One of Asia's best-known tourist attractions is taking a major stand (表明立场)for animals.
Due to the ____ from animal activist groups, Apsara, the management authority for the Angkor Archaeological Park in Cambodia announced in June 2019 it would_________elephant rides in early 2020. Nov% the process has already ______ .
The Khmer Times reports that on November 15, two of the 14 elephants __ at the park, site of the ___ Angkor Wat temple, have been ____ to the nearby Bos Thom community ____. Long Kosal, an Apsara press representative, told the Khmer Times that the remaining dozen ___ would be relocated to the same forest by "early next year.” "The elephant is a big animal, but it is also ____ and can be hurt easily. We don't want to see the animals being used for tourism ____ anymore," Kosal said. want them to live in their natural surroundings."
In 2016, an elephant named Sambo died at Angkor; drawing worldwide _________. Her death was __ a combination of heat stroke and ____ from ferrying so many human beings around. Two years later, the World Wildlife Fund __ an in-depth report on the present situation of the Asian elephant, noting that the species' ____ had declined by 50% in just three generations.
According to Angkor Enterprise, which manages park admissions, the UNESCO-listed site is ____ a decline in tourist numbers. Its ______ report says many tourists refuse to _____ tickets to the temple complex from January to September a 13.7% decline over the same period in 2018. While there's no predicting whether the ban on Angkor elephant rides will _____ visitor numbers, it comes at a time when more and more ____ and tourism organizations around the world have moved to eliminate (清除)animal-related attractions.
1.A.steps B.pressure C.example D.trend
2.A.continue B.improve C.ban D.reform
3.A.stopped B.undertaken C.established D.begun
4.A.currently B.permanently C.steadily D.compulsorily
5.A.famous B.shabby C.typical D.remote
6.A.lent B.contributed C.sent D.submitted
7.A.clinic B.forest C.circus D.zoo
8.A.participants B.pets C.workers D.animals
9.A.gentle B.dangerous C.strong D.interesting
10.A.facility B.accommodation C.activities D.routine
11.A.attention B.donation C.respect D.sympathy
12.A.come from B.accused of C.led to D.blamed on
13.A.consumption B.exhaustion C.annoyance D.absorption
14.A.leaked B.investigated C.published D.claimed
15.A.popularity B.existence C.presentation D.population
16.A.solving B.facing C.emphasizing D.revealing
17.A.longest B.widest C.latest D.biggest
18.A.give B.buy C.enter D.paid
19.A.switch B.compensate C.corrupt D.impact
20.A.volunteers B.employees C.travelers D.enthusiasts
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When my roommates and I left campus for spring break, we told each other we’d be back soon. Little did we_______that within the next three days, “soon” would become “who knows when.” Stuck at home from college, we felt filled with a strong_______to do something to help, but_______about what we could do.
Ever since the corona-virus outbreak_______, we found ourselves_______by stories of front-line workers who remained at their posts and yet their calls for_______to basic necessities were overlooked._______, the problems they were facing_________from daily supplies.
Just before midnight on April 8, we_________Give Essential, an on-line matching platform where front-line workers can tell us what__________they need, and__________tell us what they can give. And then we create__________based on their best-fit needs and donations, with things directly sent to these workers.
After glued to our screens for 36 hours and building a website from scratch, we posted the__________on Facebook, to tell everyone we knew about Give Essential. Within 24 hours, we________over 300 front-line workers, and many donors have________to help with gifts________from bars of soap to several grocery gift cards.
Give Essential started as an idea, and snowballed into a ,__________with hundreds of connections across the country. In this state of lockdown, it is easy to feel__________by the four walls and front door that we're__________not to leave. With Give Essential, we wanted to__________the public that our ability to connect with and help others is not limited in that same way.
