2019-2020年牛津译林版八年级英语上阅读理解加强训练(五)(含答案)(20200519175726)
Day One‘Growing’ trees onlineTaking a bus or subway, making payments online, or just walking – these dailyactivities can help turn China’s deserts into forests if you are using Ant Forest.Ant Forest is a feature (功能) in the Alipay mobile payment app. It records users’ low-carbon (低碳的) activities – taking a bus to work instead of driving, for example–and gives users “green energy”. When the user’s green energy gets high enough,Ant Forest and its partners will plant a real tree for the user.地球卫士Ant Forest recently received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award (“荣誉), for encouraging people to live奖”), the UN’s highest environmental honor (greener lifestyles and protect the environment.About half a billion people have used Ant Forest since it came out in August2016. Ant Forest and its partners have planted about 122 million trees in China’driest areas, including parts of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi. The treescover a total area of 112,000 hectares (公顷). This makes Ant Forest China’s largesttree-planting project started by a private (私营的) company.Executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme IngerAndersen said that Ant Forest shows us how we can use technology to solve从根本上) redesigning howenvironmental problems. Ant Forest has “fundamentally (we interact (相互影响) with the planet,” said Anderson.Choose the answer :1. You can get “green energy” in Ant Forest by _____.a. taking a busb. paying billsc. walkingd. planting treese. opening the appA. abcB. bdeC. acdD. bce2. Ant Forest received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award because _____.A. it helps people save moneyB. it is the first company to plant treesC. it solved a major environmental problemD. it encourages people to protect the environment3. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?A. Alibaba has already planted millions of trees.B. Alibaba only plants trees in poor areas.C. The trees planted by Alibaba have fully covered China’s deserts.D. More than half of China’s population is using Ant Forest.4. What is the main point of the story?A. Planting trees is a good way to protect the environment.B. There are many low-carbon activities.C. Alibaba is helping to protect our planet.D. Ant Forest is the best feature of Alipay.Word in use翻译句子。
1. 我们可以通过多种树来保护环境。
_____________________2. 父母应该鼓励孩子自己解决问题。
_____________________3.我们应该帮助他而不是嘲笑他。
_____________________参考答案及解析low-carbon1. A。
根据文中第一段，以及第二段中Ant Forest … records users’可知答案选 A。
activities … and gives users “green energy”.2. D。
根据第三段… for encouraging people to live greener lifestyles and protect the environment. 可知答案选 D。
3. A。
由第四段中 Ant Forest and its partners have planted about 122 million trees in China’s …可知选 A。
另外，根据细节也可推断其余选项不正确。
4. C。
本文主要说的是阿里巴巴集团鼓励人们多进行低碳活动，并通过种树助力环境保护，所以正确答案应为 C。
翻译句子1. We can protect our environment by planting more trees.2. Parents should encourage their children to solve problems on their own.3. We should help him instead of laughing at him.Day TwoAI passes science test– they can.Do you think robots could pass an eighth-grade test? Guess whatThe artificial intelligence (AI) system Aristo recently passed the same eighth-grade science test that some US students take, The New York Times reported. Aristocorrectly (正确地) answered 90 percent of the questions on the test.This is an example of the progress that is being made in AI development. Fouryears ago, 700 computer scientists tried to develop AI systems that could pass thesekinds of exams. None scored higher than 60 percent.Scientists at the Allen Institute in the US developed the system. Aristo was ableto pass the exam because it can not only understand language, but also use logicalthinking (逻辑思维) to solve difficult problems. For example, it can understand whata forest fire is and how it could affect (影响) animals.The system used BERT, a kind of neural (神经的) network technology developedf articles (文章)by Google, to answer the questions. BERT has “read” thousands oand can understand English. If it looks at a sentence with a missing word, it can-correctly guess what the word is.With BERT’s help, Aristo “read” many multiple choice (多选的) questions. Over time, it was able to find logical patterns (逻辑模式).-based products (人工智能产Aristo’s success means that we might see new AI品), such as search engines (搜索引擎) and databases (数据库) for hospitals. AIsystems might be able to better understand users in the future.Choose the answer:1. What did the AI system Aristo do?A. Help students study.B. Pass a school test.C. Talk like a human does.D. Develop other AI systems.2. What was A risto’ｓbiggest success?A. It passed several kinds of tests.B. It passed the test with a perfect score.C. It scored 90 percent on the test.D. It worked out a set of test questions.3. Paragraph 5 is written to _____.A. explain how Aristo learned to answer questionsB. show how Aristo was createdC. describe another AI breakthroughD. show what else Aristo can do4. From the story, we can learn that _____.A. Aristo will be used in school to help teach studentsB. AI systems might be used in many fieldsC. robots can’t think logicallyD. AI-based products are not usefulWord in usepass, progress, be able to, guess选择合适的词并用其正确形式填空。
2019-2020年牛津译林版八年级英语上阅读理解加强训练(五)(含答案)
Day One‘Growing’ trees onlineTaking a bus or subway, making payments online, or just walking – these daily activities can help turn China’s deserts into forests if you are using Ant Forest.Ant Forest is a feature (功能) in the Alipay mobile payment app. It records users’low-carbon (低碳的) activities – taking a bus to work instead of driving, for example –and gives users “green energy”. When the user’s green energy gets high enough, Ant Forest and its partners will plant a real tree for the user.Ant Forest recently received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award (“地球卫士奖”), the UN’s highest environmental honor (荣誉), for encouraging people to live greener lifestyles and protect the environment.About half a billion people have used Ant Forest since it came out in August 2016. Ant Forest and its partners have planted about 122 million trees in China’s driest areas, including parts of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi. The trees cover a total area of 112,000 hectares (公顷). This makes Ant Forest China’s largest tree-planting project started by a private (私营的) company.Executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme Inger Andersen said that Ant Forest shows us how we can use technology to solve environmental problems. Ant Forest has “fundamentally (从根本上) redesigning how we interact (相互影响) with the planet,” said Anderson.Choose the answer :1. You can get “green energy” in Ant Forest by _____.a. taking a busb. paying billsc. walkingd. planting treese. opening the appA. abcB. bdeC. acdD. bce2. Ant Forest received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award because _____.A. it helps people save moneyB. it is the first company to plant treesC. it solved a major environmental problemD. it encourages people to protect the environment3. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?A. Alibaba has already planted millions of trees.B. Alibaba only plants trees in poor areas.C. The trees planted by Alibaba have fully covered China’s deserts.D. More th an half of China’s population is using Ant Forest.4. What is the main point of the story?A. Planting trees is a good way to protect the environment.B. There are many low-carbon activities.C. Alibaba is helping to protect our planet.D. Ant Forest is the best feature of Alipay.Word in use翻译句子。
2019-2020年牛津译林版八年级英语上阅读理解加强训练(四)(含答案)
Day OnePangolins in panic阅读难度★★★They are animals that live in the south of the Yangtze River in China. They have hard scales (鳞). They are also known as scaly anteaters (食蚁兽) and help to protect trees in the forest. They are Chinese pangolins (中华穿山甲).But they are endangered now. Experts said that Chinese pangolins are functionally extinct (功能性灭绝), The Beijing News reported. This means they cannot reproduce (繁衍) in the wild. They can no longer play an important role in the ecosystem (生态系统).According to a national wildlife survey, there were some 60,000 Chinese pangolins in different places, including Yunnan and Zhejiang, in the 1990s. Since then, this number has gone down by 90 percent because of poaching, smuggling and habitat loss (偷猎、走私和栖息地丧失).China is now thinking about upgrading (升级) its pangolin protection efforts to the highest level, Xinhua reported. By doing this, the government would protect them at the same level as giant pandas.This means people would only be able to sell or use pangolin products in certain cases (情况), such as for scientific research. They would also need approval (批准) from the State Council (国务院). Choose the answer:( ) 1. Paragraph 1 is written to _____.A. explain why Chinese pangolins are endangeredB. explain why the animal is also called the scaly anteaterC. introduce readers to Chinese pangolinsD. describe China’s least endangered animals( ) 2. There are about _____ Chinese pangolins in China now.A. 90B. 6,000C. 54,000D. 60,000 ( ) 3. Pangolins became endangered because of _____.a. poachingb. smugglingc. the loss of their habitatd. scientific researchA. abcB. abdC. acdD. bcd( ) 4. What can China do to protect pangolins?A. Allow them to be smuggled.B. Upgrade their protection level.C. Move them to a different area.D. Set them free in the wild.Word in use1. 吴京作为演员而出名。
