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【单选题】 The author uses the term "Ironically" in line 29 to indicate that a weather map's appearance
A．( is not important to newspaper publishers
B．( does not always indicate how much information it provides
C．( reflects how informative a newspaper can be
D．( often can improve newspaper sales
A．( is not important to newspaper publishers
B．( does not always indicate how much information it provides
C．( reflects how informative a newspaper can be
D．( often can improve newspaper sales
【单选题】rEADing 1 "ExotiC AnDEnDAngErED spECiEs"
→ whEn you hEAr somEonE BuBBling EnthusiAstiCAlly ABout An ExotiC spECiEs, you CAn sAFEly BEt thE spEAkEr isn’t An ECologist. this is A nAmE For A rEsiDEnt oF An EstABlishED Community thAt wAs DEliBErAtEly or ACCiDEntAlly movED From its homE rAngE AnD BECAmE EstABlishED ElsEwhErE. unlikE most imports, whiCh CAn’t tAkE holD outsiDE thEir homE rAngE, An ExotiC spECiEs pErmAnEntly insinuAtEs itsElF into A nEw Community.
somEtimEs thE ADDitions ArE hArmlEss AnD EvEn hAvE BEnEFiCiAl EFFECts. morE oFtEn, thEy mAkE nAtivE spECiEs EnDAngErED spECiEs, whiCh By DEFinition ArE ExtrEmEly vulnErABlE to ExtinCtion. oF All spECiEs on thE rArE or EnDAngErED lists or thAt rECEntly BECAmE ExtinCt, ClosE to 70 pErCEnt owE thEir prECArious ExistEnCE or DEmisE to DisplACEmEnt By ExotiC spECiEs. two ExAmplEs ArE inCluDED hErE to illustrAtE thE proBlEm.
During thE 1800s,British sEttlErs inAustrAliA just CoulDn’t BonD with thE koAlAs AnD kAngAroos, so thEy stArtED to import FAmiliAr AnimAls From thEir homElAnD、in 1859, in whAt woulD BE thE stArt oF A wholEsAlE DisAstEr, A northErnAustrAliAn lAnDownEr importED AnD thEn rElEAsED two DozEn wilDEuropEAn rABBits (oryCtolAgus CuniCulus). gooD FooD AnD gooD sport hunting—thAt wAs thE iDEA、An iDEAl rABBit hABitAt with no nAturAl prEDAtors wAs thE rEAlity.
six yEArs lAtEr, thE lAnDownEr hAD killED 20,000 rABBits AnD wAs BEsiEgED By 20,000 morE. thE rABBits DisplACED livEstoCk, EvEn kAngAroos. nowAustrAliA hAs 200 to 300 million hippityhopping through thE southErn hAlF oF thE Country. thEy ovErgrAzE pErEnniAl grAssEs in gooD timEs AnD strip BArk From shruBs AnD trEEs During Droughts. you know whErE thEy’vE BEEn; thEy trAnsForm grAsslAnDs AnD shruBlAnDs into EroDED DEsErts. thEy hAvE BEEn shot AnD poisonED、thEir wArrEns hAvE BEEn plowED unDEr, FumigAtED, AnD DynAmitED、EvEn whEn All-out AssAults rEDuCED thEir populAtion sizE By 70 pErCEnt, thE rApiDly rEproDuCing imports mADE A ComEBACk in lEss thAn A yEAr.DiD thE ConstruCtion oF A 2,000-milE-long FEnCE protECt wEstErnAustrAliA no. rABBits mADE it to thE othEr siDE BEForE workErs FinishED thE FEnCE.
→ in 1951, govErnmEnt workErs introDuCED A myxomA virus By wAy oF milDly inFECtED southAmEriCAn rABBits, its normAl hosts. this virus CAusEs myxomAtosis. thE DisEAsE hAs milD EFFECts on southAmEriCAn rABBits thAt CoEvolvED with thE virus But nEArly AlwAys hAD lEthAl EFFECts on o. CuniCulus.Biting insECts, mAinly mosquitoEs AnD FlEAs, quiCkly trAnsmit thE virus From host to host. hAving no CoEvolvED DEFEnsEs AgAinst thE novEl virus, thEEuropEAn rABBits DiED in DrovEs.But, As you might ExpECt, nAturAl sElECtion hAs sinCE FAvorED rApiD growth oF populAtions oF o. CuniCulus rEsistAnt to thE virus.
