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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is perhaps the earliest and most famous example of botanical gardens. Over decades and centuries, many incredible botanical gardens have been established. Here is a list of them. Orto Botanico di Padova The Orto Botanico di Padova in Padua, north-eastern Italy, is the oldest academic botanical garden still in its original location. It was founded in 1545 by the Venetian Republic. It is spread across an area of 22,000 square meters. It is particularly known for its historical architecture, as well as the collection of 6000 kinds of plants. The astonishing botanical garden is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden The Kirstenbosch National botanical Garden is located at the foot of Table Mountain in. Cape Town, South Africa. It is one of South Africa's nine national botanical gardens, which covers five out of six biomes (生物群落)，and the first of its kind in the world. It is famous for exhibiting native plants from different regions. Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum The Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum is located in Berlin, Germany. It has 22,000 different plant species. Among its different plants is a giant bamboo. This astonishing garden has a large scientific library attached to it. The complex has buildings and glasshouses. Singapore Botanic Garden The 74 hectare (公顷)Singapore Botanic Garden in Singapore is the only botanic garden that stays open from 5 am to 12 midnight, every day. Its attractions include Rainforest, Botany Centre, Tanglin Gate, Jacob Ballas Children's Garden and other gardens. It has the Tembusu tree, seen on the Singaporean five-dollar bill. 【1】What is the special part of Orto Botanico di Padova? A.It is in Europe. B.It has the most plants. C.It has a library. D.It has some ancient items. 【2】Where should you go if you want to enjoy the native plants in diverse areas? A.Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum. B.Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. C.Singapore Botanic Garden. D.Orto Botanico di Padova. 【3】In which continent can you see the Tembusu tree? A.Asia. B.Europe. C.America. D.Africa. |
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You should always support your kids and their natural talents. And if you nurture them, great things will happen. That's what 9-year-old Joe Whale's parents thought when they encouraged their son to keep drawing, even though he got into trouble for doodling （涂鸦） during class. They sent Joe to an after-school art class and his artistic abilities were quickly noticed by those around him. In fact, Joe was invited to decorate the dining room of the “Number 4” restaurant in Shrewsbury, England. Now, Joe is known as The Doodle Boy and has his own website, as well as social media pages showing off his awesome art. According to Greg, Joe's dad, his son has always loved drawing and "was added to the Gifted register in primary school aged 4”. Greg also revealed how long it took Joe to finish his drawings on the dining room walls in the restaurant. "Joe spent about 12 hours illustrating the wall.” What's more, Greg had some proposals for parents who want to encourage their kids to develop their talent: "I would advise parents to encourage their children to always follow their passion and dreams - research local workshops or groups within your local community ” Joe's teacher recognized his talent and posted his work on Instagram. His drawings caught the eye of the “Number 4" restaurant which asked him to come over and decorate their walls with his doodles. Now, his dad drives him there so he can draw his heart out. Who knew that drawing in an after-class program would lead Joe to get his first job at barely 9 years old? 【1】What did Joe do in his class? A.Supported other naughty children. B.Left school to find his parents. C.Drew pictures in the class. D.Decorated the wall. 【2】What is Greg's suggestion? A.To send the children to the local restaurant. B.To talk with the children's teacher actively. C.To offer enough support for the children's dream. D.To force the children to stay at school all day long. 【3】How did the "Number 4" restaurant find Joe? A.Joe was famous in the community. B.Joe's works were displayed on the Internet C.Joe's teacher recommended Joe to the restaurant. D.Joe has his own website looked through by the restaurant. 【4】Who is the text mainly intended for? A.Parents. B.Children C.Teachers. D.Restaurant owners. |
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For centuries, elephants have caught our admiration and imaginations, and it's easy to see why. The planet's largest land animals can stand up to 10 feet tall and weigh up to 13, 200 pounds. But they're not just about brawn. With their complex brains, elephants are incredibly clever and sensitive: caring for their families and capable of remembering faraway places and old friends. Ln fact, when elephants spot friends, they often show love by wrapping their trunks together or resting them on each other's foreheads. Trunks come in handy for more than just greeting. For instance, elephant babies suck （吮吸）their trunks for comfort, just as human babies suck their thumbs. Trunks are also handy for reaching high hanging food. Elephants have back teeth the size of small