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DAY ONETraining in first aidFirst aid is a very useful skill to have. By learning it, you could save someone’s life someday. But in China, less than 1 percent of adults (成年人) have first aid knowledge, according to the China Science Communication website.The Ministry of Education (MOE) has realized this. On Aug 24, it issued (发布) a statement (通知) along with the Red Cross Society of China. It has asked all public schools in China to provide first aid courses, including CPR (心肺复苏) training, as part of their health classes.A 2019 survey by the State Council showed that 64.6 percent of schools already have these courses. However, the results have not been good. According to the MOE statement, future results are expected (预计) to be better.Other countries have also made efforts (努力) to provide first aid training to their citizens (公民). In 1966, the US government said police officers, firefighters, middle school teachers and college instructors (教师) must receive CPR training. A 2017survey showed that 65 percent of Americans have received CPR training.In Switzerland, all citizens learn first aid skills. In Germany, 80 percent of people have received first aid training, according to CGTN.How does CPR help?CPR is an important first aid skill that can save victims (受害者) of cardiac arrest (心脏骤停). The first few minutes are very important. If CPR is correctly performed on the victim within the first four to six minutes, the victim has a better chance of surviving (幸存).1. The MOE is bringing first aid training to schools because _____.A. few Chinese people have first aid knowledgeB. the World Health Organization said it is neededC. there are not enough doctors and nursesD. it can help people live longer lives2. What might we know from the 2019 survey?A. Students didn’t get high scores in their courses.B. The first aid training courses didn’t go well.C. The first aid training went better than expected.D. Students were interested in learning first aid.3. The last two paragraphs are written to show _____.A. first aid training is common in Asian countriesB. teaching first aid is not easyC. people in some fields should learn first aid knowledgeD. other countries have provided first aid training to their citizens4. What is the story mainly about?A. We can save others with first aid knowledge.B. More people will need first aid in the future.C. We need more time to train people in first aid.D. China is making first aid training part of its school courses.DAY TWOLearn to skate againIn 2018, I saw Canadian ice skater Tessa Virtue and her partner Scott Moir perform Moulin Rouge at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. It encouraged me to realize my dream of skating. When I was just a little girl, I practiced skating for three years, but had to give it up and focus on (专注) school.Relearning figure skating (花样滑冰) at an older age is not easy. While standingon the thin steel blades (冰鞋刀) for the first time in years, I felt both excited and scared. I couldn’t remember any jumps o r spins (旋转). Younger skaters learn difficult rotation jumps (旋转跳跃). Could I still do that?“You have as much right to be here as anyone else,” my coach said to me. I felt better and decided to work harder. I fell many times while learning new jumps, spins and dance movements (舞蹈动作). Each fall only hurts more because you are already bruised (淤青的). But I still practice for hours each day.I’ve doubted (怀疑) myself and the pain is hard. But the feeling of joy is amazing. Fall down seven times, get up eight!1. After watching the two famous skaters perform, the writer _____.A. gave up her dreamB. decided to focus on schoolC. decided to relearn figure skatingD. wanted to learn something else2. When the writer got ready to start skating, _____.A. she was too excited to moveB. she found it difficult to put on her skatesC. she thought it might be too late to learnD. she felt both excited and scared3. What do we know from Paragraph 3?A. The coach didn’t think much of the writer.B. The writer co uldn’t work hard.C.The writer’s early experience helped her.D. The writer wasn’t scared of pain4. From the story, we know that the writer _____.A. wants to compete in the Olympic GamesB. will stick to figure skatingC. will give up figure skatingD. is 100-percent sure she will succeedDAY THREEHelp scientists make progressIf you think doing scientific research (研究) is only for great scientists like Newton or Einstein, you might be wrong.In fact, if you like to play with insects or take pictures of wild animals, you might be able to help scientists do research yourself!The Shanghai Natural History Museum recently made an app called “Find Nature (听见万物)”. The app’s users can upload (上传) photos, sounds and locations (位置) of frogs, birds and other animals they see around them. These data (数据) can be used by scientists to study biodiversity (生物多样性) and better protect animals that live in cities.The concept of having people take part in scientific research, no matter what their background is, is called “citizen science”. The tasks are often easy and fun, but at the same time, you can become a big part of scientific studies.Of course, citizen science is not only about frogs or birds. There are also projects(项目) about watching stars and clouds, counting (数) penguins, or listening to laughs (笑声). Citizen science shows us that science can be fun and is for everyone!What citizen scientists have doneDataGalaxy Zoo invites people to help classify (分类) large numbers of galaxies. It hasreceived 50 million classifications from more than 150,000 people!PapersWith the help of Cornell Lab citizen science data, more than 60 scientific papers have been written. The data used to write them has been collected by birdwatchers since1997.DiscoveriesFoldit is an online puzzle game (智力游戏) about protein-folding (蛋白质折叠). Its players helped find the structure of an enzyme (酶) from an AIDS-like virus (病毒) in just three weeks.Where can I find my own projects?There are many websites (网站) where you can look for cool citizen science projects. They include Zooniverse, SciStarter, iNaturalist, and others. Just type (输入) in keywords that you’re interested in and you’ll see many projects. Here are some examples.Whale Song ProjectHave you ever heard whales singing beautiful songs? Do you want to know what they are singing? The Whale Song Project invites you to listen to whale calls and help scientists study how whales communicate with each other.When you visit the site, you’llsee an image (图像) that stands for a whale sound. Click on it and you’ll hear the sound.Under the image, there are several smaller images. Listen to each one and see if any of them matches the first one you heard.Age GuessAge Guess is an online game where you guess the ages of other people by lookingat their pictures. You can also post your own photos and have other people guess yourage. In just a few minutes, you can help create (创造) research data for the study of human aging. The project studies the differences between how old you look to others and your real age.Answer the questions:1. How do people help scientists do research through Find Nature?_______________________________________2.What does the term “citizen science” mean?_______________________________________3. What does citizen science show us?_______________________________________4. What does the Whale Song Project study?_______________________________________5. How do people collect data for the project Age Guess?