→ in 1991, on An uninhABitED islAnD in spEnCEr gulF,AustrAliAn rEsEArChErs rElEAsED A populAtion oF rABBits thAt thEy hAD injECtED with A CAlCivirus. thE rABBits DiED quiCkly AnD rElAtivEly pAinlEssly From BlooD Clots in thEir lungs, hEArts, AnD kiDnEys. in 1995, thE tEst virus EsCApED From thE islAnD, possiBly on insECt vECtors. it hAs BEEn killing 80 to 95 pErCEnt oF thE ADult rABBits inAustrAliAn rEgions.At this writing, rEsEArChErs ArE now quEstioning whEthEr thE CAlCivirus shoulD BE usED on A wiDEsprEAD sCAlE, whEthEr it CAn jump BounDAriEs AnD inFECt AnimAls othEr thAn rABBits (suCh As humAns); AnD whAt thE long-tErm ConsEquEnCEs will BE.
A、vinE CAllED kuDzu (puErAriA loBAtA) wAs DEliBErAtEly importED From jApAn to thE unitED stAtEs, whErE it FACEs no sErious thrEAts From hErBivorEs, pAthogEns, or CompEtitor plAnts. in tEmpErAtE pArts oFAsiA, it is A wEll-BEhAvED lEgumE with A wEll-DEvElopED root systEm. it sEEmED likE A gooD iDEA to usE it to Control Erosion on hills AnD highwAy EmBAnkmEnts in thE southEAstErn unitED stAtEs.
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with nothing to stop it, though, ku
→ whEn you hEAr somEonE BuBBling EnthusiAstiCAlly ABout An ExotiC spECiEs, you CAn sAFEly BEt thE spEAkEr isn’t An ECologist. this is A nAmE For A rEsiDEnt oF An EstABlishED Community thAt wAs DEliBErAtEly or ACCiDEntAlly movED From its homE rAngE AnD BECAmE EstABlishED ElsEwhErE. unlikE most imports, whiCh CAn’t tAkE holD outsiDE thEir homE rAngE, An ExotiC spECiEs pErmAnEntly insinuAtEs itsElF into A nEw Community.
somEtimEs thE ADDitions ArE hArmlEss AnD EvEn hAvE BEnEFiCiAl EFFECts. morE oFtEn, thEy mAkE nAtivE spECiEs EnDAngErED spECiEs, whiCh By DEFinition ArE ExtrEmEly vulnErABlE to ExtinCtion. oF All spECiEs on thE rArE or EnDAngErED lists or thAt rECEntly BECAmE ExtinCt, ClosE to 70 pErCEnt owE thEir prECArious ExistEnCE or DEmisE to DisplACEmEnt By ExotiC spECiEs. two ExAmplEs ArE inCluDED hErE to illustrAtE thE proBlEm.
During thE 1800s,British sEttlErs inAustrAliA just CoulDn’t BonD with thE koAlAs AnD kAngAroos, so thEy stArtED to import FAmiliAr AnimAls From thEir homElAnD、in 1859, in whAt woulD BE thE stArt oF A wholEsAlE DisAstEr, A northErnAustrAliAn lAnDownEr importED AnD thEn rElEAsED two DozEn wilDEuropEAn rABBits (oryCtolAgus CuniCulus). gooD FooD AnD gooD sport hunting—thAt wAs thE iDEA、An iDEAl rABBit hABitAt with no nAturAl prEDAtors wAs thE rEAlity.
six yEArs lAtEr, thE lAnDownEr hAD killED 20,000 rABBits AnD wAs BEsiEgED By 20,000 morE. thE rABBits DisplACED livEstoCk, EvEn kAngAroos. nowAustrAliA hAs 200 to 300 million hippityhopping through thE southErn hAlF oF thE Country. thEy ovErgrAzE pErEnniAl grAssEs in gooD timEs AnD strip BArk From shruBs AnD trEEs During Droughts. you know whErE thEy’vE BEEn; thEy trAnsForm grAsslAnDs AnD shruBlAnDs into EroDED DEsErts. thEy hAvE BEEn shot AnD poisonED、thEir wArrEns hAvE BEEn plowED unDEr, FumigAtED, AnD DynAmitED、EvEn whEn All-out AssAults rEDuCED thEir populAtion sizE By 70 pErCEnt, thE rApiDly rEproDuCing imports mADE A ComEBACk in lEss thAn A yEAr.DiD thE ConstruCtion oF A 2,000-milE-long FEnCE protECt wEstErnAustrAliA no. rABBits mADE it to thE othEr siDE BEForE workErs FinishED thE FEnCE.
