Sydney¡ªA shark savaged a schoolboy's leg while he was surfing with his father at a beach in Sydney on February 23£®It was the third shark attack along the coast of Australia's largest city in a month£®
The 15-year-old boy and his father were in the water off Avalon, on Sydney's northern beaches, around dawn when he was attacked£®The city's beaches are packed with locals and tourists during the summer months£®
"The father heard a scream and turned to see his son trashing £¨Å¤¶¯£© about in the water," police said£®"Fortunately, the shark swam away and the boy was helped to shore by his father£®
Lifesaving Club spokesman Nick Miller: "It got him around the top of his left leg and the father came and dragged him out of water£®" He said the boy was bleeding heavily when he was brought to shore£®"There was a lot of pain, as you can imagine"£®The teenager was airlifted to hospital for treatment for leg injuries£®
Police said the bites" cut through to the bone" , but the boy did not appear to have sustained any fractures £¨¹ÇÕÛ£©£®He was in a stable condition now£®
Several beaches were closed after the attack£®Water police and lifeguards were searching for the shark, while police hoped to identify its species by the shape of the bite marks£®But they said it was too early to say what type of shark attacked the boy£®"I don't even know if he saw it," Miller said£®
Many shark species live in the waters off Sydney's beaches, but attacks on humans are still relatively rare£®However, there were two attacks on successive days earlier this month, one on a navy diver in Sydney harbor, not far from the famous Opera House, and the other on a surfer at the city's world-famous Bondi beach£®
Fishermen say shark numbers are on the rise£®There is a ban on commercial fishing in the harbor, which has increased fish stocks£®Marine experts also claim environmental protection has created a cleaner environment, attracting sharks closer to shore as they chase fish£®Many shark species, including the Great White¡ªthe man-eater made famous in Steven Spielberg's Jaws¡ªare protected in Australian waters£®
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿The report mainly tells us _______£®

A£®shark attacks on humans are on the rise
B£®sharks attacked humans three times in one month
C£®a boy was attacked by a shark at a Sydney beach
D£®shark numbers are increasing in the waters off Sydney's beaches
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿The underlined word" savaged "in the first paragraph probably means _______£®
A£®attractedB£®dragged
C£®bitD£®packed
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿What do we know about the city of Sydney from the passage?
A£®It is one of the largest cities in Australia£®
B£®Sydney harbor is not far from the famous Opera House£®
C£®There are many locals and tourists on its coast all year round£®
D£®There are few shark species in the waters off Sydney's beaches£®
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿All the followings are the causes of Australia's sharks increasing EXCEPT  that_______£®
A£®environmental protection has created a cleaner environment
B£®a ban on commercial fishing has increased fish numbers
C£®many shark species are protected in Australia waters
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The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people£®We meet them every day A few days ago, my car was not running well£®I pulled it in to a garage and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes£®He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine£®I was amazed£®The sad truth is that great talent is not enough£®
¡¡I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in1 the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, ¡°They are one skill away from great wealth£®¡±
There is an old saying that goes, "Job means 'just over broke£¨ÆƲú£©¡¯"£®And unfortunately, I would say that the saying applies to millions of people£®Because schools do not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers "live within their means"£®They work and they pay the bills£®Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn£®
When I ask the classes I teach, ¡°How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's?¡± almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, ¡°So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald's makes more money than you?¡± The answer is obvious: McDonald's is excellent at business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show that      £®

A£®he is just one of the talented people
B£®he is ready to help others
C£®he has a sharp sense of hearing
D£®he knows little about car repairing
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by____   £®
A£®spend more than they can afford
B£®do in their own way
C£®1ive in their own circle
D£®1ive within what they earn
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?
A£®They don¡¯t work hard enough
B£®They lack financial intelligence£®
C£®They don't make full use of their talents
D£®They have no specialized skills£®
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿The main purpose of the author is to tell us____      £®
A£®how young people can find a satisfactory job
B£®What schools should teach about finance
C£®why so many talented people are poor
D£®how McDonald's makes much money

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In times of economic crisis. Americans turn to their families for support. If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our skyhigh divorce rate. But this won't necessarily represent. an increase in happy marriages. In the long run, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis will probably do the same.
¡¡¡¡We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge job losses, By 1932. when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929 But this doesn't mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages. Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn't afford to divorce. They feared neither spouse could manage alone.
¡¡¡¡Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households, Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.
¡¡¡¡After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other and their communities, A 1940 book. The Unemployed Man and His Family, described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job "with tireless search for work."He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do.
¡¡¡¡The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale(Ê¿Æø). For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold.
¡¡¡¡Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment.
¡¡¡¡Today's economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably(ÎÞ·¨ÃÖ²¹µØ)ruined. So it's only when the economy is healthy again that we'll begin to see just how many broken families have been created.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿In the initial stage, the current economic crisis is likely to __________.

