It looks like a scene from the thriller movie Jaws,but these photos of a huge shark swimming with swimmers were in fact taken in Britain. The amazing pictures,which showed that the basking shark (姥鲨) was swimming friendly with swimmers,were taken at Porthcurno beach,Cornwall,where the basking shark was swimming just yards off shore.
The single 14foot giant was feeding in the shallow waters off the scenic area,and quickly became curious about the swimmers and surfers sharing the water. Though it came within touching distance,the swimmers and surfers were in no danger. The large sharks are plankton (浮游生物) feeders-unlike the man-eating Great White from Jaws.
Beach-goer Rachel Hosken,who took the pictures,said that several basking sharks had been seen in the area.“It is one of the few I have ever seen around this year and it was great to see,” she said excitedly.“There are usually more of them by now,but for some reason there are fewer around than normal at this time of year. I think more have been spotted in deeper waters,but the particular one in the pictures seems to have taken a liking to this spot. I have seen it a few times.”
Known as the gentle giant of the sea,the basking shark is the second largest fish in the sea,only weighing lighter than the whale shark. They can grow to over 36 feet (11 meters) and weigh up to seven tons (7,000 kilograms) and feed on a diet of plankton and small fish. Basking sharks normally begin to appear in May and June.
1.In the pictures taken by Rachel Hosken,we can infer that ________.
A.swimmers and surfers were escaping |
B.surfers were trying to frighten the basking shark |
C.the basking shark was swimming far from swimmers |
D.swimmers were not frightened by the basking shark |
2.Why didn’t the basking shark attack the swimmers or surfers?
A.Because it was not hungry. |
B.Because it was too far from them. |
C.Because it isn’t a man-eating shark. |
D.Because it enjoyed swimming with them. |
3.From what Rachel Hosken said we know that ________.
A.most basking sharks swim deep in the sea |
B.this basking shark has often appeared in that area |
C.many basking sharks have been killed in that area |
D.the basking shark doesn’t like being with other basking sharks |
4.What’s the best title for this passage?
A.A giant basking shark appeared in Cornwall,Britain. |
B.A giant basking shark tried to please the British people. |
C.Swimmers and surfers were frightened by a giant basking shark. |
D.Brave swimmers swam together with a giant basking shark. |
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It looks like a scene from the thriller movie Jaws,but these photos of a huge shark swimming with swimmers were in fact taken in Britain. The amazing pictures,which showed that the basking shark (姥鲨) was swimming friendly with swimmers,were taken at Porthcurno beach,Cornwall,where the basking shark was swimming just yards off shore.
The single 14foot giant was feeding in the shallow waters off the scenic area,and quickly became curious about the swimmers and surfers sharing the water. Though it came within touching distance,the swimmers and surfers were in no danger. The large sharks are plankton (浮游生物) feeders-unlike the man-eating Great White from Jaws.
Beach-goer Rachel Hosken,who took the pictures,said that several basking sharks had been seen in the area.“It is one of the few I have ever seen around this year and it was great to see,” she said excitedly.“There are usually more of them by now,but for some reason there are fewer around than normal at this time of year. I think more have been spotted in deeper waters,but the particular one in the pictures seems to have taken a liking to this spot. I have seen it a few times.”
Known as the gentle giant of the sea,the basking shark is the second largest fish in the sea,only weighing lighter than the whale shark. They can grow to over 36 feet (11 meters) and weigh up to seven tons (7,000 kilograms) and feed on a diet of plankton and small fish. Basking sharks normally begin to appear in May and June.
1.In the pictures taken by Rachel Hosken,we can infer that ________.
A.swimmers and surfers were escaping |
B.surfers were trying to frighten the basking shark |
C.the basking shark was swimming far from swimmers |
D.swimmers were not frightened by the basking shark |
2.Why didn’t the basking shark attack the swimmers or surfers?
A.Because it was not hungry. |
B.Because it was too far from them. |
C.Because it isn’t a man-eating shark. |
D.Because it enjoyed swimming with them. |
3.From what Rachel Hosken said we know that ________.
A.most basking sharks swim deep in the sea |
B.this basking shark has often appeared in that area |
C.many basking sharks have been killed in that area |
D.the basking shark doesn’t like being with other basking sharks |
4.What’s the best title for this passage?
A.A giant basking shark appeared in Cornwall,Britain. |
B.A giant basking shark tried to please the British people. |
C.Swimmers and surfers were frightened by a giant basking shark. |
D.Brave swimmers swam together with a giant basking shark. |
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---Why was the movie a turn-off? I thought you liked thrillers.
--- Well, I do enjoy it. However, I dislike______ when the actors’ expressions are so fake and unnatural.
A. that B. those C. them D. it
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The movie, for one thing, is boring; for ______thing, it looks like ______.
A.another; another | B.the other; the other |
C.another; the other | D.the other; another |
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I didn't think I'd like the movie, but actually it ________ pretty good.
A.has been B. was
C.had been D.would be
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(2013·高考山东卷)I didn’t think I’d like the movie,but actually it ________ pretty good.
A.has been B.was
C.had been D.would be
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I didn’t think I’d like the movie, but actually it _____ pretty good.
A.has been B.was C.had been D.would be
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It is like a scene from a horror film:a spider web is several meters wide,which is home to thousands of spiders.And that was what Jason G.Goldman,an animal behavior researcher,found along a muddy path in the Peruvian Amazon jungle—the web arched from tree to tree,a structure containing too many spiders to count.They appeared to function as a society,just like ants or bees.
