1 . An absolute description of the threat hanging over the world’s mammals, reptiles, amphibians(不如、爬行、两栖动物) and other life forms has been published by the well-known scientific journal, Nature. A special analysis carried out by the journal indicates that an astonishing 41% of all amphibians on the planet now face extinction while 26% of mammal species and 13% of birds are similarly threatened.
Many species are already critically endangered and lose to extinction, including the Sumatran elephant, Amur leopard and mountain gorilla. But also in danger of vanishing for the wild, it now appears, are animals that are currently rated as merely being endangered.
In each case, the finger of blame points directly at human activites The continuing spread of agriculture is destroying million of hectares of wild habitats(栖息地)every year, leaving animals without homes, while the introduction of newly-come species, often helped by humans, is also damaging native populations. At the same time, pollution and overfishing are destroying ocean ecosystems.
“Habitat destruction, pollution or overfishing either skill off wild creatures and plants or leaves them badly weakened,” said Derek Tittensor, an ocean ecologist at the World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge. “The trouble is that in coming decades, the additional threat of worsening climate change will become more and more common and could then kill off these survivors.”
The problem, according to Nature, is worsened because of the huge gaps in scientists knowledge about the planet’s biodiversity. Evaluations of the total number of species of animals and plants alive vary from 2 million to 50 million. In addition, evaluations of current rates of species’ disappearances vary from 500 to 36, 000 a year. “That is the real problem we face,” added Tittensor. “The scale of uncertainty is huge.”
In the end, however, the data indicate that the world is heading cruelty towards a mass extinction-which is defined as one involving a loss of 75% of species or more. This could arrive in less than a hundred years or could take a thousand, depending on extinction rates.
1. What’s the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
2. The direct reason for the extinction of some species is _____.
3. From paragraph 4 we know that another future threat is ______.
4. What is the real problem we are facing now according to paragraph 5?
5. What does “This” in the last sentence refer to _____?
Many species are already critically endangered and lose to extinction, including the Sumatran elephant, Amur leopard and mountain gorilla. But also in danger of vanishing for the wild, it now appears, are animals that are currently rated as merely being endangered.
In each case, the finger of blame points directly at human activites The continuing spread of agriculture is destroying million of hectares of wild habitats(栖息地)every year, leaving animals without homes, while the introduction of newly-come species, often helped by humans, is also damaging native populations. At the same time, pollution and overfishing are destroying ocean ecosystems.
“Habitat destruction, pollution or overfishing either skill off wild creatures and plants or leaves them badly weakened,” said Derek Tittensor, an ocean ecologist at the World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge. “The trouble is that in coming decades, the additional threat of worsening climate change will become more and more common and could then kill off these survivors.”
The problem, according to Nature, is worsened because of the huge gaps in scientists knowledge about the planet’s biodiversity. Evaluations of the total number of species of animals and plants alive vary from 2 million to 50 million. In addition, evaluations of current rates of species’ disappearances vary from 500 to 36, 000 a year. “That is the real problem we face,” added Tittensor. “The scale of uncertainty is huge.”
In the end, however, the data indicate that the world is heading cruelty towards a mass extinction-which is defined as one involving a loss of 75% of species or more. This could arrive in less than a hundred years or could take a thousand, depending on extinction rates.
1. What’s the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
| A．Figures about some wild animals are astonishing. |
| B．“Nature” is the famous journal around the world. |
| C．Many endangered species are close to extinction. |
| D．Some rare species have appeared around the world. |
| A．continuous appearance of new species |
| B．destructive activities of human beings |
| C．more and more homeless animals |
| D．the great change of ocean ecosystem |
| A．destruction of habitats |
| B．overfishing and pollution |
| C．the worsening climate change |
| D．killing off wild creatures and plants |
| A．The killing of wild creatures and cutting of trees. |
| B．The global warming caused by human beings. |
| C．The destruction of ocean ecosystem by pollution. |
| D．Evaluation of current rates of species’ disappearances. |
| A．mass extinction |
| B．extinction rates |
| C．extinction time |
| D．75% of species or more |
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2 . Our most commonly held code for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this code is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, and productive at work. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigid research in psychology and neuroscience(神经学), management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe.
