Paul Nicklen waited patiently on a sheet of i...

Paul Nicklen waited patiently on a sheet of ice in the Arctic.　 He was there to take pictures for National Geographic. Finally, he saw something big and white. It was a polar bear, swimming towards him in the icy water.

Paul lay down-on the ice to get a better photo, but the polar bear jumped out of the water and tried to attack him! Luckily for Paul, the ice cracked or broke and the bear fell back into the water The polar bear wasn’t so lucky. It couldn’t get a meal and had to swim farther away to find food.

To understand the polar bear’s problem, you need to know two things about the Arctic. First, the Arctic is mostly ocean. Second , ice cover a lot of the Arctic Ocean. In winter, the ice form a thick, white sheet, but in summer, the ice becomes thinner and break into pieces. Sea ice is the key to survival for Arctic animals. However, because of global warming, Arctic temperatures are rising and polar ice is melting.

Polar bears need ice to hunt seals, their favourite meal. They stand on the ice wait for the seal to come up for air. As Arctic ice melts, polar bears have to swim farther to find ice floes, or large pieces of floating ice. Sometimes, bears have to swim more than 200 km to find an ice floe. Some bears cannot swim that far and sadly they drown.

On his last trip, Paul Nicklen saw three dead bodies of polar bears. Before global warming threatened Arctic ice, a dead bear was a rare sight, Paul is sad to see the dead bodies, wildlife experts thinks global warming will have a terrible effect on polar bears. In the future, polar ice will continue to shrink and endanger the bear. Some scientists believe 65 percent of the world’s polar bears will disappear by 2050. in other word, polar bears are in great danger.

1. The main idea of the passage is that_________.

A. polar bears are amazing swimmers　　　　　　　

B. Arctic temperatures are rising

C. global warming is endangering polar bears

2.The polar bear that tried to attack Paul was unlucky because

A. Paul swam away　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. it was on an ice floe

C. it couldn't eat Paul

3.According to the passage, polar bears hunt seals by______ .

A. waiting on the ice　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. waiting in the water

C. drowning the seals

4. From the passage, Paul Nicklen is maybe a_________.

A. scientist　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. photographer　　

C. Psychologist

5.　 We can infer that polar bears____________.

A. won't have any food in 2050　　　　　　

B. will all die before 2050

C. cannot find food easily

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阅读理解(2014贵阳)

Paul Nicklen waited patiently on a sheet of ice in the Arctic．He was there to take pictures for National Geographic．Finally，he saw something big and white．It was a polar bear，swimming towards him in the icy water．

Paul lay down on the ice to get a better photo，but the polar bear jumped out of the water and tried to attack him！Luckily for Paul，the ice cracked，or broke．and the bear fell back into the water．The polar bear wasn’t so lucky．It couldn’t get a meal and had to swim farther away to find food．

To understand the polar bear’s problem，you need to know two things about the Arctic．First，the Arctic is mostly ocean．Second，ice covers a lot of the Arctic Ocean．In winter，the ice forms a thick，white sheet，but in summer，the ice becomes thinner and breaks into pieces．Sea ice is the key to survival(幸存)for Arctic animals．However，because of global warming，Arctic temperatures are rising and polar ice is melting．

Polar bears need ice to hunt seals，their favorite meal．They stand on the ice and wait for the seals to come up for air．As Arctic ice melts，polar bears have to swim farther to find ice floes，or large pieces of floating ice．Sometimes，bears have to swim more than 200 km to find an ice floe．Some bears cannot swim that far and，sadly，they drown．

On his last trip，Paul Nicklen saw three dead bodies of polar bears．Before global warming threatened Arctic ice，a dead bear was a rare sight．Paul is sad to see the dead bodies．Wildlife experts think global warming will have a terrible effect on polar bears．In the future，polar ice will continue to shrink and endanger the bears．some scientists believe 65 percent of the world’s polar bears will disappear by 2050．In other words，polar bears are in great danger．

1.The main idea of the passage is that________．

A．polar bears are amazing swimmers

B．Arctic temperatures are rising

C．global warming is endangering polar bears

2.The polar bear that tried to attack Paul was unlucky because________．

A．Paul swam away

B．it was on an ice floe

C．it couldn’t eat Paul

3.According to the passage，polar bears hunt seals by________．

A．waiting on the ice

B．waiting in the water

C．drowning the seals

4.From the passage，Paul Nicklen is maybe a________．

A．scientist

B．photographer

C．psychologist

5.We can infer that polar bears________．

A．won’t have any food in 2050

B．will all die before 2050

C．cannot find food easily

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Paul stopped in front of the small cottage (小屋) in the countryside. He knocked on the wooden door but no one___________. He thought, “Why? She should be inside.” Paul looked around. The place was too quiet. “Where is the mysterious witch (女巫)? I want to ask her to help me with my_________.” He kicked a small rock on the ground. Then he kicked another one. “What did those rocks do to you?” A_____________ suddenly broke the quiet.

“Nothing. I was … Wait! Who are you?” Paul stared at the pretty girl.

“I’m Gemma. I often come here to_____________ this area’s plants. Who are you?” she asked. “I’m Paul. I’m_____________ … for …”

“A witch?” Gemma laughed. “I’m sorry to disappoint (使……失望) you, Paul, but I am just the so-called witch. The first time I came here three years ago, two old ladies saw me in the evening and for some_______________ they got scared. From then on, everyone at this village said that I was a witch. Well, they know about me now and they’re not_______________ any more. But they want to attract more tourists, so ...”

“So you’re not a witch? _______________ a girl who studies plants?” “Yes, can you tell me why you were coming for the witch?” “Well, it’s nothing big. It’s just … stupid.”

“Hey, if something makes you feel upset, then it needs to be_______________,” said Gemma. “I’m sure we can find a way together.”

