A.Foreword | |
The Antidepressant Survival Guide: Beat the Side Effects of Your Medication by Robert J.Hedaya, M.D, Robert J.Hedaya, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital's Department of Psychiatry. Motto: Live well. | |
B.How Fear Limits Us | |
On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work, and Life by Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington was raised in Greece by her fearless mother.She has written this book for her two daughters in the hope that they will lead fearless lives. Motto: Overcome the obstacle, get over the next hill. | |
C.Determination: How to Set Goals and Go After Them | |
Fight Your Fear and Win by Don Greene, Ph.D. Don Greene, Ph.D., was a nationally ranked high school diver.He was the sports psychologist for the U.S.Olympic Diving Team. Motto: Determination is drive. | |
D.The Anger Business | |
Anger : The Misunderstood Emotion by Carol Tavris, Ph.D. Carol Tavris, Ph.D., was senior editor,she now teaches from time to time in the department of psychology at UCLA Motto: Reduce Stress! | |
E.In the Presence of Danger | |
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Davin de Becker, America's leading expert on violence, is the best-selling author of the Gift of Fear: Survival Signals. Motto: Trust and act on our straight instincts. | |
F.Moving from Fear to Freedom | |
Transforming Anxiety, Transcending Shame by Rex Briggs, M.S.W. REX BRIGGS, M.S.W., has been a selected speaker at the National Anxiety Disorders Association of America's conferences since 1986. Motto: Weaken anxiety |
下面是这些书的简要内容,请匹配相关的书名。
1.This useful, popular book shows that if you are gone broke and lose love, please hold yourself back. If you look fat, just face it calmly. If you are in survival thinking, the most important is that you get rid of all the difficulties in front of us, life will be safe, perfect. If your daughters are to take their rightful place in society, they must become fearless.
2.In this book, the author calls the nation's leading experts on violent behavior, and shows you how to spot even tiny signs of danger before it's too late. Most violent acts are unpredictable. It points out that true fear is often a signal that can save your life. Believe the threat of violence surrounds us every day. But we can protect ourselves by straight judgment.
3.This book based on his years of clinical experience. It says about twentyfive million Americans take medicine to avoid depression. Despite the advances in the treatment of depression in recent years, many patients, even with the best medical care, feel that they are not living rich and fulfilling lives. This book will direct you how to survive well.
4.This interesting book tells us that annoyance is as much a political matter as a biological one. And anger is a definite message: Pay attention to me. I don't like what you are doing. Restore my pride. You're in my way. Give me justice. This book suggests that when you're angry, just let it right out.
5.This valuable book states that nervousness has become a constant factor in today's society like a sign of the times, but it is sometimes difficult to recognize the effects of anxiety on our mental health. The only way to feel better about ourselves is to go out and do it.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
A.Foreword | |
The Antidepressant Survival Guide: Beat the Side Effects of Your Medication by Robert J.Hedaya, M.D, Robert J.Hedaya, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital's Department of Psychiatry. Motto: Live well. | |
B.How Fear Limits Us | |
On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work, and Life by Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington was raised in Greece by her fearless mother.She has written this book for her two daughters in the hope that they will lead fearless lives. Motto: Overcome the obstacle, get over the next hill. | |
C.Determination: How to Set Goals and Go After Them | |
Fight Your Fear and Win by Don Greene, Ph.D. Don Greene, Ph.D., was a nationally ranked high school diver.He was the sports psychologist for the U.S.Olympic Diving Team. Motto: Determination is drive. | |
D.The Anger Business | |
Anger : The Misunderstood Emotion by Carol Tavris, Ph.D. Carol Tavris, Ph.D., was senior editor,she now teaches from time to time in the department of psychology at UCLA Motto: Reduce Stress! | |
E.In the Presence of Danger | |
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Davin de Becker, America's leading expert on violence, is the best-selling author of the Gift of Fear: Survival Signals. Motto: Trust and act on our straight instincts. | |
F.Moving from Fear to Freedom | |
Transforming Anxiety, Transcending Shame by Rex Briggs, M.S.W. REX BRIGGS, M.S.W., has been a selected speaker at the National Anxiety Disorders Association of America's conferences since 1986. Motto: Weaken anxiety |
下面是这些书的简要内容,请匹配相关的书名。
1.This useful, popular book shows that if you are gone broke and lose love, please hold yourself back. If you look fat, just face it calmly. If you are in survival thinking, the most important is that you get rid of all the difficulties in front of us, life will be safe, perfect. If your daughters are to take their rightful place in society, they must become fearless.