_______________________________________DAY FOURBack when our world was coldThese days, we often talk about global warming. In fact, the Earth was once the opposite (相反的事情) – it was cooling down instead of warming up. Scientists call this period the Ice Age (冰河时代). So far, Earth has gone through five Ice Ages. But how cold was this period? Was everything covered in ice and snow?According to a study by scientists at the University of Arizona, US, the average global temperature (全球温度) during the most recent Ice Age, which was about 20,000 years ago, was 7.8 C. This is about 6 degrees colder than today’s average temperature.You might just take off your T-shirt and put on a sweatshirt (运动衫) if thetemperature drops by 6 degrees. However, on a global scale (范围), this is a huge change.At the time, glaciers (冰川) covered about half of the Americas and Europe as well as many parts of Asia, according to Jessica Tierney, lead scientist of the study. The greatest cooling happened at higher latitudes (纬度). The Arctic (北极), for example, was about 14 degrees colder than today.Tierney said that past temperatures show us what really happens when the Earth cools or warms to a large degree (程度). It can help us know what to expect in the future.How did scientists find the average temperature?Scientists used ocean animal fossils (化石) and climate models (气候模型). The structures of fats from the fossils show changes in water temperature. Then they put this information into the models to get the global average temperature.1. The average global temperature today is about _____.A. 1.8 ℃B. 6 ℃C. 7.8 ℃D. 13.8 ℃2. When the average global temperature goes down, _____A. the temperature will drop by the same amount everywhereB. we wo n’t notice much of a change in temperatureC. all land will be covered with glaciersD. higher latitudes will experience greater changes3. Tierney thinks that _____.A. we can learn from past temperature changesB. we are about to go through a new Ice AgeC. we can do nothing to change global weatherD. we don’t have to worry about global warming4. What is the point of the story?A. Earth will cool down again in the future.B. Global warming isn’t a big problem.C. Earth has experienced cold periods before.D. The Ice Age is not over yet.DAY FIVEOnce upon a time, there lived a king named Minos. He ruled the island of Crete. He had a 1 monster called the Minotaur. The Minotaur lived in a maze (迷宫). He had the body of a man, but the head of a bull (公牛).Minos was a cruel (残忍的) king. 2 he was bored, he would fight the people of a nearby island called Athens. To 3 him, they made a deal. They would give seven boys and seven girls to the Minotaur each year as a sacrifice (献祭). Minos agreed.The prince of Athens, Theseus, was mad about this. He told his father to 4 him to Crete as the seventh boy, for he wanted to kill the Minotaur.When Minos’ daughter, Adriadne, saw Theseus arriving to be sacrificed, she wanted to 5 him. That morning, she 6 went to Theseus and gave him a sword (剑) and a ball of string (细绳).No one knew how to 7 the Minotaur’s maze. Minos threw the seven boys。
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牛津译林版八年级英语上册阅读理解专项强化训练题含答案Day 1Rights belong to allDo you know what human rights are? They are basic rights that belong to every person in the world. They include the right to life, freedom from slavery (奴役), the right to work and education, and many more. China has played a leading role in protecting human rights. On Oct 13, China was elected (选举) as a member of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. The country has made great achievements in human rights since 1949, Xinhua noted. For example, Chinese people who lived before 1949 lived through war and poverty (贫困). Average life expectancy (人均预期寿命) during that time was around 35 years. After 70 years, China can feed (养活) more than 1.3 billion people and provide jobs for 770 million people. The country's life expectancy rose to 77.3 years in 2019, CGTN noted. As for the right to education, Chinese people spent less than one year in school in 1949. Today, we have nine years of compulsory (义务的) education. Access (使用权) to the internet is also a basic human right. As of June, 67 percent of China's population had access to the internet. That's 5 percent higher than the global average.1. What are human rights?_______________________________________2. What's the news in the story?_______________________________________3. How much did life expectancy rise from 1949 to2019?_______________________________________4. What is education like for Chinese peopletoday?_______________________________________5. How many people have access to the internet in Chinanow?_______________________________________6. What are Paragraphs 3-5 mainlyabout?_______________________________________Day 2Helping needy farmersJack Berne is a student from Sydney, Australia. He got a lot of attention after starting A fiver (五美元) for a Farmer, which helped raise 1 million dollars (around 7 million yuan) for drought-affected (受旱灾影响的) Australian farmers in 2018. Berne said he saw a video at school that showed how droughts have affected children and animals. This made him want to do something about it.Now, the 12-year-old boy is one of 430 children who are taking part in a global campaign (活动) for Lego called Rebuild the World. The children helped to build an installation (装置) in Denmark –a 4-meter-wide globe (地球仪) made of Lego bricks. The globe, which took 2,700 hours to build, features (以……为特征) buildings designed by the children. Berne's creation, which he calls Farming Home, is a farm that has everything people need to live comfortably –a stream (溪流) for water, crops for food, and a windmill (风车) for power. "To think that something I created in my living room is now part of a huge installation at the Lego House in Denmark is just crazy," Berne said. Berne is continuing his efforts (努力) to help Australian farmers. "We asked people to bring in an'all-Australian' lunch. I asked people to buy in-season produce (农产品), check their labels (标签) and buy Australian products," Berne said.1. According to the story, A fiver for a Farmer _____.A. helps farmers who have experienced droughts B. was started by the Australian governmentC. raised very little money in 2018D. is a global activity to help farmers2. What do we know about Rebuild the World?A. It was started by Danish children.B. It is a global campaign for Lego. C. Berne started the campaign.D. It will raise money to help farmers.3. Berne felt _____ to take part in Rebuild the World.A. funny B. lonelyC. scared D. proud4. From the last two paragraphs, we know that _____.A. many Australians work on farmsB. A fiver for a Farmer will continue in the futureC. Berne wants to help farmers make more moneyD. Berne decided to help people in other areasDay 3Get your candy safely during the pandemicHalloween is just around the corner! People in the West celebrate it on Oct 31 every year. Children usually go trick-or-treating (不给糖就捣蛋) –they knock on their neighbors' doors and ask for candy. But because of COVID-19, many cities have advised people not to go trick-or-treating this year. As health experts said, the virus spreads more easily when people have close contact (接触) with each other. But this will not stop Halloween fans from keeping the tradition going. For example, Elizabeth Lusty from London came up with an idea for her two children. She and her neighbors will put boxes of candy in their front yards. Then they'll plan a safe route (路线) so that children can take the candy without coming into contact with others. Andrew Beattie from the US also got creative. He and his 6-year-old daughter made a contact-free candy chute (滑道). It stretches (延伸) from the family's front door to the sidewalk. They can send candy down the chute to trick-or-treaters outside. The idea became popular online and many people are doing thesame. "This is something that the kids will enjoy and not think of it as 'I'm doing this to prevent (预防) disease (疾病),'" Beattie told CNN. "They're doing it to have a good time, and we need that now."1. This year, trick-or-treating is not suggested because _____.A. it's not healthy for children to eat candyB. neighbors will not give out candy to kidsC. many cities will ban the activityD. close contact may allow COVID-19 to spread2. How can kids collect candy from Andrew's house?A. They collect candy as usual.B. Andrew will hand it to them.C. They can take it from a box.D. They collect candy from a chute.3. Paragraphs 3 and 4 explain _____. A. what Halloween is usually likeB. new ways for kids to trick-or-treatC. what people are doing to stop trick-or-treatersD. how neighbors stay in touch with each other4. What can we learn from Beattie?A. COVID-19 might spread quickly on Halloween.B. People need trick-or-treating these days.C.Trick-or-treating will not be fun this year.D. Kids don't care about COVID-19.Day 4Why do these bugs love blood?What does our blood taste like to mosquitoes? Do they bite us because they think our blood tastes