For Lee Ann Laraway, polio(腦灰質(zhì)炎) has made almost everything in life just out of reach. But what her hands can't retrieve, her assistant can. Meet Jeannie, a three-year-old help, has become Lee Ann's arms and legs.
Jeannie understands no fewer than 72 commands. To get a feel for what that means, Lee Ann takes us on a shopping trip in San Jose. First stop: The bank, where she got cash from the teller. From the bank, it's on to the drug store, where Jeannie got a candy bar for Lee Ann. Then Jeannie helped pay the cashier, and got change hack.
"When you have a really good working animal, they come and interact with you all the time," Lee Ann said. While there's no argument that Jeannie is an ordinary animal, she wasn't born that way. She was tutored and trained here at a facility that has become the final legacy of one of the Bay Area's most beloved figures.
Canine Companions for Independence sits on twelve acres of land in Santa Rosa donated by late Peanuts cartoonist Charles Shultz, Here, handlers work with specially selected labs for hours a day— but not every dog will make the cut.
The work is serious Business. In the case of hearing dogs, the animals alert their disabled owners to everything from ringing telephones to doorbells.
Other dogs will work with severely disabled patients like eight-year-old Noah Habib of Mountain View who communicates with a special computer. "I like it when new people come up to ask me about my dog," he says. "People are really interested in the dog and will come over and ask to pet her and ask to play with her, and ask about what she does, and these are people that normally might not approach us and want to talk to Noah," says his Dad.
And back in San Jose Lee Ann is arriving home with Jeannie and her groceries. With just one chore left—opening her own door. "You can train a dog to do a lot of things," said Lee Ann. "You cannot give them the heart to do the job, and that is what a good working dog has."
Lee Ann's dog Jeannie cannot ______.
A) get cash at the bank C) pay a cashier for her
B) take on a telephone for her D) open the door
Canine Companions for Independence is a place for ______.
A) severely disabled children to have practice
B) people to donate money or legacy
C) ordinary dogs to be coached
D) people to learn business
Which of the following can replace the phrase "make the cut" (Line 3, Para 4)?
A) become a good working dog C) hurt the coach
B) become a helpful star D) hurt itself
According to Lee Ann, you cannot train an ordinary dog ______.
A) to put things on people's laps C) to always interact with its owner
B) to alert deaf people D) to love working
【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】D