2.In this book, the author calls the nation's leading experts on violent behavior, and shows you how to spot even tiny signs of danger before it's too late. Most violent acts are unpredictable. It points out that true fear is often a signal that can save your life. Believe the threat of violence surrounds us every day. But we can protect ourselves by straight judgment.
3.This book based on his years of clinical experience. It says about twentyfive million Americans take medicine to avoid depression. Despite the advances in the treatment of depression in recent years, many patients, even with the best medical care, feel that they are not living rich and fulfilling lives. This book will direct you how to survive well.
4.This interesting book tells us that annoyance is as much a political matter as a biological one. And anger is a definite message: Pay attention to me. I don't like what you are doing. Restore my pride. You're in my way. Give me justice. This book suggests that when you're angry, just let it right out.
5.This valuable book states that nervousness has become a constant factor in today's society like a sign of the times, but it is sometimes difficult to recognize the effects of anxiety on our mental health. The only way to feel better about ourselves is to go out and do it.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
首先请阅读下列深圳书城的畅销书的封面及基本信息:
A.Foreword | |
The Antidepressant Survival Guide: Beat the Side Effects of Your Medication by Robert J.Hedaya, M.D, Robert J.Hedaya, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital's Department of Psychiatry. Motto: Live well. | |
B.How Fear Limits Us | |
On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work, and Life by Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington was raised in Greece by her fearless mother.She has written this book for her two daughters in the hope that they will lead fearless lives. Motto: Overcome the obstacle, get over the next hill. | |
C.Determination: How to Set Goals and Go After Them | |
Fight Your Fear and Win by Don Greene, Ph.D. Don Greene, Ph.D., was a nationally ranked high school diver.He was the sports psychologist for the U.S.Olympic Diving Team. Motto: Determination is drive. | |
D.The Anger Business | |
Anger : The Misunderstood Emotion by Carol Tavris, Ph.D. Carol Tavris, Ph.D., was senior editor,she now teaches from time to time in the department of psychology at UCLA Motto: Reduce Stress! | |
E.In the Presence of Danger | |
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Davin de Becker, America's leading expert on violence, is the best-selling author of the Gift of Fear: Survival Signals. Motto: Trust and act on our straight instincts. | |
F.Moving from Fear to Freedom | |
Transforming Anxiety, Transcending Shame by Rex Briggs, M.S.W. REX BRIGGS, M.S.W., has been a selected speaker at the National Anxiety Disorders Association of America's conferences since 1986. Motto: Weaken anxiety |
下面是这些书的简要内容,请匹配相关的书名。
1.This useful, popular book shows that if you are gone broke and lose love, please hold yourself back. If you look fat, just face it calmly. If you are in survival thinking, the most important is that you get rid of all the difficulties in front of us, life will be safe, perfect. If your daughters are to take their rightful place in society, they must become fearless.
2.In this book, the author calls the nation's leading experts on violent behavior, and shows you how to spot even tiny signs of danger before it's too late. Most violent acts are unpredictable. It points out that true fear is often a signal that can save your life. Believe the threat of violence surrounds us every day. But we can protect ourselves by straight judgment.
3.I.This book based on his years of clinical experience. It says about twentyfive million Americans take medicine to avoid depression. Despite the advances in the treatment of depression in recent years, many patients, even with the best medical care, feel that they are not living rich and fulfilling lives. This book will direct you how to survive well.
4.I This interesting book tells us that annoyance is as much a political matter as a biological one. And anger is a definite message: Pay attention to me. I don't like what you are doing. Restore my pride. You're in my way. Give me justice. This book suggests that when you're angry, just let it right out.
5.I.This valuable book states that nervousness has become a constant factor in today's society like a sign of the times, but it is sometimes difficult to recognize the effects of anxiety on our mental health. The only way to feel better about ourselves is to go out and do it.