→ in 1951, govErnmEnt workErs introDuCED A myxomA virus By wAy oF milDly inFECtED southAmEriCAn rABBits, its normAl hosts. this virus CAusEs myxomAtosis. thE DisEAsE hAs milD EFFECts on southAmEriCAn rABBits thAt CoEvolvED with thE virus But nEArly AlwAys hAD lEthAl EFFECts on o. CuniCulus.Biting insECts, mAinly mosquitoEs AnD FlEAs, quiCkly trAnsmit thE virus From host to host. hAving no CoEvolvED DEFEnsEs AgAinst thE novEl virus, thEEuropEAn rABBits DiED in DrovEs.But, As you might ExpECt, nAturAl sElECtion hAs sinCE FAvorED rApiD growth oF populAtions oF o. CuniCulus rEsistAnt to thE virus.
→ in 1991, on An uninhABitED islAnD in spEnCEr gulF,AustrAliAn rEsEArChErs rElEAsED A populAtion oF rABBits thAt thEy hAD injECtED with A CAlCivirus. thE rABBits DiED quiCkly AnD rElAtivEly pAinlEssly From BlooD Clots in thEir lungs, hEArts, AnD kiDnEys. in 1995, thE tEst virus EsCApED From thE islAnD, possiBly on insECt vECtors. it hAs BEEn killing 80 to 95 pErCEnt oF thE ADult rABBits inAustrAliAn rEgions.At this writing, rEsEArChErs ArE now quEstioning whEthEr thE CAlCivirus shoulD BE usED on A wiDEsprEAD sCAlE, whEthEr it CAn jump BounDAriEs AnD inFECt AnimAls othEr thAn rABBits (suCh As humAns); AnD whAt thE long-tErm ConsEquEnCEs will BE.
A、vinE CAllED kuDzu (puErAriA loBAtA) wAs DEliBErAtEly importED From jApAn to thE unitED stAtEs, whErE it FACEs no sErious thrEAts From hErBivorEs, pAthogEns, or CompEtitor plAnts. in tEmpErAtE pArts oFAsiA, it is A wEll-BEhAvED lEgumE with A wEll-DEvElopED root systEm. it sEEmED likE A gooD iDEA to usE it to Control Erosion on hills AnD highwAy EmBAnkmEnts in thE southEAstErn unitED stAtEs.
【单选题】swimming mAChinEs
tunAs, mACkErEls, AnD BillFishEs (mArlins, sAilFishEs, AnD sworDFish) swim Continuously. FEEDing, Courtship, rEproDuCtion, AnD EvEn "rEst" ArE CArriED out whilE in ConstAnt motion.As A rEsult, prACtiCAlly EvEry AspECt oF thE BoDy Form AnD FunCtion oF thEsE swimming "mAChinEs" is ADAptED to EnhAnCE thEr ABility to swim.
mAny oF thE ADAptAtions oF thEsE FishEs sErvE to rEDuCE wAtEr rEsistAnCE (DrAg). intErEstingly Enough, sEvErAl oF thEsE hyDroDynAmiC ADAptAtions rEsEmBlE FEAturEs DEsignED to improvE thE AEroDynAmiCs oF high-spEED wArCrAFt. though humAn EnginEErs ArE nEw to thE gAmE, tunAs AnD thEir rElAtivEs EvolvED thEr "high-tECh" DEsigns long Ago.
tunAs, mACkErEls, AnD BillFishEs hAvE mADE strEAmlining into An Art For thEir BoDiEs ArE slEEk AnD CompACt. thE BoDy shApEs oF tunAs, in FACt, ArE nEArly iDEAl From An EnginEEring point oF viEw. most spECiEs lACk sCAlEs ovEr most oF thE BoDy, mAking it smooth AnD slippEry. thE EyEs liE Flush with thE BoDy AnD Do not protruDE At All. thEy ArE Also CovErED with A sliCk, trAnspArEnt liD thAt rEDuCEs DrAg. thE Fins ArE stiFF, smooth, AnD nArrow, quAlitiEs thAt Also hElp Cut DrAg. whEn not in usE, thE Fins ArE tuCkED into spECiAl groovEs or DEprEssions so thAt thEy liE Flush with thE BoDy AnD Do not BrEAkup its smooth Contours. AirplAnEs rEtrACt thEir lAnDing gEAr whilE in Flight For thE sAmE rEAson.
