Read the following texts and choose the best answer. (Items 1-5)
A "terrifying" raptor-like dinosaur roamed what is now Australia's outback about 98 million years ago, newfound fossils show. Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a theropod dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, not unlike the Velociraptor, featured in the movie, Jurassic Park. It was an 1,100 pound meat-eating predator with three slashing claws on each of its powerful forelimbs, and its believed to have stalked the land that is now Australia 98 (m) million years ago. Fossilized remnants of its limb bones, ribs, jaw and fangs were found along with bones of two newly discovered species of long-necked herbivore dinosaurs.
Those dinosaurs each weighed up to 17 and 22 tons. Their remains have been found in Australias state of Queensland, the first such find in nearly 30 years. The bones of all three are on display--two at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History in Winton, and the third at Queensland Museum in Brisbane. The two gigantic 52-foot (16-meter) long plant-eating sauropods, were until now unknown types of titanosaur, the largest dinosaurs that ever lived. All three lived in the mid-Cretaceous period. The Cretaceous period extended from 145 (m) million years to 65 (m) million years ago. Its the first substantial find of large dinosaurs in Australia to be revealed in 28 years.
1.What is the best title for this news?
A. The Greatest Discovery of Herbivore Dinosaurs
B. The First Large Dinosaur in Australia
C. Killer Dino Stalked Outback
D. Terrifying Dinosaurs
2.Where did they found these fossils?
A. Australia
B. South East Asia
C. European continent
D. North America
3. Which statement is true according to this story?
A. The scientists have ever found these kinds of dinosaur 30 years ago before.
B. There're two new types of dinosaur Velociraptor and herbivore dinosaur.
C. These dinosaurs lived in Jurassic period.
D. It's the first time they found the fossil remains in Queensland.
Read the following texts and choose the best answer. (Items 6-10)
Salads of the future may still be served in bowls, but their ingredients might be grown in skyscrapers. That's the hope of scientists and architects who are erecting a unique strategy to feed a swelling population on a planet with finite farmland. "In another 40 years, there'll be another three billion people. That's the problem," said Dickson Despommier, a professor of public health at Columbia University in New York. "We have to find another way to feed them."
One solution, Despommier believes, is to grow everything from salad greens to staple grains year-round in highrise buildings at the hearts of urban centers. This so-called vertical farming could put food within easy reach for billions of people while reducing carbon emissions from shipping crops across continents and oceans, he notes. "The concept is based on technologies already in use throughout the world, mainly hightech greenhouses," Despommier said. For example, many existing greenhouses use hydroponics, a technique for growing crops in smaller spaces using nutrient-enriched water instead of soil.
1.What is the tone of the context?
A. Manipulative
B. suggestive
C. objective
D. informative
2. According to the passage, all of the following are false, EXCEPT _________.
A. Salads ingredients must be grown in skyscrapers
B. We should consider planting seeds in high-rise buildings
C. In another 40 years, all food supply will be shortage
D. Greenhouse technology is not common used around the world.
3.: Why does Dickson Despommier refer to high-rise buildings?
A. He has faith in modern technology.
B. He believes this is the only survival of world population.
C. He believes vertical farming will reduce air pollution and feed people enough.
D. He believes high-rise buildings will increase carbon emission.
Read the following texts and choose the best answer. (Items 11-15)
China's environmental problems remain serious with local governments not putting enough pressure on businesses to control pollution. Efforts to toughen environment laws have not done enough to fix the widespread problems for China's air, lakes and rivers. The general situation of environmental pollution does not allow China to be optimistic. The fundamental way to overcome this is to continue to press enterprises to reduce pollution emissions through technology and management. Local governments, however, often face a conflict of interest because they benefit economically from heavily polluting industries.
Nearly a quarter of the monitoring stations set up along major rivers, such as the Yangtze and Yellow, reported the worst water quality on China's six-level scale. Nearly 40 percent of the water in 28 major lakes also registered level six ratings -- meaning it was too polluted for even farm irrigation. In urban areas 90 percent of river water and half of underground water is polluted, the report said.
1.How is the condition of contaminated water in China?
A. can use for farming
B. still drinkable
C. can use for household work.
D. cannot use at all
2.Whats the writer purpose?
A. To inform people of the seriousness of environmental problems.
B. To alarm people not to drink or use water from contaminate water.
C. To divert attention from environmentalist.
D. To inquiry people if government official putting enough pressure on businesses to control pollution
3. Who does this news mainly target?
A. Foreigners who live outside China
B. Authority in China
C. Adolescents
D. General people