Recently, there were two pieces of sad news. An old gorilla (大猩猩) called Sentai was seriously ill because some visitors fed them food. Another poor animal, a deer, died with 3.5 kilograms of plastic bags in her stomach. The two poor animals remind people of the most basic zoo rule again: do not feed animals.
Visitors often throw foods like peanuts and bread to animals. They think it’s kind for them to feed the animals. However, the foods are not good for the animals and may cause them to become sick.
“Imagine if someone often gives your children snacks and sweets. Would your children have healthy food as usual? This behavior can lead children to ignore (忽视) the healthy food. This is the same to animals,” Zhang, an animal expert in Beijing, told the Global Times.
Poor Sentai’s condition makes many people feel angry, and some people advise zoos to do more than just stop visitors when they feed animals. Some even advise the zoos to make a “blacklist” to keep those visitors out. However, it is very difficult for zoos to do this job. A worker in Shanghai zoo says that workers in the zoo will correct people’s mistakes and try to improve public awareness (意识) to stop this behavior.
Some people say that after hearing the news, they felt sorry for feeding animals at the zoo. Others say they are surprised to find that their “kind behaviors” could actually harm the animals.
We human beings can express our feelings when we feel ill or uncomfortable, but this is impossible for animals. So it’s important for visitors to protect the animals-by not feeding them.
1. How did the writer explain that feeding animals is bad for them?| A．By asking some questions | B．by showing a study about it |
| C．by showing an expert’s opinion | D．by giving an example about it |
| A．correct people’s mistakes | B．improve people’s public awareness |
| C．Stop people when they feed animals | D．make a “blacklist” to keep some people out |
| A．feeding animals | B．feeling uncomfortable |
| C．expressing their feelings | D．showing their kind behaviors |
| A．volunteer in zoos | B．stop feeding animals |
| C．keep animals in zoos | D．raise money for animals |
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【推荐1】Welcome to Burton Safari Park. Burton is one of Europe's oldest wildlife parks. Here you can see wild animals from all over the world - and they're not in cages. Before we start, we have some information for the animal's safety and for your own. First, please stay in your car at all times. If there is an emergency （紧急情况）or your car breaks down, please use your horn （喇叭） and lights and a person will come and help you. If you would like to stop, please do so on the left side of the road, so the traffic will pass on the right. Please don't feed the animals. Our animals are fed on special diets and your food could make them ill or even kill them.
We're starting our tour with some of Burton's most interesting animals, our four white rhinos （犀牛）from South Africa. The white rhino doesn't get its name from its colour; the African word white means wild. The white rhino has a wide mouth and it helps the animal to eat grass. Sadly, there are very few white rhinos left because humans hunt them for their valuable horns （角）. They can be made into things like handles（柄，把手）for knives.
1. Who is the speaker?| A．A chairperson. | B．A tourist. | C．A climber. | D．A guide. |
| A．use your horn | B．pass on the right. | C．feed the animals | D．kill the animals |
| A．Ifs a new wildlife park. | B．Animals in Burton are kept in cages. |
| C．Traffic there keeps to the left. | D．Visitors can feed the animals there. |
| A．It gets its name from its colour. | B．It is a rare animal. |
| C．People hunt it for its fur. | D．It has a wide nose. |
【推荐2】Canada geese（鹅） are large, blue and white birds. When autumn comes, they fly to the south where the weather is warmer. Winter in Canada is very cold. The birds will die if they stay there.
Last spring, Bill found sixteen young Canada geese on his farm. They couldn’t find their parents. Bill had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds how to fly. All through the summer, Bill went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him.
When the cold weather came, Bill flew to Virginia in the United States. The geese followed him all the way. Bill left the geese in Virginia and returned home.
This spring Bill waited for the birds to come back. But they didn’t. Bill flew to Virginia to get them back. He looked for them for two weeks but he couldn’t find them. But when he arrived home, he found the geese were waiting for him. They could find their way home by themselves!
1. The Canada geese fly to the south every autumn because ________.| A．the weather is warmer there | B．their parents ask them to do so |
| C．they can find food easily there | D．people there are friendly to them |
| A．6 | B．16 | C．36 | D．60 |
| A．enjoy the beautiful scenery | B．practice driving a plane |
| C．teach the geese how to fly | D．take the geese to have a good trip |
| A．two months | B．one month | C．three months | D．two weeks |
| A．Because the geese lost their way. | B．Because the geese returned to Bill’s home by themselves. |
| C．Because the geese went to another place. | D．Because the geese died. |
【推荐3】Mrs Brown lives in a small town in Australia. There is a big farm near the town.
On Saturday morning, she goes to her small shop. She opens the window of the shop and looks at the farm. It’s very beautiful. There are many cows, horses and other small animals on the farm. Suddenly she sees a kangaroo with her baby. It’s interesting to see them! The mother kangaroo is wearing an old jacket. They stand there and look hungry. Mrs Brown gives some bread to them. The kangaroos get it. Then they become happy and jump away. Suddenly a wallet drops onto the ground from the jacket pocket. She picks it up and finds $300 and a photo in it. That is a man’s photo with his name “John” on it. “John? I have a brother. His name is also John,” Mrs Brown says to herself. “Is this man my lost brother?” She thinks.
