Owls(猫头鹰) are mysterious creatures. We often think of them as scary. They sometimes live in abandoned houses. They fly without a sound through backyards at night. In stories, they appear with ghosts. When we hear an owl's familiar “whooo...whooo...”,it can make us feel very frightened. Owls fly silently, without even a whisper of wings moving through the air. It's as though they appear out of nowhere—like ghosts on wings. Owls fly and hunt on the darkest of nights. An owl's night habits make it unique. Do these creatures of the night possess strange powers?
Owls possess unusual powers of sight and hearing, but they are not supernatural powers. They are natural adaptations that let them live most efficiently(高效地) at night. There is no reason to fear owls. Their habits make them helpful to humans. By hunting mice and other rodents(啮齿目动物),owls help to keep a natural balance between plant and animal life. Without owls, there would be a large number of rodents in farmers' fields and storage barns.
More than 100 species of owls occupy a variety of habitats around the world. A few oceanic islands and the Antarctic have no owls. The world's owls come in different sizes. For example, the Eurasian eagle owl—one of the largest—has a body that is two to three feet long, with a wingspan(翼展) of up to five and onehalf feet. The North American elf owl (the world's smallest owl) is five to six inches long and has a wingspan that measures slightly more than one foot.
Most male and female owls of the same species look alike, although females are usually larger. In some species, the female's colors are like those of the trees or grass where she makes her nest.
Baby owls, called chicks, stay with their parents until they are about three months old. They soon find their own hunting areas, where they may stay for the rest of their lives. Some owls can live 20 years or more.
1.Most people regard owls as________.
A.clever B.hardworking C.shy D.terrifying
2.Owls help humans in that they________.
A.frighten rodents away from humans
B.help preserve the balance of nature
C.have unusual powers
D.help guard backyards
3.What is special about owls?
A.They fly silently.
B.They are night hunters.
C.They possess supernatural powers.
D.They can be found around the world.
高一英语听力第三部分中等难度题
Owls(猫头鹰) are mysterious creatures. We often think of them as scary. They sometimes live in abandoned houses. They fly without a sound through backyards at night. In stories, they appear with ghosts. When we hear an owl's familiar “whooo...whooo...”,it can make us feel very frightened. Owls fly silently, without even a whisper of wings moving through the air. It's as though they appear out of nowhere—like ghosts on wings. Owls fly and hunt on the darkest of nights. An owl's night habits make it unique. Do these creatures of the night possess strange powers?
Owls possess unusual powers of sight and hearing, but they are not supernatural powers. They are natural adaptations that let them live most efficiently(高效地) at night. There is no reason to fear owls. Their habits make them helpful to humans. By hunting mice and other rodents(啮齿目动物),owls help to keep a natural balance between plant and animal life. Without owls, there would be a large number of rodents in farmers' fields and storage barns.
More than 100 species of owls occupy a variety of habitats around the world. A few oceanic islands and the Antarctic have no owls. The world's owls come in different sizes. For example, the Eurasian eagle owl—one of the largest—has a body that is two to three feet long, with a wingspan(翼展) of up to five and onehalf feet. The North American elf owl (the world's smallest owl) is five to six inches long and has a wingspan that measures slightly more than one foot.
Most male and female owls of the same species look alike, although females are usually larger. In some species, the female's colors are like those of the trees or grass where she makes her nest.
Baby owls, called chicks, stay with their parents until they are about three months old. They soon find their own hunting areas, where they may stay for the rest of their lives. Some owls can live 20 years or more.
1.Most people regard owls as________.
A.clever B.hardworking C.shy D.terrifying
2.Owls help humans in that they________.
A.frighten rodents away from humans
B.help preserve the balance of nature
C.have unusual powers
D.help guard backyards
3.What is special about owls?
A.They fly silently.
B.They are night hunters.
C.They possess supernatural powers.
D.They can be found around the world.