【小題1】本題問(wèn)“Lee Ann的狗Jeannie不能做什么?”文章第五段第二句談到,In the case of hearing dogs, the animals alert their disabled owners to everything from ringing telephones to doorbells,也就是說(shuō),就幫助聽(tīng)覺(jué)的狗來(lái)說(shuō),它們可以告知主人包括電話鈴響、門鈴響等任何事,但是并未說(shuō)為主人接電話,故可以推斷B“幫她打電話”不能做到,所以B正確。
A“從銀行取現(xiàn)金”。由文章第二段Lee Ann Laraway展示讓她的狗Jeannie完成一系列的任務(wù),第一站在銀行從出納員那里拿到現(xiàn)金可知,本項(xiàng)是狗能辦到的。
C“替她給收銀員付錢”。由文章第二段可知,Jeannie和Lee Ann出了銀行到雜貨店,Jeannie給Lee Ann找到糖,幫助付錢給收款員,然后把找的錢拿回。因此本項(xiàng)小狗也能辦到。
D“開(kāi)門”。文中最后一段提到小狗還有最后一項(xiàng)任務(wù)——開(kāi)門,所以本項(xiàng)也是狗能辦到的。
【小題2】C本題問(wèn)“獨(dú)立生活犬伴侶是一個(gè)什么樣的地方?”文中第三段提到Jeannie “wasn't born that way.She was tutored and trained here”,接著就開(kāi)始對(duì)Canine Companions for Independence的介紹,也就是說(shuō),“獨(dú)立生活犬伴侶”就是Jeannie得到訓(xùn)練的地方。故C“普通狗接受訓(xùn)練的地方”正確。
A“嚴(yán)重殘疾的兒童獲得練習(xí)的地方”。這個(gè)地方是為狗得到訓(xùn)練后為殘疾兒童服務(wù)而設(shè)置的,而不是為殘疾兒童沒(méi)置的。
B“人們捐錢或捐贈(zèng)遺產(chǎn)的地方”。第四段第一句說(shuō)“獨(dú)立生活犬伴侶”位于Santa Rosa,占地十二英畝,由已故小人物漫畫家Charles Shultz捐資建成。這是說(shuō)明該組織的建立方式而不是運(yùn)營(yíng)方式,這里并不是所有人捐款的地方。
D“人們學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)商的地方”。第五段第一句提到,“這工作是個(gè)嚴(yán)肅的活”,這里business的意思是“工作”而不是“經(jīng)商”,本項(xiàng)考查考生對(duì)business多項(xiàng)含義的把握。
【小題3】A 本題問(wèn)“下列哪一項(xiàng)能夠替換詞組‘make the cut’?”這是一道語(yǔ)義題。文章第三段講到好的工作犬并非生來(lái)如此,而是經(jīng)過(guò)訓(xùn)練而成的。接著在第四段第二句說(shuō)“Here,handlers work with specially selected labs for hours a day—but not every dog will make the cut.”前半句說(shuō)訓(xùn)犬師每天花好幾個(gè)小時(shí)訓(xùn)練經(jīng)精心挑選的lasb(即 Labrador retrievers的縮寫,一種雜交犬,有叨物歸主的習(xí)性),后半句是轉(zhuǎn)折的內(nèi)容,說(shuō)不是每只狗都能經(jīng)過(guò)訓(xùn)練達(dá)到目的,也就是說(shuō)成為好的工作犬。故A“成為好的工作犬”正確。
B“成為有益的明星”。本文講的是訓(xùn)練狗為殘疾人服務(wù)而不是以表演為目的,所以不應(yīng)該推斷出明星的意思。
C“傷害教練”。
D“傷害自己”。文中要說(shuō)的是狗訓(xùn)練成功不容易,并沒(méi)有說(shuō)訓(xùn)練過(guò)程中發(fā)生的事。這是對(duì)cut一詞的歪曲。
【小題4】本題問(wèn)“根據(jù)Lee Ann所悅,你無(wú)法訓(xùn)練狗做到的事是什么?”文章最后一句“You can train a dog to do a lot of things,”said Lee Ann.“You cannot give them the heart to do the job, and that is what a good working dog has.”也就是說(shuō),你可以訓(xùn)練狗做許多事情,但是你不能教它有工作的熱心,而只有優(yōu)秀的工作犬才具備這樣的素質(zhì)。故D“熱愛(ài)工作”正確。
A“把東西放在人們腿上”。
B“提醒聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)聲音的殘疾人”。文章第五段第二句說(shuō)就幫助聽(tīng)覺(jué)的狗來(lái)說(shuō),它們可以告知主人包括電話鈴響、門鈴響等任何事,可見(jiàn)這是可以被訓(xùn)練出來(lái)的。
C“總是和主人交流”。雖然文中沒(méi)有提到是否可以訓(xùn)練狗這樣做,但是題干問(wèn)的是“根據(jù)Lee Ann所說(shuō)”,所以均非正確選項(xiàng)。
年級(jí) | 高中課程 | 年級(jí) | 初中課程 |
高一 | 高一免費(fèi)課程推薦! | 初一 | 初一免費(fèi)課程推薦! |
高二 | 高二免費(fèi)課程推薦! | 初二 | 初二免費(fèi)課程推薦! |
高三 | 高三免費(fèi)課程推薦! | 初三 | 初三免費(fèi)課程推薦! |
科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2011-2012學(xué)年黑龍江哈三中高一下學(xué)期期中考試英語(yǔ)試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
These days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprint. In order to reduce global warming we need to make our carbon footprints smaller. But how much CO2 are we responsible for?