In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor, who spent over a decade living, researching, and lecturing at Harvard University, draws on his own research—including one of the largest studies of happiness and potential at Harvard and others at companies like UBS to fix this broken code. Using stories and case studies from his work with CEOs of Fortune 500 in 42 countries, Achor explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive ability at work.
Based on seven practical, actionable principles that have been tried and tested everywhere from classrooms to boardrooms, stretching from Argentina to Zimbabwe, he shows us how we can______ the Happiness Advantage to improve our performance and maximize our potential.
A must-read for everyone trying to stand out in a world of increasing workloads and stress, The Happiness Advantage isn’t only about how to become happier at work. It’s about how to acquire the benefits of a happier and more positive mode of thinking to achieve the extraordinary in our work and in our lives.
1. Which of the following is the traditional code for success?
2. What do we know about the new discovery in paragraph 1?
3. Why did the writer write the book The Happiness Advantages?
4. The underlined phrase “capitalize on” in paragraph 3 is closes in meaning to ____
5. What is the purpose of the writer in writing the passage?
In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor, who spent over a decade living, researching, and lecturing at Harvard University, draws on his own research—including one of the largest studies of happiness and potential at Harvard and others at companies like UBS to fix this broken code. Using stories and case studies from his work with CEOs of Fortune 500 in 42 countries, Achor explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive ability at work.
Based on seven practical, actionable principles that have been tried and tested everywhere from classrooms to boardrooms, stretching from Argentina to Zimbabwe, he shows us how we can
A must-read for everyone trying to stand out in a world of increasing workloads and stress, The Happiness Advantage isn’t only about how to become happier at work. It’s about how to acquire the benefits of a happier and more positive mode of thinking to achieve the extraordinary in our work and in our lives.
1. Which of the following is the traditional code for success?
| A．Hard word→success→happiness. |
| B．Success→happiness→hard word. |
| C．Happiness→hard word→success. |
| D．Hard work→ happiness→success. |
| A．Conventional code for success is totally useless. |
| B．The more we are successful, the happier we are. |
| C．Positive psychology is really backward. |
| D．Happiness contributes greatly to success. |
| A．To reprogram one’s brain to be healthier. |
| B．To make people more positive and competitive. |
| C．To study stories and cases of CEOs. |
| D．To make a lecture at Harvard University. |
| A．provide fund for |
| B．make full use of |
| C．write big letters for |
| D．stand out in |
| A．To help people stand out in the world. |
| B．To arouse people’s sense of happiness. |
| C．To help people decrease the work stress. |
| D．To strongly recommend the book. |
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3 . We ________ the bridge for over two years and it will be half a year before it’s completed.
| A．are building | B．have built |
| C．have been built | D．have been building |
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4 . ---- Did you know any German before you got to Berlin?
---- Not a single word _________.
---- Not a single word _________.
| A．have I learned | B．had I learned |
| C．I’ve learned | D．I had learned |
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5 . Your new product ________ better if it is advertised on TV.
| A．sells | B．sold |
| C．will sell | D．would sell |
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6 . —I’ll come to see your performance at 10:00 tomorrow morning.
—I’m sorry, by then my performance_____ and I _____ reporters in the meeting room.
—I’m sorry, by then my performance_____ and I _____ reporters in the meeting room.
| A．will end ; will meet | B．will have ended ;will be meeting |
| C．will be ended; am going to meet | D．is to end ; will meet |
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7 . Two-thirds of the coins dug up on the island ________ from the year 275AD to 221BC.
| A．dates | B．date |
| C．is dated | D．are dated |
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8 . There is only one of the oldest customs that ________ in this district up to now.
| A．was kept | B．were kept |
| C．has been kept | D．have been kept |
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9 . Modern teaching equipment as well as tens of computers _______ to the village school last week.
| A．were sent | B．was sent |
| C．has sent | D．had been sent |
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10 . What we should be thinking about now is how to make up for the lost time, not who is _______.
| A．blaming | B．blamed |
| C．to be blamed | D．to blame |
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