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班别：________ 姓名：________ 学号：________ 成绩：________
1.When she is not acting on TV or in the movies, Whoopi Goldberg is fighting to save Walden Woods, a 2.000-acre forest in Massachutts. She is not the only celebrity(名人)standing up trees.//Activists like Whoopi know that our planet’s forests are in trouble: 10,000 years ago, more than forty percent of Earth was covered by forests. But people have cleared away trees for timber, farming and building. Now only ten percent of the world’s trees remains.//Why should we care so much about trees? Healthy forests are good for more than wood. Trees keep our planet habitable. Through the process of photosynthesis, they produce the oxygen that most living creatures need to breathe. Roots and leaves filter the air and rainwater to control pollution. Trees also act as Earth's air conditioners by providing shade. Roots hold soil in place and prevent erosion(腐蚀). And thousands of plants and animals, including many endangered species, make their homes in wooded lands.//Forests are beneficial to people in various ways, too. From then, we get frui
ts. berries and mushrooms. Doctors u medicines harvested from plants to treat cancer, high blood pressure, and other dias. And who doesn’t like to enjoy the beautiful scenery while camping or walking in the woods?//When people cut down forests, we lo all of the things. And even if foresters plant new trees, the forest will take hundreds of years to regrow. That’s why we should work to conrve the forests we still have.
1. Whoopi Goldberg is mentioned in the passage in order to___________.
A) shows that she is a well-known movie star
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C) describe what her life is like off the stage
D) tell us that she loves nature
2.The word“ habitable” (Para. 3, Line 2) is clost in meaning to “___________”.
A) likely to form habits
B) able to live longer
C) fit for living
D) enjoyable
3.Photosynthesis could most probably a process of ___________.
A) filtering rainwater
B) preventing erosion
C) making the air fresh
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D) producing the oxygen
4.According to the passage, human beings can derive a lot of benefits from the forest EXCEPT the fact that ___________.
A) trees can help control pollution
B) trees can be ud as the material for air conditioners
C) plants can sometimes be ud as a cure for some dias
D) a leisurely walk in the forest can be pleasurable
5.The best title of the passage can be ___________.
A) Fight Against Pollution
B) Protect Endangered Species
C) Plentiful Plant Resources
高中生期末评语D) Forest Conrvation
6.The marketing world is full of folk tales about consumer reactions to color. For years, for example, the food industry insisted that without its handy dyes the public would find procesd products unattractive, Yet color preference can often sound like a mixture of fa
shion and cultural custom, especially when the French will eat gray tinned peas and beans, while the British will not, and we prefer green apples to the American’s’ red. However, there is more to color than meets the eyes.//According to some rearchers, color may directly affect our nervous system. Experiments have recorded raid blood pressure in red surroundings and lowered blood pressure in blue surroundings. Red stimulates calmness and relaxation. Whether knowingly or otherwi, the effects of eing red have been clearly exploited by fast food chains. As well as making people hungry, red and its clo relation, orange, make people feel time pass more quickly, thus causing them to feel in a hurry. By using the colors, places like McDonald’s create an atmosphere which increas the appetite but indirectly dissuades the customer from hanging around for very long.//Color has also been ud to strike effect in the marketing of customer products. A group of houwives was once asked to try samples of identical soap powder in three different boxes, one yellow, one blue and one a mixture of blue and yellow. Extraordinary findings were obtained: The powder in the yellow packet was perceived to be so powerful that some even said it had damaged their clothes, while the
blue was said to be so weak that it left stains behind; the powder in the mixture of blue and yellow was assd as just right. Yet the only difference was in the color of the packet.
6. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.
A) no evidence indicates that color plays an important role in attracting customers
B) color helps improve the taste of food
C) color cures dias
D) color influences people's appetite
7.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A) People with high blood pressure had better paint their room red.
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B) The French prefer to cook their food gray.
白虎通德论C) Color preference is sometimes a mirror of diver cultures.
D) Improper choice of color can drive people mad.
8.Fast food chains are usually painted red or orange so as to ___________.
A) attract people's attention
B) create a relaxing atmosphere
低情商的表现C) bring about the feeling of hunger
D) let diners enjoy their eating slowly
9.The word "dissuades"(Para. 2, Line 7)most probably means “___________”.
A) suggests
B)discourages
C)stimulates
D)prohibits
大红蟹10.The example given in the last paragraph is aimed to show that ___________.
A) color has a profound effect on the marketing of products
B) the quality of soap powder varies with the color of packets蜂蜜柚子茶的功效
C) yellow may intensify the function of certain products
D) mixing different colors can often lead to mysterious results
11.In the cour of just thirty years, television has become the single most important form of entertainment in most American homes. While entertainment has been the focus up to the prent, the real importance of television is only now being discovered.//In the future, television communications will rve many significant functions in the home. Already we have tapes of programs, and we are able to u the home screen to play electronic games. Eventually, students might prefer to talk to an instructor on television through spe
cial attachments to their home TV ts, and this could mean the end of public schools as we know them. //Most of all, television will become a place for creative ideas. Instead of passively watching programs the way we do now, new developments will allow us to participate in shows and to feel and n directly the emotions of the actors we watch. Also there will be methods that will let us shape and create our own shows. We may even be able to press a button and have our own light show displayed on the screen. We will be able to think of an image and e that image flash on the screen in front of us. Different People in different places will be able to exchange ideas through television and even to interrupt and comment on shows for the benefit of performers in the television studio.//Television is a necessary part of our technological future. Now is the time for us to consider it as a responsibility, so that, when the new inventions make it more interesting to watch television, our own ideas and creative talents will be ready and waiting to make the technology of television more beneficial for all.
