The world's first-known nursery for baby giant manta rays(蝠鲼) has been discovered hidden away in the Gulf of Mexico, the place of 70 miles off the coast of Texas, after studying decades of giant manta ray data from the area by the scientists.
Where the baby manta rays grow up has long troubled scientists, as they are rarely spotted in the four to five years it takes them to become adults, when they can often grow to more than 20ft wide.
In the study Mr Stewart and colleagues describe a reef (暗礁)---filled with mantas of all ages---where the sea floor runs down into deeper water. He said "We think they may be feeding on specific types of zooplankton(浮游生物) there, then migrating up toward the surface, where we saw them. They might be hanging around the banks because it could be a little safer than open water. We’ve seen them so rarely that we know very little about these baby manta rays. We don‘t know how far they move, or exactly what they feed on, or all of the habitats these access.”
Giant manta rays are listed as species dying out by protectors, although actual population numbers of the mysterious "gentle giant" are hard to calculate. Sightings of the closely-related reef manta, however, have dropped by 90 percent in regions of southeast Asia in the past decade, according to a study.
Fishing is considered the biggest threat to giant manta numbers, both intentional and accidental. Their gill plates(腮下肉)- the parts through which they filter(过滤) their food from seawater-are sold in China for medical purposes, while they often end up as something caught by mistake due to their huge wings.
1.Where do the baby manta rays probably grow up according to the study?
A. In the deep water area.
B. On the surface of the sea water.
C. Around the banks of channel.
D. In the reef of the Gulf of Mexico.
2.What can we learn from Paragraph3?
A. Manta rays can be seen on the sea surface.
B. Manta rays prefer the open water to the banks.
C. The scientists have known much about manta rays.
D. Manta rays are fond of eating on the sea surface.
3.What is the main reason for the decrease of giant manta rays?
A. The habitat environment becomes worse.
B. They are overfished by people
C. They are not very difficult to catch.
D. People can see the reef manta much less than before.
4.What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?
A. Summarize the previous paragraphs.
B. Warn people of their wrong behaviors.
C. Introduce some knowledge of the fish.
D. Give examples to support his point.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
The world's first-known nursery for baby giant manta rays(蝠鲼) has been discovered hidden away in the Gulf of Mexico, the place of 70 miles off the coast of Texas, after studying decades of giant manta ray data from the area by the scientists.
Where the baby manta rays grow up has long troubled scientists, as they are rarely spotted in the four to five years it takes them to become adults, when they can often grow to more than 20ft wide.
In the study Mr Stewart and colleagues describe a reef (暗礁)---filled with mantas of all ages---where the sea floor runs down into deeper water. He said "We think they may be feeding on specific types of zooplankton(浮游生物) there, then migrating up toward the surface, where we saw them. They might be hanging around the banks because it could be a little safer than open water. We’ve seen them so rarely that we know very little about these baby manta rays. We don‘t know how far they move, or exactly what they feed on, or all of the habitats these access.”
Giant manta rays are listed as species dying out by protectors, although actual population numbers of the mysterious "gentle giant" are hard to calculate. Sightings of the closely-related reef manta, however, have dropped by 90 percent in regions of southeast Asia in the past decade, according to a study.
Fishing is considered the biggest threat to giant manta numbers, both intentional and accidental. Their gill plates(腮下肉)- the parts through which they filter(过滤) their food from seawater-are sold in China for medical purposes, while they often end up as something caught by mistake due to their huge wings.
1.Where do the baby manta rays probably grow up according to the study?
A. In the deep water area.
B. On the surface of the sea water.
C. Around the banks of channel.
D. In the reef of the Gulf of Mexico.
2.What can we learn from Paragraph3?
A. Manta rays can be seen on the sea surface.
B. Manta rays prefer the open water to the banks.
C. The scientists have known much about manta rays.
D. Manta rays are fond of eating on the sea surface.
3.What is the main reason for the decrease of giant manta rays?
