The United States Department of Agriculture has a program called Wildlife Services.Its job is to help protect agriculture and other resources from threats and damage by wildlife.Often that means helping farmers deal with unwelcome visitors.This organization has experts from different fields and it has set up thousands of inquiry agencies all over the country where farmers can explain their difficulty and get practical help.
One example from Wildlife Services of its work involved a farmer in Washington State,in the Pacific Northwest.Several years ago,thousands of Canada geese landed on his fields.The geese began to eat his carrot crop.Biologists from the program suggested that the farmer use noise-making devices and other measures to scare the large birds away.These efforts apparently succeeded,which made the farmer quite happy.
Wildlife Services also has a livestock(牲畜)protection program.The program just offers suggestions to keep those unwelcome visitors away instead of killing them.Experts suggest providing secure shelter for chickens,sheep and other animals that could be attacked.They also suggest using lights above places where animals are kept.And they advise people who see coyotes around their property to chase them away by shouting,making loud noises or throwing rocks.For home gardeners,a two-meter fence might help keep out deer.To keep out rabbits,a wire fence has to be only about a half-meter high.It should extend fifteen centimeters underground to keep rabbits from digging under it.If snakes are a problem,remove dead trees and cut high grass to destroy their hiding places.And to protect livestock,consider using guard animals such as dogs and donkeys,which are very effective.Due to its effective work,ever since the Wildlife Services was started,it has been well received by farmers all over the States and neighboring countries such as Canada and Mexico.
1.The underlined phrase “unwelcome visitors” in the first paragraph refers to .
A. animals that attack the farmers
B. people who don’t care about wildlife
C. animals that do harm to the crops or livestock
D. people who pollute the environment of the farms
2.It can be inferred from the second paragraph that .
A. the farmer didn’t have a gun to kill those Canada geese
B. Wildlife Services involves some biologists in its group
C. the carrot crop was eaten up by the Canada geese
D. the farmers like to eat Canada geese very much
3.What is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?
A. Ways to protect livestock. B. Ways to deal with coyotes.
C. How to protect crops. D. How to find wildlife.
4.How is the program getting along?
A. It remains to be improved.
B. It is very popular among experts.
C. It is well received by the local government.
D. Farmers in the U.S.,Canada and Mexico think it effective.
科目:高中英语 来源:2017年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试英语(江苏卷正式版) 题型:单项填空
Determining where we are _________our surroundings remains an essential skill for our survival.
A.in contrast to B.in defense of
C.in face of D.in relation to
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科目:高中英语 来源:内蒙古赤峰市2016-2017学年高二下学期第二次月考英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
Visitor Guide to Birch Aquarium General Information
Thank you for respecting the health of our animals and the experience.
◆ Keep voices low in exhibit areas.
◆ No tapping on marine life displays.
◆ As a courtesy, please silence cell phones.
◆ Please use trash and recycling bins.
◆ Birch Aquarium is smoke-free facility.
Photography
For the safety of our live animals, please do not use flash photography. Visitors may be photographed or videotaped by aquarium staff for professional use, or by the media covering aquarium news. Entry into the aquarium grants permission for use of these images.
Refreshments
Splash Cafe offers a variety of gourmet, sustainable, and organic sandwiches, snacks, and beverages.
Drinks, food, and gum are not permitted inside the aquarium.
Restrooms & Baby Care
Changing tables are located in both the men’s and women’s restrooms.
Re-entry
Please keep your ticket or have hand stamped at the Visitor Service Office if you plan to exit and re-enter the same day , including visits to Splash Coffee Shop.
Visitors with Disabilities
See the Visitor Information Center for assistance. All exhibits are wheelchair accessible. Wheelchairs are available at no charge.
Emergencies /First Aid/ Lost & Found
Go to the Visitor Service Office or alert the nearest staff member.
Don’t Miss!
Watch a diver hand-feed the fishes----including three species of sharks----during our Kelp Tank Dive Show.
Learn about this unique and beautiful undersea world during a live, interactive presentation. After your visit, view the exhibit at home through our live, online Kelp Cam.
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Visitors can attract the fish in the tank by knocking on the window of the tank.
b. Visitors can come back to the aquarium with the ticket whenever they need to.
c. Visitors are allowed to refresh themselves with snacks while enjoying the exhibition.
d. You can’t smoke freely during your visit to the Birch Aquarium.
e. You can’t take photos but can be photographed by the staff.
f. Babies can get changed by either mother or father.
g. The disabled have to pay for the wheelchairs provided by the aquarium.
A. a b B. c e
C. d f D. f g
2.What does the underlined phrase “as a courtesy” probably mean?
