This issue is not worthy ______.
A. to be discussed B. of discussing C. to discuss D. discussing
科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
Scientists studying the impact of climate change on the Arctic need to consider ways to reduce their own carbon footprints(碳排放量), says Ryan Brook, a researcher who regularly flies north to study the health of caribous(馴鹿).He calls on scientists to show leadership by examining and sharing ways to reduce the impact of working in polar regions.
“The importance of the research is not at question here. It is important to our understanding of and adapting to climate change. But we need to think about better approaches,” says Brook.
“This is an issue for all scientists, though polar researchers often travel particularly long distances using commercial air travel. We also rely extensively on small aircraft, icebreakers, and snowmobiles, all of which produce large amounts of carbon.”
Brook studies the health of caribou herds in Nunavut and Northwest Territories. He works with northern wildlife managers. This work typically takes him north five or six times per year and when he calculated his own carbon footprint, he was not happy with the result.
“My research footprints are about the same as the annual footprints of an average Toronto resident. Basically, I have two footprints — my own personal life, which is moderate, and my research footprint.”
Climate scientists can rightly argue that Arctic research is a specialized field and the community of scientists who travel north is relatively small. Even if all scientists working in the north reduced their carbon emissions, it would not make a big impact on the global scale. For Brook, it’s the option that matters.
There are ways researchers can reduce the amount of carbon they use. Some helicopters use less fuel than others. Solar and wind power are alternatives to gas-fired generators. And while carbon offsets(抵消) don’t reduce the amount of carbon emitted, they are an easy first step.
“There aren’t necessarily any easy answers, but we need to start talking about it,” says Brook. “This is particularly important for the next generation of scientists being trained and I hope to see them become leaders in this issue.”
What did Brook find when he calculated his own carbon footprints?
A. His carbon footprints are more than the annual footprints of a Toronto resident.
B. His personal life footprints are more than the annual footprints of a Toronto resident.
C. His research footprints are about the same as his personal life footprints.
D. His personal life footprints are more than his research footprints.
Brook’s opinion is challenged by the statement that .
A. arctic research is very important
B. the Arctic is a special environment
C. the footprints of Arctic scientists are small
D. Brook’s situation is a common phenomenon
We can infer from the last paragraph that .
A. we should take actions immediately instead of just talking
B. it’s easy to start talking about the problem of carbon emissions
C. it’s necessary now to pay attention to the problem of research footprints
D. the next generation of scientists are more interested in research footprints
What’s the main idea of the text?
A. The importance of arctic research is not at question.
B. Climate change becomes worse because of arctic research.
C. Brook suggests ways of reducing the use of carbon.
D. Scientists must look at their own carbon footprints.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2011河南信陽高中畢業(yè)班第二次調(diào)研考試英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解
Environmental protection is frequently talked about nowadays. The authorities are doing their best to arise the public awareness of the vital importance of the environmental protection. This issue is, indeed, worth following up.
Environmental protection is closely related not only to our personal life, but also to the entire human race and the world’s further development. For one thing, the environment, in a narrow sense, determines the quality of
our individual life. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, etc. , all come directly from the environment. If they continue to be contaminated, we may have neither clean water, nor healthy food. For another thing, in a broader sense, the environment plays a decisive role in fate of mankind. As is known to all, the earth, up to now, is human being’s only dwelling place. We can expect that some day we will live on another planet, but I doubt that this day will come earlier than the day when the earth becomes a globe of waste, if we keep damaging the environment. Finally, the environment is essential to the further development of the world. Extensive industrialization, which has brought about all the convenience and facilities we enjoy today, has been depending on the comprehensive exploitation of the earth’s natural resources found in the environment. If we do not protect the environment properly, further development cannot be guaranteed. In a word, to protect the environment is an urgent task.
Nevertheless, environmental protection is indeed a demanding task. Many people are still, either unconscious of the urgency of the task or deliberately damaging the environment for the interests of their own. Hence, we should adopt severe measures to prohibit people from doing more harms to the environment. Meanwhile, we need to make the gravity of the present situation known to all. In other words, punishment and instruction should be equally emphasized. Only in this way can we look forward to a cleaner and greener world.
【小題1】.
