Doyouknowthisgirl?Iwasinthepar-优题课

Do your spirits soar (猛增) on a sunny day? Do you relax at the sound of flowing water?
Some scientists suggest that these contacts with nature are good for your health. In one study, hospital patients with a view of trees had shorter hospital stays and less need for pain medications. Another study indicated that prisoners with a view of the outdoors had fewer doctor visits.
“Why do we desire nature? Maybe we’re programmed to need it, since our ancestors’ survival was so dependent on their connection with nature,” suggests biologist E.O. Wilson.
Want to find out if contact with nature improves your outlook on life? Try a few of these ideas.
Hang out a bird feeder and watch the birds that visit it.
Sit down in the backyard or a nearby park. Close your eyes. What do you hear? Birds singing? The wind in the trees? Crickets (蟋蟀) chirping?
Find an anthill. Sit down and watch the ants work.
Take a walk right after a rainstorm. What looks different? Smells different?
Go barefoot on a sandy beach.
Open the curtains and the window, if the weather allows it.
On a windy day, watch the trees.
Go to a creek, river or park fountain. Listen to the sound of water in motion.
Camp out in the backyard or at a nearby state park. Use a tent or sleep on the ground.
Find a wide-open space to study the stars. Learn about the different constellations (星座).
Raise a garden. Or plant some seeds in a flowerpot.
Go hiking with your family. Talk about all of the colors you see in nature.
Take a camera and capture your nature experience.
60. From Paragraph 2 we can learn that ______.
A. prisoners don’t like to go to the doctor when ill B. trees can be used as pain medications
C. prisoners should often get out of prison to come into contact with nature
D. contacts with nature are very helpful for hospital patients
61. According to E.O. Wilson, we desire nature probably because ______.
A. it can help us feel relaxed
B. we have inherited (继承) from our ancestors who were dependent on nature
C. people have lived with nature for thousands of years
D. contacts with nature can improve a person’s outlook on life
62. The author gives us many ideas in order to let us ______.
A. find out if contacts with nature improve our outlook on life
B. hear birds sing and watch ants work
C. talk about the colors we see in nature D. capture our experience in nature
63. From the passage, we can learn that ______.
A. studying the constellations is important to everyone
B. you can know all the colors only by going hiking
C. nature is quite important to us D. walking in a rainstorm can be very helpful
64. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Go hiking with your family. B. Let nature nurture you.
C. Visit your doctor less. D. Watch the trees more often.

第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
The unknown world’s mystry
The sea is the biggest unknown part of our world. It covers seventy-one percent of the earth. There is still much to be discovered about this vast blanket of water. If the waters of the ocean could be removed, the sea floor with its wide valleys, irregular mountains and rivers in the sea would be an unbelievable sight.
Tourism under the deep blue sea
Tourists can now explore the world beneath the waves without ever getting wet. From tourist submarines (潜艇) to underwater dining, undersea tourism is making a big splash.
Tourist submarines
The popularity of submarine tours has grown rapidly in the last decade. Now, tourist submarines operate in more than 20 locations worldwide, including the waters around Okinawa and Taiwan’s Green Island. The submarines carry nearly 2 million tourists each year. Large windows offer passengers spectacular views as the submarines explore colorful coral reefs and sunken ships. Most one-hour tours cost about US $80.
Under water dinning
For a more upscale experience, tourists can enjoy fine dining under the sea. Last summer the Hilton Maldives Resort opened the world’s first underwater restaurant, Ithaa. Diners walk down a staircase into the restaurant, which rests 35 feet beneath the waves of the Indian Ocean. Transparent walls surround the dining area, and you can treat guests to a panoramic (全景) ocean view.
But this excellent view doesn’t come cheap. The tasting menu costs US $200 per person. Be sure to make reservations early, too. The restaurant seats only 14 people.
56. What does the author want to tell us in Paragraph 1?
A. The sea is the biggest unknown part of our world. B. The sea covers 71% of the earth.
C. Some information about the sea floor. D. The reasons for researching undersea tourism.
57. What does the author really mean by saying “undersea tourism is making a big splash” in Para2 ?
A. Undersea tourism is a new fashion in travelling. B. Your clothes will be made wet by the water splash. C. Undersea tourism is dangerous. D. There is still a long way for undersea tourism to go.
58. Which of the following statements about tourist submarines is RIGHT?
A. Tourist submarines only have a history of about 10 years.
B. There are tourist submarines in every part of the world now.
C. Tourist submarines have carried about 2 million tourists so far.
D. People can enjoy tourist submarines in the waters around Okinawa.
59. The walls of the restaurant Ithaa are most probably made of___________.
A. stone B. brick C. glass D. steel

