When I was nine years old, my parents bought me a cockatiel (鸡尾鹦鹉) from a pet shop. I named him Bubba. Having Bubba at home made me excited.
But after a few weeks, I felt bored.
How can you help? Well, the answer is easy.
| A．Please never buy a caged bird. |
| B．Are there any other things for us to do? |
| C．As a kid, I was not good at taking care of Bubba. |
| D．They may peck (啄) over and over again at the bars (铁条) of their cages. |
| E．It’s a sad story, but I think there’re many birds on Earth living a life like Bubba’s. |
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【推荐1】A wild baby bison(野牛) at Yellowstone National Park had to be killed because of tourists.
The tourists thought that the baby bison looked cold. They put it in their car and drove to a park ranger(管理员) station.
A ranger described the action of the tourists as a "dangerous move" because adult bison can look after their babies very well and they will attack(攻击) to protect their young.
Park rangers took the animal from the car and set it free. But, sadly, the baby was refused by its family because it had the smell from humans.
Yellowstone National Park explained on Facebook that the smell from people can cause parent animals to refuse to accept their young. The park tried again and again to make the baby bison lives with its parents. After several times they had to give up.
The tourists were fined(罚款) $110 for touching park wildlife. Park rules say that visitors to Yellowstone should stay at least 22 meters away from all wildlife, and at least 90 meters away from bears and wolves.
1. The tourists took the baby bison to a park ranger station because they thought it looked ________.| A．sad | B．hungry | C．happy | D．cold |
| A．the tourists drove in a wrong way | B．adult bison would attack the tourists |
| C．adult bison couldn't look after their baby well | D．the tourists would make the baby bison sick |
| A．The park refused to send the baby bison back. | B．The visitors saved the baby bison. |
| C．Many people are angry at the bison family. | D．The smell from humans may bring trouble to bison. |
| A．at least 90 meters | B．at least 22 meters | C．12 meters | D．89 meters |
| A．we must keep away from any wild animal | B．we should care about wild animals in a right way |
| C．we'll be fined if we save a bison in the park | D．we'd better write safety signs in many languages |
【推荐2】Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks(鹰) were taking many of their chicken. The farmers didn’t know what to do. Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help. “Kill the hawks,” the officials said. “We will even pay for them,” so the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks.
The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new worry—field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’ grain.
How did this happen?
Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers didn’t know this. When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance of nature.
When people move into a new place, they often destroy many wild plants. Often these plants are food for the animals. If the animals can’t find enough plants to eat, they will starve or have to leave the place.
In one part of the USA, for example the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses. The mountain lions there eat the deer. The number of deer, mountain lions and wild roses doesn’t change much if people leave things as they are.
But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer. Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the wild roses. Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees. These trees were important to the farmers. So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees. Now the deer had nothing to eat, and many of them died. This was another lesson from nature.
To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember.
根据短文内容判断正(A)误(B)。
1. Finally the officials told the farmers to kill the hawks.
2. Field mice eat not only chickens but also leaves of young trees.
3. When the animals have nothing to eat in a place, they’ll go to another place.
4. The number of animals changes much if people leave things as they are.
5. It is important for us to keep the balance of nature.
【推荐3】Sidney is a swan (天鹅). He lives in East England. His best friend is Bob, a 39-year-old soccer player. Bob finds Sidney in May when he walks along the river. The baby swan has two large wounds (伤) on his neck.
Bob takes the bird home and gives him food to eat. He names him Sidney and takes care of him. Soon Sidney gets well. Bob plays soccer with Sidney in the park every day.
In July, Bob takes him to a wildlife (野生动物) center. This way, Sidney can live in a more natural environment (自然环境). But three months later, workers at the center ask Rob to take the swan back. They find that Sidney is not happy at the center and has a hard time falling asleep.
When Sidney hears Bob’s voice (声音), he runs over to him right away. “I feel like a proud (自豪的) father seeing him come home”, Rob says.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Which is right according to Paragraph 1?
| A．Bob is a basketball player. |
| B．Sidney is a city in East England. |
| C．A dog catches Sidney and eats him. |
| D．Bob walks along the river and meets Sidney. |
| A．A place used for a special activity. |
| B．A place used for children to read books. |
| C．A place used for people to have lunch. |
| D．A place used for people to see films. |
①Sidney can’t sleep well. ②Bob finds Sidney in May.
