Trees are useful to man in important ways: they provide him with wood and other products；they provide him shade；and they help to prevent droughts（旱灾）and floods.
Unfortunately，in many parts of the world，man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to make money from trees，（1）______________，only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.
This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees，their roots break up soil allowing the rain to sink in and also bind（固定）the soil，thus preventing it from being washed away easily；but where there are no trees，the rain falls on hard ground and flows away，causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When the top-soil is gone，nothing remains but worthless desert.
Two thousand years ago，a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships，with which to gain itself and empire. It set up the empire，but without its trees，（2）_______________. When the empire fell to pieces，the home country found itself faced by floods and starvation（饥荒）.
Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees，it is difficult for it to persuade（说服）the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food，and he can earn money by making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after trees. So unless the government has a good system of control，or can educate the people，the forests will slowly disappear.
1. 选择最佳句子补全文章，其中有一项是多余的。（1）| A．and trees even can protect the water resource |
| B．its soil became poor and grew weak |
| C．he has cut them down in large numbers |
3. 从第五段中找出与“Man has not paid enough attention to planting trees. ”意思相同或相近的句子。
4. 回答问题。What should the government do to stop the forests from slowly disappearing？
5. 选择文章的最佳标题，将其字母代号写在横线上。__________
| A．How an empire fell |
| B．What causes drought and floods |
| C．Trees and man |
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【推荐1】Why do we need to throw less away? There are two reasons. One is that some resources(资源) are nonrenewable(不可再生的). That means there is only a certain amount of that resource in the world. One example of this is oil. When we use up all the oil in the world, there will be no more.
There is another reason for throwing less away. All of our trash has to be put somewhere. Often, it is put into garbage dumps(垃圾场). Much of that trash will be there for hundreds of years. The dumps will be filled up with all this trash.
There are three ways to cut down on trash.
One way is to recycle. When you recycle something, it means it is made into another shape and used again. Old newspaper may become paper bags. A glass jar can be melted(熔化) and made into a bottle.
Another way to cut down on trash is to reuse things. You can wash and use again a bottle that can hold mustard(芥末酱) or something else.
The third way to cut down on trash is to reduce the amount of trash you make, stop buying thing that you don’t need in the first place. That reduce the amount of the earth’s resources that you use.
1. How many reasons do we need to throw less away?2. Will the dumps be filled up with all this trash?
3. If a broken plastic box is changed into a plastic ruler, what is the way is to cut down on trash?
4. Why do we wash and use again a bottle that can hold mustard(芥末酱) or something else?
5. What is the passage mainly talking about?
When people move into a new place, they often cut off many wild plants. ①
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根据短文内容，完成任务。
任务一：判断正（T）误（F）。
1. Hawks only eat chickens.
2. Killing tigers is not a good way to protect the deer.
任务二：将文中①处画线句子翻译成中文。
3. ___________________________________________________________________
任务三：将文中②处画线部分组成一个完整的句子。
4. ___________________________________________________________________
任务四：回答问题。
5. The passage mainly tells us .
| A．how to kill the hawks |
| B．the importance of keeping the balance of nature |
| C．why the farmers killed the tigers |
| D．people like chickens and deer better than hawks and tigers |
In many places, wildfires destroy（毁灭）thousands of square kilometers of forest and farmland each year. They can spread out of control and put homes and sometimes whole towns in danger. To keep the homes and towns safe, wild grass and brush（柴枝）must be cleared. This need has led to an interesting solution（办法）, which has many advantages.
First, goats and sheep spend all their time eating grass. When they arrive in an area, they can clear an acre（英亩）in as little as three days. Besides, they are more environmentally friendly than machines, and they can clear grass on hills where people and machines cannot arrive.
Goats have been widely used in California for clearing brush around farms, neighborhoods, and cities. An example is the city of Anaheim, which is home to Disneyland. The city uses goats to clear the nearby hills all year round. The goats can have their stomachs filled, and the city can be out of danger. It is really a win-win!