tunAs, mACkErEls, AnD BillFishEs hAvE EvEn morE sophistiCAtED ADAptAtions thAn thEsE to improvE thEir hyDroDynAmiCs. thE long Bill oF mArlins, sAilFishEs, AnD sworDFish proBABly hElps thEm slip through thE wAtEr. mAny supErsoniC AirCrAFt hAvE A similAr nEEDlE At thE nosE.
most tunAs AnD BillFishEs hAvE A sEriEs oF kEEls AnD FinlEt nEAr thE tAil.Although most oF thEir sCAlEs hAvE BEEn lost, tunAs AnD mACkErEls rEtAin A pAtCh oF CoArsE sCAlEs nEAr thE hEAD CAllED thE CorsElEt. thE kEEls, FinlEt, AnD CorsElEt hElp DirECt thE Flow oF wAtEr ovEr thE BoDy surFACE in suCh As wAy As to rEDuCE rEsistAnCE (sEE thE FigurE).AgAin, supErsoniC jEts hAvE similAr FEAturEs.
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BECAusE thEy ArE AlwAys swimming, tunAs simply hAvE to opEn thEir mouths AnD wAtEr is ForCED in AnD ovEr thEir gills.
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ACCorDingly, thEy hAvE lost most oF thE musClEs thAt othEr FishEs usE to suCk in wAtEr AnD push it pAst thE gills.
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in FACt, tunAs must swim to BrEAthE.
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thEy must Also kEEp swimming to kEEp From sinking, sinCE most hAvE lArgEly or ComplEtEly lost thE swim BlADDEr, thE gAs FillED sAC thAt hElps most othEr Fish rEmAin BuoyAnt.
onE potEntiAl proBlEm is thAt opEning thE mouth to BrEAthE DEtrACts From thE strEAmlining oF thEsE FishEs AnD tEnDs to slow thEm Down. somE spECiEs oF tunA hAvE spECiAlizED groovEs in thEir tonguE. it is thought thAt thEsE groovEs hElp to ChAnnEl wAtEr through thE mouth AnD out thE gilt slits, thErEBy rEDuCing wAtEr rEsistAnCE.
thErE ArE ADAptAtions thAt inCrEAsE thE Amount oF ForwArD thrust As wEll As thosE thAt rEDuCE DrAg.AgAin, thEsE FishEs ArE thE Envy oF EnginEErs. thErE high, nArrow tAils with swEpt-BACk tips ArE Almost pErFECtly ADAptED to proviDE propulsion with thE lEAst possiBlE EFFort. pErhAps most importAnt oF All to thEsE AnD othEr FAst swimmErs is thEir ABility to sEnsE AnD mAkE usE oF swirls AnD EDDiEs (CirCulAr CurrEnts) in thE wAtEr. thEy CAn gliDE pAst EDDiEs thAt woulD slow thEm Down AnD thEn gAin ExtrA thrust By "pushing oFF" thE EDDiEs. sCiEntists AnD EnginEErs ArE BEginning to stuDy this ABility oF FishEs in thE hopE oF DEsigning morE EFFiCiEnt propulsion systEms For ships.
thE musClEs oF thEsE FishEs AnD thE mEChAnism thAt mAintAins A wArm BoDy
tunAs, mACkErEls, AnD BillFishEs (mArlins, sAilFishEs, AnD sworDFish) swim Continuously. FEEDing, Courtship, rEproDuCtion, AnD EvEn "rEst" ArE CArriED out whilE in ConstAnt motion.As A rEsult, prACtiCAlly EvEry AspECt oF thE BoDy Form AnD FunCtion oF thEsE swimming "mAChinEs" is ADAptED to EnhAnCE thEr ABility to swim.
mAny oF thE ADAptAtions oF thEsE FishEs sErvE to rEDuCE wAtEr rEsistAnCE (DrAg). intErEstingly Enough, sEvErAl oF thEsE hyDroDynAmiC ADAptAtions rEsEmBlE FEAturEs DEsignED to improvE thE AEroDynAmiCs oF high-spEED wArCrAFt. though humAn EnginEErs ArE nEw to thE gAmE, tunAs AnD thEir rElAtivEs EvolvED thEr "high-tECh" DEsigns long Ago.
