1.movieoke 電影卡拉OK

這個詞是movie和karaoke兩詞的合成形式，指電影去掉原聲后播放，參與的人按照影片情節(jié)現(xiàn)場進(jìn)行表演。影片會在參與者身后的屏幕上播放，同時會在另一個顯示器上顯示臺詞和表演提示。電影卡拉OK這種兼具表演和互動的娛樂形式由安娜斯塔西婭·菲特于2003年在紐約首創(chuàng)，之后傳遍全球。

2.firm abs 馬甲線

令很多健身愛好者為之瘋狂的馬甲線是如何煉成的？聽說只做仰臥起坐是練不出馬甲線的喲。

3.blooper 花絮

花絮是指電影或視頻作品中被刪減的片段，包括演員表演失誤的鏡頭。成龍就喜歡在電影結(jié)尾時播放拍攝花絮。運動員們比賽時令人捧腹的失誤也叫做blooper。

閱讀在英語學(xué)習(xí)與考試中分量很重，而提高英語閱讀水平是一個循序漸進(jìn)、不斷積累的過程。認(rèn)真對待每一篇文章，讀懂讀透，是我們攻克閱讀堡壘的必由之路。

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Now satellites are helping to forecast（預(yù)報）the weather. They are in space， and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大氣）， because this is where the weather forms（形成）. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（氣象學(xué)家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures， the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

Today， nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures， the meteorologists compare（比較）them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change， too. In their next weather forecast， the meteorologists can say this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented， the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon， perhaps， they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.

1. Satellites travel _____. A. in space B. in the atmosphere C. above the ground D. above space

2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere？ Because _____.

A. the weather satellites can do it easily B. clouds form there

C. the pictures can forecast the weather D. the weather forms there

3. Meteorologists forecast the weather _____.

A. when they have received satellite pictures

B. after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones

C. before they received satellite pictures

D. during they study satellite pictures

4. Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for _____.

A. one day B. two days

C. five days D. seven days or even longer

5. The main（主要的）idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in_____.

A. taking pictures of the sky

B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere

C. doing other work in many ways

D. weather forecasting

B

許多年前，農(nóng)民為保護(hù)他們的雞而獵殺了很多老鷹。然而新的問題來了，田里的田鼠猖狂了起來，結(jié)果農(nóng)民的莊稼大多給吃光了。這是怎么回事呢？

Not many years ago， some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chicken. The farmers didn’t know what to do. Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help. “Kill the hawks，” the officials said， “We will even pay for them，” so the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks.

The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new worry. Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’ grain.

How did this happen？

Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers didn’t know this. When they killed a lot of hawks， they changed the balance.

When people move into a new place， they often destroy many wild plants. Often these plants are food for the animals. If the animals can’t find enough plants to eat， they will starve or have to leave the place. In one part of the USA， for example， the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses. The mountain lions there eat the deer. The number of deer， mountain lions and wild roses doesn’t change much if people leave things as they are.

But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer. Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the wild roses. Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees. These trees were important to the farmers. So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees. Now the deer had nothing to eat， and many of them died. This was another lesson from nature.

To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember.

根據(jù)以上短文內(nèi)容判斷正誤，正確的用“ T ”表示，錯誤的用“ F ”表示。

1.（ ）Finally the officials told the farmers to kill the hawks.

2.（ ）Field mice eat not only chickens but also the farmers’ grain.

3.（ ）When the animals can’t find enough plants to eat in a place， they will starve or have to leave.

4.（ ）The number of animals changes much if people leave things as they are.

5.（ ）It is important for us to keep the balance of nature.

參考答案：

A篇：1.A 2.D 3.B 4.D 5.D

B篇：1.T 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.T