A. To save electricity. B. For your own safety.
C. When answering the phone. D. As good manners.
3.What information is necessary for visitors but not included in this Visitor Guide?
A. Opening hours B. Animal Feedings
C. Membership Cards D. Volunteer Work
4.In which section of a newspaper can we probably read this passage?
A. Fashion B. Travel
C. Sports D. Science
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科目:高中英语 来源:四川省2017届高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
Like many thickly populated urban neighborhoods, Lincoln Park also has rats. A lot of rats. “Every night when I walk down the sidewalk, I see rats, ” says 36-year-oId Kelly McGee, who has come to accept this aspect of city living. “It’s an urban area; I don't know what else we can expect.”
McGee lives just down the block from the old Children's Memorial Hospital, which is about to be torn down as part of a massive redevelopment project. “Construction all over the city often disturbs rats that are living underground,” says Lincoln Park’s City Council representative, Alderman Michele Smith. “Every developer has to do active rat reduction on site, ”Smith says. Already, there are poisonous and inviting food boxes all around the old hospital complex. But the developer of the hospital site still warned residents in a recent community meeting that when digging begins later this month, the rat problem could be awful.
Victoria Thomas, who lives a few miles north of Lincoln Park in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood, says she tried everything from underground fencing to poison traps to wipe out rats, but nothing worked until she got some cats. From the first day she got the cats, Thomas says the rats started to disappear.
“The cats will kill off a great deal of the initial population of the rats, ”says Paul Nickerson, who manages the Cats at Work program for Tree House Humane Society. “And through spreading their pheromones, a chemical produced by an animal, the cats will keep other rats from filling their absence.” Nickerson says that is what makes the cat program so successful in keeping rats away for the long term. ” The rats are far from stupid. They smell the cats’ pheromones so they’ll stay out of the cats’ territory(领域).”
After Smith highlighted the program in a recent newsletter, Nickerson and Tree House Humane Society have been getting lots of calls from people seeking their own cat colonies. That means a lot more wild cats that might otherwise be killed out of pity will be cared for while doing something that they love: hunting rats.
1.What is McGee’s attitude towards the rat problem?
A. Indifferent. B. Tolerant.
C. Annoyed. D. Frightened.
2.What does the underlined word in the last but one paragraph refer to?
A. Rats’ stupidity.
B. Tree House Humane Society.
C. Cat’s nature of killing rats.
D. The smell of cat’s pheromones.
3.What does the last paragraph suggest?
A. The program is a win-win thing.
B. Cats should be taken good care of.
C. Wild cats are more skilled at hunting.
D. It’s important to keep the ecological balance.
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科目:高中英语 来源:福建省罗源市2016-2017学年高一6月月考英语试卷 题型:翻译
1.Suddenly it _______ me how difficult _______ was for a woman to _______ _______ her research into chimps in the forest.
我突然想起,一个女子继续在森林研究猩猩是多么难。
2.Jane Goodall has been ______ ______making the world understand and show ______ _____ the life of the chimps.
简·古道尔一直呼吁使世人理解并尊重猩猩的生活习性。
3.Yuan Longping has _______ to _______ the world _______ hunger for the past five _____.
五十年来,袁隆平努力使世界摆脱饥饿。
4.________ ________ our Party, the farmers are________ _________ their life.
多亏我们的党,农民们对他们的生活感到满意。
5.Charlie Chaplin _____ _____ the lace of the shoe and eats it______ ______ it were spaghetti.
查理卓别林挑选鞋带吃好像吃意大利的面。
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科目:高中英语 来源:宁夏学益校区2016-2017学年高一下学期第二次月考英语试卷 题型:完形填空
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not young, have patience and try to understand me.If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have _____Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
If, when I _____ to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times, do not interrupt me, listen to me.When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story ______ you get to sleep.
When I do not want to have a shower, _______shame me nor scold me.Remember when I had to chase(追逐) you ______ thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bathe.
When you see my ignorance on new technologies, give me the necessary time ____ do not look at me with your mocking (嘲讽的) smile.I taught you how to do so many things: to eat well, to dress well, to confront(勇敢面对) life.
When at some moment I ______ the memory or the thread of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember.And if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not the _____, but surely to be with you and to _____you listening to me.
If ___ , I do not want to eat, do not ______ me.I know well when I need to and when not.
When my tired ____ do not allow me to walk, give me your hand---the same way _____ I did when you gave your ______ steps.
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more, that I want to die, do not get angry.Some day you _____understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.Some day you will discover that,______my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and _____ I tried to prepare the way for you.
