Monkeys live all around the world. They love living in trees in warm rainforests. Monkeys are clever and lovely.
Sadly, the world of monkeys is in danger. They’re losing their homes because people are cutting down the trees in the forest where they live. The warmer and warmer weather also causes lots of trouble for them.
Another thing to note is that monkeys are used in scientific research. Monkeys share a lot of genes (基因) with humans and scientists study them to learn about our bodies and diseases. But this raises questions: Are they being taken care of well? What’s right or wrong in the name of science? Keeping a balance is really important.
Facing so many problems, there is still hope. Governments are working together to protect them by planting trees to create new homes, making rules to reduce carbon emissions (碳排放), and looking for other ways to do research without using animals.
You can help too! Saving monkeys means we’re making a better future for everyone!
| Monkeys are in 1 | |
| Monkey’s situation | They are 2 homes because of smaller forests and the rising temperature. |
| They are studied in science because they have many genes that are the 3 as those in people. | |
| Government’s actions | They are planting trees, producing 4 carbon emissions, and searching for new research ways. |
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5. What can you do to protect monkeys? (请用一个完整的句子作答)
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【推荐1】①Can exercise during childhood protect you against memory loss many years later? Exercise early in life seems to have lifelong benefits (好处) for the brain, in rats at least.
②“This is an animal study, but it shows that physical activity at a young age is very important—not just good for your body, but for the mind during ageing,” says Martin of the University of Toronto, Canada. “In humans, it may put off the appearance of Alzheimer’s (阿兹海默症) symptoms, possibly to the point of stopping them.”
③Martin’s team divided 80 young male rats into two groups, and placed running wheels in the cages of one group for six weeks. Around four months later—when the rats had reached middle age—the team taught all the rats to connect an electric shock with being in a specific box. When placed in the box, they froze with fear.
④Two weeks later, the team tested the rats in three situations: exactly the same box in the same room, the same box in a different room , and a completely different box in a different room.
⑤The rats without a running wheel when they were young now froze the same period of time in each of these situations, suggesting they couldn’t remember which one was dangerous. But those that had been able to run when they were young froze 40 to 50 percent less in both changed box settings.
⑥“The results suggest the amount of exercise when we’re young, at least for rats, has influence on brain and health—in the form of better memories—when we’re older,” says Arthur Kramer of Northeastern University in Boston, who has found that, in humans, exercise improves the growth of new brain cells (细胞).
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| A．Exercise when young can stop memories from losing when older in rats. |
| B．Physical activity is important for physical health. |
| C．Using the running wheels is of benefit to the rats’ growth. |
| D．Physical activity can help human’s Alzheimer’s symptoms. |
| A．Study. | B．Animal. | C．Rat. | D．Exercise. |
| A．By listing numbers. | B．By giving an example. |
| C．By telling a study. | D．By showing the process. |
It saw a dying flower smile happily and asked, “You’re dying. Why are you still happy?” “I’ll have my dream come true,” said the flower. “What’s it?” the bird asked. “I want to make fruit,” answered the flower. Then the little bird saw it: happiness is hope in the heart.
The bird went on flying and saw a lame (瘸的) duck sing a song happily. “You’re unlucky. How could you be happy?” asked the bird. “I helped a little duck stand up”, said the lame duck. So the bird saw it: happiness is love in the heart.
The bird kept flying and saw a spider climb a wall excitedly. It fell off the wall a few times, but didn’t give up. The bird asked in surprise, “You failed many times. Don’t you feel sad？” The spider replied, “If I keep on trying, I’m sure to climb up the wall. Thinking of that, I’m happy.” The bird saw it: happiness is faith in the heart. In the end, the bird knew that happiness is not in far places but in our own hearts.
1. What’s the dying flower’s dream? （不超过5个单词）2. Why was the lame duck happy? （不超过10个单词）
3. What did the bird understand at last? （不超过15个单词）
A two-week-old baby hippo sat alone on the bank of the Zambezi River in Zambia, a country in Africa. His mother was dead. The morning sun rose and with every passing minute he lost more strength. Without his mother, the baby probably wouldn’t make it through the night.
