根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
What would you think if someone suggested knocking down St Paul’s cathedral to widen the road,or pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park? It’d be ridiculous,right? But when it comes to devastation(毁灭)of the natural world,we aren’t so easily shocked.But we should be...or we’ll be in a lot of trouble!
Nature is shrinking by the day.Ancient forests are destroyed.Wetlands are becoming dry.Woodland is disappearing,all in the name of progress.This is bad in itself,but it’s devastating for biodiversity.
Biodiversity refers to the variety of plants,animals and other living things which are all inter-connected.The ecological services provided by biodiversity are vital to everyday life.The air we breathe is a product of photosynthesis(光合作用)by green plants.In fact,all life on earth exists thanks to the benefit of biodiversity.More than 90 percent of the calories consumed by people worldwide are produced from 80 plant species.And 30 percent of medicines are developed from plants and animals.Maintaining a wide diversity of species in each ecosystem is necessary to preserve all living things.
The loss of biodiversity could be devastating.“It is wrong to think that biodiversity can be reduced indefinitely without threatening humans,” said Harvard University biologist Edward O Wilson,known as “the father of biodiversity”.He warned,“We are about to reach a critical point beyond which biodiversity loss will be unavoidable.”
But what can we do? The problem is that the concept of biodiversity is so vague.People might care about giant pandas,but it is much harder to excite them about the fate of tiny sea creatures which are being boiled to death in the cooling systems of power stations along coastlines.The Guardian newspaper is trying to help.It has started the Biodiversity 100 campaign to try to convince governments around the world to take action to deal with the widespread concerns about biodiversity.This includes persuading the UK government to create a series of marine reserves to change the decrease in the sea-life caused by industrial fishing,stopping fishing sharks by the Japanese fishermen and banning the killing of dingoes in Australia,among many other things.
There is a lot to do.And we’d better act quickly if we don’t want to end up with a planet that can’t support life!
1.What does the author think of pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park?
A.Unreasonable. B.Necessary.
C.Difficult. D.Urgent.
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.Nature is badly polluted by humans.
B.Species are becoming fewer and fewer day by day.
C.Rainforests are being cut down every day.
D.Nature is full of mysteries to humans.
3.Edward O Wilson believes that .
A.it doesn’t matter to decrease the biodiversity
B.people have done enough to preserve biodiversity
C.the situation of biodiversity is very serious
D.biodiversity loss has been unavoidable
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Plenty of marine reserves have been set up in the world.
B.Fishing sharks is illegal around the world.
C.It’s harmful to catch tiny organisms in the river.
D.The Guardian newspaper has done a lot for biodiversity.
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年甘肃通渭县高一下学期期末统考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
书面表达。
中秋节是中国的传统节日，你的美国笔友Mike请你在他们的校报上介绍一下中秋节的情况，请你根据下表写一篇短文。
【写作内容】
中秋节简介
时间 | 每年阴历八月十五日，是中国最重要的传统节日之一。 |
范围 | 中国及亚洲其它一些国家都会庆祝。 |
象征 | 人们认为月亮是团圆、运气、财富的象征，在那天会互相表达祝福。 |
方式 | 在那一天，人们通常回家与家人团聚，共聚晚餐。人们还会吃月饼，那是一种圆圆的饼，里面有肉、果仁、鸡蛋等。 |
【写作要求】
1）词数100左右
2）不要逐字翻译，要组成一篇通顺连贯的短文。
【参考词汇】
the lunar calendar阴历
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016年高考英语一轮复习新人教版选修7第3-5单元检测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。
Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck,talent,and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.
However,to succeed in life,one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.And,in addition to that,in order to get really good at something,one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing.To become great at certain things,it’ll require even more time,time that most people won’t put in.
This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do ,it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.
When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success,you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost.It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent,but thinking that way does you no good,and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.
Whatever you do,if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out,almost to the point of addiction,and over a long period of time.If you’re not willing to put in the time and work,don’t expect to receive any rewards.Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.
1.Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.
A.the reasons for success
B.the meaning of success
C.the standards of success
D.the importance of success
2.In Paragraph 2,the underlined word that refers to ______.
A.being good at something
B.setting a practical goal
C.putting in more time
D.succeeding in life
3.Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ______.
A.work makes one feel pain
B.one tends to enjoy his work
C.one gives up his work easily
D.it takes a lot of time to succeed
4.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A.Successful people like to show their great skills.