1. Why do people have to clear wild grass and brush?（根据短文内容回答问题）2. How many advantages of the interesting solution does the writer mention（提到）?（根据短文内容回答问题）
3. Where are goats widely used for clearing brush?（根据短文内容回答问题）
4. In the passage, the underlined word “they” refers to（指）“
5. Which sentence in Paragraph 3 shows the writer’s attitude（态度）towards the way that goats clear grass?（按要求在短文中找到并写出该句）
【推荐1】Claude Monet’s paintings were quite different from the art styles that were popular in the 1870s France. Traditional artists always did their artwork in a studio and their paintings looked exactly like the real world. Claude Monet was part of a group of painters who were called Impressionists (印象派画家). Their paintings gave an impression of what the real world looked like.
Knowing that trains were interesting subjects and stood for modern progress (进步), Claude Monet painted a series of Impressionist paintings of trains from January to March of 1877.
Monet’s friend, Pierre Auguste Renoir, told the following story to his sons about Claude Monet and painting the trains. Monet needed permission (允许) to stay on the train platform and paint what he saw in his impressionistic style. One day Monet dressed himself in his very best clothes. It seemed that he was a rich gentleman but in fact he really was a poor painter.
He showed the clerk (职员) at the train office his calling card which introduced him as Claude Monet, Painter. He asked to see the station master. The clerk quickly allowed this fine gentleman to enter the station master’s office. The station master gave Monet permission to paint on the train platform. He even stopped trains from leaving on time so Monet could complete a scene even though passengers complained.
Was it all worthwhile (值得)? Monet’s train scenes turned his career into a success and for the station master, made his train station famous until even now.
Claude Monet
Introduction | ◆Claude Monet was one of the Impressionist painters whose paintings were not the ◆Impressionist paintings gave an impression of |
A story of painting | ◆At that time trains were subjects that could keep people’s ◆He dressed himself as a wealthy gentleman to ◆In order to help Monet complete a scene, the station master even made trains leave |
Result | ◆His train scenes made not only his career successful but also the train station famous. |
Mary is reading something about how to keep healthy on the Internet.
Good sleep is important for your health. You need about eight hours’ sleep a night. Don’t eat or read in bed. A cup of milk before sleeping may help you get a good sleep. Go to bed before 10:00 and get up early every morning. For more information, please visit www. sleeping. com.
How often do you exercise? If you want to stay healthy, you should do a lot of exercise. Try to exercise at least three or four times a week. For more information, please call Health Line at 180-2000.
Studies show that the cold or flu virus(流感病毒) can live on our hands for long time. So you should wash your hands often with soap and water. If you want to know more, please call Health Line at 180-1313.
Brush your teeth at least twice a day. And see a dentist at least once a year. The oral examination(口腔检查) is not only for the health of teeth, but the whole body. Please visit www. mydr. com for more information.
1. When should you go to bed in the evening if you want to get a good sleep?2. How often do you exercise if you want to stay healthy?
B. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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C. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
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Maybe you are worried about the exams? Children? Parents? Here are some tips for you to lower your stress.
A: Sometimes it can be difficult to say exactly what we’re feeling. Because of anxiety or disappointment, it can be useful to put your problems into words. For some of us, keeping a diary is a good way to relax.
B: Take a few deep breaths. For example, inhaling (吸气) and exhaling (呼气) to the count of five will help calm our nervous systems. It is a good way to lower stress.
C: Music has a wonderful influence on our feelings. When we feel sad, it fills our hearts with warmth and comfort. When we get angry, music can keep our minds clear. When we grow nervous, it helps lower our stress.
D: Taking everything on your shoulders and viewing everything that goes badly as your mistake is a one-way ticket to having the blues. Instead, realize that the world is unbelievably large. There are a million factors at play, and you are only one of them.
E: For most of us, stress is a fact of life. The most important way that students can lower stress is to have a healthy lifestyle, which includes enough sleep. Without plenty of rest, it is hard to respond effectively to new challenges.
F: Exercise is an important part of staying healthy, and can have a big influence on both physical and mental well-being. It has lots of positive factors, one being improved mental health. Regular exercise can help you lower your stress and relax.
It is normal for us to feel stressed in some situations. If we know how to deal with our stress, it would be helpful for our health. It is a good way to keep a |
