Like many thickly populated urban neighborhoods, Lincoln Park also has rats. A lot of rats. “Every night when I walk down the sidewalk, I see rats, ” says 36-year-oId Kelly McGee, who has come to accept this aspect of city living. “It’s an urban area; I don't know what else we can expect.”

McGee lives just down the block from the old Children's Memorial Hospital, which is about to be torn down as part of a massive redevelopment project. “Construction all over the city often disturbs rats that are living underground,” says Lincoln Park’s City Council representative, Alderman Michele Smith. “Every developer has to do active rat reduction on site, ”Smith says. Already, there are poisonous and inviting food boxes all around the old hospital complex. But the developer of the hospital site still warned residents in a recent community meeting that when digging begins later this month, the rat problem could be awful.

Victoria Thomas, who lives a few miles north of Lincoln Park in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood, says she tried everything from underground fencing to poison traps to wipe out rats, but nothing worked until she got some cats. From the first day she got the cats, Thomas says the rats started to disappear.

“The cats will kill off a great deal of the initial population of the rats, ”says Paul Nickerson, who manages the Cats at Work program for Tree House Humane Society. “And through spreading their pheromones, a chemical produced by an animal, the cats will keep other rats from filling their absence.” Nickerson says that is what makes the cat program so successful in keeping rats away for the long term. ” The rats are far from stupid. They smell the cats’ pheromones so they’ll stay out of the cats’ territory(領(lǐng)域).”

After Smith highlighted the program in a recent newsletter, Nickerson and Tree House Humane Society have been getting lots of calls from people seeking their own cat colonies. That means a lot more wild cats that might otherwise be killed out of pity will be cared for while doing something that they love: hunting rats.

1.What is McGee’s attitude towards the rat problem?

A. Indifferent. B. Tolerant.

C. Annoyed. D. Frightened.

2.What does the underlined word in the last but one paragraph refer to?

A. Rats’ stupidity.

B. Tree House Humane Society.

C. Cat’s nature of killing rats.

D. The smell of cat’s pheromones.

3.What does the last paragraph suggest?

A. The program is a win-win thing.

B. Cats should be taken good care of.

C. Wild cats are more skilled at hunting.

D. It’s important to keep the ecological balance.

練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2017年全國(guó)普通高等學(xué)校招生統(tǒng)一考試英語(yǔ)（北京卷正式版） 題型：單項(xiàng)填空

—Peter, please send us postcards ______ we’ll know where you have visited.

—No problem.

A. but B. or C. for D. so

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：湖北省襄陽(yáng)市2017屆高三下學(xué)期第二次模擬考試英語(yǔ)試卷 題型：完形填空

I was looking through some old photo albums the other day. I had______done that many times before but I felt a sudden______to see them again. I found myself______so many beautiful memories from my childhood. There was my dear Nana giving me a thorough______when I was a newborn baby. There was me and my brother standing in front of the world's ugliest______our favorite Christmas tree. There was my beautiful Mom______me on her lap. Then the pictures seemed______all of a sudden because my eyes were wet. I just couldn't______the tears. “What is going on?” I______.I hadn't cried the last time. But what was______now?

I soon saw that it was I who changed. I had______.My spirit had walked a little further down the______of love. I realized as long as they came with a warm heart, wet eyes were______to be ashamed of. I smiled and I felt Mom and Nana smiling______on me from Heaven.

Leo Buscaglia said: “I’m not afraid of______.They clean out my eyeballs.” I think they clean out our______as well. They help us to wash away our pain, fear and grief（悲傷）.They help us to_____our love and goodness. They help us to become who we are_______to be. The next time you feel your tears starting, just let them______.

Life is full of smiles and tears. Only by allowing them both can we______live.