good? Scientists at Rockefeller University in the US have found the answer. Mosquitoes feed on not only blood, but also flower nectar (花蜜). But when they drink blood, they have to use their stylets (口针) to pierce (刺破) our skin –otherwise (否则), they just use their lips to drink.The scientists fed mosquitoes a fake (假的) blood drink and looked at their neuron (神经元) activity. They found that neurons in their stylets became active only when the fake drink had four specific components (成分) –glucose (葡萄糖), sodium chloride (氯化钠), sodium bicarbonate (碳酸氢钠) and ATP (三磷酸腺苷). The former three components make blood taste a little salty and a little sweet, according to Leslie Vosshall, one of the researchers. But ATP is different from the others, as humans cannot taste it. Although it's impossible to say how it tastes to humans, it creates a tasty flavor for mosquitos. The findings have given scientists a new idea －they could use this against mosquitoes. They could make a type of drug (药) that changes how our blood tastes. Mosquitoes would quickly lose interest in our blood. "If mosquitoes weren't able to tell the taste of blood, in theory (理论上) they couldn't spread disease," said Veronica Jove, another researcher.1. What do we know from Paragraph 2?A. Mosquitoes smell by using their stylets.B. Mosquitoes use their lips to drink blood.C. Mosquitoes drink flower nectar.D. Mosquitoes prefer blood to flower nectar.2. Through the study, scientists found that _____.A. mosquitoes will die if they drink fake bloodB. mosquitoes like specific blood components C. mosquitoes can tell fake blood apart from real bloodD. ATP is tasteless to mosquitoes3. Paragraph 5 is mainly about _____.A. a way to prevent mosquito bitesB.a way to change the taste of our bloodC. a new drug that can kill mosquitoesD. a new type of food mosquitoes like to eatDay 5根据文章大意及首字母提示填空，补全短文。
牛津译林版八年级英语上册阅读理解专题练习(含答案)
牛津译林版八年级英语上册阅读理解专题练习Got a moment – or, maybe, 15 seconds? In the age offragmented( 片段化的) time, short, funny videos on smart phonescan easily get people interested when they have nothing better to doin their free time. Enter Douyin, which is one of the most popularapps in China; it has over one billion daily plays every day now.Users can make funny short music videos whatever they want.Launched(上线）in September 2016, Douyin makes people be able to share their lives witheach other, make new friends or just watch funny short videos. Most music videos in Douyin areless than 15 seconds, not only suitable for young people, but for all ages.Douyin’s international version(国际版), called Tik Tok, is also popular in Japan, where itwas in first place on the country’s Apple Store free app list for both April and May 2018. Afterlaunching in Japan in August 2017, the app now attracts so many young Japanese.经济) results, in 2017 the market size forA report says the country’s internet economic(short videos was 5.73 billion yuan, while the whole market can reach 35.68 billion yuan in threeyears.It’s not surprising that Douyin becomes so successful — all you need to do is picking up your phone and opening the app to make yourself relaxed and have a laugh.回答下列问题，每题答案不超过5 个词。
2019-2020学年牛津译林版八年级上英语阅读理解加强训练(一)(含答案)
Day One难度★★★Protecting our privacyDo you know what a “cyber manhunt ( 人肉搜索 ) ” is ? This refers to finding a person’s personal information online and then making it public ( 公之于众 ).Cyber manhunts are a kind of cyber bullying ( 网络暴力 ). China is working hard to protect people’s personal information online. On Oct 1, China’s first regulation ( 规定 ) to protect children online will takeeffect( 生效 ), The Beijing News reported.According to the regulation, no organization ( 组织 ) or personshould produce, release or spread ( 制作、发布、传播 ) information that could harm the privacy or safety of anyone under the age of 14. If you find someone doing this, you can report it to the police.This is quite important for children, People’s Daily noted. A recent report showed that 15.6 percent of minors ( 未成年人 ) in China have suffered from cyber bullying. After someone makes their information public online, other people may say mean (刻薄的) things to them. Some of them have even taken their own lives because of cyber bullying.This is bad for children’s mental ( 心理的) health, Legal Daily reported. That’s why it is important to protect their personal information online.( ) 1. Whatis a “ cyber manhunt ” ?A. An online game.B. A type of cyber bullying.C. A way to keep people safe online.D. A way to find people in other countries.( ) 2. Paragraph 3 is written to _______ .A. give an example of how cyber manhunts workB. describe the newly-issued regulationC. show how the new regulation worksD. show why the new regulation was created( ) 3.Why is the regulation so important for children?A. Because cyber bullying has affected many children.B. Because children sometimes don’t know what cyber bullying is.C. Because Chinese people care more about children than adults.D. Because China has paid little attention to children’s safety.( ) 4. The story mainly talks about ________.A. what cyber manhunts and cyber bullying areB. what types of cyber bullying children might suffer fromC. the action China has taken to protect children onlineD. the influence cyber bullying has had on chiIdrenWord in use从文章中选择适当的词或短语翻译下列句子。
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牛津译林版八年级英语上册阅读理解专项强化训练题含答案Day 1Will we lose jobs?In science fiction films, we often see machines doing jobs that humans usually do. This is gradually coming true. By 2025, machines will do more work than humans, according to a new report. The World Economic Forum (WEF) report came out on Oct 21. It said that in the next five years, machines will take over about 85 million jobs. This means that machines will handle about half of all work tasks, almost twice as many as now, Quartz reported. Most of the jobs are either routine (程序性的) or manual (体力的) jobs in administration (行政) for white- and blue-collar (白领和蓝领) workers, WEF said. These include factory workers, accountants and mechanics (机修工). But there's not much reason to be worried. The report also shows that at the same time, 97 million new jobs will be created. New industries will be created as society changes and develops. Countries around the world are focusing on (专注于) areas like environmental protection, AI development and elderly care. This means there will be many new jobs for caretakers, big data specialists (专家), and cloud computing experts, the BBC reported. These jobs need humanskills such as advising, decision-making (决策), reasoning (推理) and communicating. "People need to learn new skills to deal with the change [in society]," the WEF pointed out.1. How many jobs do machines do now?A. 21.25 million jobs.B. 42.5 million jobs.C. 85 million jobs.D. 170 million jobs.2. Which job is most likely to be taken by machines in the future?A. Factory worker.B. Pianist. C. Scientist.D. Designer.3. According to the report, _____.A. people won't need to work in the futureB. there will be new jobs for humans in the futureC. people will compete with machines for the same jobsD. machines can work faster than humans4. The writer probably agrees that _____.A. there will not be enough jobs in the futureB. machines can still be improvedC. people should make careful use of machinesD. people should learn more new skillsDay 2Finding hope in dark times lifts us upWho stands for human civilization (文明) better than pianists? Wladyslaw Szpilman is a good example. The music he plays is beautiful, but his life isin danger. That's the story of Polish director Roman Polanski's 2002 film The Pianist. Based on an autobiographical (自传的) novel, it's the story of Jewish pianist Szpilman. He hears about the Nazi invasion (侵略) on the radio. He is eventually caught and sent to a death camp, but manages to escape (成功逃脱) and lives in the ruins (废墟) of Warsaw. When the city is bombed (被……轰炸), he is no longer able to find food. But one night, he finds a piano and plays it. German officer Wilm Hosenfeld hears him and is surprised at his talent. The pianist survives with the protection and help of the officer, who understands the beauty of music and the importance of saving it. Hosenfeld not only helps Jewish people get fake identities (身份) and places to live, he also writes diary entries and letters that criticize the brutality (暴行) of the Nazis. It's people like Hosenfeld who can bring others hope in dark times. He shows that although evil exists (存在) in the human heart, so does love.1. What do we know about The Pianist?A. The story in the film took place in 2002.B. It's about a Jewish pianist.C. It made lots of money.D. It is a well-known musical.2. Paragraph 2 is mainly about _____.A. how Szpilman suffered and was savedB. what the movie's historical background was C. how Szpilman escaped from the death campD. why people enjoy Szpilman's story3. Hosenfeld saved Szpilman because _____. A. he knew that Jewish people are harmlessB. he had the same experience as SzpilmanC. he was touched by Szpilman's musicD. he was an old friend of Szpilman4. From the story, we know that Hosenfeld _____A. thought that all people are equal B. saved Jewish people who had certain talentsC. helped Jewish people fight backD. helped many Jewish people in secretDay 3Arctic ice is at riskA weak, skinny polar bear is standing on a small piece of ice, drifting (漂流) in the sea. He is losing the solid (坚固的) ice that used to be his home and hunting ground. There has been a lot of bad news in recent years about how climate (气候) change has affected the Arctic (北极). This October, a group of scientists returned from a year-long Arctic expedition (远征). They had more bad news: all Arctic ice may disappear during the summer in just a few decades (十年). "This world is threatened. We really saw how the ice is disappearing," said Markus Rex, leader of the expedition. The temperature (温度) in the Arctic is 18 degrees higher than it was 125 years ago. Even at the North Pole, the coldest point in the Arctic, scientists found badly melted (融化的), thin ice. Polar bears are notthe only animals that are suffering. Animals like walruses (海象) and seals also depend on the ice to rest, give birth and raise babies. The loss of ice means the loss of their habitat (栖息地). Since there's now more rain, moss (苔藓) and grass are locked in ice instead of snow. Many reindeer (驯鹿) starve (挨饿) to death because they can't get to their food under the hard ice. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the number of reindeer has dropped by 56 percent in the last 20 years. Melting sea ice is also opening the door for more human activity, such as shipping, traveling and fishing. This will disturb (扰乱) the area's environment and the Arctic would never be the same again.1. How is climate change affecting theArctic?______________________________________2. How has the temperature in the Arctic changed over theyears?______________________________________3. How is melting ice affectinganimals?______________________________________4. Why are reindeer dying in theArctic?______________________________________5. What will happen in the Arctic if human activityincreases?______________________________________Day 4Racing to find a COVID cureScientists around the world have been racing to find a vaccine (疫苗) for the novel coronavirus as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Some countries have started testing their vaccines, including China. The country now has 13 vaccine candidates (候选) in clinical trials (临床试验), according to China Daily. You might be wondering –how exactly do vaccines work? The answer is actually very simple. The first vaccine was found in 1796, when English doctor Edward Jenner exposed (暴露) a13-year-old boy to a small amount of the cowpox virus (牛痘病毒). Cowpox is a cousin of the deadlier disease smallpox (天花). Amazingly, the boy developed immunity (免疫力) to smallpox －and in 1798, the first smallpox vaccine was created. You see, when our bodies are exposed to small amounts of dead or weakened (削弱的) viruses, we create special cells called antibodies (抗体). If we're exposed to the same viruses later, our antibodies can kill them off, even if they're stronger. Since Jenner's discovery, we've come up with many vaccines, including those for chicken pox (水痘) and the flu (流感). However, developing a safe and useful vaccine takes time. Some vaccines simply don't work, while others have uncomfortable or even dangerous side effects (副作用).About 60,000 people in China have received COVID-19 trial vaccinations so far, according to CGTN. They have not reported any serious side effects. However, clinical trials must be finished before the vaccine is ready for more people.1. Paragraph 2 explains _____.A. how vaccines workB. what vaccines are made ofC. how the first vaccine was discoveredD. what kinds of vaccines we have today2. How do vaccines work?①The patient is exposed to small amounts of dead or weakened viruses.②The patient is exposed to the same virus later.③The patient's antibodies kill the virus off.④The patient's body creates antibodies.A. ①②③④B. ②①④③C. ②④①③D. ①④②③3. The COVID-19 vaccine is not ready for the public because _____.A. its clinical trials are not finishedB. it is said to have side effects C. mass production has not started yetD. it has been found to be ineffective4. From the story, we know that _____.A. every virus has a vaccineB. vaccine testing is easyC. the pandemic will be over soonD. vaccines are difficult to createDay 5The castle (城堡) of Prince Llywelyn stood in the Welsh (威尔士) mountains, next to a dark forest full of wild animals. Llywelyn led a happylife. There were 1 things that he loved most in the world: his wife, his baby son and his dog, Gelert. Gelert was a strong, brave(勇敢的) dog. Gelert loved the baby and slept under his bed to 2 him every night. One day, Llywelyn and his wife had to 3 the castle early in the morning. Llywelyn told the dog to 4 the baby while he was away. At the end of the day, Llywelyn and his wife returned to the castle. As Llywelyn walked into the baby's bedroom, he could not see the baby anywhere. What had 5 ? Gelert was covered in blood (血). Llywelyn's first thought was that his dog had 6 the baby. Terribly angry, he immediately (立刻) took out his knife and killed the dog he had loved so much. It was then that he saw his baby 7 and well, sleeping under a blanket (毯子). The dead body of a huge wild dog lay next to him. Gelert had not killed the baby, 8 had killed the wild dog, which had tried to eat the baby. Llywelyn realized what a terrible mistake he had 9 . The prince buried (埋葬) Gelert under the castle wall so people would always 10 how brave Gelert had been. His story is still told today.1. A. one B. two C. three D. four2. A. protect B. watch C. perform D. feed3. A. find B. enter C. clean D. leave4. A. look after B. pay for C. put up D. spend on5. A. started B. closed C. missed D. happened6. A. hid B. killed C. left D. hit7. A. awake B. alive C. lively D. hurt8. A. and B. so C. but D. or9. A. made B. tried C. taken D. turned10. A. forget B. remember C. mind D. find参考答案：Day 1: BABDDay 2: BACDDay 3: 1. Arctic ice is melting and may disappear in just a few decades.2. It's 18 degrees warmer than it was 125 years ago.3. They are losing their habitat and food.4. Because more rainfall has caused their food to freeze under the ice.5. The area's environment will be disturbed.Day 4: CDADDay 5: 1-5 CADAD 6-10 BBCAB。
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牛津译林版八年级英语上册阅读理解专项强化训练题含答案Day 1Kids are getting too fatMore children in China are putting on weight. In 2018, 16 percent of Chinese children and teenagers were overweight or obese (肥胖的), according to the National Health Commission. Being too fat is bad for children's health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), overweight and obese children are more likely to develop diseases like diabetes (糖尿病) at a younger age. This can lead to a higher chance of premature (过早的) death. On Oct 23, the National Health Commission, together with five other national departments (部门), worked out a plan to prevent and control obesity. The plan aims to cut the average annual (每年的) growth rate of obesity among children aged 0-18 years by 70 percent from 2020 to 2030, Xinhua reported. Kids are putting on weight because of changes in their diet and lifestyle, according to experts. Too much schoolwork and greater use of electronic devices (电子产品) could also be a cause. According to the plan, teachers should not allow their classes to run too late or too early. They should make sure that students have breaks and enough physical activity. Primary and secondary schoolstudents should have at least three hours of vigorous (剧烈的) physical activity each week. Parents should reduce their children's use of electronic devices and stop their children from eating foods that are high in sugar, fat and salt.1. Paragraph 2 is about _____.A. a recent WHO reportB. the causes of childhood obesityC. Chinese children's obesity rateD. the effects of being too fat2. The NHC worked out the plan to _____.A. improve students' PE scoresB. stop children from getting sickC. stop children from getting fatD. encourage children to live happily3. The plan suggests that schools should _____.A. give children more time to exerciseB. stop children from using electronic devicesC. stop children from eating junk