A. The habitat environment becomes worse.
B. They are overfished by people
C. They are not very difficult to catch.
D. People can see the reef manta much less than before.
4.What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?
A. Summarize the previous paragraphs.
B. Warn people of their wrong behaviors.
C. Introduce some knowledge of the fish.
D. Give examples to support his point.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I sit outside of my daughter’s nursery school classroom, patiently waiting for her. When the door opens, my daughter runs out with a broad smile. She _______the excitement of school.
＂How was your _______?＂ I ask casually, while _______wanting to hear every single detail. ＂It was so good, Mommy!＂ my daughter replies. That’s it. That’s all I _______.
On the car ride home, I ask her a lot of questions. She answers me with a few words, but never goes into much _______. Usually she tells me that she wants to _______something else.
It has only been a few weeks, but I still find it so _______that my daughter has a whole morning in school without me. I _______ask the teachers for details and I am often provided with the same _______answers that my daughter gives.
Now, three mornings a week, I close her classroom door behind me and she has her own ________. I am given some ________of her days like apples glued onto paper trees and paint dirt under her fingernails.
I know she ________this privacy and the time to ________a new environment and meet different kids. ________, I can’t help but want to know about the details of her days. The ride home is the ________time that she will provide me with some ________about her morning.
When we pull into the driveway, I change the ________to something else. I am sure that my constant questions annoy her, so I try to ________them to the car ride after school.
I am ________that my daughter doesn’t quite know our driving route yet; she can’t tell that I sometimes take the long way home, ________we have those few extra minutes together.
1.A.learns B.adds C.misses D.enjoys
2.A.morning B.afternoon C.evening D.night
3.A.tiredly B.carelessly C.secretly D.suddenly
4.A.get B.need C.plan D.understand
5.A.study B.detail C.advice D.work
6.A.wait for B.prepare for C.worry about D.talk about
7.A.strange B.simple C.common D.practical
8.A.always B.just C.even D.never
9.A.satisfying B.funny C.short D.confusing
10.A.direction B.imagination C.influence D.experience
11.A.kindness B.excuses C.evidence D.challenges
12.A.promises B.achieves C.deserves D.ignores
13.A.remember B.explore C.choose D.consider
14.A.Then B.Again C.Also D.Still
15.A.only B.other C.second D.last
16.A.permission B.information C.devotion D.intention
17.A.interest B.rule C.conversation D.routine
18.A.take B.guide C.show D.limit
19.A.proud B.disappointed C.anxious D.grateful
20.A.although B.because C.so D.or
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CALCUTTA, India Mar 24, 2006 (AP) — One of the world’s oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.
Addwaita, which means “the one and only” in the local Bengali language, was one of four Aldabra tortoises brought to India by British sailors in the 18th century. Zoo officials say he was a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company, who was instrumental in establishing British colonial rule in India, before he returned to England in 1767. Long after the other three tortoises died, Addwaita continued to thrive, living in Clive’s garden before being moved to the zoo in 1875.
“According to records in the zoo, the age of the giant tortoise, Addwaita, who died on Wednesday, would be about 250 years,” said zoo director Subir Chowdhury. That would have made him much older than the world’s oldest documented living animal: Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapagos tortoise who lives at the Australia Zoo north of Brisbane, according to the zoo’s Web site. She was taken from the island of Isla Santa Cruz by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.
Aldabra tortoises come from the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelle islands in the Indian Ocean, and often live to more than 100 years of age. Males can weigh up to 550 pounds. Addwaita, the zoo’s biggest attraction, had been unwell for the last few days, said local Forest Minister Jogesh Burman.
“We were keeping a watch on him. When the zoo keepers went to his enclosure on Wednesday they found him dead,” Burman said.