B.People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.
C.People need to achieve success at the cost of life.
D.It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.
5.What is the main theme of the passage?
A.Having a goal is vital to success.
B. Being good is different from being great.
C.One cannot succeed without time and practice.
D.Luck,talent and family help to achieve success.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年高二牛津译林版必修5第2单元综合测评英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
If you go to Ethiopia,you’ll find a strange palm-like structure,which is called Warka Water.It gathers water from fog and condensation(水珠)and is invented by an Italian firm.
When Italian designer Arturo Vittori and Swiss architect Andreas Vogler first visited Ethiopia in 2012,they were shocked to see women and children forced to walk miles to access what,for them,had always been within easy reach,water.
Only 34 percent of Ethiopians have access to a reliable water supply.Some travel for up to six hours a day to fetch some or,even worse,have to use pond water polluted by human waste,subject to the spread of disease.
Worldwide,about 768 million people—two and a half times the U.S.population—don’t have access to safe drinking water.So just imagine if we could just pull water out of thin air?That’s what Vittori and Vogler asked once they saw the severe problem and promised to take action.Their firm,Architecture and Vision,has since come up with Warka Water,a grand palm-like structure that may look like something you’d see in a modern art museum,but it’s been designed to harvest water from the air.
Warka Water,which is named after an Ethiopian fig tree,is composed of a 30-foot bamboo frame containing a fog-harvesting nylon net that can catch water easily,can be easily lowered for repairs and allow communities to measure the water level.Collecting water through condensation is hardly a new technique,but the creators of Warka Water say their tree-inspired design is more effective,maximizing surface and perfecting every angle to produce up to 26 gallons of drinkable water a day—enough for a family of seven.
Western organizations have been working to provide clean water access in Africa for decades,so Warka Water joins a very long list of earlier attempts.So far,high-tech solutions,like the once promising Playpump,have failed,mostly due to high costs and maintenance issues.
This is where Warka Water stands apart—a lower-tech solution that is easy to repair and far more affordable than digging wells in the rocky Ethiopian plateau.
1.What does the underlined phrase “subject to” in the third paragraph most probably mean?
A.owing to B.opposite to
C.sensitive to D.giving rise to
2.Warka Water is designed mainly to .
A.gather clean water efficiently
B.reduce water supply costs
C.simplify maintenance
D.preserve water supplies
3.According to the sixth paragraph,what caused Playpump to fail?
A.Lack of advanced technology
B.Unsuccessful designs
C.Lack of money and maintenance issues
D.Unreasonable structures
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年高二牛津译林版必修5第1单元综合测评英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。
The story goes that some time ago,a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper.Money was tight and he became infuriated(愤怒的) when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.Nevertheless,the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said,“This is for you,Daddy.”
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction,but his anger flared(爆发) again when he found out the box was empty.He yelled at her,stating,“Don’t you know,when you give someone a present,there is supposed to be something inside?” The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried,“Oh,Daddy,it’s not empty at all.I blew kisses into the box.They are all for you,Daddy.”
The father was crushed.He put his arms around his little girl,and he begged for her forgiveness.
Only a short time later,an accident took the life of the child.It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years,and whenever he was discouraged,he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense,each one of us,as human beings,has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children,family members,friends,and God.There is simply no other possession more precious than this.
1.The 3-year-old girl was punished by her father for .
A.wasting gold
B.wasting gold wrapping paper
C.putting the box under the Christmas tree
D.bringing the gift to her father
2.What’s inside the box according to the little girl?
A.Nothing. B.Air.
C.Kisses. D.Gold wrapping paper.
3.The father remembered the love of his daughter by .
A.kissing the gold box
B.putting gold into the box
C.taking out an imaginary kiss from the box
D.keeping the little girl’s gold box by his bed
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.The kisses in the box
B.A girl and her father
C.A love story
D.The box under the Christmas tree
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年山东济南一中高一下期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
书面表达
假定你是班长李华，请根据以下内容给新任外教Smith先生写一封信，向他表示欢迎并转达同学们对英语课的希望：
1. 介绍西方文化；
2. 组织多样活动；
3. 关注学生发音, 提高听说能力。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头已为你写好。
Dear Mr. Smith,
I’m writing on behalf of my class to extend our warm welcome to you. Here are some of our expectations for your English class.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours truly,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年山东济南一中高一下期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
To Whom It May Concern,
My husband Jim and I got married in 1965. For the first ten years of our marriage, I was very happy to stay home and raise our three children. Then about four years ago, our youngest child went to school, and I thought I might go back to work.