foodD. force obese children to lose weight4. What is the story mainly about?A. Chinese people's health conditions.B. Why Chinese children love junk food.C. What Chinese students do during their breaks.D. Action that China is taking to reduce childhood obesity.Day 2Victoria opens upOct 26 was a big day for people in Victoria, the second most populated state in Australia. Following a drop in new COVID-19 cases, the premier (州长) of Victoria lifted (撤销) one of the longest lockdowns in the world –nearly five months. Starting from Oct 28, we were allowed to leave our homes and go back to normal. The premier even shared a happy face with a doughnut (甜甜圈) on Facebook. Restaurants and bars were quickly filled. Stores were crowded with shoppers. And we were no longer stuck in our homes. The funniest part was that there was a long line in front of every barbershop. All of the men whose hair had been growing wildly for months were finally able to get a haircut. They could say goodbye to their sloppy selves (邋遢的自己). Last weekend, I went out to meet up with my friend. As we held hands and walked past eachfamiliar (熟悉的) store, I felt like the past months had been a dream. But something did change. We put on weight, menus were changed and hand sanitizer (洗手液) was everywhere. They reminded us that the world had been turned upside-down (天翻地覆) in 2020. We deserve to celebrate a bit, but we still need to be careful, as the virus is still spreading. All we can do is to recover (恢复) from it and live with it.1. Why was Oct 26 a big day for people inVictoria?______________________________________2. How long did Victoria's lockdown last?_______________________________________3. What did people in Victoria do after the lockdown waslifted?_______________________________________4. Why were there long lines in front of barbershops?_______________________________________5. How did the writer feel after going out with herfriend?_______________________________________6. What does the writer remind us about at the end of herstory?_______________________________________Day 3Recess and lunch are our big breaksAs a Chinese student, you probably have morning exercises at school each day. We don't have this in US schools. I found out about this cultural difference the first day I was in China. My first apartment (公寓) was right next to an elementary school (小学) and I saw the students doing their morning exercises. In the US, however, only elementary (from kindergarten to 4th grade) and middle school (5th –6th grade) students have exercise time like this. We call it "recess (课间休息)". It's a short daily play period (30 to 45 minutes) where we can play on the playground. My friends and I would play kickball (美式足垒球) and build forts (堡垒) out of big tree branches (树枝) that we found in the woods next to our playground. And in winter, we would sled down (乘雪橇滑下) a big icy hill behind our school. In junior high (7th –8th grade) and high school (9th –12th grade), things are different. We have to move between many different classrooms, as each subject has a different teacher and a different classroom. We have a few minutes between each class to get our books and chat a bit –but only a few minutes. We're in class almost the entire (全部的) time we're at school. Except for (除了) our one big break –lunch. Junior high and high school students get as much as an hour, sometimes even a little more, to eat and hang out. In my school, older students (grades 11 and 12) were even allowed to go off-campus (离开学校) for meals. Those who had driver's licenses and cars could drivearound our town, listening to music and eating fast food. It was a fun break in the middle of those long school days.1. What did the writer learn just after moving to China? A. Students do morning exercises at school.B. Students have long breaks between classes.C. Chinese kids are good at sports.D. Chinese kids like to do morning exercises.2. Paragraph 2 is mainly about _____.A. why the writer liked recess as a childB. what recess in the US is likeC. how US students do their morning exercisesD. what the writer's favorite exercise is3. In the US, students in grades 7 to 12 don't have recess because _____.A. they have little time between classesB. they are no more interested in exercisingC. they have to do homework during their breaksD. they can exercise during PE class instead4. From the last paragraph, we know that _____.A. US students have their lunch at schoolB. US students don't eat much during lunchC. the older students get, the busier they areD. high school students get a long lunch breakDay 4Is anybody out there?When you look into the night sky, you might not think that there's someone out there looking right back at you. But a new study says that there are more than 1,000 stars (恒星) in direct (直接的) line of sight to Earth that might have life. That is to say, life on the planets that orbit (绕轨道运行) these stars would also be able to see our planet. There might be aliens watching us! Lisa Kaltenegger, the lead author (主要作者) of the study, said we can see some of these stars from right here on Earth without telescopes (望远镜). Kaltenegger found that there are about 1,000 stars that are not only close enough for us to see, but also have some of the same qualities (特质) as our own sun. For now, we have no idea if there really is life on the planets that orbit these stars. However,researchers will be able to start scanning (扫描) the atmospheres (大气) of these planets with the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope next year. The scans could turn up signs (迹象) of life on these planets. "Ifwe're looking for intelligent life (智慧生物) in the universe that could find us and might want to get in touch, we've just created the star map of where we should look first," Kaltenegger said.1. Which of the following is TRUE?A. There are aliens in outer space.B. There are over 1,000 stars that directly face Earth.C. We cannot see any stars without telescopes.D. There is life on the planets that orbit some stars.2. Life might exist on planets near some of the stars because _____.A. the stars are similar to our sunB. the stars are close to EarthC. we can see the stars without telescopesD. the stars have similar atmospheres to Earth3. To see if there is life on other planets, scientists _____.A. will send spacecraft to find signs of lifeB. will use a telescope to scan for signs of lifeC. will scan the atmospheres of the starsD. will help NASA invent new telescopes4. What do we know from the last paragraph?A. It's important to look for life in space.B. We need to create a star map for the whole universe.C. There must be intelligent life in the universe.D. The stars we've discovered might help us find life in space.Day 5More than 700 years ago, Scotland was fighting with England. The King of England wanted to control Scotland. He had a strong army (军队), so it was 1 for the Scots to fight back. Scotland lost many battles. Eventually, King Robert of Scotland had to 2 from the English army. One rainy day, King Robert 3 in a cave (洞穴). He thought that he was not good enough to be the king. He was so 4 that he didn't even see the spider near him. He looked up when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up to its web (蛛网) at the top of the cave, but it 5 . "How sad!" thought King Robert. "The spider is like me. It's not strong enough." He watched while the spider 6 again. It fell down a second time. "Be careful, little spider," he said. "Life is so hard. You'll 7 get back to your web." But the spider tried again and again. King Robert watched while it slowly climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider 8 the web. "You are really great," the king said. "If you can keep trying, I can too. I must carry on fighting."Then the king's army grew stronger and successfully 9 the English army. Nobody knows if this is a true story. Many parents tell it to their children because they want their children to learn how to 10 challenges and setbacks (挫折).1. A. difficult B. important C. interesting D. traditional2. A. jump B. keep C. arrive D. run3. A. built B. hid C. dug D. flew4. A. worried B. excited C. shortD. tall5. A. turned up B. fell down C. took off D. showed up6. A. cried B. died C. tried D. lied7. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. often8. A. left B. reached C. broke D. spread9. A. forgot B. caught C. joined D. stopped10.A. deal withB. spend onC. stand upD. look for参考答案：Day 1: DCADDay 2: 1. Because the state's lockdown was lifted.2. Nearly five months.3. They went out to eat, went shopping and enjoyed being outside.4. Because people couldn't get their hair cut during the lockdown.5. The world has changed a lot.6. The virus is still spreading and we need to be careful.Day 3: ABADDay 4: BABDDay 5: 1-5 ADBAB 6-10 CCBDA。