bricks and tusks （长牙）.They use tusks to carry things, pull bark off trees, clear paths, dig for roots and water, fight enemies and impress other elephants. Unfortunately, it's those amazing tusks that put elephants5 lives at risk. The desire for tusk ivory is the reason why so many elephants have been killed. From the days of ancient Egypt and Rome, elephant tusk ivory is valuable. Today, in many parts of the world ivory or “white gold" remains a symbol of wealth and status, especially in Asia. More recently, it's been used to make piano keys, and decorations. In order to get the ivory, elephants are killed. In 1979, there were an estimated 1.3 million elephants in Africa. By 2007 that number had dropped to between 472,000 and 690,000. Did you know these surprising facts about ivory? Seven out of ten people in China don't know it comes from a dead elephant. With the spending power of a growing middle class in countries such as China, the demand for illegal ivory is increasing. Forty percent of people in the United Kingdom don't think elephants need to be harmed to take their tusks. And the United States is still the second largest market in the world for elephant ivory. If more people knew that every piece of ivory comes from a dead elephant, fewer people might want to buy ivory products. And less demand for ivory means more elephants will survive. 【1】What does the underlined word "brawn" in the first paragraph mean? A.lovable character. B.human imagination. C.brilliant mind. D.physical strength. 【2】What can we learn about elephants from the text? A.They have good memories. B.Their trunks are used to fight enemies C.Their back teeth put their lives at risk D.They touch their foreheads for comfort. 【3】What can we learn from the text? A.Most people in China know tusks come from dead elephants. B.Most people in the UK think it's legal to get tusks. C.Most people in Asia think ivory represents wealth and status. D.Most people in the US today refuse to purchase ivory products. 【4】What is the purpose of the text? A.To explain the importance of the elephant. B.To call on people to protect the elephant. C.To show the living habits of the elephant. D.To persuade people to raise money for the elephant. |
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Although it has been shown in recent years that plants can see, hear and smell, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making ultrasonic（超声的）cries when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of agriculture where farmers listen for water-hungry crops. Itzhak Khait and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that tomato and tobacco plants made cries that humans cannot hear when stressed by not having enough water or when their stem is cut. Microphones placed 10 centimeters from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, which the team says insects and some mammals would be able to hear and respond to from as far as 5 meters away. A moth may refuse to lay eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed, the researchers suggest. Plants could even hear that other plants are short of water and react accordingly, they infer. On average, drought-stressed tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average. Enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new direction in the field of agriculture”, the researchers suggest. They add that such an ability will be increasingly important as climate change make more areas dry. “According to the new research, it seems possible that the sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in agriculture if it is not too costly to set up the recording in a field situation." says Anne Visscher at the royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK. She warns that the results can't yet be broadened out to other stresses, such as salt or temperature, because these may not cause sounds. Besides, there have been no experiments to show whether moths or any other animal can hear and respond to the sounds the plants make, so that idea is still based on guesses for now, she says. 【1】What does the experiment by researchers at Tel Aviv University show? A.Humans can hear water-hungry plants crying clearly. B.Plant sounds can be heard by plants quite for away. C.Tomato plants cry more often than tobacco when hurt. D.Moths like laying eggs on stressed plants. 【2】What can farmers do if they taking advantage of the new research finding? A.Harvest crops in time. B.Reduce greenhouse effects. C.Observe and remove insects easily. D.Identify plant condition faster. 【3】What is Anne Visscher's attitude towards the finding of the experiment? A.Careful. B.Disappointed. C.Appreciative. D.Optimistic. 【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A.Plants Get Stressed Just Like Us B.Sounds of Plants Heard Far Away C.Plants Scream in the Presence of Stress D.Cries of Plants Break Farmers' Hearts |
