀部) ends of cows may help protect them from large predators (食肉动物) like lions. Protecting cows could also end up protecting the lions from angry farmers.
Large predators like lions are under pressure. Much of the land they used to roam (徜徉) has been taken over by humans. Many are hunted illegally. One serious threat to large predators comes from farmers, who often shoot or poison them after losing farm animals for their attacks.
This has long been a problem in the Okavango Delta. Some parts of the Okavango are protected, but there are also many small farms in the area, with between 6 and 100 cows. Lions are the biggest threat to cattle in the area. At night, farmers normally keep their animals in closed areas protected from predators. But in the daytime, when many predators are most active, the cattle are allowed out to eat grass.
Scientists from the University of New South Wales wondered if painting pictures of eyes on the cows' rear ends might protect them. The idea isn't as strange as it may sound. There are many examples of animals such as butterflies or fish using fake “eyes” to protect themselves.
Working with over 2,000 cows 8 on 14 different farms in the Okavango area, the scientists tested their ideas in a four-year study. The researchers separated the cows into three different groups. They painted large eyes on the rear ends of one group of cows. The second group got simple Xs. The final group got nothing.
The eyes worked very well. Of the 683 cows with eyes painted on them, none were killed in the four-year period. Cows with nothing on their rear ends didn't do so well. Fifteen of the 835 cows with bare backsides were killed. The scientists were surprised to learn that even Xs seemed to give the cows some protection. Only 4 of the 543 cows with Xs were killed.
1. What makes farmers become a threat to large predators?| A．Hunting them for meat. |
| B．Defending themselves. |
| C．Protecting farm animals. |
| D．Shooting them for pleasure. |
| A．They are close to life. |
| B．Their colors vary. |
| C．They are fierce enough. |
| D．Their fake eyes work. |
| A．By listing the number of cows. |
| B．By presenting the facts of tests. |
| C．By analyzing the varieties of tests. |
| D．By showing the differences of tests. |
| A．Protecting Cows Proves Urgent. |
| B．Lions Become Enemies of Cows. |
| C．Fake Eyes Protect Cows from Lions. |
| D．Cows Are in Danger of Extinction. |
【推荐1】2020 at Butlin’s
EASTER HOLIDAYS
Fri 3-Mon 20 April 2020
The Easter holidays are the perfect opportunities to shake off the winter coats, breathe in the fresh sea air and have your first paddle of the year in the sea. With lots of Easter-themed things to do, your kids can enjoy some of the more traditional Easter activities and shows.
Come with your family, make the most of the extra days off work and spend your Easter holidays with the people who matter most to you.
MAY HALF TERM
Fri 22 May-Mon 1 June 2020
The kids are off school, spring has come and there’s a bank holiday weekend in the mix; that means a trip to the seaside is a must! When the British weather’s playing ball, enjoy our outdoor activities, head to the beach and treat the family to an ice cream.
And if the weather’s not on our side, embrace the seaside in true British form while making the most of our indoor activity venues (场地) and brilliant live shows.
SUMMER HOLIDAYS
Fri 17 July-Fri 4 September 2020
Pack up the car and take your kids on a summer holiday to create long lasting family memories. Make the most of the beautiful beaches sitting on our resorts’ doorsteps, enjoy the Traditional Fairground and its unique rides, see live shows, and dive into our family pool; perfect for those not-so-sunny summer days.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Fri 4 Dec 2020-Sat 2 January 2021
Join us throughout December as we transform our resorts into festive(节日的) wonderlands, with particular live
Christmas shows and activities for all ages.
Whether it’s seeing a festive show, sitting down to eat together or wrapping up for a wander along the beach on Christmas Eve, we’re sure the whole family will leave feeling sparkly on the outside and warm and fuzzy on the inside.
1. What can you do at Butlin’s during the MAY HALF TERM?| A．Visit a bank. | B．Play ball. | C．Enjoy the beach. | D．Observe the weather. |
| A．EASTER HOLIDAYS | B．MAY HALF TERM |
| C．SUMMER HOLIDAYS | D．CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS |
| A．Families. | B．Students. | C．Kids. | D．Adults. |
【推荐2】EVENTS
Long March exhibition
The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged(被围困的) bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Province in the mid-1930s Explanations are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.
Time: 10: 00 am-4: 00 pm
Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road
Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese /15 yuan for foreigners
Thai elephants
Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a mouthorgan. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-wa (拔河比赛) with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them. The elephants give three shows a day at: 9: 30 am, 3: 30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at 1: 30 pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15.
