1 . Have you ever wondered what wild animals do when no one is watching?
Low cost, dependable and small modern cameras offered a big help. Cameras placed in hard-to-reach places have shot everything from small desert cats to larger snow-lowing cats in the northern Rocky Mountains. Scientists have been able to document the “private” moments of wildlife with leading technology.
Grant Harris is a government biologist with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In his words, “there’s no doubt that these wild cameras are important tools to learn new information on wildlife.” Harris said some images help scientists see the eflects of climate change.
Researchers with the Wyoming Migration Initiative, or WMI, are among those using wild cameras along with global positioning systems, or GPS. But WMI director Matthew Kauffman says as those devices are limited, so is the amount of information they can gather from GPS. However, cameras can be left in very wild areas for days, weeks or even months. They can provide information on how many animals are moving over a given period of time.
Putting those cameras in place requires careful planning. Wild video can show details about animal behavior. However, wild cameras have their problems too. Animals such as wolverines and bears sometimes attack them. Scientists do not know if the attacks are the result of anger or interest. Also, the devices have become popular tools to help hunters look for animals. Some people argue that it is unfair to use the cameras that way.
Even with such problems, wild cameras are clearly an important scientific tool in researching wild animals.
1. What does the underlined word “document” in paragraph 2 mean?A.Remind. | B.Enrich. |
C.Appreciate. | D.Record. |
A.They cannot be left in the wild over a long period. |
B.They cannot be placed in hard-to-reach areas. |
C.They provide limited information. |
D.They might be stolen by people. |
A.It is difficult to fix the cameras. |
B.It helps hunters find animals easily. |
C.It is hard to achieve careful planning. |
D.It makes animals interested in the cameras. |
A.Doubtful. | B.Positive. |
C.Uncertain. | D.Uncaring. |
2 . Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out. So on a cold January evening, the two friends risked onto the frozen pond near their house in Frankfort, Illinois, to get a better look. First they threw a small stone to test it. Then they stepped on it. Believing the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps, then.... He fell through the seemingly frozen ice.
Cruz rushed to help his frightened friend—the pond “ate” him too. Gruz managed to lift himself out of the water and onto a more reliable part. He then carefully made his way to Anthony. But the ice didn’t hold, and he fell in again. This time he couldn’t get out. The boys quickly lost feeling in their arms and legs. Cruz was sure he was going to die.
Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and started screaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the grocery store, heard her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he kicked off his shoes, and run into the freezing water. Lavin made his way to Cruz and Anthony and saved them back to land. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water had lowered their body temperature nearly ten degrees.
Fortunately, the boys have fully recovered, though they are still moved by their fearless neighbor. “Just to think,” says Gruz, “if he wasn’t there, I could have died.”
1. Why did Gruz and Anthony step on the ice?A.To go skating. | B.To trap some birds. |
C.To settle a disagreement. | D.To test the strength of the ice. |
A.Hopeless. | B.Puzzled. |
C.Shocked. | D.Calm. |
A.Screaming of an older sister. | B.Better care of doctors. |
C.lowering of their body temperature. | D.Brave act of a neighbor. |
A.Two Boys Falling in the Water | B.A Heroic Man to the Rescue |
C.Duck or Geese, It Is a Question | D.Curiosity Kills the Cat |
1. 观影时间和地点;
2. 电影亮点(科幻电影、保护地球……);
3. 推荐观影。
注意:
1. 词数80词左右
2. 可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:
推荐 recommend 科幻电影 science fiction film 流浪地球 The Wandering earth
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4 . I took an airplane to Beijing in February, on an Air Canada Boeing 777.
I went up to a Chinese woman. She had in her arms a kid that
As I took the kid in my arms, I
Women on board would
When I was back to the mother, the mother
A.Before | B.After | C.Though | D.Unless |
A.singing | B.talking | C.sleeping | D.crying |
A.kept | B.started | C.practised | D.stopped |
A.break down | B.go ahead | C.settle down | D.set off |
A.grown | B.energetic | C.curious | D.slim |
A.down | B.back | C.away | D.up |
A.deserved | B.offered | C.pretended | D.agreed |
A.requested | B.commanded | C.asked | D.consulted |
A.slowly | B.quickly | C.calmly | D.strongly |
A.home | B.seat | C.calmly | D.strongly |
A.upside down | B.inside out | C.day and night | D.up and down |
A.watching | B.carrying | C.tricking | D.seeking |
A.spot | B.remind | C.stop | D.award |
A.customers | B.passengers | C.members | D.children |
A.obviously | B.confidently | C.closely | D.firmly |
A.last | B.active | C.naughty | D.troubled |
A.mother | B.teacher | C.father | D.nurse |
A.refused | B.smiled | C.apologized | D.sighed |
A.woke | B.left | C.wandered | D.shouted |
A.turned | B.fell | C.remained | D.looked |
5 . Films to watch in March
Greta
A lonely young waitress finds a handbag on a New York subway train. Luckily, the address is inside, so she returns it to the piano teacher who left it there. She then discovers that the piano teacher makes a habit of dropping bags around the city on purpose to make new friends. Directed by Neil Jordan, the actors are attractive. Grace Moretz is the waitress and Isabelle Huppert is the one who admires her. Thanks to them, Greta winds up being far more enjoyable than it has any right to be.
The Aftermath
The Aftermath is one of the few World War Ⅱ-related films. Based on Rhidian Brook’s novel, this touching romantic movie is starred by Keira Knightley, who is the wife of a British officer. She hates the Germans because her son was killed in an air raid (抢劫). But is there a chance that a tall, dark and handsome man might persuade her to overcome her hate?
Captain Marvel
It took Marvel Studios a decade to finally make a female superhero. It’s also the first Marvel film to be directed by a woman, who has directed Half Nelson and Missisippi Grind. Captain Marvel is set in the 1990s. The Oscar-winning Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers, a US Air Force fighter pilot, while Samuel L Jackson, as usual, plays Nick Fury.
Dumbo is, a classic Disney cartoon, who has big ears and there have been plenty of those kind of movies in recent years. Burton always has inspirations to direct such kind of movies from Edward Scissorhands to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Magical figures have always been his favorite characters.
1. Who works on a different job?A.Isabelle Huppert. | B.Keira Knightley. |
C.Rhidian Brook. | D.Brie Larson. |
A.Winning Oscar. | B.Its female director. |
C.Time setting. | D.A woman pilot. |
A.The Aftermath | B.Captain Marvel |
C.Grete | D.Dumbo |
A.Reader’s Digest | B.Nature |
C.Scientific American | D.National Geographic |