1.A.decide B.know C.agree D.promise
2.A.urge B.research C.pity D.relief
3.A.confident B.excited C.unsure D.scared
4.A.turned B.left C.hit D.waited
5.A.touched B.tired C.amused D.frightened
6.A.ability B.access C.right D.idea
7.A.Fortunately B.Suddenly C.Easily D.Obviously
8.A.adapted B.arose C.heard D.differed
9.A.gave way to B.put up with C.came up with D.went back to
10.A.positions B.plans C.suggestions D.items
11.A.experts B.customers C.viewers D.donors
12.A.matches B.clubs C.accounts D.tasks
13.A.role B.link C.letter D.job
14.A.employed B.changed C.reached D.dismissed
15.A.refused B.regretted C.pretended D.offered
16.A.skipping B.sharing C.flowing D.ranging
17.A.group B.trap C.store D.hole
18.A.depressed B.thrilled C.ashamed D.satisfied
19.A.invited B.advised C.controlled D.trained
20.A.shock B.warn C.remind D.surprise
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At first,a Belgian man thought the noise coming from his outdoor planter was annoying pigeons. It ____ to be Europe’s largest owl—four of them.
One of the world’s largest owls,the Eurasian eagle owl,set up ____ in Jos Baart’s third-storey apartment planter. ____ the mother owl’s three chicks hatched,they’ve taken to watching ____ through the window with their new landlord(房东).
In video footage,the huge,fluffy chicks can be seen standing at attention in ____,eyeing the television screen ____ Baart’s shoulder.
Their ____ mom typically watches over her hatchlings from behind a bush for six to eight hours at a stretch each day,seemingly a little more ____ of Baart and her babies’TV-watching habits.
They seem to have grown ____ to each other now,but not so long ago,Baart,thought they were ____. “I thought,damn,those pigeons again,”he says. He was proven ____ one day when he arrived home and the large mother owl took ____ right in front of him. “You can see how ____ they are,”Baart says in the footage. “They’re not scared at a11. ”
Eagle owls typically nest on cliffs and ledges,but are sometimes known to ____abandoned golden eagle nests. They have no natural predators and a long lifespan of 20 years in the ____,but can live up to 60 years in captivity(圈养).
1.A.holds on B.turns out C.1ives up D.gives away
2.A.camp B.time C.business D.shop
3.A.Before B.Until C.Once D.Since
4.A.video B.footage C.games D.TV
5.A.sense B.way C.row D.hurry
6.A.over B.on C.off D.by
7.A.less-diligent B.less-friendly C.gentle D.ambitious
8.A.careless B.patient C.cautious D.sensitive
9.A.addicted B.accustomed C.attached D.opposed
10.A.annoyances B.guests C.friends D.enemies
11.A.fake B.true C.right D.wrong
12.A.fright B.flight C.care D.place
13.A.cute B.tense C.relaxed D.alert
14.A.leave behind B.stand up C.put up D.take over
15.A.region B.nest C.wild D.field
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From Teen Activist to TIME’s Person of the Year
With her selection, Greta Thunberg, the famous 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, has become the ______________individual ever to be named Time’s Person of the Year.
While the magazine has a long record of ____________the power of young people, the ____________have never before selected a _____________. The _____________individual to hold the record for youngest person of the Year was 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh in 1927.
Thunberg gained international attention for ____________world leaders for their inaction in the ____________crisis in a viral speech she made at the U.N. Climate Action Summit in September. She criticized world leaders again at the COP25 (联合国气候变化大会)conference last week.
“Thunberg has become the ___________ voice on the biggest issue facing the planet,” Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal wrote.
At the age of eight, when Thunberg first learned about climate change, she was ___________that adults did not appear to take the issue ____________. It was _________ for her to take_______ in her own life; she stops herself ____________flying, eats no meat or dairy and she has a shop stop, meaning that she doesn’t buy new things.
On August 20, 2018, Thunberg decided that it was time for her to take her ________ to the next level and_______________. She _____others to launch climate-change strikes around the world last year. She ________school and sat down _____________Sweden’s parliament (议会) with a self-made banner “school strike for climate.” She also invited more than two million students across 135 countries to join her _____________ “Fridays for Future” _______by staging walkouts at their own schools. This past March, Thunberg was nominated(提名) for the Nobel Peace Prize.