Address: 189 Daduhe Road
Admission: 30-40 yuan
Dancing dolphins
Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and doing math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium (海豚馆) in Peace Park an attraction for children. Seals and seal ions also perform.
Hours: 10: 30 am, 4: 00 pm, and 7: 30 pm
Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children
1. If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an Australian, how much will you pay altogether for the admission?| A．16 yuan. | B．23 yuan. | C．30 yuan. | D．20 yuan |
| A．not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform |
| B．only dolphins perform |
| C．only seals and sea lions perform |
| D．only seals perform |
【推荐3】2019 the novel coronavirus was officially named 2019-nCoV by WHO in January 12, 2020. Coronavirus is a large family of viruses, known to cause colds, Middle East respiratory syndrome (mers), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and other serious diseases. A novel coronavirus is a new strain of coronavirus that has never been found in human body before.
Since December 2019, surveillance(监控) of influenza(流感) and related diseases has been continuously carried out in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, and multiple cases of viral pneumonia(肺炎) have been found, all of which were diagnosed(诊断) as viral pneumonia / pulmonary infection.
The common signs of coronavirus infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and dyspnea. In more severe cases, infection can lead to pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, renal failure, and even death. The novel coronavirus induced disease is not specific treatment. But many symptoms can be treated, so it needs to be treated according to the clinical situation of patients. In addition, supplementary care for infected people can be very effective. Good self-protection includes: maintaining basic hand and respiratory hygiene( 呼吸道卫生), adhering to safe eating habits, and avoiding close contact with anyone who shows symptoms of respiratory diseases (such as coughing and sneezing).
In August 2020, the novel coronavirus transmission characteristics were revealed by the latest research findings: high contagion and high concealment. In September, the academician Li Lanjuan group of the National Key Laboratory of infectious diseases diagnosis and treatment in Zhejiang University and the research group of Li Xue, Tsinghua University life school, first analyzed the three-dimensional structure of the whole new virus of the new coronavirus. In October, a new Australian study showed that the new coronavirus could survive on the surface of banknotes and glass for nearly a month. On December 23, another more infectious variant of the new coronavirus was discovered in the UK.
1. What information can we learn novel coronavirus according to this article?| A．It has been found in humans before. | B．It has specific therapies to be treated |
| C．After infection will suffer from viral pneumonia | D．It has no variation at the moment |
| A．Keep a safe distance from people with respiratory diseases |
| B．Go out more and don't stay in a confined space all the time |
| C．Take related drugs for immunity |
| D．Communicate with infected people to produce antibodies(抗体) |
| A．arrangement | B．region | C．scenery | D．space |
| A．The three-dimensional structure of novel coronavirus whole virus has been analyzed internationally. |
| B．The new coronavirus can survive on the surface of banknotes and glass for nearly one month |
| C．Transmission characteristics of new coronavirus: high infectivity and high concealment |
| D．The vaccine(疫苗) for the new coronavirus is on the market |
【推荐1】Earlier this month, 6-year-old Isaac went on vacation to Fort Walton, Florida, with his family. While they were there, his mother Garrett learned about LuLu, a restaurant that offers food to customers with food allergies(过敏).
At LuLu, Isaac could eat a salad and a bowl of chicken soup with rice. “Isaac looked at me as if asking, ‘Is this OK?’ ” Garrett said. Once his mom gave the OK, Isaac enjoyed for the first time the experience of eating at a restaurant. “That look on his face was like, ‘This is the coolest thing I’ve ever done,’ ” Garrett added.
Garrett and her family rarely eat out because of Isaac’s food allergies. When they do, she cooks something for Isaac at home before they leave and brings it with her to the restaurant. “It’s not fun and it feels unfair,” she said.
Their night at LuLu marked a celebration for Isaac. Garrett shared the moment on the restaurant’s Facebook page. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving Isaac this wonderful experience,” she wrote in her post.
Barnett, the restaurant’s manager, said, “When customers tell the staff that someone in their group has a food allergy, I assist with the order by passing it to the kitchen, ensuring it’s cooked in a separate station and delivering the finished food to the guests. We have been improving this process over the past ten years since our allergy program was started.”
On Garrett’s Facebook post, LuLu thanked Garrett for sharing her story. “Thank you for sharing your experience with us,” the restaurant wrote in a comment, “We are excited to see your son so happy!” Garrett is hoping her post’s popularity will persuade other restaurants to be more considerate. “LuLu takes it seriously as we take it – nothing could make us happier than that,” she said.