1.A. never B. ever C. already D. nearly

2.A. appeal B. sadness C. fear D. urge

3.A. shaping B. reliving C. escaping D. building

4.A. bath B. speech C. hug D. survey

5.A. and B. but C. or D. as

6.A. spinning B. possessing C. holding D. walking

7.A. beautiful B. blank C. abnormal D. vague

8.A. fight back B. fight with C. hold on D. hold up

9.A. found B. wondered C. hesitated D. discussed

10.A. heartbreaking B. frustrating C. different D. disturbing

11.A. grown B. misunderstood C. insisted D. struggled

12.A. feast B. path C. expectation D. circle

13.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

14.A. forward B. upwards C. down D. behind

15.A. tears B. failures C. deaths D. illnesses

16.A. competence B. inside C. identification D. development

17.A. look through B. clean out C. learn from D. reconnect to

18.A. used B. reminded C. forced D. meant

19.A. separate B. stay C. flow D. disappear

20.A. truly B. roughly C. generally D. tentatively

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：湖南省長(zhǎng)沙市2017屆高三高考模擬試卷（二）英語(yǔ)試卷 題型：短文填空

Memories of my sophomore (高二學(xué)生）dance 1. (be) still vivid in my mind.

It was 5 o’clock in the afternoon, and I had put on my red party dress and my host mother was doing up my hair. My schoolmate Chris 2.(show) up at the front door 3. his suit and tie. He handed me a red corsage (小花束）that 4. (perfect) matched my dress. We headed for school, and started our dance? To be honest, I am not sure 5. I should call what we did “dancing”. We jumped, yelled and laughed with people we knew or had just met for the first time. We twirled in circles, threw our arms in the air and, as my English teacher later put it, ran wild around the place. In those few 6. (hour)，nothing seemed to matter 7. than having fun.

With music playing and everybody 8. (have) a good time, Chris asked me a question, "How is the dance different from dances in China?"

“Well, we don’t usually have dances in China.”

“What? How do you express 9. (you) then?”

10. (lose) in thought. I was silent for a while.

Now, I have an idea for everyone: Just dance.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：四川省2017屆高三下學(xué)期第一次模擬考試英語(yǔ)試卷 題型：書(shū)面表達(dá)

假設(shè)你是紅星中學(xué)學(xué)生會(huì)主席李華，你校交換生Jim在給你的email中提到他對(duì)學(xué)生會(huì)組織的活動(dòng)感興趣，并希望你給他提供一項(xiàng)適合他參加的活動(dòng)。請(qǐng)你給Jim回郵件，內(nèi)容包括：

1. 活動(dòng)名稱及意圖；

2. 活動(dòng)具體安排；

3. 邀請(qǐng)他參加。

注意：1. 詞數(shù)100左右；

2. 開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

3. 學(xué)生會(huì)the Students’ Union

Dear Jim,

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：福建省羅源市2016-2017學(xué)年高一6月月考英語(yǔ)試卷 題型：單句改錯(cuò)

以下10個(gè)句子，每個(gè)句中只有一處錯(cuò)誤。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在符號(hào)下面寫(xiě)上該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（﹨）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。

1.The number of the learners have increased by 30% since 2010.

2.The woman as well as the children were invited to the birthday party last night.

3.Only when the war was over did the family can return to their country.

4.The mother was delivered by a healthy baby, which made everyone happy.

5.Lin Qiaozhi devoted her whole life to show consideration to the patients.

6.Just dream for things, however, costs nothing.

7.This character was social failure but was loved for his optimism.

8.You may find it astonished that she was married to a rich man.

9.That was a generation where girls' education was placed second to boys’.

10.He has intended to catch the early bus, but he didn’t get up early.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：福建省羅源市2016-2017學(xué)年高一6月月考英語(yǔ)試卷 題型：閱讀理解

The United States Department of Agriculture has a program called Wildlife Services.Its job is to help protect agriculture and other resources from threats and damage by wildlife.Often that means helping farmers deal with unwelcome visitors.This organization has experts from different fields and it has set up thousands of inquiry agencies all over the country where farmers can explain their difficulty and get practical help.

One example from Wildlife Services of its work involved a farmer in Washington State,in the Pacific Northwest.Several years ago,thousands of Canada geese landed on his fields.The geese began to eat his carrot crop.Biologists from the program suggested that the farmer use noise-making devices and other measures to scare the large birds away.These efforts apparently succeeded,which made the farmer quite happy.

