1 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A.experience B. associated C.position D.claim E.accompanied F.conducted G.duration H.preserve I.breeze J.representative K.weighed |
One of the British royal traditions is that the king or queen can
Several years ago, when I was living in London, I went along to
The Uppers themselves are a mix of old boys and younger men-all dressed in uniforms. They paddle their way upriver in a fleet of wooden boats, shiny with gold detailing. Flags flutter behind them in the
The small fleet is
Not long after, the traditional call goes out: “All up!” it’s the first catch of the day. The Uppers carefully
A. prevented B. stubbornly C. banning D. attention E ignore F. fortunately G. overlooked H. track I. extend J. solution K. bowing |
Climate protests drew millions around the world in September. Many of the Democratic presidential candidates have rolled out ambitious plans to cut carbon while making the economy greener. And yet a leading cause of climate change remains persistently
The clothing and footwear industry is responsible for 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Without intervention (干预), the industry’s impact on the climate is on
Clothes are easy to
But
But fashion can’t go green by itself. It won’t even make a dent (凹痕) in the problem without international cooperation and mainstream
The clothing industry, like most industries, is also
Consumers have an important part to play in making fashion sustainable. We can work to
We need activists, journalists, scientists and academics who focus on sustainability to include clothing in their work. And we need government action and innovative policy that addresses the global impact of the stuff we buy. For example, France has passed a bill
But first we need all people who care about climate change to understand that they’re part of the problem and the
On Horseback Among the Eagle Hunters
A. bond B. covered C. outwardly D. demanding E. famed F. currently G. deserted H. traditionally I. accessing J. extent K. tending |
Nine-year-old Dastan, the son of a Kazakh (哈萨克族) eagle hunter, rode his pony alongside mine, running effortlessly without a saddle (马鞍) and giggling at my attempts to show my pony some affection. Surrounding us was the vast,
I spent almost three years living and working in northern Iraq, where I
Deep in the Altai Mountains, the Kazakh people have for centuries developed a special
In recent generations, many Kazakh families have migrated from the countryside to the country’s urban areas. This is partly because of the difficulties in
Training and caring for golden eagles is just one aspect of an animal herder’s life. Others include training young horses,
A. claimed B. evacuate C. fabrics D. regular E. significantly F. sink G. rainstorms H. similar I. initially J. swallowing K. thought |
“It was a wave of water,” says Oulimata Sambe. She points out the still-sodden(湿透的) armchairs, muddy wardrobe and the water stain a metre and a half up the wall in her small house in Ngor, a fishing village within Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “I had two grandkids on my bed, I had to
Unusually heavy rains have become
Yet
A. definitely | B. historical | C. fortune | D. Valley | E. District | F. occurred |
G. headed | H. rebuilt | I. selected | J. souvenirs | K. immigrants |
After camping in the Redwood Forest and visiting Napa
In the morning, she walked around the Mission District, where she looked at the street art and ate some delicious Mexican Chinese noodles. In the afternoon, she
A. affected B. efforts C. deaths D. floods E. emergency |
A powerful typhoon hit East China in July 2016. The
A. livelihood B. geographical C. increasingly D. exhausted E. amuse F. beyond G. unsupported H. slightly I. motivational J. matters K. surviving |
The mission for explorers, BØrge Ousland, a Norwegian, and Mike Horn, a South African-born Swiss, was to navigate their way across the 600 miles to the South Pole
Why would they have put themselves in this position? This was, actually, exactly what they had wanted. Both men had been adventuring since boyhood, taking
Some people say that the two men have a death wish, but this just seems to
cause global warming, pick up, sharing cars, get stuck in a traffic jam, are addicted to, make excuses, protect the environment, do a lot of harm |
Many people often
Too many cars
A. convinced B. probably C. generalize D. distinguish E. attached F. prominent G. notorious H. narrowed I. readily J. households K. displays |
Cats are
Atsuko Saito, a behavioral scientist at the University of Tokyo, previously showed that cats can recognize their owners’ voices. In her latest study she
During their experiments Saito and her colleagues used what behavioral psychologists call the habituation-dishabituation method. This involves repeatedly exposing a subject to a stimulus (in this case a spoken word) until the subject no longer
For the new study, the scientists first had cat owners repeatedly say four words that were similar to their cats’ names, until the cats habituated to those words. Next the owners said the actual names, and the researchers looked at whether individual cats (when living among other cats) appeared able to distinguish their monikers. The cats had more pronounced responses to their own names - moving their ears, heads or tails, or meowing - than to similar words or other cats’ names.
Then the researchers had people unfamiliar to the cats speak the names, to test whether the cats still recognized them. Although their responses were less
”This new study clearly shows that many cats react to their own names when spoken by their owners,“ says biologist John Bradshaw, who studies human-animal interactions at the University of Bristol’s Anthrozoology Institute and was not involved in the new study. But Bradshaw says he is less
Saito says she thinks feline pets learn to recognize their names because of what is in it for them. ”I think cats associated their names with some rewards or punishments,“ she says - adding that she thinks it is unlikely the cats understand their names are
”Cats are just as good as dogs at learning,“ Bradshaw says. ”They’re just not as keen to show their owners what they’ve learned.“ Most cat owners would
A.medical B.relieve C.shelter D. growing E. alternative F. doubled G.fantastic H.marketing I. present J. conducts K.practically |
More and more cats and dogs are getting the human treatment. There are pet spas, pet therapists and pet clothes. And the latest trend is pet hospices(临终关怀医院)。
Around the United States, a growing number of vets are offering hospice care and
It’s part of a vet’s job to
“They’re in their own environment, not only the pets but the owners as well,” said Dr. Gardner, co-founder of Lap of Love, one of the leaders in this small but
Dr. Michele Price, a vet in Northern Virginia whose in-home hospice care business has