1.A.cleverest B.oldest C.activest D.youngest
2.A.awarding B.recognizing C.organizing D.paying
3.A.editors B.managers C.writers D.leaders
4.A.girl B.female C.teenager D.student
5.A.previous B.next C.second D.last
6.A.praising B.commenting C.condemning D.praying
7.A.climate B.financial C.education D.economic
8.A.smallest B.lowest C.only D.biggest
9.A.excited B.determined C.delighted D.shocked
10.A.seriously B.carefully C.nervously D.bravely
11.A.vital B.crazy C.enthusiastic D.unique
12.A.trouble B.measures C.advice D.exams
13.A.in B.on C.from D.before
14.A.efforts B.decisions C.work D.study
15.A.act out B.speak out C.pick out D.set out
16.A.forced B.led C.motivated D.taught
17.A.attended B.joined C.returned D.skipped
18.A.in front of B.at the back of C.in the middle of D.behind
19.A.weekly B.monthly C.yearly D.daily
20.A.lesson B.lecture C.campaign D.meeting
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Two weeks of volunteer work lay ahead and my mood _________ . I realized that good _________ and a trip to Spain would not be enough to make the _________ that I had hoped for. My volunteer service was in a shelter in Peru. I was where I wanted to be, but, without the communication _________ I needed.
One morning the founder of the shelter, Miguel Rodriguez, _________ the story of how, after the death of his baby, he started feeding and taking in _________ children. He eventually _________ his family, wealth, and life to setting up what is now a shelter for over 1,300 children. As he finished, I asked: “I can _________ how the walls, the food, and the facility (设施) came to be, but, how did you _________ the atmosphere of love, respect, and care among these children?”
His response was simple: “Use the language of love.” He ____________, “The language of love is done with your eyes, your hands, and your smile.” “____________ are not only for work. They are for hugging, holding, and ____________.Do this, and they may well ____________ the example.”
This simple statement carried ____________. These children had communicated love, respect, and ____________ to me and each other without a word being ____________.These emotions, so ____________ to convey, did not need translation at all.
For the remainder of my service, I was determined to worry less about my ____________ of Spanish, and instead, focus on using the language of love. When I returned home, I ____________myself to use it more in my everyday life and to be mindful that being a(n) ____________ is sometimes all the power that is needed.
1.A.sunk B.mattered C.disappeared D.rose
2.A.appreciation B.intention C.introduction D.application
3.A.decision B.arrangement C.impression D.difference
4.A.tools B.desire C.skills D.course
5.A.changed B.heard C.shared D.reformed
6.A.homeless B.careless C.dangerous D.unconscious
7.A.compared B.dragged C.convinced D.committed
8.A.stress B.understand C.explore D.predict
9.A.support B.decorate C.recognize D.create
10.A.wondered B.explained C.imagined D.claimed
11.A.Lips B.Eyes C.Cheeks D.Hands
12.A.fighting B.performing C.comforting D.kissing
13.A.include B.follow C.analyze D.describe
14.A.weight B.signals C.reference D.limitations
15.A.wisdom B.advance C.warmth D.freedom
16.A.overlooked B.prepared C.mistaken D.spoken
17.A.simple B.hard C.specific D.important
18.A.lack B.practice C.demand D.record
19.A.challenged B.expected C.condemned D.questioned
20.A.angel B.talent C.example D.hero
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On Friday afternoon Class Seven had an Art lesson. It was their favourite lesson of the week. Everyone ______ Trudy Hubble looked forward to it. Trudy had arms that stuck out and always knocked things over.
When Trudy came into the classroom, Rob Mason said, “Look out, here comes Trouble!” All the kids ______. Trudy had to smile and pretended she didn’t mind. How she wished she could be more like Lisa Gibbs, who had small hands and feet and never ______ things over!
That day, they were going to paint animals. Again, Trudy knocked over the jam jar. Dirty water spread in a pool across the table and ______ Lisa’s dragon. Every time Trudy tried to do Art, it was always a ______.
“I hate Art,” Trudy thought as she went home on the bus, wishing never to go to school again.