Paul took a deep breath and said, “I always have nightmares (噩梦), so I’m too afraid to fall asleep.” Can the “witch” help him? Maybe. Two heads are __________________better than one.

1.A.answered B.explained C.admitted

2.A.friendship B.family C.problem

3.A.cry B.voice C.word

4.A.study B.grow C.protect

5.A.asking for B.looking for C.preparing for

6.A.excuse B.reason C.message

7.A.afraid B.angry C.surprised

8.A.Also B.Even C.Just

9.A.solved B.avoided C.explored

10.A.correctly B.nearly C.surely

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As a doctor , you should be patient _______all the patients.

A. in　　　　　　　　 B. with　　　　　　　　 C. on　　　　　　　　 D. of

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任务型阅读(每格限填一词)。

On a Saturday afternoon, when you are enjoying ice cream in front of the TV or playing on the computer, what are kids at your age doing on the other side of the planet? Are they at school? What do they do for fun every day? Find out here:

1. Education

School is expensive for many African kids. Lots of families can’t afford school uniforms or exercise books even if they don’t have to pay for school.

For those are lucky enough to go to school, they have a lot to learn. Some take two language classes: English or French and their native language. There is also Math, Science, History, Social Studies, and Geography. Plenty of housework takes up much of kids’ time after school. They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Then, there’s cleaning, washing and helping Mum with the meal.

2. Daily fun

It’s not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Sport is great because kids do not need money to play.

Kids can make goals with twigs (嫩枝) and their own footballs with plastic and bits of strings (绳子). They play in the desert dust and the streets of old towns.

There’re many football teams for teenagers in Africa. The first kids’ football teams were set up in Kenya (肯尼亚) in 1987.

3. Internet

Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in the continent. All of the capital cities in Africa can get on the Internet.

But fewer than one out of every 250 people in Africa can get on the Internet. It’s really expensive. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average monthly pay per person.

Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home. South Africa Lesley Harrison, 12, wishes he had the Internet at home. “I could show my family lots of stuff. No one where I live even knows what the Internet is.”

Life about African kids

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选词填空（每题1分，共10分）

true;　　　　 in one's fifties;　　　　 patient;　　 out of control;　　　　 wolf

destroy;　　　 catch;　　　　　　　　 consider;　　　　 wait;　　　　　　　 ride;

1.Millie is a(n) ______________ girl. She can get angry easily.

2.____________________ belong to the dog family, living and hunting together.

3.---- How many people were badly hurt in the accident?

---- Three, including two teenage boys and a woman ______________________.

4.I am ________________ sorry to hear that several hundred people died in last month’s South Korean ferry disaster

5.----What happened just now?

----The truck went ________________and hit a tree by the road.

6.I hope that you __________________ the effect it will have on your family before you decide to leave your job.

7.— Why didn’t you turn up at yesterday’s meeting?

— Because I___________________ for my uncle at the airport, and the plane was two hours late.

8.They are mending the door, and they are wondering who ____________________ it?

9.Mrs Merrick always ____________________ to work in the past, but now she drives a car.

10.Through this story, our teacher wanted to tell us a lesson — The early bird ____________ the worm.

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It was on the afternoon of the day of Christmas Eve, and I was in Mrs. Prothero’s garden, waiting for cats, with her son Jim. It was snowing. Patient and cold, our hands wrapped in socks, we waited to snowball the cats. The wise cats never appeared. We were so still in the snow that we never heard Mrs. Prothero’s first cry from the bottom of the garden. Or, if we heard it at all, it was, to us, like the cry of the neighbor’s Polar cat. But soon the voice grew louder. “Fire!” cried Mrs. Prothero.

And we ran down the garden, with the snowballs in our arms, towards the house; and smoke, indeed, was pouring out of the dining room.

This was better than all the cats in Wales standing on the wall in a row. We loaded with snowballs, stopped at the open door of the smoke-filled room. Something was burning all right; perhaps it was Mr. Prothero, who always slept there after midday dinner with a newspaper over his face; but he was standing in the middle of the room, saying, “A fine Christmas!”

There was no fire to be seen, only clouds of smoke and Mr. Prothero standing in the middle of them, waving his slipper as though he were conducting.

“Do something,” he said.

And we three all our snowballs into the smoke—I think we missed Mr. Porthero—and ran out of the house.

“Let’s call the police,” Jim said.

“And Emie Jenkins, he likes fires.” But we only called the fire-brigade, and soon the fire-engine came. Mr. Porthero went out just in time before they turned the hose (水管) on.

1.Why were the boys in Mrs. Prothero’s garden?

A.They were about to start a snowball fight.

B.They were waiting to see if there would be any fires this year.

C.They were waiting to hear Mrs. Porthero’s first cry.

D.They were waiting for the neighbour’s cats to appear.

2.The underlined phrase “snowball the cats” (in Paragraph 1) means “__________”.

A.make cats out of snow B.bury cats under the snow

C.throw snowballs at the cats D.play tricks on cats

3.When the boys saw smoke pouring out of the dining room, __________.

A.they were joyful and excited B.they were frightened and worried

C.they were sorry for Mrs. Prothero D.they were worried about Mr. Prothero

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听短文填空

Information Sheet

26．In the US，1.is usually the largest meal of the day

27．Americans are more likely to have2. than rice or Asian­style noodles.

28．After dinner, most Americans will have sweet food, such as，3.，cake or fruit.

29．People are generally4. their whole meal on a single plate.

30．In China people often put their5. _in the centre of the table.

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Paul’s mother is a nurse. She works 　　　 a hospital.

A. with　　 B. on　　 C. of　　 D. in

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Paul was born ______ 2001. He is fifteen years old.

A．in B．on C．of D．at

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