A new book by Mike Berners Lee, an expert, might be able to help. The carbon footprint looks at the different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of CO2 all of the following created: the ingredients, the electricity, the equipment, the travel and commuting of the beer, and the packaging. It’s amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculation. And it’s frightening how much carbon dioxide everything produces.
This can help us decide which beer to drink. From Berners Lee’s calculations, it’s clear that a pint (568ml) of locally brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beer. This is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packaging. The local beer only produces 300g of CO2, but the imported beer produces 900g! So, one pint of local beer is better for the environment.
Berners Lee has even calculated the carbon footprint of cycling to work. Nothing is more environmentally friendly than riding a bike, surely? Well, it depends on what you’ve had to eat before. To ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need food. So if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer, our footprint is 65g of CO2. However, if we eat bacon before the ride, it’s 200g. In fact, bananas are good because they don’t need packaging, they can be transported by boat and they grow in natural sunlight.
So, does this mean that cycling is bad for the environment? Absolutely not, for a start, if you cycle, you don’t use your car, and the fewer cars on the road, the fewer traffic jams. And cars in traffic jams produce three times more CO2 than cars traveling at speed. Cycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to hospital. So maybe it’s time for us all to start making some changes. Pass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please.
【小題1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Everything produces carbon dioxide equally. |
B.The imported beer is much better than the local beer in quality. |
C.Actually bananas are good in general because they produce less CO2. |
D.To make our carbon footprints smaller, we should often drink more beer. |
A.make | B.put | C.look after | D.take place |
A.To tell the differences among bikes, beer and bananas. |
B.To call on us to take action to make carbon footprint smaller. |
C.To introduce what CO2 really is in our life. |
D.To remind us to start healthy eating habits. |
A.In a science fiction story. | B.In a newspaper advertisement. |
C.In a science research report. | D.In a travel magazine. |
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2016屆四川省高三第一學(xué)期半期考試英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
Surfing the Internet for fun will make you a better employee,according to an Australian study.
The University of Melbourne study shows that people who use the Internet for their own reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive than those who do not. Study author brent Coker said“Surfing the Internet at times helps increase an employee’s attention.”
“People need to relax for a bit to get back their attention,”Coker said on the university’s website.”Having a short break, such as a quick surfing of the Internet, helps the mind to rest itself,leading to a higher total Internet attention for a day’s work, and as a result, increase productivity(生產(chǎn)效率),”he said.
According to the study of 300 workers ,70 percent of people who use the Internet at work surf the Internet for their own reasons during office hours. Among the most popular surfing activities are searching for information about products, reading online news, playing online games and watching videos.”Firms spend a lot of money on software to block their employees from watching video, using social networking sites or shopping online, ”said Coker.”that’s not always a good idea.”
However, Coker said the study looked at people who surfed the Internet in moderation(),or were on the Internet for lee than 20 percent of their total time in the office.”Those who spend too much time surfing the Internet will have a lower productivity than those without,”he said.
1.What does the University of Melbourne study mainly show?
A. People who surf the Internet are good employees.
B. Not everyone surfs the Internet for fun during office hours.
C. Surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increase productivity.
D. The Internet is becoming more and more important in people’s life.
2.According to paragraph 3,Brent Coker would most probably agree that ________.
A. the longer a person’s mind rests the better attention he will have.
B. surfing the Internet is the best way to increase productivity.
C. workers should have a long break during office hours
D. workers should let their minds rest now and then.
3.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as one of the most popular surfing activities?
A. Watching videos. B. reading online news.
C. Reading online novels. D. Playing online games.
4.The underlined word “block” in paragraph 4 means “_______”.
A.prevent B.cycle C.burst D.breathe
5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.Spending too much time surfing the Internet reduces productivity.
B.Those who never surf the Internet have the lowest productivity.
C.Most people don’t surf the internet in modernation during office hours.
D.People should spend as little time as possible surfing the Internet.
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解
PART FOUR WRITING
Section A
Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Losing weight is difficult, and keeping it off may be even harder. So Harvard researchers set out to determine exactly how much physical activity women need in midlife to avoid gaining weight as they age.