As soon as she got home, Mum asked her to take a ______ to Mrs. Willow.
Trudy knocked on the door and the door opened. There stood an old lady, so tall and elegant, like her house, which was full of ______ china.
“My mum’s your home help. She won’t be able to come tomorrow. She’s got a cold.”
“I’m sorry to hear that. What she needs is my special cold ______. Come inside and I’ll give you some. ” Mrs. Willow opened the door wider.
Keeping her arms pressed to her sides, Trudy stood ______, much like a statue, afraid to move in.
“Why?”
“I am the clumsiest person in our school! I know something will get broken when I’m ______.”
“I used to be clumsy too, a real ugly little duck,” Mrs. Willow smiled. “But I grew up to be a swan(白天鹅).”
“But I don't think I shall,” Trudy doubted. “I’ll just grow up to be an ugly ______.”
“Not if you do as I did. You have to keep telling yourself that inside, where it matters, you’re really a swan.”
“I’m a swan,” Trudy ______ her throat and took the medicine, heading for home.
Next morning Mum’s cold was much better. “If Mrs. Willow’s cold cure is a kind of ______, then her swan cure must work as well.” Trudy couldn’t wait to try it out.
In the school playground some children stood looking up into the chestnut tree. Lisa was in tears.
“What’s the matter?” asked Trudy.
“It’s my kite,” Lisa said, wiping her eyes. “Rob let go and it’s got ______ up the tree.”
“I’ll get it down for you,” Trudy said kindly.
“No, you’ll tear it!” Lisa looked ______. “It’s a special Chinese kite! I got it for my birthday.”
For a moment Trudy felt like her old ______ self. But then she remembered what Mrs. Willow had said. It didn't matter how she looked outside. Inside, she was really a swan.
She jumped up and grabbed the lowest ______ and began to climb. “Swans never rush,” she told herself. It took her ages, but she didn't rush. At last she managed to ______ the kite. But now she had to climb down again using only one hand. Very, very ______ she swung herself down to the ground. The kite was safe!
“Thanks, Trudy.” Lisa showed it to the others. “Look, it’s all right!”
Trudy felt very, very proud and different. Smiling at everyone, she walked swan-like across the playground and into school, so tall and ______.
1.A.except B.besides C.including D.behind
2.A.danced B.sang C.laughed D.jumped
3.A.took B.turned C.rolled D.tripped
4.A.drew B.drowned C.marked D.colored
5.A.success B.masterpiece C.failure D.disaster
6.A.gift B.textbook C.message D.letter
7.A.delicate B.ugly C.cheap D.messy
8.A.care B.leave C.concern D.cure
9.A.straight B.still C.by D.tall
10.A.around B.apart C.ahead D.away
11.A.dragon B.swan C.tiger D.duck
12.A.touched B.cleaned C.cleared D.wiped
13.A.imagination B.magic C.cheating D.creation
14.A.stuck B.crashed C.torn D.damped
15.A.satisfied B.disappointed C.frightened D.delighted
16.A.beautiful B.clumsy C.dishonest D.smart
17.A.root B.trunk C.branch D.leaf
18.A.fly B.design C.make D.free
19.A.carefully B.doubtfully C.confidently D.anxiously
20.A.eager B.elegant C.enthusiastic D.energetic
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From the age of five, I was constantly surrounded by fear. It started when I was sent to boarding school. I used to ________ the bed and, the first night it happened, I knocked on the nuns’ (修女) door to ask for ________. Instead, they made me do the ‘walk of ________’, carrying a packet of wet sheets through all the ________ as they announced, ‘Make way for the bed-wetter,’ and ________ the children to laugh and shout horrible things. That happened ________.
I grew into a problem ________ and spent much time in bars drinking to forget the hopelessness and ________. That’s where I met my first husband, who turned out to be a ________ man. It was only when he ________ me into a state of unconsciousness that things changed. I knew I couldn’t go back—if I did, I would ________. So I decided to remove the layers of pain and cruelty and ________ them with happiness and success. I started to read books about how to think highly of yourself. I got into ________ and won competitions, I realised, ‘I am not a ________ person like the nuns and my husband told me.’ I decided to take the ________ I used in sport-my determination to keep ________—and apply them to everything in my life. That’s when I ________ I was a really good business person.