Anelosimus eximius,the species Goldman met in the rainforest,is not the only kind of social spiders in the world,but it does construct the biggest webs.Some can reach more than 7.6m long and 1.5m wide.A web of that size could contain as many as 50,000 individual spiders.
Anelosimus eximius was first discovered more than a century ago by a French scientist named Eugene Simon.More social spiders have been discovered since.One was found as recently as 2006.
An Anelosimus eximius colony(群体) contains adult males and females as well as youngsters,but the majority of spiders on the web are females. Males account for only between 5% and 22% of any colony’s population.Social spiders work together to build,maintain and clean their webs.They work together to catch prey(猎物),and dine together when they trap a large feast.The females work together to care for the young in the colony.They feed their youngsters by vomiting(吐出) up food for them,just like mother birds.
Why did these spiders become social?Researchers have discovered three ecological(生态的) elements that often lead to cooperative(合作的) living among spiders.
Social spiders tend to feed on bigger prey,for one thing.Spiders living in places where it is difficult to hunt large or more profitable prey alone may eventually figure out that it is in their interest to work together.
1.What can we know about Anelosimus eximius from the text?
A. Its latest branch was found in 2006.
B. It was discovered by Jason G.Goldman.
C. It has been in existence for less than a century.
D. It builds bigger webs than other kinds of spiders.
2.Which of the following correctly shows the parts of an Anelosimus eximius colony?
A. B.
C. D.
3.What’s the main feature of social spiders?
A. They live on big prey.
B. They care for the young.
C. They live and work together.
D. They mainly exist in the rainforest.
4.The following paragraph would discuss .
A. new threats to spiders’ colonies
B. new research on spiders’ colonies
C. more reasons for spiders’ cooperative living
D. more species of social spiders in the world
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The bicycle looks much like mine, but it isn’t.it be John’s?
A.Must B.Can C.Should D.Will
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Just the sounds of the 1960 movie thriller Psycho may be enough to get your heart racing. Even when we may not be aware of it, 1. (hear ) music can affect our bodies as 2. ( good)as our minds. But are the physiological effects of music unique 3. one culture or are they more general?
4. (find )out the answer, researchers enlisted 40 Canadians from downtown Montreal and 40 Pygmies from the Congo rainforest. All the volunteers 5. ( listen) to musical clips from the movies Star Wars and Schindler's List, and to music from Pygmy culture.
As the 6. ( participate)listened, the researchers observed their 7. ( emotion) reactions, as well as changes in heart rate, breathing rate and palm-sweat production. The two groups disagreed about whether a particular musical selection was happy or sad. But they all had similar levels of arousal.
These findings suggest that some aspects of how we react to music are universal, rather 8. strictly cultural.
The study 9. (publish )in the journal Frontiers in Psychology last month. It showed fundamental acoustical(音响的) features seem to be responsible for the similar responses of the Canadians and the Congolese Pygmies.
Does that finding mean that science can help create the world's most 10. (universe )catching pop song?
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The name “cowboy” conjures up many different images from movies, songs and TV. These imagined cowboys range from white-hat-wearing heroes to gun-shooting hooligans(流氓).But, cowboys are actually real people from US history.
When the US Civil War ended, many soldiers had no place to call home. So, they began to drift to the country’s rural West. Ranchers(农场主) hired these men to take care of the cattle and work around the ranch. When the ranch owner wanted to sell the cattle, the cowboys would round up the herd from the open prairie(牧场) and drive the cattle miles to the market.
With the invention of barbed wire(铁丝网),the cowboy era(1865-1890) began to come to an end. But people in the East had always been curious about their lifestyle. Many country/western songs during this time tried to capture the true cowboy spirit. Newspapers published cowboy tales in serial form and adventure novels followed. The bigger the fiction, the better the sales. These novels often portrayed cowboys as cruel and violent men. Cowboys carried the bad reputation for many years afterwards.
When movies began to be popular in the 1920s, the cowboy image changed again. Now, a cowboy became the great white knight(骑士) that loved his horse more than the beautiful ladies he rescued. As the cowboy of the “Old West” spent more time with his horse than the ladies, this era's image was not entirely false.
Then, in the 50s,Hollywood began producing so-called “spaghetti westerns(意大利西部片)”.They earned the nickname because Italian companies financed the films and TV shows. This started the decade’s “Cowboy Craze”. While this didn’t last long, it made modern country / western music, fashion and dance extremely popular.
In recent years, with the help of musicians, radio stations and bars, cowboy nostalgia(怀旧情绪) has returned. Even though his image is still changing — somewhere between ballad singing country boy and bar room fighter — there’s one thing for sure, you can’t keep the cowboy down.
1.The purpose of this story is to ______.
A.introduce cowboy movies and novels
B.introduce various productions associated with cowboys
C.show the cowboy's everlasting charm
D.inform us about the cowboy’s spirit
2.Before they became cowboys, they ______.
A.served in the army B.worked as bar-room fighters
C.owned ranches D.were adventurous explorers
3.During “the cowboy era” mentioned in the story, ______________.
A.the cowboy often came to the rescue of ladies in newspaper tales
B.the distant Wild West appealed to people in the East
C.cowboys were shown as cruel and violent men on the silver screen
D.country music started the cowboy craze which swept the whole country
4.By saying “you can’t keep the cowboy down”, the writer means that ______.
A.cowboys are real people in history B.cowboys still fascinate people
C.you can't make cowboys unhappy D.you can’t grasp the cowboy spirit
5.Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?
A.The cowboy has been presented in different lights in different eras.
B.Cowboys are gun-shooting hooligans, without doubt.
C.Cowboys have always been a passing phenomenon.
D.Cowboys enjoy Italian foods, for example, spaghetti.
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