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Day 1Keeping teens safeWhen you open apps such as QQ or Douyin, do you get a pop-up (弹出窗口) that lets you put the app in “teen mode”?Many apps, especially those for social media and video, have added this feature (功能) to protect teenagers. The Paper says this will give them a better experience and make sure they’re using the app in a healthy way.For example, video apps that have this feature might only allow users to watch 40 minutes of video. The videos that they can watch are marked safe and might even be educational (有教育意义的). There are no advertisements and users cannot top up (充值) their accounts (账号) with money.In QQ’s teen mode, users can only talk to people who are on their contact (联系人) list. Their chat records show pinyin, which is useful for primary school students.However, teen mode does not work effectively (有效地) for all apps, according to a recent report by the Jiangsu Consumer Council. Some livestreaming (直播) apps have no difference in content (内容) between teen mode and normal mode. And in some video apps, teen mode will start after 40 minutes of viewing time. But users can get past it by clicking “I know” and continue watching.1. Why are apps adding “teen mode”?A. To give users a better experience.B. To stop teenagers from using the apps.C. To give teenagers a place to study.D. To keep teenagers safe from unhealthy content.2. When using video apps in “teen mode”, teenagers _____.a. can watch whatever videos they wantb. have a limited time to watch videosc. cannot spend money on the appsd. can find educational videosA. abcB. abdC. acdD. bcd3. The last paragraph shows that _____.A. not every “teen mode” feature works wellB. teenagers don’t like to use “teen mode”C. many apps do not have “teen mode”D. “teen mode” protects teenagers well4. The story is mainly about _____.A. whether “teen mode” is useful or notB. how app developers protect their teenage usersC. the reasons why apps added the “teen mode” featureD. the disadvantages of having “teen mode” on appsDay 2Finishing a great tripIn the UK, there is a popular route (道路) for cyclists: the road from Land’s End in England to John O’Groats in Scotland. The road is 874 miles (1,407 km) long. It covers almost the full length of Great Britain. The 12-year-old boy named Laurence Chandler became the youngest cyclist to finish the route.Chandler took 20 days to finish the challenge. Each day, he cycled between 40 to 60 miles (64 km to 97 km). He spent six hours on his mountain bike daily. Chandler had to push through rainy and windy days. Cycling uphill was also hard.“It was much harder than I thought. I wasn’t expecting (预想) so many hills and how busy the roads were,” Chandler said. “But if you put yourmind to anything, then no matter how big, you can do it.”Chandler first thought of trying the route when he read an article about it two years ago. Later, as his father’s 50th birthday came around, he decided to go for it. He was already used to cycling around his village and to school before starting his journey.During his ride, Chandler raised 600 pounds (about 5,200 yuan) for Smile Train. It is a children’s charity (慈善组织) that pays for surgery (手术) for children in developing countries (发展中国家) who have cleft lips (兔唇).1. What do we know about Laurence Chandler in Paragraph 1?A. He found a new route for cyclists in the UK.B. He became the youngest cyclist in the UK.C. He cycled through Great Britain.D. He traveled around the UK on his own.2. Paragraph 2 is about _____.A. how Chandler felt about his journeyB. how Chandler got through hard timesC. why Chandler decided to go bikingD. what Chandler did during his trip3. From Chandler’s experience, we know that _____.A. he will cycle the route again in the futureB. he raised some money during his journeyC. he started cycling just two years agoD. he is afraid of cycling up and down hills4. Chandler might describe his experience as _____.A. challengingB. enjoyableC. dangerousD. relaxingDay 3Dare to take risks and learn more about yourselfDo you want to try skydiving (高空跳伞) or bungee jumping (蹦极)? Some people enjoy adventurous activities (冒险活动) like these, while others would never say “yes” to them.Vida from the Philippines is the former. She likes zorbing (太空球). In this activity, people climb into a large plastic (塑料的) ball and then roll downhill.Although there is some fear in it, Vida likes the idea of taking risks, as long as it is in a way that is controlled. “There are straps (安全带) and helmets (头盔), so it’s not dangerous, in fact. That is how I like to live my life anyway: Take risks, but be smart about them too.”Some people also gain independence (独立) and confidence (自信) by doing these adventurous activities. Sarah from the US enjoys bungee jumping. In activities like skydiving, you usually have a professional (专业人员) with you. But in bungee jumping, you do it all by yourself. “It needed me to be brave (勇敢的) enough to get up on that bridge and jump without the help of anyone else,” Sarah said. “That feeling of being independent makes it so attractive (有魅力的).”1. When zorbing, people _____.A. jump from a plane and fall freelyB. play ball games in the skyC. jump off of a bridgeD. roll downhill in a plastic ball2. What does Vida think about zorbing?A. The activity is too dangerous.B. People need protection to do it.C. There is no need to do it.D. Only smart people can do it.3. Sarah thinks that _____.A. bungee jumping helps her feel independentB. bungee jumping is too scaryC. adventurous activities can make us more healthyD. people need confidence to do bungee jumping4. The story is written to show _____.A. what people can gain from doing adventurous activitiesB. why some people like adventurous activitiesC. what kind of adventurous activities are popularD. how we should prepare for adventurous activitiesDay 4Funny discoveries awardedYour eyebrows might tell people something about your personality.Some people have a disorder that makes them hate the sound of chewing. And a knife made out of people’s feces (粪便) is not very useful. All of these things sound strange. But scientists are winning international prizes for studying them.The Ig Nobel Prizes, which were first given in 1991, honor (奖励) studies that “first make people laugh, and then think.” Ten unusual studies are chosen each year. This year’s winners were announced online on Sept 17. Let’s take a look at three of them.Reading our eyebrowsA person’s eyebrows can tell us whether he or she is a narcissist (自恋者), according to Canadian researchers Miranda Giacomin and Nicholas Rule. They took photos of 39 college students with neutral expressions (中立的表情) and had them fill out a personality test to see how narcissistic they are. Their photos were then shown to people who were asked whether they looked narcissistic or not.? It turns out that people can find narcissists based on their eyebrows. Narcissists are more likely to have dark and dense (浓密的) eyebrows.Knife made of poopA group of scientists used frozen (冰冻的) human feces to make knives. It’s said that an Inuit man once made feces into a frozen knife in order to kill a dog. The scientists gave it a try to see whether it would work. It took them eight days to collect the poop and freeze it into knives. They。
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AA helpful dog一条有帮助的狗When Helen left home to do some shopping, her elder daughter, 12-year-old Vanessa, was watching a movie and her little daughter, 10-month-old Alice,was asleep in the room. Helen told Vanessa to look afterAlice and to watch the cake in the oven(烤箱).Just after Helen left, Alice woke up and got out of herbed. Vanessa didn’t hear her sister because the film wasmaking a noise. She also forgot the cake. But she heard theice cream man. She ran out of the house without taking her key and locked herself out.Through the window, she saw Alice in the room. At once，she remembered the cake and knew Alice was in danger. She ran to the nearest telephone box and called 999.When the firemen arrived, they found Vanessa crying outside and heard Alice laughing inside. They went in and found the dog, Nap, playing with Alice. He was jumping around her and the oven.When Nap saw the firemen, he stopped at once as if(好像)to say, “Now it’s your turn. She is safe.” The house was full of smoke then, and they believed that Nap was playing with Alice to keep her away from the oven.( ) 1. Vanessa’s mother left home to.A. have dinnerB. see a filmC. visit her friendsD. go shopping( ) 2. What was Alice doing when her mother left home?A. She was sleeping.B. She was watching TV.C. She was playing with NapD. She was making a noise.