The researchers found that an hour of moderate activity a day — including such recreational activities as brisk walking, leisurely bicycling, ballroom dancing and playing with children — prevented women of normal weight from gaining more than five pounds over any three-year period. Half that amount of vigorous activity, like running, jogging or fast biking, will do the trick as well, they said.
Women who got the same amount of exercise but were heavier to start with were not able to avoid gaining weight, however. Neither were women of normal weight who got less than seven hours a week of moderate activity, according to the study, published in the March 24 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
The average weight gain over the course of the 15-year study, which followed 34,079 healthy women with an average age of 54 at the beginning, was just over five pounds. The researchers did not take diet into account.
“It’s so hard to lose weight and maintain the loss, so whatever weight you are, you should try to stay that weight — that is a success,” said the paper’s lead author, Dr. I-Min Lee, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.
But any amount of exercise is beneficial, she emphasized. “People shouldn’t just throw up their hands and say, ‘Sixty minutes? I can’t do that,’ and give up. Health is more than weight.”
Title: A research on how to 71
72 | To determine how much physical activity women need in midlife to avoid gaining weight as they age | |||
73 | Research objects | 74 | Types of exercise[來(lái) | Weight gain |
Women 75 | An hour of moderate activity a day | ● Brisk walking ● Leisurely bicycling ● 76 ● Playing with children | 77 five pounds over a three-year period | |
Half an hour of vigorous activity a day | ● Running ● Jogging ● 78 | |||
Less than 79 a week of moderate activity | Not being avoided | |||
Heavier women | The same as the above | |||
Suggestions | ● Staying your weight ● 80 |
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解
PART FOUR WRITING
Section A
Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Losing weight is difficult, and keeping it off may be even harder. So Harvard researchers set out to determine exactly how much physical activity women need in midlife to avoid gaining weight as they age.
The researchers found that an hour of moderate activity a day — including such recreational activities as brisk walking, leisurely bicycling, ballroom dancing and playing with children — prevented women of normal weight from gaining more than five pounds over any three-year period. Half that amount of vigorous activity, like running, jogging or fast biking, will do the trick as well, they said.
Women who got the same amount of exercise but were heavier to start with were not able to avoid gaining weight, however. Neither were women of normal weight who got less than seven hours a week of moderate activity, according to the study, published in the March 24 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
The average weight gain over the course of the 15-year study, which followed 34,079 healthy women with an average age of 54 at the beginning, was just over five pounds. The researchers did not take diet into account.
“It’s so hard to lose weight and maintain the loss, so whatever weight you are, you should try to stay that weight — that is a success,” said the paper’s lead author, Dr. I-Min Lee, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.
But any amount of exercise is beneficial, she emphasized. “People shouldn’t just throw up their hands and say, ‘Sixty minutes? I can’t do that,’ and give up. Health is more than weight.”
Title: A research on how to 71
72 | To determine how much physical activity women need in midlife to avoid gaining weight as they age | |||
73 | Research objects | 74 | Types of exercise | Weight gain |
Women 75 | An hour of moderate activity a day | ● Brisk walking ● Leisurely bicycling ● 76 ● Playing with children | 77 five pounds over a three-year period | |
Half an hour of vigorous activity a day | ● Running ● Jogging ● 78 | |||
Less than 79 a week of moderate activity | Not being avoided | |||
Heavier women | The same as the above | |||
Suggestions | ● Staying your weight ● 80 |
查看答案和解析>>
百度致信 - 練習(xí)冊(cè)列表 - 試題列表
湖北省互聯(lián)網(wǎng)違法和不良信息舉報(bào)平臺(tái) | 網(wǎng)上有害信息舉報(bào)專區(qū) | 電信詐騙舉報(bào)專區(qū) | 涉歷史虛無(wú)主義有害信息舉報(bào)專區(qū) | 涉企侵權(quán)舉報(bào)專區(qū)
違法和不良信息舉報(bào)電話:027-86699610 舉報(bào)郵箱:58377363@163.com