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Owls(猫头鹰) are mysterious creatures. We often think of them as scary. They sometimes live in abandoned houses. They fly without a sound through backyards at night. In stories, they appear with ghosts. When we hear an owl's familiar “whooo...whooo...”,it can make us feel very frightened. Owls fly silently, without even a whisper of wings moving through the air. It's as though they appear out of nowhere—like ghosts on wings. Owls fly and hunt on the darkest of nights. An owl's night habits make it unique. Do these creatures of the night possess strange powers?
Owls possess unusual powers of sight and hearing, but they are not supernatural powers. They are natural adaptations that let them live most efficiently(高效地) at night. There is no reason to fear owls. Their habits make them helpful to humans. By hunting mice and other rodents(啮齿目动物),owls help to keep a natural balance between plant and animal life. Without owls, there would be a large number of rodents in farmers' fields and storage barns.
More than 100 species of owls occupy a variety of habitats around the world. A few oceanic islands and the Antarctic have no owls. The world's owls come in large, medium, small, smaller, and smallest. For example, the Eurasian eagle owl—one of the largest—has a body that is two to three feet long, with a wingspan(翼展) of up to five and onehalf feet. The North American elf owl (the world's smallest owl) is five to six inches long and has a wingspan that measures slightly more than one foot.
Most male and female owls of the same species look alike, although females are usually larger. In some species, the female's colors are like those of the trees or grass where she makes her nest.
Baby owls, called chicks, stay with their parents until they are about three months old. They soon find their own hunting areas, where they may stay for the rest of their lives. Some owls can live 20 years or more.
1.Most people regard owls as________.
A.clever B.hardworking C.terrifying D.shy
2.Owls help humans in that they________.
A.help preserve the balance of nature
B.frighten rodents away from humans
C.have unusual powers
D.help guard backyards
3.What is special about owls?
A.They fly silently.
B.They are night hunters.
C.They possess supernatural powers.
D.They can be found around the world.
4.The third paragraph is mainly about owls'________.
A.habitats B.sizes C.species D.wingspans
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When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?
Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term. They will also experience fear.
Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they associate you with this emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.
The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation(积极性). Today’s work place is all about relationships. Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they’re recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor (因素) in the work life of most people.
The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence---knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.
1. The underlined phrase “shooting oneself in the foot” means _____ in this passage.
A. throw or walk in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
B. to injure or harm one's own interests
C. to move or pass suddenly or swiftly
D. to grow forth(向前) from the ground
2. An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when___.
A. he is forced to do things B. he cannot work at his best
C. he feels his brain shut down D. he thinks of his work as too heavy
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People tend to associate leadership with fear.
B. Working conditions affect people’s physical health.
C. Good relationship is the key to business success.
D. Smart people are more functional in the work place.
4. To positively influence employees, a leader should first of all ____.
A. provide better suggestions B. develop his own personality
C. give his employees a pay raise D. hide his own emotion of fear
5. Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to_____.
A. provide a variety of project for employees
B. help raise employees’ living standards
C. give employees’ specific instructions(指导)
D. deal wisely with employees’ emotions
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When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?
Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term. They will also experience fear.
Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they connect you with this emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.
The way we affect people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day, or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they become fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation (积极性). Today’s work place is all about relationships.
Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they’re recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like Leaders understand the way things work. They know money is not the only most motivating factor in the work life of most people.
The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of Emotional Intelligence—knowing your own emotions, and how to deal with them and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.
1.When may an employee have a feeling of fear in the work place?
A. He is forced to do things. B. He cannot work at his best
C. He feels his brain shut down. D. He thinks of his work as too heavy.
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People like to connect leadership with fear.
B. Working conditions affect peopled physical health.
C. Good relationship is the key to business success.
D. Smart people are more functional in the work place.
3.To positively affect employees, what should a leader do first of all?
A. Provide better suggestions. B. Develop his own personality.
C. Give his employees a pay raise. D. Hide his own emotion of fear.
4.Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to ________.
A. provide a variety of projects for employees B. help raise employees’ living standards
C. give employees specific instructions D. deal wisely with employees’ emotions
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At present, we are studying a total of nine subjects, ________ I think is physics.