. What does the underlined word contaminated（in paragraph 2）probably refer to?
| A．polluted | B．protected | C．wasted | D．guaranteed |
| A．stress the importance of protecting environment |
| B．enjoy beautiful environment happily |
| C．try to develop our industrialization fast |
| D．take severe measures to the environmental destroyers |
| A．environmental protection is indeed a demanding task to our government |
| B．not all the people in the world realize the urgency of the task |
| C．only a few people are damaging the environment on purpose |
| D．some day we will live on another planet before the earth is damaged |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013-2014學(xué)年四川省高三二診模擬英語試卷（解析版） 題型：短文改錯
下面短文中有10處語言錯誤。請在有錯誤的工方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。
增加：在缺詞處加一個符號（^），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意： 1. 每句不超過兩個錯誤；
2. 每處錯誤及其修改均只限一詞；
3. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。
I often go to a weekend school. So did many of my classmates. This seems popular among students. Good weekend schools have excellent teachers which help us improve our studies.
Besides, we get to know students from another schools and learn about their campus of life.
So every coin has two sides．Our school work is already a heavy burden．Extra lesson often take up too much of our time. In addition, pay lots of attention to the extra lessons will affect their school subjects．We may also find ourselves very tired on Mondays to concentrate on the lessons in our own school. We should think seriously about this issue and make best use of our time．
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科目：高中英語 來源：2014屆江西南昌第二中學(xué)高二下期期末考試英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.
There are now more than a thousand genetic tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’（老年癡呆癥）.
“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” Said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.
“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, “could be understood as the beginning of the end.” “That ’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”
Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was “no significant difference” between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.
1.Which of the following is true about James Watson？
A．He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.
B．He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.
C．He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.
D．He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.
2.The first paragraph is meant to__________.
A．a(chǎn)sk some questions B．satisfy readers’ curiosity
C．introduce the topic D．describe an academic fact
3.According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.
A．necessary to remove his anxiety B．impossible to hide his disease
C．better to inform him immediately D．a(chǎn)dvisable not to let him know
4.The underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.
A．leave off B．break down C．drop out D．turn away
5.The study led by Dr. Green indicates that people__________.
A．can accept some bad news B．tend to find out the truth
C．prefer to hear good news D．have the right to be informed
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013屆福建省高二下學(xué)期期末考卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Ban Fur? Then Why Not Leather?
Much to the displeasure of some local businesses, the City Council in West Hollywood, California, voted without opposition last week to ban the sale of fur products. Should laws be involved in this issue? Is it unfair to ban sales of fur, but not sales of leather and hides (獸皮)?
Animals Do Not Have Rights
By Tibor R. Machan
My view is that animals do not have basic rights. It is a matter of ethics (倫理學(xué)) and not of the laws of human societies. If animals had such rights as human beings do, they would have to be held responsible for killing fellow animals in the wild. That way of thinking about animals makes a category mistake. Using animals, including their fur or organs, to improve people's lives is acceptable.
A Small Step Against Cruelty
By Kate Carter
Both fur and leather are the skins of dead animals. Why should we think that the lovable furry ones deserve more of a life than the less pleasing ones? Some say leather is less cruel because it's a byproduct (副產(chǎn)品) of the meat industry. But this isn't really true. Some cheap leather may be a byproduct of the meat industry, but often it's the other way round. In South Africa, where there is a developing market for ostrich(鴕鳥)farms, the skins account for roughly 80 percent of the slaughtered (宰殺)birds' value, a mere 20 percent of which comes from the meat.
"Who" Are You Wearing?
By Marc Bekoff
West Hollywood's ban is a move in the right direction. However, we must work to ban the sales of leather and hides, too. Furs come from animals who are attacked to become clothing, while some leather and hides come from slaughterhouse(屠宰場) animals. We must remember that when people choose to wear fur, leather and hides, they are wearing formering conscious beings. So it's a matter of who they are wearing, not what they are wearing because these animals must be referred to as who and not what or that.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. West Hollywood's ban on fur products.
B. Differences between fur and leather sales.
C. The government's role in protecting animals.
D. The ecological imbalance in West Hollywood.
2.Tibor R. Machan seems to believe that .
A. laws should be passed to protect animals
B. humans are respornsible for killing animals
C. it is not reasonable to use animals to improve life
D. animals and humans aren't supposed to share equal rights
3.What is Kate Carter's opinion about wearing fur and wearing leather?
A. Both are decided by the meat industry.
B. There is little distinction (區(qū)別) between them.
C. Wearing fur is generally more acceptable.
D. Wearing leather is cheaper than wearing fur.
4.What is Marc Bekoff’s attitude towards sales of fur?
A. Sympathetic. B. Careless. C. Tolerant. D. Opposed.
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