Sea turtles have been on Earth for millions of years, but they may soon die out. The main 1 to them is people who kill them for food, according to Dr. Wallace J. Nichols of the University of California.
But the latest news may 2 turtle hunting: Dr. Nichols has found that sea turtles 3 a lot of pollution from the ocean. This pollution is unhealthy for both turtles and humans. It can cause __4__ damage to their bodies and lead to death. Research shows that many people get sick and even die from eating sea turtle meat.
In the US, most people have never eaten turtle. This is because turtles are 5 by the United States law, which makes it 6 to harm or kill these amazing animals. “But many people in other countries still eat them,” explains Nichols. “Our first 7 was to save turtles; now we must save 8 too.”
Davis said he also wants to send out a bigger 9 that we should protect the oceans. “The health of the ocean, animals in the ocean, and our own health are all 10 . A clean ocean is really good for us too because of the food we eat from there.”
A．doubt B．stream C．danger D．worry
A．accelerate B．slow C．improve D．change
A．cause B．expand C．absorb D．reduce
A．accidental B．occasional C．unknown D．serious
A．qualified B．protected C．restricted D．produced
A．impossible B．difficult C．illegal D．abnormal
A．goal B．impression C．difficulty D．cost
A．Earth B．ocean C．people D．animals
A．advertisement B．message C．sign D．problem
A．concerned B．disturbed C．developed D．connected
You must have heard these words like how happy it is to be a child. But would you honestly change places with a child? Think of the at school. The years spent living in constant fear of examinations and school . Every movement you make, every thought you think is by some adults. Think of the you had to go to bed early, you had to eat thing that was supposed to be good for you. Remember how “gentle” pressure was given to you with words like “If you don’t do as I say, I will…” I’m sure you will never !
, these are only part of child’s . No matter how kind and loving parents may be, children often from some terrible and illogical fears since they can’t understand the world around them. They often have such in the dark or . Adults can their fears with other adults children have to face their fears alone.
But the most part of childhood is a period when you to go out of it, the period when you go into adolescence(青春期). Teenagers start to be against their parents and this them great unhappiness. There is a complete of self-confidence during this time. Adolescents pay much attention to their and the impression (印象)they make on others. They feel shy, awkward and clumsy. Feelings are strong and hearts broken. Teenagers moments of great happiness or black despair. And through this period, adults seem to be unkind than ever.
A．times B．days C．months D．years
A．results B．exercises C．reports D．teachers
A．observed B．understood C．known D．looked
A．years B．times C．evenings D．days
A．helpful B．harmful C．hateful D．bad
A．remember B．receive C．forget D．know
A．Even so B．Though C．In fact D．Therefore
A．difficulties B．life C．trouble D．fears
A．get B．suffer C．receive D．take
A．troubles B．diseases C．fears D．worries
A．in the day B．in the dreams C．in the school D．at home
A．enjoy B．know C．share D．get
A．while B．but C．so D．as a result
A．happy B．interesting C．painful D．unforgettable
A．have B．need C．are D．begin
A．rises B．results C．takes D．causes
A．lose B．lack C．losing D．lacks
A．confidence (信心) B．likes C．action D．appearance (外貌)
A．hard B．easily C．naturally D．truly
A．pass B．experience C．face D．take
It was October in 1982. A friend had business dealings in the city of Reno, Nevada. I was asked to her on an overnight trip. While she conducted her , I was wandering down Virginia street. I headed into a most sunset. I had an to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, I couldn't make eye contact with anyone. It seemed everyone was walking along , looking at their feet.
I took the next-best action. I into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come for just a minute. She looked at me I were from some other planet and said, "well…”
When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just wanted to it with someone." For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, "God's in his heaven and is right with the world." I her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.
Four years later I had come to the of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life and lived in a trailer park(活动住屋) was mainly for the poor.
One day I picked up a Unity Magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: sales lady in a department store. We had a lot .
Then something happened to her, which everything. She said a woman ran into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a . The woman had said, "God's in his heaven and all's right with the world." She had the truth in that statement and she turned her life around from that moment on.
A． accompany B． leave C． rely D． depend
A． life B． trip C． business D． service
A． purposely B． aimlessly C． actively D． lazily
A． significant B． familiar C． harmonious D． beautiful
A． advice B． urge C． expectation D． opportunity
A． and B． however C． but D． or
A． ran B． walked C． jumped D． stepped
A． inside B． outside C． down D． up
A． the moment B． now that C． even if D． as though
A．speak B． share C． look D． keep
A．all B． something C． nothing D． anything
A．thanked B． persuaded C． praised D． admired
A．top B． end C． beginning D． middle
A．where B． when C． which D． what
A．same B． common C． different D． similar
A．comfortable B． beneficial C． strange D． familiar
A．in common B． in all C． in total D． in return
A．moved B． changed C． broke D． cancelled
A．sunrise B． sunset C． scene D． sculpture
A．studied B． received C． realized D． Noticed
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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was faced with disappointment. “If you on, one day something will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that ahead.”