The Heritage (遗产) at Risk programme aims to understand the overall state of England’s heritage by assessing each of its different elements. In particular we need to identify those that are facing the greatest pressures and threats. We will use this information to work out how to reduce those pressures and in turn to calculate the resources needed to make our unique heritage of historic places safe.
You can search for sites on the register by entering a site name, location, street or educational block in the box below.
Conservation areas
A nationwide survey of conservation areas indicates that approximately 1 in 7 is at risk from neglect (疏忽), decay (腐烂) or unpitying change.
Show your support for our campaign to save conservation areas from unavoidable decline and receive a free campaign pack by registering. There are some 9,300 conservation areas across England, meaning that we all live in or near to one or visit one regularly for work, shopping or rest. They are the element of England’s heritage that is all around us and which touches all of our lives. But until now no one had a clear idea what condition they were in.
Buildings
The task of assessing condition and risk started with buildings. Following a survey of all grades of listed buildings in London, English Heritage published in 1991 the first annual register of those at risk there.
The success of this London work led to the national buildings at risk strategy in 1998, and publication of a register of buildings at risk conversing all grade I and II listed buildings and structural scheduled monuments in the country, at risk and vulnerable (易受伤害的).
Parks & Gardens
There are 1,600 entries on the current English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. Sites at risk have typically been diversely (不利地) affected by development and neglect; often they have been changed by development and are faced with major change. Sometimes development beyond the boundary of a registered landscape can be just as harmful as construction within its boundaries; this is especially true that development would influence designed views that extend beyond the chosen site itself.
72．The purpose of using the information to work out how to reduce pressures is to_______.
A．assess each of English heritage’s different elements
B．identify those that are facing the greatest pressures and threats
C．calculate the resources needed to make heritage of historic sites safe
D．help you to search for sites at risk on the register
73．It can be inferred from “Conservation areas” that conservation areas across England_______.
A．are almost all at risk from neglect, decay or unpitying change
B．can be entered with a campaign pack free of charge
C．are in very close connection with our lives
D．are in whatever condition people are sure about
74．The text mainly talks about_______.
A．English heritage at risk
B．historic places of interest
C．English heritage register
D．location of English heritage
75．According to the last paragraph, the bad effect development has on the sites at risk is that_______.
A．it has changed the sites at risk with no intention
B．it can sometimes cause harm beyond the registered boundaries
C．it would affect the designed views instead of the chosen sites
D．it has neglected the local people of special historic interest