She takes the wallet with her and begins to look for the man. She asks many people in town, and then she comes to the farm and asks the farmer. Hey! It is John, her lost brother. They are very happy to see each other.
1. What animal could Mrs Brown see on the farm that morning?| A．Cows, horses and other big animals. |
| B．Cows, horses, other small animals and a kangaroo with a baby. |
| C．Cows, horses and kangaroos with their babies. |
| D．Cows, horses, other big animals and a kangaroo. |
| A．Because she likes kangaroos very much. | B．Because the mother kangaroo is wearing an old jacket. |
| C．Because the mother kangaroo and her baby look hungry. | D．Because she wants to find John. |
| A．A wallet. | B．Two photos. | C．$400. | D．A jacket. |
| A．By the wallet. | B．By the kangaroo. | C．By the jacket. | D．By the photo with his name. |
| A．In a shop. | B．On a farm. | C．On a hill. | D．In the USA. |
Are you sometimes a little tired in the early afternoon? Many people feel that after lunch. They may think it’s because they eat too much. Or, in summer, they may think it is too hot.
In many parts of the world, people take naps (打盹) in the middle of the day. This is really true when it’s warmer, and the hot weather makes work difficult in the early afternoon. Now researchers are saying that naps are good for everyone at any time.
A short sleep too late in the day may only make you feel more tired and sleepy. This can also happen if you sleep for too long.
| A．If you do not have enough time, try a short nap. |
| B．It’s good for people to take naps. |
| C．We can take naps everywhere. |
| D．However, the real reason is in their bodies. |
| E．But many working people have no time to take naps. |
【推荐2】Computers are wonderful machines. The Internet is also wonderful. But some people spend too much time online. They can’t stop. Doctors say this is a new illness called Internet Addiction Disorder (互联网成瘾症).
People with IAD are online a lot. They spend many hours chatting with their friends or playing games online. Many people with IAD spend more time surfing the Internet than staying with their families or friends. Some people with IAD even give up their jobs!
Do you have IAD? Think about the following questions carefully: How many hours a day are you online? When you are not online, do you want to play computer games or check your messages? When you are online, do you often lose track of time? Do you get angry when you can’t play computer games?
If you have IAD, what should you do? Dr. Ivan Goldberg and Dr. Kimberly S. Young give some advice. First, ask yourself, “Why am I online a lot?” Then try to take a break. For example, use the computer or play computer games twice a week, not every day. In this way, you can spend more time with your families or friends.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?
| A．going online too much can cause a new illness |
| B．spending too much time online is much happier |
| C．we can get more information on the Internet than before |
| D．we can make more e-friends on the Internet now |
| A．studying at school | B．working at the office |
| C．playing on the Internet | D．talking on the phone |
| A．Giving up your job to spend more time online. |
| B．Spending much time with your friends. |
| C．Forgetting your family when you are online. |
| D．Getting silent when you can’t play a computer game. |
| A．to stop going online |
| B．to take more exercise every day and protect their eyes |
| C．to go to see a doctor as soon as possible |
| D．to use the computer less often than before |
| A．A new illness—IAD | B．A computer game |
| C．Going online | D．How to use the computer correctly |
【推荐3】Beauty sleep is a real thing, researches have shown that people who have enough sleep look more attractive（有魅力的）to others.
A few bad nights is enough to make a person look "especially" more ugly, their sleep experiments show.
The researchers asked 25 university students to join in their sleep experiment.
They were asked to get a good nights sleep for two nights.
A week later, they were asked to sleep for only four hours every night for two nights in a row.
The researchers took make-up free（素颜）photos of the volunteers after both the good and the bad sleep.
Next, they asked 122 strangers to have a look at the photos and judge（评价）them on attractiveness, health, and sleepiness, as well as asking them: "How much would you like to make friends with this person in the picture?"
The strangers were good at judging if the person they were looking at was tired, and, if they were sleepy, their attractiveness score was low.
The strangers also said they wouldn't want to socialize with the tired students. The researchers say this is natural for people. An unhealthy-looking face makes people run away. In other words, people don't want to hang around with people who might be ill.
Dr. Brewer, an expert at the University of Liverpool said: "Judgement of attractiveness is often un-conscious（无意识的）, but we all do it, and we are able to judge on even something small like whether someone looks tired or unhealthy." This study is a good reminder of how important sleep is to us.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. When did the researchers take make-up free photos?
| A．After two nights' good sleep. |
| B．After two nights' bad sleep. |
| C．After both two nights' good sleep and two nights' bad sleep. |
| D．After two nights' good sleep or two nights' bad sleep. |
| A．telling who looked healthier. | B．telling who didn't have many friends. |
| C．telling who missed a lot of sleep. | D．All of the above. |
| A．The people who were tired. | B．The people who were attractive and energetic. |
| C．The people who were unhealthy. | D．The people who were unhappy. |
| A．judgement of attractiveness is not often un-conscious. |
| B．we can't judge on something like whether someone looks tired or unhealthy. |
| C．few of us unconsciously judge attractiveness. |
| D．we all unconsciously judge attractiveness. |
| A．More sleep, More friends. | B．Less sleep, Fewer friends. |
| C．Beauty sleep, More attractive. | D．No attractiveness, No friends. |
【推荐1】What subject do you worry about the most at school? Many students worry about math. Some students can’t sleep well the day before a math exam. Others may feel very nervous during the exam itself. But there might be a way to make the subject less stressful.