③Bob takes the swan to a wildlife center. ④Bob and Sidney play soccer in the park.
| A．①②③④ | B．②④③① | C．①④②③ | D．②③④① |
| A．Because Bob misses Sidney very much. |
| B．Because Sidney doesn’t have beautiful clothes at the center. |
| C．Because Sidney is not happy and can’t sleep much at the center. |
| D．Because the wildlife center wants to sell Sidney to get more money. |
| A．Sidney likes Bob very much. |
| B．Bob helps Sidney to run away from the dog. |
| C．In July Bob takes Sidney home from the wildlife center. |
| D．Sidney doesn’t know Bob when he hears Bob’s voice three months later. |
【推荐1】Thousands of years ago, Britain was covered by thick forests, home to many animals which no longer live in the United Kingdom. There were wolves and bears, many different kinds of deer and large wild cows. There were less than four million people. They lived in small villages protected by wooden walls from the animals outside.
All this has changed, of course. Now the population of the United Kingdom has increased to sixty-five million. Three quarters of Britain is covered with fields, towns or cities. Although 25 percent of land is countryside, new methods of farming mean that there are fewer birds and small animals living in fields than ever before. The United Kingdom is one of the few countries in the world that does not have a large wild animal that eats meat. In Scotland there are only 400 wildcats, but these are much smaller than wolves. Some people would like to change things, however! Some organizations and writers say that Britain needs to become more natural again. They suggest that trees and plants that grew in the UK before towns and cities were built should be allowed to grow again. They even say that large wild animals which have not lived in the UK should be helped to return and live wild. They call this “rewilding”.
Not everyone agrees. In the last twenty years, over one million trees which at first grew in Scotland have been planted and there are plans for more, but wild animals? Some people ask if wolves will attack sheep or even humans. They are also angry that rewilding might mean an end to walking in the hills which so many people enjoy. So far there are no wolves or bears in Britain’s forests, but soon there might be!
1. Why are there fewer birds and small animals in fields in the UK?| A．Because more trees have been planted. | B．Because there are more large wild animals. |
| C．Because pollution is much worse than before. | D．Because people use new methods of farming. |
| A．Living closer to nature. | B．Planting more and more trees. |
| C．Helping large wild animals return. | D．Building more villages and towns. |
| A．Making Britain wild again | B．A trip to wild Britain |
| C．An introduction to Britain | D．Protecting the environment |
【推荐2】The earth is about 4, 600 million years old. We humans have lived on the earth for only 35, 000 years, but during this period we have changed our planet a lot in many ways.
All over the world people have cut down millions of trees, so more and more kinds of animals and plants are disappearing. In big cities, cars and buses have polluted the air. Factories have also polluted the land and the water.
Carbon dioxide （CO2） in the air has increased a lot.
All these problems are very serious. We must do something to stop our earth from being polluted anymore.
根据材料内容,从下面六个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项。使短文意思通顺,内容完整。
| A．The heat from the sun can't escape so the temperature is rising. |
| B．Too much harmful light from the sun passes through it and reaches the earth directly. |
| C．Around the earth there's a special kind of oxygen （O2） called "ozone" （O2）. |
| D．Some things we've done are very good for the earth while some are bad. |
| E．It mainly comes from different kinds of burning materials. |
| F．We get the heat from the sun. |
Cars are also making global warming worse. They burn fossil fuels(化石燃料) in their engines, and send lots of greenhouse gases into the air.
Global warming may be a big problem, but we can all help stop it. People can try to drive their cars less. Or even get ones that run on sunlight! You can also help. Let’s try one of these top ideas:
(1) Try to use less electricity. Turn off lights, your television, and your computer when you’ve stopped using them. To make electricity, fossil fuels are burned in big factories. But burning fossil fuels also makes greenhouse gases. You should also try to watch less TV.
(2) Plant trees. Not only is it a fun thing to do, but it is also a great way to lower the number of greenhouse gases in the air. Trees take carbon dioxide out of the air when they grow.
(3) Don’t throw away your rubbish, try to recycle it. If rubbish is not recycled, it is put in the ground. There it rots(腐烂) and makes a greenhouse gas called methane(甲烷).So try to recycle cans, bottles, plastic bags and newspapers. It’ll make you feel great! And it’ll help the Earth.
1. If we _____, we may make global warming worse.
| A．use less electricity | B．drive a car on sunlight |
| C．plant trees | D．throw away rubbish |
| A．turning off lights | B．shutting down computers |
| C．turning up CD players | D．turning off TV |
| A．Methane | B．Cans | C．Newspapers | D．Bottles |
| A．the less electricity is used, the more greenhouse gases are produced |
| B．the more electricity is used, the more greenhouse gases are produced |
| C．more electricity is used, less greenhouse gases are produced |
| D．less electricity is used, more greenhouse gases are produced |
| A．Driving cars on sunlight helps to stop global warming. |
| B．When cars burn fossil fuels, they produce greenhouse gases. |
| C．When trees grow, they send carbon dioxide into the air. |
| D．By planting more trees, we can lower the number of greenhouse gases in the air. |