A. of them the most difficult B. and the most difficult of which
C. the most difficult of them D. the most difficult of which
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Nowadays, we can find advertisements almost wherever we go. We are so used to them 1. we often do not even realize how many we see and hear in 2.day. An advertisement uses words and pictures 3.(persuade) people to buy a product or service, or to believe 4. an idea. There are two main types of advertisements—commercial advertisements 5.public service advertisements (PSAs). A commercial advertisement is 6.someone has paid for to advertise a product or service. PSAs are often run for free, and 7. (mean) to educate people about health, 8. (safe), or any other problem that affects public welfare. When 9.comes to advertisements, we must all use our 10.(intelligent) and not be a slave to them.
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We often think of future. We often wonder what the world would be like in a hundred years’ time.
Think of space, perhaps a permanent (永久的) station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as tourists. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, permitting long journeys throughout the solar system (太阳系). When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting other planets. Great progress will have been made in medicine, too. Perhaps a cure will have been discovered for the most terrible of all diseases (疾病)— cancer. Pollution is a problem we must solve. In a hundred years’ time it will have been controlled.
The world will have been developed — even Antarctica. There will be large cities in Antarctica. We already have supersonic (超音速的) flight, but in a hundred years’ time we will have supersonic land travel as well.
We will have used up most of earth’s land to build our cities, so floating cities will have been built. The Japanese already have plans for cities of this kind. And there will be cities under the sea. The first of these will have been completed.
1.We will have developed ________ in a hundred years’ time, permitting long journeys all over the solar system.
A.cheap rockets for space travel. B.a plane
C.a spaceship D.a satellite
2.Man will also have supersonic land travel ________
A.in a year B.about half a century later
C.in the year 2005 D.about a century later
3.Which of the following is true? ________
A.There must be a permanent station on the moon in the future.
B.There will be no pollution in the future.
C.There is no cities in Antarctica now.
D.We may find a treatment for cancer in the future.
4.The last paragraph mainly talks about ________
A.we’ll make good use of space on the earth.
B.cities under the sea.
C.Japan will first build floating cities.
D.earth’s land is in danger.
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I love the feeling of exchanging goods with my parents. When we visit them, we often end up _______home more things than we brought with us.After packing up at the end of our most _______ visit, and after the last _______and sounding of the car horn (喇叭), I took a quick look at the back —_______ of our car. At the top of the pile, folded _______,and smartly, were, a 50-year-old baby blanket, several doilies (小型装饰桌巾)_______ from generations of women in my family, and two small _______
These creative quits, looking _______but quite lovingly worn (破旧的), remind me of my great-grandmothers who were always _______hard. I think of the pieces of cloth ____________ over the floors of their living rooms. I think of their ____________hands and the regular pattern of ____________from their sewing machines (缝纫机). I think of their laughter their smiles and the wisdom found in the comers of their eyes.
I wish l could go back in time, and watch them ____________these quilts, and I value the quilts my great-grandmother ____________. I love knowing that the women who ____________the way for my own path through life have left behind touchable expressions of themselves.____________I touch the worn cloth of each creation, I will always remember the women whose hands brought them into ____________. I will be ever ____________for the strong women in my family who have lived ____________me and with me, who have left behind unbelievable examples to ____________lovely quilts to pass on.
1.A.taking B.leaving C.returning D.buying
2.A.official B.regular C.recent D.special
3.A.greetings B.handshakes C.nods D.hugs
4.A.door B.seat C.wheel D.window
5.A.closely B.loosely C.neatly D.quickly
6.A.taken down B.passed down C.given away D.put away
7.A.machines B.parcels C.cloths D.quilts
8.A.loose B.delicate C.practical D.old
9.A.working B.learning C.playing D.feeling
10.A.thrown B.kept C.spread D.covered
11.A.warm B.wrinkled C.gentle D.soft
12.A.threads B.actions C.sounds D.pictures
13.A.make B.invent C.clean D.check
14.A.brought B.sent away C.delivered D.left behind
15.A.paved B.felt C.dragged D.changed
16.A.If B.Though C.Once D.When
17.A.existence B.life C.power D.practice
18.A.regretful B.convinced C.respected D.grateful
19.A.through B.before C.by D.for
20.A.replace B.build C.follow D.set
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Vacation is a time for refreshment. In work, we are often called to think. Sometimes, it’s good to give our brains a rest. Without a break, we may not be able to perform up to our potential. This can be a problem, not only for the employee, but for the employer as well.