( ) 3. Which is the right order according to the story?①Vanessa ran out of the house.②Helen told Vanessa to watch the cake.③Alice had a good time playing with Nap.④Alice woke up and got out of her bed.A.①②③④B.②③④①C.②④①③D.①④③②( ) 4. When Nap saw the firemen，he stopped because .A. he wanted to go outsideB. he was surprised to see themC. he knew that Alice was safe nowD. he wanted to have some ice cream( ) 5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Helen asked her elder daughter to take care of Alice when she left home to buy somethings.B. Alice got up after her mother went out to do some shopping.C. Vanessa ran out of her house without her sister.D. The house was full of smoke because Nap played with Alice near the oven.BHere comes the Big Five非洲霸气天团来袭Africa is a great place for wildlife. But do you know theBig Five? They are the five most powerful (强大的)anddangerous animals in Africa. Are you ready to meet them?Elephant I am the biggest animal in the Big Five. Infact, I am the largest land animal in the world! Look at mytusks(象牙). I use them to dig for food and water. SometimesI use them to fight others.Lion I am the king of the grasslands! My roar(吼声)is scary and my paws are sharp. My wife looks after our kids. But she also hunts more often than I do. We sleep for up to 20 hours a day.African buffalo (非洲水牛)I have sharp horns(角)and strong legs. Even lions do not dare (敢) to attack(攻击) me! I live in a group of up to 1,000 members. Do you see the birds sitting on my back? They are my friends. They help me clean my skin(皮肤).Leopard(花豹) I am good at running, climbing trees, and even swimming. I often take my prey(猎物) into trees, so other big animals cannot find it. I don’t like to share food or play with others. You can hardly see me during the day.Rhino(犀牛) I cannot see well and I get angry easily. I can run up to 55 km per hour, much faster than top Olympic runners. There are only a few of my kind in the world now. we need your protection.( ) 1. How many animals are mentioned in the passage?A. Two. B .Three. C. Four. D. Five.( ) 2. From the passage, we can know that the elephants can use their tusks to .A. play with othersB. dig for food and waterC .hunt for small animals D. help clear}the skins( ) 3. What do the last two sentences in the last paragraph mean?A. Some animals are becoming fewer so humans should try their best to protect them.B. It’s very important to know something about some dangerous and powerful animals.C. Many African animals are living happily with humans in the wild.D. Rhinos can run faster than top Olympic runners so that they are not in danger. ( ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The elephant is the largest animal in the world.B. The father lion usually looks after the babies and hunts more often.C. The buffaloes have sharp Horns and like to live in large groups.D. The leopard is good at climbing, running as well as jumping.( ) 5. The leopard and the rhino both according to the passage.A. run very fastB. see well during the dayC. dislike sharing food with othersD. get angry easilyCFish’s memories鱼的记忆力It’s a popular belief that fish can’t remember anythingfor longer than seven seconds. Every moment in their liveswould be like seeing the world for the first time. But don’tfeel sorry for them. A recent study has found that fish havemuch better memories than we thought. In fact, somekinds of fish can even remember events from as long as 12days ago, BBC reported.In the study, researchers from MacEwan University in Canada trained a kind of fish called African cichlids to go to a certain area of their tank to get food. They then waited for 12 daysbefore putting them back in the tank again.This showed that they could remember their past experiences. Researchers also found that after such a long break the fish still went to the same place where they first got food. In fact, scientists had been thinking for a long time that African cichlids might have a good memory.An earlier study showed that they behaved aggressively in front of certain fish, perhaps because they remembered their past fights. But until the latest(最新的)findings, there was no clear evidence.Just as a good memory can make our lives easier, it also plays an important part when a fish is trying to survive in the wild.“If fish are able to remember that a certain area contains safe food, they will be able to go back to that area without putting their lives in danger,” lead researcher Trevor Hamilton told Live Science.For a long time, fish were placed(放置)far below chimpanzees, dolphins and mice on the list of smart animals. But this study has given scientists a new understanding of their intelligence(智商).So next time you are watching your pet fish from outside the tank, perhaps you should feel closer to them they may remember who you are.( ) 1. How much do we know about the fish from the study?①Fish were put in a tank for scientists to study.②It took scientists twelve days to do the research.③Fish can remember where they first got food after some time.④Fish would fight for food with others.⑤Fish can remember things for longer than seven seconds.⑥Fish can sleep with their eyes open.A.②③④B.①③⑤C.②⑤⑥D.①④⑥( ) 2. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to .A. living placesB. the environmentC. a good memoryD. food( ) 3. What does the underlined word “aggressively” in Paragraph 4 probably mean in Chinese?A.得体地.B.夸张地.C.奇怪地.D.有侵略性地.( ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？A. Most of the fish can remember things as long as 12 days.B. Fish have been placed fourth on the list of smart animals.C. researchers have trained fish how to survive in the wild.D. The result from the study is different from what people used to think about fish: ( ) 5. Which part of the newspaper is the article taken from?A. Science.B. Travel.C. Culture.D. Business.DSuccess in the wild giant panda chase成功追踪野外大熊猫For 19 years, Liao Liang has kept a pile of panda ordure(粪便) in his office desk in Sichuan-based Jiuding Mountain NatureReserve.He did it because that’s the only evidence(证据) of theexistence of wild pandas inside the area. Now he can give it awaybecause on Wednesday, a wild giant panda was reportedly caught on camera in the area. That’s the first photo taken of a wild giant panda in that protection area since it was set up in 1999.Before the photo was taken, people knew there were giant pandas inside the Jiuding Mountain Nature Reserve but had never seen any. Now there are video records.Some might not realize the importance of wild giant pandas compared(比较) with those inside the breeding(繁育) centers.`The purpose of animal protection is to let them live independently in the wild, breed and become part of the local ecological chain(生物链). Since 2006, China has freed(释放)11 housed pandas into the wild and it plans to free another five pairs soon.However, compared with the animals in the wild, housed protected animals generally don’t have the necessary skills to live in the wild. Being raised in air-conditioned rooms and fed with meals carefully designed every day, they can’t easily survive in the wild without the help of humans.The giant panda photographed in Jiuding Mountain shows the protection area has suitable conditions for pandas to live.( ) 1. What does the underlined word “existence” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?A.消失.B.灭绝.C.兴旺.D.存在.( ) 2. When was Jiuding Mountain Nature Reserve set up?A. In 1980.B. In 1999.CC. In 2006D. In 2018.( ) 3. Which of the following is NOT the purpose of animal protection?A. To let them live independently in the wild.B. To breed more pandas.C. To become part of the local ecological chain.D. To breed more housed pandas in the animal protection centers.( ) 4. What is the fact about animals in the wild?A. Being able to have the necessary skills to live in the wild.B. Being raised in air-conditioned rooms.C. Being fed with carefully designed meals every day.D. Being unable to survive in the wild.( ) 5 .Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Liao Liang kept the panda ordure in order to do some research.B. Liao Liang gave the panda ordure away because a hunter caught a wild giant panda.C. Now people make sure that there are giant pandas in the Jiuding Mountain NatureReserve because of the panda’s video records.D. People protect the panda to breed more pandas.“Twin”Kitties 双胞胎小猫When you look at the two cats in the picture, you maythink that they are related(有关的). After all, theylook just the same, don’t they? Yes, the two cats do lookalike, but in fact, they are not related at all.They are Suzume and Unagi. The two lovely cats now。