Whatever your past has been, don’t ________ it for who you are today. Thy and find something ________ in it. That’s the only possible way to ________ those things, be brave and turn everything around.
1.A.wet B.make C.warm D.clean
2.A.direction B.help C.permission D.advice
3.A.pride B.comfort C.shame D.apology
4.A.toilets B.offices C.classrooms D.dormitories
5.A.forced B.persuaded C.encouraged D.reminded
6.A.naturally B.regularly C.eventually D.secretly
7.A.teenager B.mother C.adult D.wife
8.A.failure B.loss C.disappointment D.fear
9.A.violent B.gentle C.responsible D.forgetful
10.A.brought B.talked C.scared D.beat
11.A.survive B.change C.die D.fight
12.A.associate B.replace C.compare D.fill
13.A.sport B.debt C.shape D.trouble
14.A.guilty B.useless C.desperate D.horrible
15.A.skills B.tips C.principles D.methods
16.A.cool B.changing C.fit D.going
17.A.imagined B.forgot C.discovered D.suspected
18.A.aim B.blame C.repeat D.make
19.A.positive B.relevant C.necessary D.unforgettable
20.A.give up B.come across C.let alone D.get over
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Some of the greatest problems we face today are concerned with the gradual destruction of our environment. Brown clouds; wildlife ____; polluted water. These ____ all seem so huge. So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don’t have to ____.
But does it do any good?
I recently learned something about flamingos (火烈鸟). These beautiful birds gather in ___ groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time ____ for migration, a few flamingos start the process by taking off from the lake. But ____ of the others seem to notice, so the tiny group returns.
However, the next day they ____ again. This time a few more struggle along with them, but the vast majority still ____ no attention, so these pioneers come back.
The ____ continues for several more days. Every time a few more birds join in but, _____ the thousands of others still take no ____, the great migration plan is once again ____.
Then one day something ____. The same small group of birds takes wing and a tiny number more join in, just as before. And this time their total number, though still quite ____, is enough to tip the balance. As one, the whole group takes flight and the migration ____. What a ____ sight it must be – thousands of flamingos taking to the sky at once!
A few can make a ____. It’s true that all of the great problems of the world have been solved because of the ____ efforts of a few.
If you believe in a cause (事业), don’t ____! Others will someday take notice and together we will ____ even our greatest problems.
1.A.protection B.extinction C.migration D.separation
2.A.questions B.costs C.examples D.problems
3.A.drive B.run C.cycle D.stand
4.A.tiny B.different C.huge D.similar
5.A.comes B.passes C.varies D.moves
6.A.all B.any C.none D.most
7.A.gather B.try C.sing D.appear
8.A.attract B.require C.escape D.pay
9.A.plan B.trend C.activity D.movement
10.A.since B.though C.unless D.while
11.A.responsibility B.notice C.chance D.measure
12.A.put off B.cut off C.carried out D.worked out
13.A.approaches B.works C.changes D.disappears
14.A.significant B.reasonable C.adequate D.small
15.A.continues B.delays C.finishes D.begins
16.A.familiar B.strange C.magnificent D.unrealistic
17.A.point B.decision C.difference D.mistake
18.A.useless B.tireless C.extra D.special
19.A.give up B.give in C.give away D.give out
20.A.identify B.understand C.predict D.solve
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A letter to the teacher who inspired my young son
I was so worried about handing my little boy, Carol, over during his first week of school, but you made it easier. You, _______ at him like a mother would at her own child. You showed warmth and your hugs were always on _______.
After a day in class with you, Carol would come home _______. Whenever I hear Do Your Ears Hang Low or to see him _______ to the sky when singing about the days of the week, I will think of you. The first time we sang it after _______ you was hard but, as time passes, I take _______ in the knowledge that, even though you are not here, you work _______ to make children happy.