tunAs, mACkErEls, AnD BillFishEs hAvE mADE strEAmlining into An Art For thEir BoDiEs ArE slEEk AnD CompACt. thE BoDy shApEs oF tunAs, in FACt, ArE nEArly iDEAl From An EnginEEring point oF viEw. most spECiEs lACk sCAlEs ovEr most oF thE BoDy, mAking it smooth AnD slippEry. thE EyEs liE Flush with thE BoDy AnD Do not protruDE At All. thEy ArE Also CovErED with A sliCk, trAnspArEnt liD thAt rEDuCEs DrAg. thE Fins ArE stiFF, smooth, AnD nArrow, quAlitiEs thAt Also hElp Cut DrAg. whEn not in usE, thE Fins ArE tuCkED into spECiAl groovEs or DEprEssions so thAt thEy liE Flush with thE BoDy AnD Do not BrEAkup its smooth Contours. AirplAnEs rEtrACt thEir lAnDing gEAr whilE in Flight For thE sAmE rEAson.
tunAs, mACkErEls, AnD BillFishEs hAvE EvEn morE sophistiCAtED ADAptAtions thAn thEsE to improvE thEir hyDroDynAmiCs. thE long Bill oF mArlins, sAilFishEs, AnD sworDFish proBABly hElps thEm slip through thE wAtEr. mAny supErsoniC AirCrAFt hAvE A similAr nEEDlE At thE nosE.
most tunAs AnD BillFishEs hAvE A sEriEs oF kEEls AnD FinlEt nEAr thE tAil.Although most oF thEir sCAlEs hAvE BEEn lost, tunAs AnD mACkErEls rEtAin A pAtCh oF CoArsE sCAlEs nEAr thE hEAD CAllED thE CorsElEt. thE kEEls, FinlEt, AnD CorsElEt hElp DirECt thE Flow oF wAtEr ovEr thE BoDy surFACE in suCh As wAy As to rEDuCE rEsistAnCE (sEE thE FigurE).AgAin, supErsoniC jEts hAvE similAr FEAturEs.
onE potEntiAl proBlEm is thAt opEning thE mouth to BrEAthE DEtrACts From thE strEAmlining oF thEsE FishEs AnD tEnDs to slow thEm Down. somE spECiEs oF tunA hAvE spECiAlizED groovEs in thEir tonguE. it is thought thAt thEsE groovEs hElp to ChAnnEl wAtEr through thE mouth AnD out thE gilt slits, thErEBy rEDuCing wAtEr rEsistAnCE.
thErE ArE ADAptAtions thAt inCrEAsE thE Amount oF ForwArD thrust As wEll As thosE thAt rEDuCE DrAg.AgAin, thEsE FishEs ArE thE Envy oF EnginEErs. thErE high, nArrow tAils with swEpt-BACk tips ArE Almost pErFECtly ADAptED to proviDE propulsion with thE lEAst possiBlE EFFort. pErhAps most importAnt oF All to thEsE AnD othEr FAst swimmErs is thEir ABility to sEnsE AnD mAkE usE oF swirls AnD EDDiEs (CirCulAr CurrEnts) in thE wAtEr. thEy CAn gliDE pAst EDDiEs thAt woulD slow thEm Down AnD thEn gAin ExtrA thrust By "pushing oFF" thE EDDiEs. sCiEntists AnD EnginEErs ArE BEginning to stuDy this ABility oF FishEs in thE hopE oF DEsigning morE EFFiCiEnt propulsion systEms For ships.
thE musClEs oF thEsE FishEs AnD thE mEChAnism thAt mAintAins A wArm BoDy
【单选题】 The phrase "pry off" in line 21 is closest in meaning to
A．swallow
B．remove
C．squeeze
D．locate
A．swallow
B．remove
C．squeeze
D．locate
【单选题】 "The King's 24 Violins" is mentioned in line 15 to illustrate
A．( how the violin became a renowned instrument
B．( the competition in the 1600's between French and Italian orchestras
C．( the superiority of French violins
D．( why the violin was considered the only instrument suitable to be played by royalty
A．( how the violin became a renowned instrument
B．( the competition in the 1600's between French and Italian orchestras
C．( the superiority of French violins
D．( why the violin was considered the only instrument suitable to be played by royalty
【单选题】 Le gouvernement a ____________ cette solution provisoire.
A． approuvé
B． accueilli
C． consenti
D．menti
A． approuvé
B． accueilli
C． consenti
D．menti
【单选题】 Cet appartement nous cote trop cher ,nous n'avons pas ____________ de l'acheter.
A．les moyens
B． l'énergie
C． l'ordre
D．l'usage
A．les moyens
B． l'énergie
C． l'ordre
D．l'usage
【单选题】 The (able) of writers to precisely record observations made (about) others enables them to include in their work a (great) deal of material outside their (own) experience.
A．able
B．about
C．great
D．own
A．able
B．about
C．great
D．own
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