高三英语信息匹配中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。把答案填涂在答题卡上相应的题号的答案标号上。
首先请阅读下列深圳书城的畅销书的封面及基本信息:
A.Foreword | |
The Antidepressant Survival Guide: Beat the Side Effects of Your Medication by Robert J.Hedaya, M.D, Robert J.Hedaya, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital's Department of Psychiatry. Motto: Live well. | |
B.How Fear Limits Us | |
On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work, and Life by Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington was raised in Greece by her fearless mother.She has written this book for her two daughters in the hope that they will lead fearless lives. Motto: Overcome the obstacle, get over the next hill. | |
C.Determination: How to Set Goals and Go After Them | |
Fight Your Fear and Win by Don Greene, Ph.D. Don Greene, Ph.D., was a nationally ranked high school diver.He was the sports psychologist for the U.S.Olympic Diving Team. Motto: Determination is drive. | |
D.The Anger Business | |
Anger : The Misunderstood Emotion by Carol Tavris, Ph.D. Carol Tavris, Ph.D., was senior editor,she now teaches from time to time in the department of psychology at UCLA Motto: Reduce Stress! | |
E.In the Presence of Danger | |
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Davin de Becker, America's leading expert on violence, is the best-selling author of the Gift of Fear: Survival Signals. Motto: Trust and act on our straight instincts. | |
F.Moving from Fear to Freedom | |
Transforming Anxiety, Transcending Shame by Rex Briggs, M.S.W. REX BRIGGS, M.S.W., has been a selected speaker at the National Anxiety Disorders Association of America's conferences since 1986. Motto: Weaken anxiety |
下面是这些书的简要内容,请匹配相关的书名。
1. This useful,popular book shows that if you are gone broke and lose love, please hold yourself back. If you look fat, just face it calmly. If you are in survival thinking, the most important is that you get rid of all the difficulties in front of us, life will be safe, perfect. If your daughters are to take their rightful place in society, they must become fearless.
2. In this book, the author calls the nation's leading experts on violent behavior, and shows you how to spot even tiny signs of danger before it's too late. Most violent acts are unpredictable. It points out that true fear is often a signal that can save your life. Believe the threat of violence surrounds us every day. But we can protect ourselves by straight judgment.
3. This book based on his years of clinical experience. It says about twentyfive million Americans take medicine to avoid depression. Despite the advances in the treatment of depression in recent years, many patients, even with the best medical care, feel that they are not living rich and fulfilling lives. This book will direct you how to survive well.
4. This interesting book tells us that annoyance is as much a political matter as a biological one. And anger is a definite message: Pay attention to me. I don't like what you are doing. Restore my pride. You're in my way. Give me justice. This book suggests that when you're angry, just let it right out.
5. This valuable book states that nervousness has become a constant factor in today's society like a sign of the times, but it is sometimes difficult to recognize the effects of anxiety on our mental health. The only way to feel better about ourselves is to go out and do it.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Antidepressant(抗忧郁)drugs such as Prozac were viewed in the early 1900's as wonder pills that would remove depressive blues for good. But in the past five years, growing scientific evidence has shown these drugs work for only a minority of people. And now a research journal says that these antidepressants can make many patients' depression worse. This alarming suggestion centres on the very chemical that is targeted by antidepressants-serotonin(血清素). Drugs such as Prozac are known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors(or SSRIs). Their aim is to increase the level of this “feel-good” chemical in the brain.
But the new research, published in the journal Frontiers In Evolutionary Psychology, points out that serotonin is like a chemical Swiss Army knife, performing a very wide range of jobs in the brain and body. And when we start changing serotonin levels purposely, it may cause a wide range of unwanted effects. These can include digestive problems and even early deaths in older people, according to the study's lead researcher Paul Andrews. “ We need to be much more cautious about use of these drugs,” says Andrews, an assistant professor of evolutionary psychology at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada.