1. According to the passage, Addwaita ________.
A. was sent to India as a gift by British government
B. was sent to India by British sailors in 1767
C. lived together with three other Aldabra tortoises in India
D. belonged to Lord Robert Clive for some time
2. By now, the oldest animal in the world is about at ________.
A. 176 years old B. 100 years old C. 250 years old D. 200 years old
3. In the last few days before Addwaita died, he ________.
A. had been sent to hospital for treatment
B. had been playing with travelers
C. had been found not better than before
D. had stayed in his enclosure for days
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. An Old Aldabra Tortoise Died in India
B. A Remarkable Life: Tortoise Dies at 250
C. A Special Kind of Tortoise — Addwaita
D. The Oldest Animal Aldabra Tortoise Died
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
CALCUTTA, India Mar 24, 2006 (AP) — One of the world’s oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.
Addwaita, which means “the one and only” in the local Bengali language, was one of four Aldabra tortoises brought to India by British sailors in the 18th century. Zoo officials say he was a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company, who was instrumental in establishing British colonial rule in India, before he returned to England in 1767. Long after the other three tortoises died, Addwaita continued to thrive, living in Clive’s garden before being moved to the zoo in 1875.
“According to records in the zoo, the age of the giant tortoise, Addwaita, who died on Wednesday, would be about 250 years,” said zoo director Subir Chowdhury. That would have made him much older than the world’s oldest documented living animal: Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapagos tortoise who lives at the Australia Zoo north of Brisbane, according to the zoo’s Web site. She was taken from the island of Isla Santa Cruz by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.
Aldabra tortoises come from the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelle islands in the Indian Ocean, and often live to more than 100 years of age. Males can weigh up to 550 pounds. Addwaita, the zoo’s biggest attraction, had been unwell for the last few days, said local Forest Minister Jogesh Burman.
“We were keeping a watch on him. When the zoo keepers went to his enclosure on Wednesday they found him dead,” Burman said.
1.According to the passage, Addwaita ________.
A. was sent to India as a gift by British government
B. was sent to India by British sailors in 1767
C. lived together with three other Aldabra tortoises in India
D. belonged to Lord Robert Clive for some time
2.By now, the oldest animal in the world is about at ________.
A. 176 years old B. 100 years old C. 250 years old D. 200 years old
3.In the last few days before Addwaita died, he ________.
A. had been sent to hospital for treatment
B. had been playing with travelers
C. had been found not better than before
D. had stayed in his enclosure for days
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. An Old Aldabra Tortoise Died in India
B. A Remarkable Life: Tortoise Dies at 250
C. A Special Kind of Tortoise — Addwaita
D. The Oldest Animal Aldabra Tortoise Died
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The giant panda 1. (love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists 2. (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very 3.(care) mother. For 25days, she never left her baby, not even to find something 4. (eat)! She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural 5.(enemy) that would try to eat the little comforting panda. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does. 6. it cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats. The mother continued to care for the young panda 7. more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed 8.(it) mother for food. However, it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of the forest. Then, after two and a half years, the mother 9. (drive) the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, 10. it was also time for the young panda to be independent.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料， 在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The giant panda 1.(love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists 2. (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very3.(care)mother. For 25days,she never left her baby, not even to find something 4.(eat)!She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural 5.(enemy)that would try to eat the little comforting pats. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does. 6. it cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats, The mother continued to care for the young panda7. more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed8. (it)mother for food. However, it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of the forest. Then, after two and a half years, the mother9. (drive) the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, 10.it was also time for the young panda to be independent.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
We have all heard of giant pandas, and know that they are endangered. When one has babies, it makes national news_______, and pictures of their babies are_____ circulated. But it now seems that the giant panda is not ______ of itself.
The lovely animals have ______ a classic test of self-awareness. They cannot ____ themselves in the mirror. Researchers use the mirror recognition test to ____ whether children or animals have a ______ of self-awareness.
In the test, an animal is presented ______ a mirror. Researchers then watch to see ______ it notices a mark on its face, which is only_______ in the mirror. If the animal notices the mark, it often ______ it. Human children often pass the test when they are only two years old.