A£®tear many troubled families apart
B£®contribute to enduring family ties
C£®bring about a drop in the divorce rate
D£®cause a lot of conflicts in the family
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿In the Great Depression many unhappy couples close to stick together because
A£®starting a new family would be hard
B£®they expected things would turn better
C£®they wanted to better protect their kids
D£®living separately would be too costly
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿In addition to job losses. What stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce?
A£®Mounting family debts
B£®A sense of insecurity
C£®Difficulty in getting a loan
D£®Falling housing prices
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples?
A£®It will force them to pull their efforts together
B£®It will undermine their mutual understanding
C£®It will help strengthen their emotional bonds
D£®It will irreparably damage their relationship
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ5¡¿What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A£®The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate
B£®Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships
C£®A stable family is the best protection against poverty.
D£®Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage

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A Swedish man was dug out alive after being snowed in his car on a forest track for two months with no food, police and local media reported on Saturday.
The 45-year-old from southern Sweden was found on Friday, February17, too weak to say more than a few words.
He was found not far from the city of Umea in the north of Sweden by snowmobilers who thought they had come across a ruined car until they dug their way to a window and saw movement inside.
The man, who was lying in the back seat in a sleeping bag, said he had been in the car since December 19.
¡°Just incredible that he¡¯s alive considering that he had no food, but also since it¡¯s been really cold for some time after Christmas.¡± a rescue team member told regional daily Vasterbottens- Kuriren, which broke the news.
Ebbe Nyberg, duty officer at the Umea police, said police saw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time.
¡°We would not make up something like this. The rescue services were on site too and saw the same as us.¡± he told Vasterbottens-Kuriren.
Umea University Hospital, where the man is recovering after being rescued by police and a rescue team, said in a statement he was doing well considering the circumstances.
Doctors at the hospital said humans would normally be able to survive for about four weeks without food. Besides eating snow, the man probably survived by going into a dormant-like(ÐÝÃßËƵÄ) state, physician Stefan Branth told Vasterbottens-Kuriren.
¡°A bit like a bear that hibernates. Humans can do that.¡± he said. ¡°He probably had a body temperature of around 31 degrees which the body adjusted to. Due to the low temperature, not much energy was used up.¡±
¡°Why the man ended up under the snow in the forest remains unknown,¡± police said.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿¡°Police saw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time.¡±implies that ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡.

A£®police didn¡¯t think it true
B£®police were sure of the fact
C£®police had some doubt on the fact
D£®police had reasons to doubt the fact
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿The reason why the man could survive was most probably that ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡.
A£®he was only forty-five year old
B£®he did not use any energy
C£®he slept in the sleeping bag
D£®he was in a dormant-like state
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A£®A Traffic Accident B£®A Long Sleep in Winter
C£®An Incredible Survival D£®A Successful Rescue

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More and more birds are flying to settle at Qinghai Lake, one of the highest inland lakes in China, thanks to the protection efforts of local governments. Covering an area of over 4,000 square kilometers, Qinghai Lake is also the country¡¯s biggest salt-water lake.
Located in Northwest China¡¯s Qinghai Province, the lake is famous for the two islands at its northwest point--Cormorant Island and Egg Island.
The two islands have plenty of floating grass and various schools of fish, offering rich food sources for birds. The islands have become a paradise for different kinds of groups of birds and have been called ¡®Bird Islands¡¯.
Each March and April, when ice and snow covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau starts to melt, over 20 kinds of birds fly to the Bird Islands to lay eggs.
During the months, flocks of birds cover the whole sky over the islands and birds eggs can be found everywhere. Visitors can hear the singing of birds from miles away. These have become a world famous symbol of the lake.
To protect this paradise for birds and support calls for ecological protection, China set up the Qinghai Lake Natural Protection Zone at the end of 1997. Meanwhile, the State has pointed out the Bird Islands and Spring Bay of the Qinghai Lake as central protection zones.
Inspection officials and management employees often patrol the lake, improving local residents¡¯ knowledge of related laws and spreading knowledge about animal protection to visitors. They are making great efforts to call on people to love and protect the birds.
At the same time, they have built special fences around the island area, to prevent wolves, foxes and other carnivorous animals, as well as illegal hunters from breaking up the birds¡¯ nest-building, egg-laying and breeding. As a result, more and more birds are coming to the islands for sheltering and breeding.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿Why are more and more birds coming to the biggest salt-water lake in the Great Northwest?