“The main benefit of vacation is for the worker to come back energized,” says Weaver. “If they haven’t had a break, then they’re not coming back with new energy. They haven’t had a chance to step back and get perspective (远景), and come back with renewed enthusiasm.”
Long working hours without a break, insecurity (不安) about one’s job, and other work-related worries can lead to burnout and stress. Humans can usually adapt to pressure, but not for a limitless amount of time.
“It is a problem of relating good workers and having them loyal to the firm while they’re there,” says David Maume, PhD, professor of sociology at the University of Cincinnati. He says burnout can also affect employees’ productivity, creativity, and effectiveness.
In addition, high levels of stress are likely to be precursors (前兆) to depression, which can hit both the employer and employee’s pocketbook. Even people who manage to remain productive at work can have problems. If they’re always at work, then they’re not with their family and friends. If they’re working while on vacation, for the time that they’re on the job, they’re not really present.
An unbalanced emphasis on work can strain family and social life. When you come up for air, you may see that you’re alone, or that your relationships have gone on without you.
1.What’s the main benefit of a vacation?
A.The manager can be more creative.
B.The worker can come back with new energy.
C.The worker can adapt to pressure much better.
D.The worker can step back and get more excited.
2.The underlined word “there” in the fourth paragraph probably refers to ________.
A.the home B.the vacation
C.the company D.the university
3.When a worker is always at work, he is likely to get more and more _________.
A.dynamic B.productive
C.skillful D.absent-minded
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.Why Workers Need Vacation
B.Why Workers Need New Energy
C.How to Deal with Daily Pressure
D.How to Spend Vacation Effectively
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Night owls, people who stay up late and struggle to get out of bed in the morning, are more likely to die sooner than morning larks, the first study into their death rates has found.
New research by the University of Surrey and Northwestern University in the US found that people who naturally stay up late were 10 per cent more likely to die within the six-and-a-half-year study period compared to those who preferred the morning.
Researchers say that the ongoing stress of operating in a traditional 9-5 society was having a huge effect on millions of people and could be shortening their lives.
“This is a public health issue that can no longer be ignored,” said Malcolm von Schantz, a professor of chronobiology at the University of Surrey. “We should discuss allowing evening types to start and finish work later, where practical. And we need more research about how we can help evening types deal with the higher effort of keeping their body clock in line with sun time”.
The research involved nearly 500,000 Brits aged between 38 and 73 and found that around nine per cent considered themselves evening people, while 27 per cent identified as morning types.
In the new study, Scientists found owls had higher rates of diabetes, psychological disorders and neurological disorders. But the team has previously shown that whether someone is an owl or a lark is half genetic and half environment, meaning there may be ways to keep body clock issues under control.
The team recommends that night owls can help themselves by trying to become exposed to light early in the morning and not at night. Keeping regular bedtimes, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and trying to do tasks earlier in the day can help to reset body rhythms.
The study was published in the journal Chronobiology International.
1.What docs the underlined word “their” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Night owls’ B. Morning larks
C. Researchers’ D. Scientists’
2.What can we know from Malcolm’s words?
A. People who stay up late may die before age 7.
B. Staying up late is no longer a public health issue.
C. When people should start work will be discussed later.
D. More research is needed to help solve the problem.
3.Which of the following is not suggested by the research team?
A. Get up early. B. Make full use of morning hours.
C. Get exposed to sunlight more often. D. Go to bed at a fixed time.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To tell the differences between two types of people.
B. To introduce readers the result of a new research.
C. To warn night owls of their bad genes and environments.
D. To argue morning larks usually live longer than night owls.
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