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It is a very effective strategy for success in women’s basketball. Nevertheless (然而), most people are surprised to learn that the leading women’s basketball college teams in the United States use male practice players. Men playing on the same court as women? Don’t they control the game?【1】The men are there to make the practice sessions more demanding for the team than female practice players would. 【2】Most of them are volunteers who are good players, but who are not on the men’s basketball teams. The NCAA(National Collegiate Athletic Association ), the athletic federation(联合会), approves of men practice players but they have to qualify(取得资格) for the team just as women players do.【3】Mostly though, they come to help the teams adapt and improve. Besides the honor of practicing with top-notch ( 拔尖的 )women players, are there lots of other advantages of being on the practice team? 【4】 For example, men never get to play in actual games and they don't get to travel with the team to away games. They can't receive sports scholarships, although as registered college players, they have to keep up their academic grades. However, they get lots of indoor exercise.【5】 A.Unfortunately, there aren’t many. B.How do men get to be practice players? C.The players who qualify come for exercise and to let off steam(发泄). D.In the end, they know their participation contributes to the team’s success. E.No, they don't control the game even though they are typically larger and stronger. F.Many coaches believe that use of male practice players lowers the risk of injury in practice. G.If male practice players are used selectively, this practice may be an important teaching tool. |
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Scott, 72, an elderly woman lives in Massachusetts whose home was in badly need of repairs. "There were _______ in the ceiling, and some wild animals were getting in,” Kinney, the electrician _______, adding the lady also didn't have running water and her kitchen sink was _________ and leaking. After _______ the job, Kinney went home, but he kept thinking about Scott, and that she lived alone and couldn't _______ other repairs. So the electrician decided to _______ -first, by working on Scott's home by himself for free. But he didn’t _______ there. After cleaning up and doing a ton of yard work for Scott, Kinney decided to _______ Facebook fundraiser （资金募集）to offer more _______. Within hours, the fundraiser received more than $3500. Today, since their ____________ first began, more than $105,000 has been ____________ to help Kinney pay for materials. “The ____________ kept growing and support kept pouring in,“ he told CNN, adding that local restaurants have even donated ____________ to the skilled volunteers. So far, the volunteers have managed to fix a（an） ____________ electrical system, heating system, roof；windows, paint job in Scott's home, and also ____________ new grasses in her backyard. “She's been here by herself for over 10 years, so I'm ____________ it's a big change for her, but she's warmed up to everybody," he explained. "She's so ____________ ; she got all types of new friends. She's out here making lunch for us, laughing joking. It's just a ____________ to witness." The electrician said he ____________ wants to offer services to other elderly people in the same ____________ and hopefully, around the country. 【1】A.holes B.roofs C.nests D.windows 【2】A.hesitated B.sobbed C.remembered D.understood 【3】A.cheap B.broken C.plastic D.different 【4】A.forgetting B.refusing C.slowing D.completing 【5】A.like B.allow C.afford D.require 【6】A.make a deal B.set a goal C.take notes D.take measures 【7】A.stop B.check C.regret D.wait 【8】A.find B.create C.mend D.tell 【9】A.materials B.water C.help D.volunteers 【10】A.meetings B.discussions C.repairs D.wishes 【11】A.raised B.spent C.wasted D.lent 【12】A.ambition B.official C.project D.mood 【13】A.money B.clothes C.power D.meals 【14】A.advanced B.new C.expensive D.stainless 【15】A.planted B.cut C.bought D.painted 【16】A.worried B.sure C.excited D.embarrassed 【17】A.happy B.upset C.sick D.confused 【18】A.story B.test C.play D.wonder 【19】A.hardly B.even C.always D.fortunately 【20】A.website B.nation C.community D.house |
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 China has landed lunar probe （探测器）on an unexplored area of the moon 【1】 （successful）. The probe will remain on the moon collecting soil and rock samples until Thursday, guided by mission control on the ground. The robotic spacecraft 【2】（name） Chang'e 5 after the Chinese goddess of the moon drilled into the surface of the moon to collect soil early Wednesday. It's the first attempt 【3】（get） rocks from the moon by any country since the 1970s. The samples, which 【4】（expect） to weigh about 2 kilograms, will be sealed （密封） into a container in the spacecraft. If successful, the mission will make China 【5】third country to have got lunar samples, following the United States and the Soviet Union 【6】（decade） ago. When the samples are returned to Earth, scientists will be able to analyze the structure 【7】material composition （组 成）of the moon's soil. The mission may help answer questions such as how long the moon remained in space, and when the magnetic field （磁场）of it — key to protecting any form of life 【8】the sun — disappeared. The spacecraft landed on an unvisited area of the moon, known as Oceanus Ocean of Storms. The landing 【9】（mark） the third time a Chinese lunar probe has landed on the surface of the moon, 【10】also makes the whole Chinese proud. |
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假定你是李华，你的留学生朋友Peter发邮件说，他正在学汉语，但感觉很吃力，请求你给予帮助。请给他回封邮件，内容包括： 1. 举例说明汉语学习的特点； 2. 提供一些可行的建议。 注意： 1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ |
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