A£®Because it is getting warmer and warmer.
B£®Because it is being reformed
C£®Because environments there are getting more and more agreeable for them to live in.
D£®Because the people there are becoming richer and richer
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿The birds feed on _______according to the passage.
A£®floating fish and various grasses
B£®grass moving on the water surface and different kinds of fish
C£®salt water and plenty of grains
D£®corn from the local farmers
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A£®The ice and snow covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau doesn¡¯t change into water, unless more than 20 kinds of birds come to the Bird Islands
B£®Flocks of birds fly up to the whole sky over islands to lay eggs
C£®Visitors can listen to the singing of birds from miles away, but they couldn¡¯t see any of the birds
D£®¡°The ice on the Plateau begins to change into water¡± means spring is coming
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿The officials go around the lake mainly to _________
A£®let the farmers there know the animal protection law
B£®tell the farmers there some knowledge about animal protection.
C£®call on people to love and protect the birds
D£®all of the above

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      Our warming planet is expected to face serious water crisis£¨Î£»ú£©in the coming decades ¡ª which means each nation¡¯s natural resource will be more important than ever.


¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿According to the statistics, what is the world average of freshwater resource per person?
A£®244,973 cubic kilometers
B£®241 cubic kilometers
C£®3,642 cubic kilometers
D£®6,122 cubic kilometers
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿Which country or region has the most freshwater resource per year?
A£®GuyanaB£®BrazilC£®IcelandD£®China
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿Which country or region appears twice on the top 5 lists?
A£®BhutanB£®SeychellesC£®CanadaD£®Suriname

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MONTAGNE: In the summer of 2011, the world first heard of a small island in Norway under the most terrible of circumstances. Utoya Island was a youth camp run by Norway's Labor Party. One day in July, a heavily armed, right-wing extremist stepped onto the island and began shooting at random. Sixty-nine people died, over 100 were wounded; almost all, young people. This month, artist Jonas Dahlberg was appointed to create a memorial. He described to us the experience he imagines for those who come to the island.
DAHLBERG: You start your walk through a forest of evergreens on a wooden pathway. After a while, this pathway starts to go down into the landscape.
MONTAGNE: Down into the landscape, and into a short tunnel. When you come out, you are unable to go any farther. You can't get to the tip of the island because it has been cut off. So all you can do is look across a narrow channel of water at what is now a wall of polished stone, carved with the names of the dead.
DAHLBERG: It becomes almost like a gravestone. You cannot reach it. It's close enough to be able to read, but it's forever lost for your possibility to reach.
MONTAGNE: It's being called a memory wound. Exactly what do you mean by that?
DAHLBERG: During my first site visit, the experience of seeing those gunshots¡ªand you can see it was like being in an open wound. And it took me to a stage of deep sadness where it was hard to breathe. So I didn't want to illustrate loss; I wanted to make actual loss. It's just a cut through the island.
MONTAGNE: On the day of the massacre, just hours before launching his shooting on the island, the killer set off a bomb in downtown Oslo, leaving eight people dead. As those events were unfolding, artist Jonas Dahlberg had been out with his brother, and stopped in at a seaside village.
DAHLBERG: In the harbor, it was silent, and this is the higher end of summer. So, it's normally a very lively place. And it was total silence there; and it was a very, very strange feeling in the whole small village. And it's totally impossible to grasp what is going on. And then it just kept on. It's still almost impossible to understand it. It's also one of the reasons why it's so important with memorials for these kind of things. It's to maybe help a little bit to understand what was happening. So it's not just about remembering. It's also about trying to just understand.
MONTAGNE: Artist Jonas Dahlberg designed the memorial for the 69 who died at a youth camp on Utoya Island. The attack was the deadliest in Norway since World War II. That memorial will open in 2015. And to see a virtual version of what it will look like, go to our website, at npr.org. This is Renee Montagne at NPR news.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A£®Utoya Island was the only bloody shooting spot planned by the killer.
B£®Utoya Island used to be a youth camp site and now has been reduced to total silence.
C£®Dahlberg and his brother witnessed the shooting on Utoya Island.
D£®Visitors to Utoya Island can touch the names of the victims carved on the polished stone.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿By the underlined phrase ¡°a memory wound¡±, Dahlberg means all the following EXCEPT that ________.
A£®the artist plans to slice through the end of an island to make actual loss
B£®memorials are supposed to be not only about remembering but helping people to understand what was happening
C£®this memorial shows the gunshots vividly to the visitors for them to understand what was happening
D£®the space between is meant to symbolize how those who were killed are gone but are not forgotten
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿ Which of the following pictures shows the design of the memorial?
A£®B£®
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Mainland couples who give birth to a second child in Hong Kong will be fined for breaking the family planning policy£¬a senior official has warned£®
As more women flock to Hong Kong to give birth to their second child£¬Zhang Feng£¬family planning department director of Guangdong Province£¬stressed that this violated China's policies£®¡°And those who are government employees will even be dismissed from their posts£®¡±he said£®
¡° It doesn¡¯t matter if they give birth to their second child on the mainland or in other countries and regions, they have violated the country¡¯s policies and the province¡¯s regulations¡±.
He said that some families had been punished in the past few months after having a second child in Hong Kong, but gave no details.
Zhang made his remarks when a Hong Kong newspaper carried a controversial ( ÓÐÕùÒéµÄ ) notice claiming residents¡¯ medical services had been affected by the growing number of mainland women who arrive in the city to give birth and gain fight of abode ( ¾Óס) there.
According to statistics revealed by Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government£¬about 88£¬000 babies were born in Hong Kong in 2010£¬but more than 41£¬000 or 47 percent£¬were to mainland couples£¬including a large number from Guangdong£®
Hong Kong has limited the number of mainland women permitted to give birth in the city at 34£¬000 this year£®
The issue also has caused calls for an amendment£¨ÐÞÕý£©to Hong Kong's Basic Law so that babies born to mainland women are no longer granted permanent fight of abode£®
¡°I support Hong Kong government's decision to reduce or limit the number for mainland women giving birth in Hong Kong£®¡±Zhang said£®
China introduced its family planning policy in 1979 to limit births in the world's most populous nation£¬although the rules have been relaxed in recent years£®
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿Which of the following is true?