Luckily, Ian Stevenson and his friends saw the baby hippo. They took him back, fed him milk and eggs. The young animal was saved and soon doubled his weight. He seemed happy and healthy.
Later, the hippo, now called Douglas, was moved to an ideal home at Chipembele, a wildlife center owned by Ann and Steve Tolan. They built a sleeping place for Douglas by a pool where he liked to swim. They fed him every three hours. Douglas enjoyed playing with the Tolans’ pet dogs and swimming in the pool. Sometimes at night, other hippos came from the nearby river to eat grass. At first, Douglas would walk into his pool to hide. “But he soon fought against his shyness and played with them,” Tolan says. Douglas remained at Chipembele for about five years before he was moved to another part of Zambia.
1. What’s the name of the hippo?2. How did the baby hippo survive the night without his mother?
3. In your opinion, where was the hippo moved five years later, a zoo or the wild, Why?
Here is something about the Special Olympic World Games. The Special Olympic World Games are an international sports competition. They are held every two years. They give children and adults with disabilities (残疾) a chance to show their skills to the world. They include many events similar to those at the Olympics, such as basketball, football and swimming.
For the athletes, the experience opens up a new world to them. For volunteers, coaches and other supporters from all parts of the world, the games inspire (鼓舞) their hope in a brighter future and help them understand the world again.
The games are about sportsmanship, hard work and national pride. All around the world, the athletes train for months before the big event. They share a common goal—to try their best and win a gold medal. At the games, they test themselves in front of other people. They want to see how good they really are.
1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. The Special Olympic World Games are held every
2. The Special Olympics open up
3. What is the common goal of the athletes?
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How to make a cartoon
①First, you need to decide on some basic ideas for a story.
This story is about a robot, Han. He（A）always forgets things.
One day, Han（B）________ his friends Sarah and Tim at the underground station.......
Sarah says, “Yes. I have one too. Here it is.”
Tim asks,“（C）你的呢，Han?”
Han says, “Oh, no! I forgot to bring it!”
In the second stage, think about the kinds of characters you want and what they will look.
Han is a tall robot. He has（D）big eyes. ……
Now make a rough sketch of the story.
②To make the characters and things appear to move, each picture should be made a little different from one after another.
In the next stage, a computer program is used to put the pictures together as a film.
③Finally, record the voices and sound effects. The actors will do the characters’ voices. Their speech must match the pictures. Sound effects, like the noise of the underground, must also be added separately.
（E）After everything has been checked, the cartoon is ready to be played（F）________ everyone to enjoy.
1. 写出划线部分（A）和（D）处的同义词或近义词：2. 在文中（B）和（F）的空白处分别填入适当的单词：
3. 将文中划线部分（C）处译成英语：
4. 将划线部分（E）处改写为：After you
5. 将句子“Next, use a computer to draw detailed pictures and add colour.”放入①②③合适的位置为：
What do you do when you begin to read an English newspaper?
You'd better know what sections there are. Usually, there is international news, business, science and technology, entertainment and lifestyle, sports and cartoons. You can choose your favourite section to read carefully.
Then, you come to the article itself. If you don't have time to read the whole article, the headline and photo give you a general idea of the story.
Different kinds of articles:
A news article includes body text and a photo with a short piece of text under it. 它通常把最重要的信息放在开头. （1）
A feature article is an in-depth(深入详尽的) report on an event or a person. It usually has an interesting opening. You get to know the idea of the article as you read.
Another kind of article is an opinion (评论) article. Usually, some famous people give their own opinions about an important issue(问题） in a fun way.（2） Opinion is different from news stories that are all facts.
Be a critical(批判性的) reader:
There are advertisements in newspapers.They can provide useful information about products, places, food or jobs. Remember that people make advertisements to sell you things. You don't have to do everything advertisements tell you to do. You should be critical enough to judge which advertisements are useful and which are not.
1. How can you catch the general idea of an article in a short time?2. What kind of reader should you be while reading advertisements in newspapers?
3. 把（1）处_译成英语
4. 把（2）处译成汉语
5. 请给短文拟恰当的英文标题