Your creativity was _______. I’ll never forget the children’s faces when you’d beautifully _______the classroom into the Deep Dark Wood. I remember their ________ faces talking about the Magnificent Tower Building you’d ________.
In the short time I knew you, you never seemed ________ by the mountain of paperwork or impossible work-life balance that comes with the role. Instead, you appeared to ________ every minute.
I can’t comprehend why you’ve been ________ from us. Telling Carol was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. I’m not sure whether he fully understands, ________ he told me he loved you and has been asking whether your “robot powers” will work in ________. I hope that you will shine on him from heaven and ________ him always.
I ________ I had told you all of this when you were with us. I hope that you ________ the extent of your magic, how you brought ________ to everyone you met and how loved you were. Goodbye, Dear Friend.
1.A.pointed B.smiled C.came D.aimed
2.A.display B.duty C.sale D.offer
3.A.complaining B.dancing C.singing D.weeping
4.A.stretching B.shouting C.shooting D.submitting
5.A.losing B.contacting C.leaving D.pleasing
6.A.pride B.delight C.part D.comfort
7.A.promises B.happens C.continues D.ceases
8.A.complex B.inspiring C.shabby D.temporary
9.A.transformed B.divided C.enlarged D.shrunk
10.A.frustrated B.cheerful C.panicked D.funny
11.A.observed B.purchased C.discovered D.created
12.A.motivated B.interrupted C.disturbed D.rejected
13.A.waste B.enjoy C.share D.seize
14.A.taken B.hidden C.claimed D.saved
15.A.because B.while C.but D.and
16.A.school B.heaven C.music D.performance
17.A.inspect B.imitate C.satisfy D.guide
18.A.wish B.regret C.assure D.forget
19.A.lost B.expected C.knew D.managed
20.A.convenience B.argument C.sympathy D.happiness
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A little piece of paper with the number “sixty-eight" written on it has been taped above the screen of my laptop for eight years. The ink it was written with is so unclear that the number can hardly be ___ But
it's still there to ___ me to keep doing what I've been doing and to be patient.
The ____ of that number dates back to the _____moment of my writing career I'd just left a second ____ for an editing position at a magazine. My writing career wasn't __ though I'd made some progress. I'd successfully written a few “good" stories, but nobody __ them. I returned to my apartment disappointedly and checked my bank ____. I had only $68 available to ___from. What's worse, rent was __ in 11 days. People say failure is easier to __ when you know you give your best effort. For me, it hurt knowing I'd tried hard in work. I'd written every day for five years and I almost wrote at any spare time I had. I __ took a weekend or a holiday off. A lot of __ had been put in, but in __ it seemed to be all for nothing. Later I realized it was __ because it would be too convenient if every career was made up of a to-do list that __ perfectly with the ladder of success. The most important thing is that I didn't __ trying. I knew it took years for me to lay the foundations of success. After years of attempts, efforts and failures, at last I reaped(收获)more opportunities and gained a _____ I became a professional writer and won readers' _____. including two Emmy Awards.
I think if you do something long enough, ____ you will get good at it, and someone will pay you for it
1.A.realized B.touched C.recognized D.erased
2.A.advise B.demand C.force D.remind
3.A.principle B.analysis C.significance D.majority
4.A.dullest B.toughest C.brightest D.highest
5.A.interview B.party C.name D.recommendation
6.A.booming B.slowing C.continuing D.pausing
7.A.rejected B.shared C.appreciated D.delivered
8.A.code B.information C.credit D.account
9.A.reach B.fetch C.draw D.judge
10.A.due B.free C.affordable D.attainable
11.A.summarize B.highlight C.guarantee D.accept
12.A.ever B.never C.merely D.always
13.A.money B.effort C.strength D.ambition
14.A.reality B.time C.relief D.turn
15.A.necessary B.special C.formal D.normal
16.A.lived B.mixed C.coincided D.compared
17.A.insist on B.give up C.jump at D.speak of
18.A.reputation B.dream C.reason D.donation
19.A.assessment B.sympathy C.impression D.favour
20.A.thankfully B.eventually C.temporarily D.casually
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