A£®Those who give birth to a second child in Hong Kong will be fined£®
B£®Many government employees have been dismissed from their posts£®
C£®Zhang Feng is family planning department director of Guangdong Province£®
D£®It doesn't matter if they give birth to their second child on the mainland£®
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿What does the word ¡°violated¡± mean in the second paragraph?
A£®went against B£®was obeyed C£®was for D£®was dismissed
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿Zhang Feng said that           .
A£®few families had been punished after having a second child in China
B£®about 88£¬000 babies were born in Hong Kong in 2010
C£®the residents' medical services in Hong Kong had been affected
D£®he agreed to reduce or limit the number for mainland women giving birth in Hong Kong
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿From the passage we can infer       .
A£®in 2010 most of the babies born in Hong Kong belonged to mainland couples
B£®the number of mainland women permitted to give birth in Hong Kong has been reduced
C£®babies born to mainland women in Hong Kong can't get permanent right of abode now
D£®the family planning policy in China is as strict as before

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The illegal ivory(ÏóÑÀ) trade has been a major problem in Africa for decades. Poachers have killed hundreds of thousands of elephants to obtain ivory. Now, affected areas are taking action. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Wednesday key African states where poaching takes place have promised to stop the ivory trade to protect elephants.
Over the past few days, top officials and experts from 30 states met at the African Elephant Summit. The conference, organized by the IUCN and the government of Botswana, was held in Gaborone, Botswana.
Conservation efforts will include China and Thailand, where much of the ivory is sent. ¡°Now is the time for Africa and Asia to join forces to protect this universally valued species,¡± said Botswana President Ian Khama.
In the 1980s, as many as 1 million elephants across Africa were killed for their ivory. The ivory was used to make jewelry and other items. This continued until 1989, when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to ban all the trade in ivory. As a result, demand for ivory fell. Governments cracked down on poachers. Elephant populations slowly began to increase. However , this progress was short-lived.
According to the IUCN, 2011 saw the highest levels of poaching and illegal ivory trading in at least 16 years. Around 25,000 elephants were killed in Africa that year. Data from the IUCN  show even higher levels of illegal trade may have been reached in 2013. ¡°With an estimated 22,000 elephants illegally killed in 2012, we continue to face a critical situation,¡± said John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General. ¡°Current elephant poaching in Africa remains far too high, and could soon lead to local extinction if the present killing rate continues.
At the African Elephant Summit , key African states where elephants make their home agreed to develop a ¡°zerotolerance approach¡± to poaching. The deal calls for maximum sentences for poachers and hunters, and increased cooperation between affected states. Officials are committed to classifying wildlife trafficking (½»Ò×) as a serious crime --- and to making sure that the people who commit it are punished. All participants at the conference agreed to sign the deal. With these states working together, there may yet be hope for elephants.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿The purpose of holding the African Elephant Summit is to _________.

A£®make new laws to punish poachers. 
B£®prevent elephants from being poached. 
C£®collect money for elephants¡¯ protection 
D£®call for African countries to save elephants. 
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿Why are China and Thailand mentioned in the text?
A£®The ivory is illegally sold in these two countries. 
B£®Elephants need protecting in these two countries. 
C£®They know how to protect wildlife like elephants. 
D£®They prefer jewelry and other items made of ivory. 
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿What can we learn from Paragraph 5 ?
A£®The governments do nothing to protect animals. 
B£®Elephant poaching in Africa is out of control. 
C£®A large number of elephants have been killed. 
D£®Illegal ivory trading is to blame for the elephants¡¯ extinction. 
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿What would be the best title for the text?
A£®Wild Animals Are at Risk B£®New Hope for Elephants 
C£®Elephants Need Our Help D£®Wildlife Protection in Africa 

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