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Humpback whales swim in ocean areas close to land and are active at the surface. They can often be seen breaching, or leaping out of the water, and then coning down with a great splash. And, if you listen closely, you might even hear one singing. Marine biologist Jim Darling has studied the songs of humpback whales for more than 25 years. While recording whale songs on a boat near Hawaii, he invited author Douglas Chadwick to experience diving with a humpback. When swimming with the whale, Chadwick could see that the whale was aware of him, but not alarmed by his presence. The 13-meterlong giant looked at him curiously but never harmed him. It pointed its head down to the ocean floor and, with flippers extended out to its sides, began to sing. In the water, Chadwick heard the whale's songs in a way he never heard them before. "Suddenly, I no longer heard the whale's voice in my ears," he said. “I felt it inside my head and bones." While male humpback whales are mostly quiet in the summer, during winter migrations and breeding activities they sing long, complex patterns of sounds. The songs last between five and 20 minutes, sometimes lasting for 30 minutes or more, and are repeated note for note. Darling says that only male humpbacks sing, but for unknown reasons. It was previously thought that they sang to attract females, but scientists showed this was incorrect when they played recordings of whale songs in the ocean and the female whales did not respond. Another idea is that male humpbacks compete with each other using songs, just as other male animals on land do using their antlers or tusks. However, they found all male whales in a group sing the same song when they're together. When one whale changes its tune, the rest of the group change to match. They also found that some groups of whales repeat some of the same musical phrases even in regions thousands of kilometers away. In some years, the groups' songs were very different from one another, but in other years they were very similar. There is still so much the scientists don't know, and years of study lies ahead for whale researchers like Jim Darling. "Why do I do it?" the wonders aloud. "Human beings like puzzles. I want to know." 【1】What's the purpose of the first paragraph? A.To arouse the readers' interest with detailed description. B.To introduce the topic by explaining how the whales sing. C.To inspire the readers to protect lovely humpback whales. D.To present a peaceful scene of the life of humpback whales. 【2】What can we imply from the third paragraph? A.Chadwick was attracted by the whale's song. B.Chadwick lost his hearing when the whale sang. C.The whale sang songs to frighten Chadwick away. D.The whale's song healed Chadwick's bone disease. 【3】Which of the following is true about humpback whales? A.They sing different songs every year. B.Their songs are long and complicated. C.They are popular with whale watchers. D.Male whales sing to attract female ones. 【4】What is the main idea of the passage? A.Explanations on how humpbacks interact with human. B.How to make a record about humpback whales' songs. C.Studies on humpback songs and what they might mean. D.The scientists research on mysterious humpback whales. |
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Chinese pronunciation puzzled experts in China for a long, long time. How do you recover the sounds immortalized in classical texts? How do you make the old poems rhyme again? A scholar, Chen Li, reconstructed the language in the 1840s. He's facing a centuries-old problem. He examined the book closely in front of him. It looked old, untidy even. But it had quite a backstory. 1261 years earlier, Lu Fayan outlined what would become the Qieyun. He broke down the sound of each character with two more characters! An upper character to match the initial consonant. And a lower character to rhyme with the final sounds, including the tone. With fanqie, you can capture the sound of a syllable! Simple. And clever. But it didn't give an overview of Chinese phonology. Rhymers needed to take another step: organize this information into tables The 12h century Rhyme Mirror is full of rime tables. The starting label gives the table number and the kind of rhyme these syllables have. Along the top row are six articulation categories for consonants. And down the side, the four tones. Though the interpretation is debated, confident scholars spent centuries sounding out ancient Chinese syllables and teaching that Chinese had exactly 36 initial consonants. But Chen Li's not convinced. He's combing through old fanqie and his research revealed flaws. There weren't 36 initials There were 41. Five of them needed to be split in two. But there's more: the sounds in the rime tables are not the sounds in the Qieyun. Later research will go on to show that even the earlier stage itself is complicated. It's a compromise between ancient literary dialects. All this hard work merely left us with categories. In the early 1900s, a Swede, Karlgren, traveled to China and added an important piece. He filled out the rime categories with real sounds. Linguists went on to refine these reconstructions of Ancient Chinese. They even revealed small but important distinctions, like chongniu. Actually, it's not a single language called Ancient Chinese. It's a period in linguistic history called Middle Chinese. Because there's an even older language to uncover, a thousand years older sill. Maybe one day we'll rhyme our way into Old Chinese. 【1】How does the author begin the article? A.By raising questions. B.By giving an assumption. C.By illustrating a typical case. D.By describing a unique scene. 【2】What's the shortcoming of Qieyun? A.It was unpractical to break each character. B.It gave the detailed information about sounds. C.It became complex with many different characters. D.It failed to give an overview of Chinese phonology. 【3】What contributions did Chen Li make to the Chinese phonology? A.He combed through old Qieyun. B.He found the faults of old Qieyun. C.He left us with categories and real sounds. D.He made a compromise to ancient dialects. 【4】What's the main idea of this passage? A.The reconstruction of Qieyun. B.The discovery of Rhyme Mirror. C.The researches on Chinese phonology. D.The development of Chinese language. |