Wildlife Services also has a livestock(牲畜)protection program.The program just offers suggestions to keep those unwelcome visitors away instead of killing them.Experts suggest providing secure shelter for chickens,sheep and other animals that could be attacked.They also suggest using lights above places where animals are kept.And they advise people who see coyotes around their property to chase them away by shouting,making loud noises or throwing rocks.For home gardeners,a two-meter fence might help keep out deer.To keep out rabbits,a wire fence has to be only about a half-meter high.It should extend fifteen centimeters underground to keep rabbits from digging under it.If snakes are a problem,remove dead trees and cut high grass to destroy their hiding places.And to protect livestock,consider using guard animals such as dogs and donkeys,which are very effective.Due to its effective work,ever since the Wildlife Services was started,it has been well received by farmers all over the States and neighboring countries such as Canada and Mexico.

1.The underlined phrase “unwelcome visitors” in the first paragraph refers to 　　　.

A. animals that attack the farmers

B. people who don’t care about wildlife

C. animals that do harm to the crops or livestock

D. people who pollute the environment of the farms

2.It can be inferred from the second paragraph that 　　　.

A. the farmer didn’t have a gun to kill those Canada geese

B. Wildlife Services involves some biologists in its group

C. the carrot crop was eaten up by the Canada geese

D. the farmers like to eat Canada geese very much

3.What is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?

A. Ways to protect livestock. B. Ways to deal with coyotes.

C. How to protect crops. D. How to find wildlife.

4.How is the program getting along?

A. It remains to be improved.

B. It is very popular among experts.

C. It is well received by the local government.

D. Farmers in the U.S.,Canada and Mexico think it effective.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2017年全國(guó)普通高等學(xué)校招生統(tǒng)一考試英語(yǔ)（全國(guó)卷3正式版） 題型：閱讀理解

After years of heated debate, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park. Fourteen wolves were caught in Canada and transported to the park. By last year, the Yellowstone wolf population had grown to more than 170 wolves.

Gray wolves once were seen here and there in the Yellowstone area and much of the continental United States, but they were gradually displaced by human development. By the 1920s, wolves had practically disappeared from the Yellowstone area. They went farther north into the deep forests of Canada, where there were fewer humans around.

The disappearance of the wolves had many unexpected results. Deer and elk populations — major food sources (來(lái)源) for the wolf – grew rapidly. These animals consumed large amounts of vegetation (植被), which reduced plant diversity in the park. In the absence of wolves, coyote populations also grew quickly. The coyotes killed a large percentage of the park’ s red foxes, and completely drove away the park’ s beavers.

As early as 1966,biologists asked the government to consider reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone Park.They hoped that wolves would be able to control the elk and coyote problems.Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.

The government spent nearly 30 years coming up with a plan to reintroduce the wolvers. The U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service carefully monitors and manages the wolf packs in Yellowstone.Today,the debate continues over how well the gray wolf is fitting in at Yellowstone.Elk,deer,and coyote populations are down,while beavers and red fores have made a comeback.The Yellowstone wolf project has been a valuable experiment to help biologists decide whether to reintroduce wolves to other parts of the country as well.

1.What is the text mainly about?

A.Wildlife research in the United States.

B.Plant diversity in the Yellowstone area.

C.The conflict between farmers and gray wolves.

D.The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park.

2.What does the underlined word “displaced” in paragraph 2 mean?

A.Tested. B.Separated. C.Forced out. D.Tracked down.

3.What did the disappearance of gray wolves bring about？

A.Damage to local ecology. B.A decline in the park’s income.

C.Preservation of vegetation. D.An increase in the variety of animals.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards the Yellowstone wolf project？

A.Doubtful. B.Positive. C.Disapproving. D.Uncaring.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：四川省2016-2017學(xué)年高一5月月考英語(yǔ)試卷 題型：短文填空

Table manners vary f'rom culture to culture. 1. is acceptable in one country may be considered extremely rude in another. Here we will tell you about the traditional table manners 2.the modern table manners in Korea.3. ( tradition) , it was the woman's job 4. (cook)food and set the table. The woman would sit5. her husband to make sure that he had everything he needed for a pleasant meal. Only 6. the husband finished would the woman and her children eat. Nowadays, table manners have changed a lot. 7. of the family members eat together at the same time. It is common to see everyone help with the meal, 8. (include) the husband. One tradition, however, has not changed. It is the oldest person that starts the meal. 9. ( stay) until the oldest person is finished is considered to be 10. basic tradition of Korean table manners.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案