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[2016·山东诊断]A rare butterfly has been discovered in Britain for the first time in 60 years, having moved from Eastern Europe. The only previous record of a wild yellow－legged Tortoishell in Britain was in 1953, when it was en just once in Sevenoaks, Kent. Several weeks ago, there were already four confirmed sightings, along the East coast in Norfolk, Suffolk and Kent, and six further reports of the butterfly in coastal areas. Conrvationists are very excited about the sightings, which are rare in the butterfly world.
The butterflies are thought to have flown on easterly winds across Europe in the last few weeks. The large and colourful inct mainly lives in Eastern Europe. In recent years, it has spread into Scandinavia and its number increas rapidly during warm weather. Also known as the Scarce Tortoishell, it has an orange and blue colour and is about one third bigger than our own Small Tortoishell.
Butterfly Conrvation was starting its annual Big Butterfly Count, a yearly survey of the butterflies across the nation. Sir David Attenborough, President of the charity, said, “The UK is a nation of amateur naturalists and we have a proud tradition of celebrating and studying our wildlife. By taking part in the Big Butterfly Count this summer, you can contribute to discovering the fantastic butterflies and other wildlife that share your garden, parks and countryside.”He added, “Butterflies_fought_back last year after a terrible 2012 but despite this, butterfly numbers were still below average. Three quarters of the UK's butterflies are in declinesat考试 and one third are in danger of dying out. This is bad news for the UK's birds, bees, bats and other wildlife.
本文讲述的是一种稀有蝴蝶最近在美国被发现，并讲述了与保护蝴蝶有关的一些情况。
1．The rare butterflies usually live in ________.
A．Eastern Europe
B．Norfolk, Suffolk and Kent
C前缀．coastal areas
D．Sevenoaks, Kent
答案：A 细节理解题。根据第一段“having moved from Eastern Europe”可以判断答案。
2．The annual Big Butterfly Count is intended to ________.
A．inspire amateurs' studying interest
B．teach people to do good gardening
C．study butterflies across Britain
D．celebrate naturalists' contributions
答案：C 细节理解题。根据第三段“a yearly survey of the butterflies across the nation”可知答案是C。
3．What do the underlined words probably mean in the last paragraph?
漫语A．Butterflies' number incread.
B．Butterflies struggled to survive.
understand的过去式C．Butterflies were dying out.
D．Butterflies felt like fighting.
答案：A 词义猜测题。根据下文“after a terrible 2012 but despite this, butterfly numbers were still below average”可以猜测，该句表示“蝴蝶”数量增加，“but despite”为关键信息。
4．What's the main idea of the text?
A．Butterflies are quite rare in Britain.
B．Butterflies like travelling frequently.
C．A rare butterfly appeared in Britain.
D．The butterfly world changed a lot.
答案：C 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段可知主题，从第二段到最后均是在分析蝴蝶保护的相关情况，故答案是C。
1．spread vt. 传播rrting
2．annual adj./n. 每年的；年刊
3．fantastic adj. 极好的；壮观的
appletree4．average adj美国文化. 平均的；一般的
5．decline n．/vi. 下降；减少
1．take part in 参加(活动)mba调剂 2.die out 灭绝；消失
原文：Conrvationists are very excited about the sightings, which are rare in the butterfly world.(非限制性定语从句)
我的幸福英文译文：保护者看到这一场景非常的兴奋，这在蝴蝶界是很罕见的场景。
仿写：The weather turned out to be good, which_was_more_than_we_could_expect.
天气转晴了，这大大的超出了我们的预料。
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[2016·唐山摸底]Soccer is not a violent game. But players can hit the ball with their head to purpoly change the direction of the ball. In the sport this move is known as a header. Unfortunately, they may sometimes crash into other players, the ground or goal posts. During the World Cup mifinal soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 2014，Netherlands' Dirk Kuyt went for a header with Argentina's Javier Mascherano and Ezequiel Garay, making his competitors injured in head.
Catherine McGill is a neuropsychologist (神经心理学家) at the Children's National Health System in Houston. She examines many children who have suffered concussions (脑震荡)，which are the most common brain injury. She says concussions from soccer and other youth sports are increasing.
“Firstly, parents, coaches, and medical providers alike are getting better at recognizing and responding to the injury, and it's a huge proof to media paying more attention to this and leagues (联队) paying more attention to the safety of their players. Also, kids are getting bigger, faster, stronger across the sports, and so more injuries may be occurring simply becau of that.”
Catherine McGill spoke at a recent conference on ways to make soccer safer for young players which was held recently in New York. She says rearchers are examining the effects of soccer－related head injuries. They want to know whether repeated hits to the head can cau CTE, which is a brain disorder that worns as a person ages.