Previous research has suggested that the drugs provide little benefit for most people with mild depression, and actively help only a few of the most severely depressed. Famous psychologist Irving Kirsch has found that for many patients, SSRIs are no more effective than a placebo pill. A research in 2010 on Danish children found a small, but significant, increase in the risk of heart problems among babies whose mothers had used SSRIs in early pregnancy. The key to understanding these side-effects is serotonin, says Andrews. Serotonin is also the reason why patients can often end up feeling still more depressed after they have finished a course of SSRI drugs. He argues that SSRI antidepressants disturb the brain, leaving the patient an even greater depression than before.
“After long use, when a patient stops taking SSRIs, the brain will lower its levels of serotonin production,” he says, adding that it also changes the way receptors in the brain respond to serotonin, making the brain less sensitive to the chemical. These changes are believed to be temporary, but studies indicate that the effects may continue for up to two years.
Most disturbingly of all, Andrews' review features three recent studies which, he says , show that elderly antidepressant users are more likely to die earlier than non-users, even after taking other important variables into account. One study, published in the British Medical Journal last year, found patients given SSRIs were more than 4 per cent more likely to die in the next year than those not on the drugs.
“Serotonin is an ancient chemical,” says Andrews. “It is regulating many different processes, and when you disturb these things, you can expect that it is going to cause some harm.”
Stafford Lightman, professor of medicine at the University of Bristol, and a leading UK expert in brain chemicals and hormones, says Andrews’ review highlights some important problems, yet it should also be taken with a pinch of salt. “This report is doing the opposite of what drug companies do,” he says. “Drug companies selectively present all the positives in their research, while this search selectively presents all the negatives that can be found. Nevertheless, Andrews' study is useful in that it is always worth pointing out that there is a downside to any medicine. ” Professor Lightman adds that there is still a great deal we don't know about SSRIs-not least what they actually do in our brains.
When it comes to understanding why the drugs work only for a limited part of patients, U.S. scientists think they might now have the answer. They think that in many depressed patients, it’s not only the lack of feel-good serotonin causing their depression, but also a failure in the area of the brain that produces new cells throughout our lives. This area, the hippocampus, is also responsible for regulating mood and memory. Research suggests that in patients whose hippocampus has lost the ability to produce new cells, SSRIs do not bring any benefit.
1.According to paragraph 2, serotonin, like a chemical Swiss Army knife, can ________.
A. make many patients' depression worse
B. cause a wide range of unwanted effects
C. affect human body and brain in various ways
D. provide little benefit for most depressed people
2.In Stafford Lightman's opinion,________.
A. drug companies don't know the negative effect of antidepressants
B. Andrews focused on different things from the drug companies
C. scientists have found what SSRIs do in the brain
D. Andrews' research has no medical value
3.Which of the following is TRUE about SSRIs?
A. They are used to increase the “feel-good” medical in the brain.
B. They can work even when the hippocampus can't produce new cells.
C. They create a risk of heart problems in pregnant women.
D. They are responsible for controlling mood and memory.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. The aim of drug companies
B. The function of SSRIs
C. The side-effects of antidepressants
D. The cause of depression
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
听下面一段独白,回答以下小题。
1.Where did the speaker learn his survival skills?
A. In the army. B. In a survival school. C. At a camping site.
2.How much does the basic survival course cost per person?
A. $220. B. $200. C. $190.
3.When does the extreme survival course take place?
A. In cold and wet months. B. On sunny days. C. Throughout the year.
4.What can people learn to do in the extreme survival course?
A. Build a shelter. B. Use gas cookers. C. Put up a tent.
高三英语短文困难题查看答案及解析
The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can 1from a different kind of poverty — of the spirit. 2, one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自杀 ) every year by children under 15, and one child 3five needs psychiatric (心理) advice.
There are many good things about 4in the Third World. Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between 5and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. 6, the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbours working 7and often shares in that work.
A child 8in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's 9:helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies -- rather than 10playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 11playing with dolls.
These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the 12children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, 13, are provided with a watch as one of the 14signs of growing up, so that they can 15along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows …
Third World children do not usually 16to stay indoors, still less in highrise apartments (公寓) . Instead of dangerous roads, "keep off the grass" signs and "don't speak to strangers", there is often a sense of 17to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 18from ten floors up.
19, twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all 20
1.A. come B. learn C. suffer D. survive
2.A. As usual B. For instance C. In fact D. In other words
3.A. by B. in C. to D. under
4.A. childhood B. poverty C. spirit D. survival
5.A. adults B. fathers C. neighbours D. relatives
6.A. Anyhow B. However C. Instead D. Still
7.A. away B. alone C. along D. nearby
8.A. growing up B. living through C. playing D. working
9.A. activity B. life C. study D. work
10.A. by B. from C. through D. with
11.A. and B. but C. or D. so
12.A. Eastern B. good C. poor D. Western
13.A. at any moment B. at the same time C. on the other hand D. on the whole
14.A. easiest B. earliest C. happiest D. quickest
15.A. care B. fear C. hurry D. worry
16.A. dare B. expect C. have D. require
17.A. control B. danger C. disappointment D. freedom
18.A. anxiously B. eagerly C. impatiently D. proudly
19.A. Above all B. In the end C. Of course D. What's more
20.A. bad B. good C. rich D. poor
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can ________ from a different kind of poverty — of the spirit. , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自杀 ) every year by children under 15, and one child ________ five needs psychiatric (心理上的) advice.
There are many good things about ________ in the Third World. Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbors for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between ________ and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices., the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbors working ________ and often shares in that work..
A child ________ in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's ________ :helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies -- rather than ________ playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets ________ playing with dolls.
These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the ________ children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, ________ , are provided with a watch as one of the ________ signs of growing up, so that they can ________ along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows …
Third World children do not usually ________ to stay indoors, still less in high-rise apartments. Instead of dangerous roads, "keep off the grass" signs and "don't speak to strangers", there is often a sense of ________ to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them ________ from ten floors up.
________ , twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all ________
1.A. come B. survive C. suffer D. learn
2.A. As usual B. In fact C.For instance D. In other words
3.A. in B.by C. to D. under
4.A. childhood B. poverty C. spirit D. survival
5.A. neighbors B. fathers C. adults D. relatives
6.A. Anyhow B. Instead C.However D. Still
7.A. away B. alone C. nearby D.along
8.A. working B. living through C.playing D. growing up
9.A. fun B. life C. study D. work
10.A. by B. through C.from D. with
11.A. or B. but C. and D. so
12.A. Western B. good C. poor D. Eastern
13.A. at any moment B. at the same time C. on the other hand D. on the whole
14.A. easiest B. quickest C. happiest D. earliest
15.A. care B. worry C. hurry D.fear
16.A. dare B. expect C. have D. require
17.A. freedom B. danger C. disappointment D.control
18.A. eagerly B. anxiously C. impatiently D. proudly
19.A. Above all B. In the end C. Of course D. What's more
20.A. poor B. good C. rich D. bad
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Barack Obama has really gone wild. The US president has taken part in the survival television show Running Wild With Bear Grylls, which will air on NBC later this year. In the show, Obama goes on an adventure with host Bear Grylls, learning how to survive in the Alaskan wilderness.
Edward Michael “Bear” Grylls, 41, has become known around the world as one of the most famous outdoor adventurers. The Briton has appeared on a number of wilderness survival shows in which he has climbed, sailed, and eaten bugs or cow tongue.
Obama doesn’t have to eat bugs or cow tongue on his adventure with Grylls. But he does have to eat leftovers - a bloody salmon (三文鱼). It was partly enjoyed by a bear that left some meat behind.
Although he is far from the White House kitchen, Obama seems to enjoy the outdoors. “As president, I am in what’s called the bubble(保护膜), and the Secret Service makes sure that I’m always out of danger ... but I sometimes want to get out,” he said in a video.
However, Obama’s appearance on the show isn’t just for fun. He took part to raise awareness of the effect global warming has had on the US’s largest state, Alaska.
1.On his adventure, Obama______.
A. has to eat something strange like bugs
B. enjoys cow tongue with Grylls
C. takes in some unusual food
D. never has any difficulty
2.It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. Obama has been tired of the life in the White House
B. US presidents have never been in danger because of the Secret Service
C. the food prepared in the White House is not as good as the food outdoors
D. The life outside the White House is sometimes attractive to the president
3.The purpose of Obama’s appearance on the show is _____.