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had decided to for a job in radio, then my way up to sports announcer. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-- got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring a(n) person. So I went home to Dixon, Illinois.
While I was what to do, my father said Montgomery Ward had a store and wanted a local to manage its sports department. The job sounded just for me. But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom me. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer.
Stepping out of his office with a broken heart, I asked , “How can a get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station.” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard the director calling, “What was that you said about ? Do you know anything about ?” I nodded. Then he stood me before a and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. I did a 15-minute build-up, and was told I would be Saturday’s football game!
On my way home, as I had done many times since, I thought of words: “If you carry on, ..”I often wonder what direction life might have0 if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
A．keep B．carry C．go D．hold
A．fresh B．interesting C．mysterious D．good
A．eagerness B．excitement C．disappointment D．poverty
A．wait B．try C．work D．ask
A．work B．follow C．do D．drive
A．and B．when C．before D．so
A．unknown B．lazy C．inexperienced D．clumsy
A．confusing B．wondering C．thinking D．dreaming
A．found B．hired C．opened D．owned
A．reporter B．advertiser C．manager D．athlete
A．correct B．fit C．ready D．right
A．interrupted B．reminded C．warned D．followed
A．aloud B．madly C．quickly D．quietly
A．salesman B．fan C．fellow D．student
A．sports B．dreams C．me D．radio
A．basketball B．football C．volleyball D．baseball
A．classroom B．square C．board D．microphone
A．attending B．watching C．broadcasting D．reading
A．our neighbor’s B．my teacher’s C．the director’s D．Mom’s
A．taken B．rode C．came D．moved
For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In a job, the ability to read and understand can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are readers. Most of us bad reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main reason in the fact that words have little meaning they are put together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time and often goes back to words or passages. The tendency to look back over you have just read is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which down the speed of reading is sounding each word as reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a machine called an accelerator(加速器), which moves a bar the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate the reader finds comfortable, in order to train him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, word-by-word reading impossible. At first it is difficult to understand. But you have learned to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill quickly after some training. Charlce Au, a business manager, for example, his reading rate was 172 words a minute the training and now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is happy that now he can a lot more reading materials in a short period of time.
A．applying B．getting C．offering D．supplying
A．easily B．quickly C．roughly D．decidedly
A．good B．curious C．common D．poor
A．developed B．kicked C．knew D．understood
A．touches B．connects C．lies D．gets
A．unless B．after C．since D．as
A．Unfortunately B．Excitedly C．Surprisingly D．Generally
A．reuse B．rewrite C．reread D．recite
A．which B．what C．that D．if
A．breaks B．cuts C．goes D．slows
A．some one B．reader C．he D．one
A．inside B．up C．out D．down
A．then B．as C．than D．beyond
A．moving B．making C．leading D．thinking
A．when B．where C．what D．which
A．or B．nor C．but D．for
A．lost B．weakened C．sharpened D．improved
A．Take B．Look C．Make D．Consider
A．for B．before C．after D．in
A．break through B．go over C．get through D．turn over
One of my father’s favorite sayings as I was growing up was “Try it!” I couldn’t say I didn’t like something, whatever it might be, until after I tried it. Over the years I’ve come to how much of my success I owe to my of those words as one of my values. My job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I what I want to do as a career. I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay home and raise a family, so I didn’t think the job I took that much. I couldn’t have been more . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity to move up through the company into different . I accepted each new opportunity with the thought, “Well, I’ll try it; if I don’t like it I can always go back to my position. ” But I was with the same company for the past 28 years, and I’ve every career change I’ve made. I’ve discovered I a large number of different talents and skills that I never would have thought were within me had it not been for my being open to trying new opportunities. I’ve also discovered that if I what I’m doing and work hard at achieving my . I will succeed. That’s why I’m so to be a part of CareerFables. com. I think has come and I am determined to make it a success.
A．Consider B．Argue C．include D．realize
A．suggestion B．explanation C．acceptance D．discussion
A．hard B．best C．extra D．first
A．determined B．examined C．experienced D．introduced
A．Actually B．Gradually C．Finally D．Usually
A．helped B．required C．expressed D．mattered
A．careful B．mistaken C．interested D．prepared
A．situations B．choices C．directions D．positions
A．easier B．newer C．earlier D．higher
A．permitted B．counted C．organized D．enjoyed
A．show B．possess C．need D．gather
A．think of B．give away C．believe in D．turn into
A．business B．goal C．fortune D．growth
A．excited B．curious C．surprised D．helpful
A．dream B．time C．power D．honor