“For people who are anxious about math, posture (姿势) makes a big difference,” Erik Peper from San Francisco State University told the Daily Mail. That’s right—sitting up straight can help you do better on math exams.
Scientists tested 125 college students. They asked them to do a simple math quiz (测试) while siting in a slumped-over (趴倒的) position, or sitting up straight. After the test, 56 percent of students said the exam was easier to do if they were sitting up straight.
Slumping over is a defensive (防御的) posture. It can trigger (激发) negative memories in the body and brain. This can stop you from thinking clearly, Peper said.
Students who were not nervous about taking the math exam did not necessarily benefit from better posture. But they did find that doing math while slumped over was more difficult, Science Daily reported.
Good posture isn’t just helpful for taking math exams. Athletes, musicians and public speakers can all benefit from better posture. When you feel stressed out, you can also try to sit up straight or stand tall. It can help you feel more positive and focus better.
1. When some students face math, they feel ________.| A．sleepy | B．relaxed | C．stressed | D．active |
| A．Standing tall. | B．Slumping over. | C．Sitting up straight. | D．Staying up late. |
| A．The advantages of positive postures. | B．How to relax in an exam. |
| C．A good way to have math tests. | D．Who usually slumps over. |
| A．Sports. | B．Advertisement. | C．Science. | D．Travel. |
【推荐2】Since humans sent the first satellite (人造卫星) to space in the 1950s, scientists have been studying an important topic: △
A recent experiment (实验) at the Tiangong space station makes a big step forward. Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings (幼苗) during the Shenzhou XIV mission.
“The rice seedlings are growing very well,” said Zheng Huiqiong, a researcher from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
While there have been other rice experiments in space, this one is the first of its kind to produce the complete life cycle of a plant — it begins with a seed (种子) and ends with a healthy plant producing new seeds. Such food-growing experiments are not just for astronauts. They can also solve food problems on Earth. By sending seeds to space, we can create mutated (突变的) seeds and these seeds can produce higher yields (产量) on Earth.
For more than 30 years, China has developed more than 260 new types of seeds in space. They are planted every year in fields that cover tens of millions of hectares (公顷).
According to Yao Tong, an engineer from Hainan Aerospace Engineering Breeding Research Center (海南航天工程育种研发中心), 30 percent of strawberries sold in Beijing are “space strawberries”, which are as big as eggs. The center has also produced “space tomatoes” with yields increased by 30 percent, and “space bananas” with a growth cycle changed from 13 months to 9 months.
1. Which of the following can be put in the ____△_____?| A．why do humans send so many satellites to space | B．whether astronauts should take food with them to space | C．when is the best time to develop new types of seeds in space | D．how to grow food in space if humans will one day live there |
| A．are growing very well in the space | B．can produce higher yields on Earth | C．produce the complete life cycle of a plant | D．are used in other rice experiments in space |
| A．He is hopeful. | B．He feels worried. | C．He is uninterested. | D．He doesn’t mind it. |
| A．China sent the first satellite to space in the 1950s | B．30 percent of “space tomatoes” can be as big as eggs | C．such food-growing experiments are just for astronauts | D．over 260 new types of seeds have been developed in space |
Reading Lu Xun’s works has become common memories of Chinese students. From a young age, we start to study his articles such as From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Study and My Old Home.
This year marks the 140th anniversary (周年纪念) of the great writer’s birth.
Born on Sept 25, 1881, his real name is Zhou Shuren. He went to Japan to study medicine as his father died of an illness. But seeing the dark sides of Chinese society of the early 20th century, he decided to pick up a pen instead of a scalpel (手术刀).
He spent his whole life telling thoughtful stories, trying to open up the eyes of Chinese people. For example, The Kong Yiji Story criticized (批判) the exam-based education system. A Mad Man’s Diary pointed out that the old society was a “man-eating” one.
So many years has passed. What do young people think of him? That’s the question we asked for this month’s Young World.
“His life experiences really encouraged me a lot as he changed his dream to save the country,” said Zhao Zhihan, 13, from Beijing. “When we make choices, we should consider what they are for.”
“Lu Xun’s works still have a meaning today,” another man named Mian told us. “His thoughts force you to think. Reading an article by him is more meaningful than reading tons by nobodies.” Mian explained.
1. This article not only gives us a general introduction to Lu Xun but also mentions his influences by showing two interviewees’ opinions.2. Lu Xun has a huge influence on Chinese people because he tried to open up their eyes with thoughtful stories.
3. The work Kong Yiji pointed out that the old society was a “man-eating” one.
4. Zhao thinks Lu Xun’s life experiences encourages him to change dreams as long as he wants to.
5. Mian thinks reading tons of works by nobodies is as meaningful as reading Lu Xun’s works.