Jim was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. He started to do all the things I used to do around the house, and said he thought I could be a great success in business.
After several weeks of job hunting, I found my present job, which is working for a small public relation firm. At first, my husband was proud of me and would tell his friends, “My clever little wife can run that company she’s working for.”
But, as his joking words were becoming reality, Jim stopped talking to me about my job. I have received several promotions and pay increases, and I am now making more money than he is. I can buy my own clothes and a new car. Because of our combined incomes, Jim can do things that we had always dreamed of doing, but we don’t do these things because he is unhappy.
We fought about little things, and Jim is very critical of me in front of our friends. For the first time in our marriage, I think there is a possibility that our marriage may come to an end.
I love Jim very much, and I don’t want him to feel inferior(较差的), but I also love my job. I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don’t know how. Can you give me some advice? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career?
Please help.
Yours,
Mary
1.When was the letter most probably written?
A. In 1975. B. Around 1980.
C. Four years ago. D. In 1965.
2.What shows her husband was supportive?
A. He helped look after babies.
B. He told her his experience.
C. He worked much harder.
D. He encouraged her a lot.
3.How did her husband feel when she first found her job?
A. Nervous. B. Disappointed.
C. Proud. D. Curious.
4.Jim stopped talking about her job when ___________.
A. Jim failed to do what he liked
B. she made more money than he
C. she received her boss’ praise
D. Jim had to do housework
5.What happened as her income increased?
A. She found a gap(分歧) between Jim and her.
B. She did what she had dreamed of.
C. She felt proud of herself.
D. She bought a house.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年山东济南一中高二下期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
We started out in a great morning and were heading over the mountain range to Ellensburg. We stopped at Snoqualmie summit for a quick rest. About a mile from there, we heard a loud sound and thought we might hit a rock. However, we were wrong.
As we were turning into the rest area, we heard a loud banging sound again, and all I could do was get this car pulled over and stopped. Once we got stopped, and tire pulled off, we found that the bolt （螺栓），which is necessary for the brake to work, had been missing. Had I hit the brake with any more speed, I am sure the car would have turned over and we could have all been killed.
The first thing we needed to do was get a new bolt, so my husband went to get a cup of coffee and to ask whether there would be an auto parts store. They told him where, and then he came back to find we had no way to get there. That was when the Angel showed her wings! One of the coffee volunteers was getting off her shift and offered to take him to the auto parts store. So this angel took him to Ellensburg to get the part, only to find out that it was the wrong part. So she came back to see if everything fit and sure enough, she offered to take him to the hardware store in town to see if they could find this bolt!
She spent well over 4 hours with us, driving us around to help fix our car and protect us until we were safe. She even followed us for a short time on the freeway until she knew we were well on our way safely. We were blessed that day, and when I told her she was an angel she just said we would do the same thing, and she was right, I would and I will again!
1.What actually happened when the writer heard the loud sound at the first time?
A. The car hit a rock and its tires were broken.
B. The car pulled over because of the steep road.
C. The brake couldn’t work because of the lost bolt.
D. The car turned over because the bolt was missing.
2.What is the implied meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 3?
A. The author wished someone would help them.
B. Someone appeared to give them what they needed.
C. Someone transported them to the right place.
D. Someone appeared at that time to help them.
3.Which of the following words can best describe the volunteer?
A. Kindhearted and patient.
B. Humorous and helpful.
C. Patient and humorous.
D. Helpful and funny.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. An angel in the mountains!
B. A terrible accident in the mountains!
C. An unusual situation in the mountains!
D. An unbelievable sound in the mountains!
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖南师大附中高一下学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
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。
In the future，schools will be different in many ways from which they are now. First，students will be different. They will be any age，from any place，and they will be free to choose any class we want. They will all get along and make friends easy. Second，the courses will be different. There will be many more courses for students to choose，and most courses will be offer on the Internet. Students will choose to learn at home on the Internet， and at school from teachers. They can also choose the teachers they like.
School buildings and equipments will be much better as they are now. Everything will be run by computers， more modern，and easy for students to use.
Students will organize more different activities at school，and life at school will be richer and more interesting.
In a conclusion，future schools will be better learn places for students.
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