The cost of rice is expected to go up in the coming months, as an improving global economy raises demand, and drought (旱灾) cuts production in countries such as India. Some economists say prices for rice, the Precision Castingstaple food for much of the world's population, could be returning to levels that sparked inflation(通货膨胀) fears in much of Asia last year.
Charuk Singhapreecha is dean of the faculty (系)of economics at Thailand’s Kasetsart University. He says prices – especially for Thai rice – are being pushed higher by new customers coming into the market after the economic slowdown of the past year. They expect that the world demand will increase andCast steel we expect that the price of rice will increase next year," Charuk said. "There are many new markets for the Thai rice and also we still have for our old customer - China, some Arab countries - they will increase the demand."
Prices on the global market could again near the record above $1,000 a ton set in the middle of 2008. This month, export prices for Southeast Asian rice have jumped from about $550 a ton or less to more than $650.
Vichai Sriprasert, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, says further weakness in the US dollar and concerns over drought add to pressure on prices. Market experts say next year India is likely to try to import three million tons of rice – entering the world market for the first time in 21 years – because of a drought.
Vichai also warns that increasing demand for bio-fuels(生物燃料) from grain could reduce food crops, forcing the price of food grains higher. "This is very serious. That's why the price of rice will not go back to the level that we used to see," Vichai said. "It will have to be elevated at a higher level, but I don't know where."
The Philippines this week said it is cutting rice imports because of high prices, even though the country lost more than a million tons of grain to typhoons this year. Officials from Vietnam, a leading export competitor with Thailand, predict prices will reach about $800 a ton by the middle of 2010. This week the Philippines' National Food Authority offered almost $665 a ton for 600,000 tons of Vietnamese rice.
Economists say higher food prices will only increase the problems faced by the region's poor, who are highly dependent on rice as a staple food.
68．Which of the following is NOT true according to paragraph 1?
A．Drought reduces production of rice in India.
B．Prices for rice were lower all the time in 2008.
C．Rice is a major food for the world’s population.
D．The improving global economy increases the need for rice.
69．How many reasons did Vichai mention about rice price’s going up?
A．1. B．2. C．3. D．4.
70．Why does the Philippines plan to cut rice imports?
A．Because of high prices. B．Because of typhoons.
C．Because of civil war. D．Because of drought.
71．What’s the best title of the passage?
A．Higher food prices will increase problems
B．There are many new markets for the Thai rice
C．The global economy is improving
D．Prices for rice are expected to rise

Jean – Gilles was a millionaire. But Tuesday night, he was sleeping in his car.
Jean – Gilles was the owner of the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacmel, Haiti, a three – story, 30 – room building in a quiet tropical valley on Haiti’s southern coast, 25 miles from the noises of the capital, Port – au – Prince. Jean – Gilles and his wife, Marie, lived in an apartment on the property, close enough to watch carefully over the guest rooms, conference rooms and restaurant, close enough that they know the first name of every guest.
After the 7.0 – earthquake hit at 4:57 pm on Jan. 12,2010, they slept in their aging Isuzu, parked in the hotel driveway.
Jean – Gilles figured a second was the difference between life and death when the earthquake struck. He was working in a ground – floor conference room and first heard, then felt the quake. He asked his electrician, Roberne St. Louis, who was working nearby, what was happening.
“Get out. Now . Get out. Now,” St. Louis said.
Jean – Gilles cleared the falling structure by a mere second, he estimated. His wife, who was working in the couple’s apartment on the second floor, wasn’t able to get clear. People nearby heard her screams after the shaking stopped and removed the building blocks around her by hand. She was shaken and scratched, but walked away from the ruins.
“I am alive. God is good,” she repeated over and over on Saturday.
The Peace of Mind Hotel was a dream which had come true for Jean – Gilles, 57, and Marie, 59. Born in Port – au – Prince, they moved to the United States shortly after meeting 34 years ago. Together, they owned a beauty supply store in jersey City, New Jersey, and invested in real estate. In 2003, they cashed out their US investments, returned to Haiti and began building the Peace of Mind Hotel, looking to make a future for themselves and the people of their homeland.
64．Which of the following statements about Jean – Gilles is TURE?
A．He lived far from the Peace of Mind Hotel.
B．He helped St. Louis to manage a hotel.
C．He was born in Haiti in 1976.
D．He once owned a store in the US.
65．According to the passage, the Peace of Mind Hotel_______.
A．offered guests different services
B．was located in the capital city of Haiti
C．was a building with 30 guest rooms
D．was owned by Marie and St. Louis
66．When the earthquake hit, Marie was_______.
A．sleeping in the car B．working in the conference room
C．working on the second floor D．cooking in the restaurant
67．It can be inferred from the passage that_______.
A．Haiti is the 51 st state of the US
B．the earthquake happened quickly and unexpectedly
C．nobody in the hotel died in the earthquake
D．Marie was not sad about losing her property in the earthquake

A．from her jacket	B．the girl's own money
C．from their home	D．from the chair

A．she was afraid	B．Cathy asked her nicely
C．it was Cathy's money	D．she wanted to help them

A．they did a good deed	B．the girl was a thief
C．the money was Anna's	D．they had the girl's money

A．telephone the girl	B．say thanks to the girl
C．say good-bye to the girl	D．return the money to the girl