You must not feel sad or angry for seeing me _____ you.You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I _____ it when you started living.
Help me to walk; help me to ______my way with love and patience.I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, son.
Your father
1.A. patience B. love C. care D. concern
2.A. tell B. speak C. say D. shout
3.A. when B. as C. after D. until
4.A. neither B. either C. both D. all
5.A. for B. as C. with D. on
6.A. and B. or C. but D. so
7.A. forget B. remove C. lose D. remind
8.A. company B. conversation C. health D. life
9.A. let B. have C. set D. make
10.A. never B. seldom C. hardly D. ever
11.A. force B. forgive C. beg D. allow
12.A. legs B. foot C. body D. shoes
13.A. which B. why C. that D. where
14.A. latest B. first C. quick D. slow
15.A. should B. must C. will D. need
16.A. although B. though C. as D. despite
17.A. that B. who C. what D. but
18.A. close B. near C. in front of D. besides
19.A. did B. helped C. walked D. understood
20.A. live B. end C. prepare D. walk
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科目:高中英语 来源:2017年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试英语(全国卷3正式版) 题型:短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
When I look at this picture of myself. I realize of how fast time flies. I had grown not only physically.and also mentally in the past few years. About one month after this photo was took, I entered my second year of high school and become a new member of the school music club. Around me in picture are the things they were very important in my life at that time,car magazines and musical instruments. I enjoyed studying difference kings of cars and planes,playing pop music, and collecting the late music albums. This picture often brings back to me many happy memories of your high school days.
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科目:高中英语 来源:湖南省业水平考试模拟试卷二(附中版)英语试卷 题型:书面表达
假如你是学校 Adventure Club的秘书(Secretary),你和社团主席(President)讨论Liu Dong的申请,讨论完后,请你根据对话内容给Liu Dong回一封邮件。
Secretary: What do you think about Liu Dong's application?
President: I think he's excellent. He knows how to organize adventures, and he knows a lot about history and nature.He once managed to arrange the trip to the Mogao Caves for him and his parents.
Secretary: That's true, but I think he's too independent. We need club members who can work well with others.
President: On the other hand, we also need people who know how to make plans and carry them out. I think Liu Dong can do that.
Secretary: But if he is not friendly, no one will want to take part in the activities he organizes.
President: You’re right. I have a suggestion. Let's offer him a trial membership for three months. We can ask him to try to be friendlier and more outgoing. At the end of three months, he can become a full member if we think he is fit for our club.
Secretary: I think that's a good idea. Let's send him an e?mail.
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.邮件的开头和结尾已给出,但不计入总词数。
Dear Liu Dong,
I’m pleased to tell you that the Adventure Club has accepted you as a member. The committee thinks that you were very brave to arrange the trip to the Mogao Caves for you and your parents.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Sincerely yours,
Ma Li
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科目:高中英语 来源:山西省临汾市2017届高三全真模拟英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
Blind imitation is self-destruction. To those who do not recognize their unique worth, imitation appears attractive: to those who know their strength, imitation is unacceptable.
In the early stages of skill or character development, imitation is helpful. When I first learned to cook, I used recipes and turned out some tasty dishes. But soon I grew bored. Why follow someone else’s way of cooking when I could create my own? Imitating role models is like using training wheels on a child’s bicycle; they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relying on them.
In daily life, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously(下意识地) hold poor role models. If, as a child, you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself, you will get the results of the weak choices of others.
In the field of entertainment, our culture glorifies celebrities. Those stars look great on screen. But when they step off screen, their personal lives may be disastrous. If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors.
Blessed is the person willing to act on their sudden desire to create something unique. Think of the movies, books, teachers, and friends that have affected you most deeply. They touched you because their creations were motivated by inspiration, not desperation. The world is changed not by those who do what has been done before them, but by those who do what has been done inside them. Creative people have an endless resource of ideas. The problem a creator faces is not running out of material; it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imagination.
Study your role models, accept the gifts they have given, and leave behind what does not server. Then you can say, “I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors’ tragedies and stories, and know that they are cheering me on.”
1.To avoid the bad result of imitation, we should ________.
A. forget daily fear and pain B. ask others for decisions
C. choose the right example D. stay away from stars
2.According to the author, the world moves on because of those who are ________.
A. desperate to insurance others with their knowledge
B. willing to accept others’ ideas
C. eager to discover what their ancestors did
D. ready to turn their original ideas into reality
3.What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A. To highlight the importance of creatively.
B. To criticize the characters of role models.
C. To compare imitation with creation.
D. To explain the meaning of success.
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