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Genghis Khan remains to this day one of the most accomplished men. But there are no accounts of the events that surrounded his death and burial — only a mystery focused around an area known as the Forbidden Zone. Scientist Albert Lin was obsessed by the story of Genghis Khan. He decided to organize a tomb hunt. Some of his best friends were experts in various fields — UAV3 design, remote sensing, and geographic information systems — that could, if applied in combination, provide an old-fashioned archeological expedition with cutting-edge advantages. Not only that, but almost all of these friends were enthusiastic rock climbers used to camping in the wilderness, ready for any adventure. In July 2008, Lin and his team found themselves driving north from Ulaanbaatar. On maps, it looked like their initial destination- the Forbidden Zone- was about six hours away. But then came the mechanical breakdowns and deep mud pits, the injured goats and stuck vehicles, and the stubborn guards at the entrance to the Forbidden Zone. After two days, they established their first base camp and began exploring. For the next three weeks, they explored the entire Forbidden Zone and beyond, spreading out across the wilderness on foot and on horseback. They faced challenges such as wolves, exploding UAVS and unexploded bombs buried in the earth. They ate goat steak, goat stew, and something called goat bread, and they drank fermented horse milk. At first, they experienced much disappointment. A few days later, they arrived at the location of an ancient temple that had never previously been studied. Although they didn’t do any digging, by simply scanning the earth near recently fallen trees, they found plenty of impressive artifacts, among them a clay medallion with the face of a lion on it dating from the Khan's time. The team identified dozens of potential burial sites. Rather than digging, however, Lin’s approach is to scan the earth below using imaging technology. This is because of Genghis Khan’s importance for the Mongolian people. Not only considered by many to have been the greatest military leader of all time, Genghis Khan also has great religious significance for many Mongolians. Some believers even worry that digging up his tomb could cause the end of the world. “Using traditional archeological methods would be disrespectful to believers,” Lin says. “The ability to explore in a noninvasive way lets us try to solve this ancient secret without overstepping cultural barriers.” Lin also believes the search for Genghis Khan’s tomb has importance. “By locating his tomb, we hope to emphasize how important it is for the world to protect such cultural heritage treasures.” 【1】What advantage did Albert Lin’s expedition team has? A.It showed great interest in finding the tomb. B.It consisted of experts from a variety of fields. C.It was the only team to use modern technology. D.It had previous experience working in the wild. 【2】What can we infer from the third and fourth paragraph? A.The explorers got used to the lifestyles of the local people. B.However challenging the work was, they had enough food. C.The expedition conditions were unfamiliar and challenging. D.The scientists gained respect from the guards with hard work. 【3】Why didn’t Albert Lin dig up any artifacts they found? A.Digging was likely to destroy the artifacts. B.The team had achieved their original purpose. C.It showed no respect and would cause offence. D.The artifacts were located in an ancient temple. 【4】Which of the following can best describe Scientist Albert Lin? A.Curious and considerate. B.Intelligent and demanding. C.Adventurous and aggressive. D.Persevering and determined. |
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Writing a great science fiction novel is a long, hard process. As with any novel, you'll want to construct a satisfying plot, develop interesting characters, and write polished, vivid prose. 【1】 Remember that science fiction is about ideas. Different from other genre (类型), a good science fiction story depends on a great imagination. 【2】 In sci-fi, those questions can be implicit or explicit. For example, many early works of sci-fi make their question obvious. In War of the Worlds, the question is: What would happen to human society if it were invaded by technologically advanced aliens? 【3】 It’s one thing to have a great idea or situation, but that doesn't mean you have a story. While science fiction novels are often thought experiments, they also can't just be thought experiments. That means you're going to have to come up with an appealing story that brings these questions to life. Ask yourself: What is the change that will occur over the course of your story, either in the world or in the life of the main character? Create an interesting world. 【4】The intricately (错综复杂地) imagined details that make up your world should flow in some way from the idea at the heart of your story. In that way, the world you create in your sci-fi novel also reveals something about your point of view on the real world Even the most fantastically imagined story is still a reflection of real-world questions and problems. Make sure the rules of your world are consistent. One of the qualities that set sci-fi novels apart from fantasy and surrealism (超现实主义) is that no matter how strange or fantastic the world is, it still obeys an internally consistent logic. 【5】But it must be understandable and in order for it to feel believable to the reader. A.Focus on character development. B.Make sure you're telling a good story. C.That said, writing science fiction requires many unique considerations. D.That logic will necessarily be different from the logic that governs reality. E.Before you start writing, have some sense of the question your novel is asking. F.A sci-fi novel set in a technologically backward world would violate the rules of the reality. G.World building is one of the most important parts of creating a compelling sci-fi story. |
