Anderson was born in the slums(貧民區(qū)) of Odense, Denmark, on April 2,1805. His early life was not easy. His father was a shoemaker and his mother worked as a washerwoman. He received little early education. As a child he was very emotional and was laughed at for being feminine(女性化)and tall.

In l8l6 his father died and Andersen was forced to go out to work. first in a tailor’s shop and then at a tobacco factory. At the age of l4 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a career as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years until he had to leave the theatre when his voice broke in l822.

Anderson went to a grammar school after he left the theatre. Having done well he was admitted to Copenhagen University in 1828.

He began to publish his fairy tales in 1835. They came out in small volumes(量) until his death. Nowadays, children all around the world are familiar with his fairy tales such as “The Little Mermaid ”(《美人魚》)，“The Princess and the Pea” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. The colourful characters from the stories made us laugh and cry throughout our childhood. Although Anderson lived a hard life, he tried to make people laugh in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a sad childhood as he did. “Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched(孵化) from a swan’s egg,” he once said．

The work brought Anderson world fame, but he remained a lonely man. He loved three women in his life but none of them loved him back and he never married. His friends were the people that paid for his work and not people he was particularly close to. “Just living is not enough…One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower,’’ he said.

 Anderson died on August 4, l 875.

Anderson

       LONDON ( Reuters)-- Ecotourism ( 生態(tài)旅游) is causing a lot of damage to wildlife and may be endangering the survival(生存) of the very animals people are flocking to see, according to researchers.

      Biologists and conservationists ( 自然環(huán)境保護論者) are worried because polar bears, dolphins, penguins and other creatures are getting stressed and losing weight and some are dying.

      "Evidence is growing that many animals do not react well to tourists in their backyard,” New Scientist magazine said.

     The immediate effects researchers have noticed are changes in behavior, heart rates, or stress hormone levels but they fear it could get much worse and over the long term "could endanger the survival of the very wildlife they want to see".

      Although money produced through ecotourism, which has been growing at about 10--30 percent a year, has major benefits for poor countries and people living in rural areas, the Swiss-based World Conservation Union and some governments fear not all projects are audited (審計) and based on environmentally friendly policies, according to the magazine,

      "The transmission(傳播) of disease to wildlife, or small changes to wildlife health through disturbance of daily life or increased stress levels, while not obvious to the casual observer, may translate to lower survival and breeding ,"said Philip Seddon, of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.

     Scientists have noticed that bottleneck dolphins along the northeastern coast of New Zealand become nervously excited when tourist boats arrive. Similar changes in behavior have been observed in polar bears and yellow-eyed penguins in areas visited by ecotourists are producing smaller babies.

      Conservationists are now calling for more research into the effect of ecotourism on animals and say the industry must be developed carefully. They also want studies done before new ecotourism projects are started.

      “The animals’ welfare should be very important because without them there will be no ecotourism,”said Rochelle Constantine of the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

1. What's the text mainly about?

     A. Many animals are dying because of lack of money.

     B. There will be no ecotourism without animals.

     C. Ecotourism could endanger the survival of the wildlife people want to see.

     D. More research should be done on ecotourism.

2. We may learn from the text that __

     A. ecotourism must be developed properly

     B. polar bears are losing weight without enough food

     C. all the poor countries have stopped ecotourism

     D. money produced through ecotourism should be spent on wildlife

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

     A. Many animals do not react well in their backyard..

     B. Polar bears in areas visited by ecotourists are producing smaller babies.

     C. Ecotourism has been growing at about 10--30 percent a year.

     D. Studies should be done before new  ecotourism projects are started.

4. What Rochelle Constantine said in the last paragraph implies that __

     A. if people want to get high income, they must develop ecotourism

     B. animals have rights to live their own life

     C. animals are people’s good friends

D. people should take good care of wildlife

The story of ________ American South will be one of hope and success with some signs that ________ new, different South is coming out of its dark past.

   A. the; a             B. an; a             C. 不填; a    D. an; the

. Sales slow down after the Spring Festival, but we are expecting things to _____ again this

coming May Day.

A. take over                  B. pick up                    C. come over                D. go up

．When I moved to a new community, I found it different from -----------I had stayed in before.

       A．one   B．that   C．it      D．the one

 Only by communicating with each other more frequently ________ clear away the misunderstandings and solve the conflict.

We show an amazing tolerance for a form of pollution that is a growing problem: noise. Airplane traffic is increasing by five percent a year. Urban noise is doubling every ten years. By air, land and sea, we are facing an onslaught of noise that is threatening our ability to live in this world. We have granted ourselves the right to make noise. But what about our responsibilities? Have we developed a sense of acoustic responsibility?

The evidence suggests that we have not. Many people seem to believe they have an unlimited right to make noise with cars and motorbikes, and with loud music at home and in the street. In some countries measures have been taken to force people to make less noise. In Britain, for example, a law has been passed preventing people from disturbing their neighbors with music at night.

It is widely accepted that we should deal with our rubbish in a responsible way Noise is in reality a particularly insidious form of rubbish. It destroys community life, pursues us into our homes, keeps us from sleeping and is the cause of many stress-related illnesses, as well as hearing loss. Our acoustic environment belongs to all of us. Everyone has the right to use it, but no one has the right to abuse it. Let’s start using it responsibly.

1. The underlined word “acoustic” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. environment          B. pollution              C. sound             D. rubbish

2. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. Nowadays everyone thinks it’s all right to make noise.

B. British law protects people from their neighbors’ music at night.

C. The level of noise produced in cities is twice as high now as ten years ago.

D. Noise can sometimes cause hearing loss.

3. The passage is probably written to _______.

A. introduce acoustic responsibility             B. call for people to make less noise

C. compare rubbish and noise                            D. describe people’s attitude to noise

Our offer has put her in a _______ as to whether to stay at school for further education or get a job to support her family.

A. doubt              B.  wonder            C. dilemma           D. process

. - Excuse me, but I want to use your computer to type a report.

   - You __ have my computer if you don't take care of it.

   A. shan't      B. might not   C. needn't    D. shouldn't

Our teacher looked here and there on our playground ________ looking for something.

    A. even though             B. even if                     C. as if                  D. only if