A. to have some fun
B. to promote environmental protection
C. to enjoy the wilderness in Alaska
D. to get out of the White House for a change
4.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Grylls is the most well known outdoor adventurer around the world.
B. The TV show with Obama’s appearance is now on air on NBC.
C. Obama learns how to survive with host Bear Grylls in African wilderness.
D. Grylls has special abilities to survive in the wild
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Barack Obama has really gone wild. The US president has taken part in the survival television show Running Wild With Bear Grylls, which will air on NBC later this year. In the show, Obama goes on an adventure with host Bear Grylls, learning how to survive in the Alaskan wilderness.
Edward Michael “Bear” Grylls, 41, has become known around the world as one of the most famous outdoor adventurers. The Briton has appeared on a number of wilderness survival shows in which he has climbed, sailed, and eaten bugs or cow tongue.
Obama doesn’t have to eat bugs or cow tongue on his adventure with Grylls. But he does have to eat leftovers - a bloody salmon (三文鱼). It was partly enjoyed by a bear that left some meat behind.
Although he is far from the White House kitchen, Obama seems to enjoy the outdoors. “As president, I am in what’s called the bubble(保护膜), and the Secret Service makes sure that I’m always out of danger... but I sometimes want to get out,” he said in a video.
However, Obama’s appearance on the show isn’t just for fun. He took part to raise awareness of the effect global warming has had on the US’s largest state, Alaska.
1.On his adventure, Obama______.
A. has to eat something strange like bugs
B. enjoys cow tongue with Grylls
C. takes in some unusual food
D. never has any difficulty
2.It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. Obama has been tired of the life in the White House
B. US presidents have never been in danger because of the Secret Service
C. the food prepared in the White House is not as good as the food outdoors
D. The life outside the White House is sometimes attractive to the president
3.The purpose of Obama’s appearance on the show is _____.
A. to have some fun
B. to promote environmental protection
C. to enjoy the wilderness in Alaska
D. to get out of the White House for a change
4.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Grylls is the most well known outdoor adventurer around the world.
B. The TV show with Obama’s appearance is now on air on NBC.
C. Obama learns how to survive with host Bear Grylls in African wilderness.
D. Grylls has special abilities to survive in the wild
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
If you read the news about honeybee survival, it's all very confusing.
The Hoover Institution's Dr. Henry Miller notes “The reality is that honeybee populations are not declining. According to U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) statistics,the world's honeybee population rose to 80 million colonies(群落) in 2011 from 50 million in1960.”Meanwhile Jennifer Sass of the Natural Resources Defense Council points out “The number of managed honeybee colonies in the U. S. has dropped from four million hives(蜂群) in 1970 to 2.5 million today.”
Surprisingly, both of these claims are correct. Miller points to the “global” commercial honeybee-hive count, which has grown considerably. Sass points to domestic colony numbers only, which have in fact declined.
Far more bees are farmed for making honey than for pollination(传粉) services. Since more honey is now made overseas than it was in the past, more hives are kept overseas, and fewer in the United States and Europe. And the global number of commercial hives and honey they produce has grown to meet the demands of an expanding world population. Such shifts offer no evidence of a honeybee hive crisis. They simply represent the market forces of supply and demand.
The FAO data also clarify that national or even regional declines in the size of the managed honeybee population cannot prove claims of a global pollinator decline or a pollination crisis. However, it emphasizes that solutions to those problems must be motivated locally, rather than globally.
Solutions will follow only if we take a non-subjective look at the issues, so we can address them appropriately rather than have a crisis mentality. As I highlight in a recent post for The Hill,a big part of the solution lies at the very local level: with the beekeepers, farmers, and communities that surround them.
1.What makes the news confusing?
A.Various species. B.Different affects.
C.Complicated statistics. D.Contradictory conclusions.
2.What contributes to the growth of commercial hives?
A.The claims of the FAO.
B.The shift of honey export.
C.The increasing demands of honey.
D.The more services of pollination.
3.What's the author's attitude to the honeybee population issue?
A.Supportive. B.Objective.
C.Confused. D.Doubtful.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A.Honeybee Crisis Solved or Not?
B.Honeybee Population Declining or Not?
C.Honeybee Market Global or Local?
D.Honeybee Research Global or Local?
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