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I find it good for my health to be alone. To be in______ even with the best, is soon tiring and boring. I_______ found the companion that was as companionable as solitude (独处) . We are mostly more lonely when in the crowd than when we stay in our rooms. A man thinking or working is always alone. Solitude is not______ by the miles of space that exist between a man and his fellows. The really diligent student in the library is as solitary as a dervish in the desert. The farmer can work alone in the woods all day, chopping, and not feel lonesome because he is _______ ; but when he comes home at night he cannot sit down in a room alone, but must be where he can "see the folks", and _______ , and, as he thinks, ______ himself for his day's solitude; and _______ he wonders how the student can sit alone in the house all night and most of the day.______ feeling bored; but he does not realize that the student, though in the house, is still at work in his field, and chopping in his woods, and______ seeks the same recreation that the latter does, though it may be a simpler form of it. Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short ______ , at meals three times a day, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other. We have had to______a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting ________and that we need not come to open war. We live thick and are______each other's way, and I think that we thus ________ some respect for one another. Certainly less frequency would be_______ for all important and hearty communications. It would be better if there were but one inhabitant (居民)to a square mile as where I live. The value of a man is not in his skin, that we should touch him. 【1】A.cooperation B.company C.harmony D.line 【2】A.sometimes B.somehow C.anyway D.never 【3】A.measured B.clarified C.inspected D.driven 【4】A.employed B.repaid C.terrified D.cautioned 【5】A.liberate B.celebrate C.investigate D.recreate 【6】A.prepare B.resign C.compensate D.adjust 【7】A.still B.hence C.at best D.by and by 【8】A.beyond B.despite C.without D.besides 【9】A.in turn B.in response C.at random D.at present 【10】A.range B.length C.distances D.intervals 【11】A.take on B.agree on C.catch on D.draw on 【12】A.conflicting B.compulsory C.tolerable D.traditional 【13】A.on B.out of C.in D.under 【14】A.lose B.deserve C.earn D.swap 【15】A.conventional B.fundamental C.disappointing D.enough |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The facial make-up is a significant part of Peking Opera, which 【1】(date) back about 1,400 years. The various make-up colors represent the different personalities and fates of the roles. The actors playing the main male role are called the Sheng, and the female role, the Dan. The Jing is a male role with a 【2】 (paint) face. And it was around the 12th-13th centuries 【3】 clowns' make up with a big white spot in the middle of the face appeared. Facial make-up is always very beautiful and covers completely the face, 【4】 (indicate) both the soul and the nature of the character. A male role's make up also indicates his power and quality. A white face indicates the craftiness, and 【5】black, the cleanness. A yellow face indicates the courage and bravery. Blue and green 【6】 (use) for faces of heroes, and gold and silver symbolize gods. For example, Guan Yu, a hero of the period of Three Kingdoms, 【7】 (have) the red face representing righteousness. Some of the male role make-up includes Chinese characters. On the face of Zhao Kuangyin, the first emperor of the Song Dynasty, appears a small dragon【8】 announces his glory. Xiang Yu, the hero who knocked down the tyrannical dynasty of Qin, but died 【9】(tragic) while he was still young, wears on each side of the face the Chinese character shou, means that his 【10】 (hero) made his life eternal. In a word, Peking Opera is the treasure of Chinese traditional culture, and the facial make-up is a unique art with its own charm. |
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如皋国际马拉松赛将于2021年3月举办，请你代表如皋马拉松协会写一封80-100字的告示，招募志愿者。告示需包括: 1.申请者所应具备的基本素养; 2.你认为的有关信息。 Notice ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rugao Marathon Association |
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阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 There was a young man born in a poor family. As a result, his school career was continually interrupted. Once he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch.Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read," See me after class.” The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “Why did I receive an F?" The teacher said, "This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You have no resources from your family. There 's no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, "If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal. I will reconsider your grade.” 注意:1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右; 2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。 Paragraph 1: The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Recollecting（回忆)the story, my friend Monty and I are now sitting in his 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of a 200-acre horse ranch. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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