Many other animals have passed the mirror test, including monkeys, Asian elephants and even pigeons. But when researchers tested pandas, ______ of them did the same thing as those animals did. ______, each panda behaved as if their_____ in the mirror was another panda altogether. They acted as if they were_______ by what they saw in the mirror, scratching their feet and walking_______.
The________of this research will help design better areas for animals in captivity (圈养). For example, one-directional glass sometimes used in the areas may ____ pandas to feel stressed when they see their own image in the ______. That’s because they might believe it to be another panda,________themselves.
1.A. papers B. covers C. headlines D. pages
2.A. widely B. popularly C. especially D. completely
3.A. shy B. fond C. conscious D. confident
4.A. failed B. ignored C. faced D. conducted
5.A. observe B. discover C. recognize D. understand
6.A. believe in B. find out C. pick out D. take in
7.A. sense B. question C. opinion D. thought
8.A. for B. with C. in D. before
9.A. how B. when C. why D. whether
10.A. touchable B. seeable C. sensible D. possible
11.A. dismisses B. admits C. feels D. moves
12.A. all B. most C. one D. none
13.A. Thus B. However C. Instead D. Still
14.A. reaction B. reflection C. operation D. imagination
15.A. trapped B. amazed C. threatened D. teased
16.A. backwards B. alone C. forwards D. along
17.A. failure B. outcome C. success D. review
18.A. cause B. prepare C. accelerate D. urge
19.A. eyes B. cages C. zoo D. glass
20.A. other than B. regardless of C. because of D. rather than
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The radiation amount of a mobile phone for two half-hour periods per day is equal to ___ to an X-ray for ten seconds.
| A．expose | B．exposing | C．exposed | D．being exposed |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
The MH370 incident has cast a giant shadow over travel to Malaysia for many Chinese. Another large travel agency, China International Travel Service Head Office, has seen a ____ drop in consumers signing up for tours to Malaysia
A. shallow B. sharp C. suitable D. secure
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An abandoned girl named Sophie happens to see the big friendly giant (巨人) (BFG for short), who is running through the streets of London and “blowing dreams” to children late at night. The BFG is scared that the girl will give away his secret, so he takes Sophie back to his native Giant Country. In fact, the BFG is a kind-hearted vegetarian, but other giants in his native country like nothing more than eating humans. Sophie and the BFG try to stop these giants from continuing to eat humans. During this period, they become good friends.
Spielberg’s The BFG tells the tale of an unlikely friendship brought to life in an imaginary world. However, many people say the story is a bit too kid-friendly. Optimism is Spielberg’s typical tone, but the final victorious battle against the bad guys seems a little bit too easy. And when the BFG fights for the first time against the giants who have been hurting him, it seems confusing how he successfully drives away bad guys who are almost twice his size.
Spielberg does leave a little for adult viewers to digest. The BFG doesn’t want to be seen as a monster by humans，but in the end his own kind ends up caught and locked up in isolation. Will he also be destined (注定) to spend the rest of his days in a remote place alone?
Despite being made for a younger audience, the film is still worth a watch. It doesn’t have gun-fights, death, explosions and the stuff that people seem to be interested in nowadays. But the film takes us back to a more innocent time.
1.Why is Sophie taken to Giant Country?
A. Because she leaks BFG’s secret.
B. Because she happens to see BFG running on the streets.
C. Because she lives a miserable life as an abandoned child.
D. Because she is thought to be likely to tell BFG’s secret to others.
2.What does the underlined phrase ^drives away” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Sends away. B. Breaks away from.
C. Frightens away. D. Keeps away from.
3.What can be inferred from the text?
A. The BFG likes nothing but eating humans.
B. Not every viewer thinks highly of this film.
C. The other giants end up captured and isolated in the film.
D. This film mainly tells the practical friendship between Sophie and the BFG
4.What type of writing is the text?
A. A movie review.
B. An advertisement.
C. An announcement.
D. A fiction.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析