1. What does the underlined word “This” in paragraph 2 refer to?| A．Eating chicken soup with rice. |
| B．Eating at a restaurant. |
| C．Eating with her mom. |
| D．Being on vacation with her family. |
| A．He will personally assist with the order. |
| B．He will deliver the menu to them. |
| C．He will introduce the allergy program. |
| D．He will cook dinner in a separate station. |
| A．The popularity of her post made Garrett excited. |
| B．Garrett is unsatisfied with other restaurants. |
| C．LuLu thanks Garrett for eating in the restaurant. |
| D．Garrett hopes more restaurants will follow LuLu’s steps. |
| A．A biology textbook. | B．A health magazine. |
| C．A research paper. | D．A travel brochure. |
【推荐2】Over the past few months, people in the United States have been watching some unusual television advertisements (广告). They are unusual because they advertise a product that no American uses now or is likely to use in the future.
The advertisements show that a product called golden rice will help prevent blindness in millions of children.
None of these children live in the United States. They live in countries where white rice forms the main part of the diet. Too much white rice without other food causes lack of vitamin A. This can lead to blindness.
Golden rice has been developed to solve this problem through genetic (基因的) engineering. As well as TV advertisements, most news media carried stories on this great scientific development that would help some of the poorest children in the world.
It could also save the science of genetic engineering. People in Europe and America have learned more about genetically modified (转基因的) food over the past few years. And the more they learn, the less they like what they hear. People like science. And people like to eat food. But they would like the two things kept separate.
The truth is that a child would have to eat 9 kilograms of golden rice every day to get enough vitamin A. And Gordon Conway of the Rockefeller Foundation, which helped the development of golden rice, says that the advertisements have gone too far.
Perhaps the main purpose of golden rice is to get people to accept genetically modified food. The TV advertisements sent a very clear message—if you don’t accept this technology then poor children will go blind. It cost US $ 50 million to get that message across. That would buy a lot of food for poor children.
What do the people who are said to benefit from golden rice think of being part of this great scientific and social argument? Nobody knows. Nobody has asked them.
1. Why do you think children in the USA need no golden rice?| A．They don’t need vitamin A. | B．They have all kinds of food. |
| C．It is genetically modified food. | D．There isn’t enough vitamin A in it. |
| A．Golden rice will prevent blindness in children. |
| B．Golden rice is the first genetically modified food. |
| C．People know little about genetically modified food. |
| D．People have not accepted genetically modified food. |
| A．Food that is rich in vitamin A. |
| B．Food produced in poor countries. |
| C．Food produced with no help from science. |
| D．Food produced through genetic engineering. |
| A．They are believable. | B．They need improvement. |
| C．They are not telling the truth. | D．They are put in a wrong place. |
【推荐3】After an earthquake most survivors can be expected to recover over time, particularly with the support of family and friends. Some families will be able to return to their normal life quickly, while others will have to contend with the destruction of their homes, medical problems, and injury to family members. Children especially will need time to recover from the loss of a loved one or a pet or from the closing down of their school.
Children often turn to adults for information, comfort and help. Parents should try to remain calm, answer children’s questions honestly and remain understanding when they see changes in their children’s behavior.
Children react differently to an earthquake depending on their ages, developmental levels and former experiences. Some will respond by withdrawing (不与人交往), while others will have angry outbursts (爆发). Parents should remain sensitive to each child’s reactions. Parents should spend time talking to their children，letting them know that it’s OK to ask questions and to share their worries. Although it may be hard to find time to have these talks, parents can use regular family mealtimes or bedtimes for them. They should answer questions briefly and honestly and be sure to ask their children for their opinions and ideas. Issues may come up more than once and parents should remain patient when you answer the questions again. For young children, parents, after talking about the earthquake, might read a favorite story or have a relaxing family activity to help them calm down. Parents should also tell children they are safe and spend extra time with them. They could play games outside or read together indoors. Most importantly, be sure to tell them you love them.
1. The underlined phrase “contend with” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “________”.| A．deal with | B．make up | C．put off | D．turn back |
| A．read a favorite story to comfort them |
| B．ask them to help do some housework |
| C．be patient and answer the question again |
| D．take them out to play games |
| A．Keep a close watch on children’s behavior. |
| B．Tell the children they are safe. |
| C．Tell the children you love them. |
| D．Ask educational experts for help. |
| A．All people will recover from an earthquake quickly. |
| B．Children may need a longer time to recover after an earthquake. |
| C．Children should turn to their classmates for help after an earthquake. |
| D．Children react in the same way as adults do to an earthquake. |
