Capuchin monkeys(僧帽猴) usually make a lot of noise when they find food. They shriek(尖叫) and yell and scream. They are letting their families know where the food is.
One day, Dr. Mario, a scientist, saw a monkey keep quiet when it found food. The monkey didn’t let the other monkeys know about the bananas. Dr. Mario wondered why. "It looked like she was trying to keep her bananas hidden from the other monkeys, he said.
Some scientists used to think that animals couldn't control the sounds coming from their mouths. This would mean that monkeys would make noise even if there was not enough food to share. However, Dr. Mario had a different idea.
Capuchin monkeys love to eat bananas. So Dr. Mario put some bananas on a platform in the trees where the monkeys lived. Sometimes he put many bananas on the platform so that there would be enough for the monkeys to share. Sometimes he put only a few so that there would not be enough bananas for everyone.
Dr. Mario did this for a whole year. Each time Dr. Mario put bananas on the platform, he watched carefully. He wanted to see if the monkeys sometimes kept quiet when they found bananas.
Dr. Mario found three things that made monkeys more likely to remain silent. First, when monkeys found only a few bananas, they often didn't tell their families. Second, in seasons when the forest provided only a little bit of food, monkeys tended to keep quiet when they found bananas. Third, monkeys were more likely to stay quiet when they had many friends nearby and would not have enough food for everyone. Dr. Mario’s banana test showed that monkeys can control the sounds coming from their mouths. It seems that they know when to keep quiet and when to call in the family.
【小题1】When finding food, capuchin monkeys yell and scream in order to ________.A.show their satisfaction | B.send signals to their families |
C.find the place | D.threaten their enemies |
A.By changing the number of bananas |
B.By changing the location of the platform |
C.By controlling the sounds from other monkeys |
D.By letting other monkeys know about the bananas. |
A.like to remain silent | B.don’t share their food |
C.prefer to eat bananas | D.can control their sounds |
A.where monkeys live |
B.how monkeys find food |
C.when monkeys keep quiet after they find food |
D.how monkeys make sounds when they call their families |
Moringa Farm Internship Program
DATE: 5 May〜30 November 2019
LOCATION: Jaipur India
EVENT TYPE: Twining
EVENT INDUSTRY/TOPIC: Clean Energy, Climate & Environment, Food & Agriculture and Quality/Process Managem
Moringa (辣木), a kind of miracle tree, has come a long way today to become a symbol of the fight against growing nutrition deficiency (营养不足) across the globe. It is also a crop suited to the climatic conditions of the region, which is unusually rich in its nutrition content literally from top to bottom.
Supporting learning:
The Moringa Farm Internship Program is sort of like a live, interactive slideshow of agriculture making of Moringa from “Soil to Super food” that touches all the participant’s senses.
The Program’s Objectives:
The Moringa Farm Internship Program is devoted to enriching the knowledge and lives of young people by providing them with a unique educational experience on an organic Moringa Farm in rural Jaipur, India. Program participants can learn about conservation, maintenance (维护), care, and management of Moringa Farming by means of hands-on work experience with local Moringa Farm staff.
Participants will be able to interact with Moringa specialists and educators, on all issues that may affect their operations. Experts will let you know management strategies and equipment operation up close on hand to answer your specific questions.
The Moringa Farm Internship will provide an excellent opportunity to learn about sustainable tools, techniques, and approaches that can be used in Moringa Production and value-added production systems, righting (突出) pest and disease management, leaf/seed production, and tools and equipment for commercial production.
If you’re trying to learn about Moringa, there’s nothing like going to a farm and getting your hands dirty. So click here to register now!
【小题1】Why is Moringa specifically described in the text?A.To stress the importance of the crop. |
B.To encourage people to plant Moringa. |
C.To show the significance of the program. |
D.To draw attention to nutrition deficiency. |
A.It is intended for farmers. | B.It lasts more than half a year. |
C.It provides vocational training. | D.It is available on the Internet. |
A.By attending various courses about it. |
B.By involving themselves in farming it. |
C.By observing specialists and educators. |
D.By watching slideshows about the crop. |
Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog’s life, describes a person who has an unhappy life.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
Husbands and wives use doghouse when they are angry at each other. For example, a woman might get angry at her husband for forgetting their wedding anniversary (周年纪念). She might tell him that he is in the doghouse and treats him badly. However, the husband may decide that it is best to leave things alone and not create more problems. He might decide to let sleeping dogs lie.
Dog expressions also are used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
【小题1】If a man comes home late, his wife might say angrily, “______________”.A.it will rain cats and dogs | B.every dog has its day |
C.you lead a dog’s life | D.you are in the doghouse |
A.become a sick dog | B.teach an old dog new tricks |
C.let sleeping dogs lie | D.make people dog-tired |
A.Expressions in American culture. | B.Some expressions with the word dog. |
C.A good way to learn English well. | D.Dogs’ influence on American culture. |
Many of the Earth's creatures die because of humans' choices. These choices have nothing to do with food or shelter or anything else that helps humans survive. What kills millions of animals all over the world is that humans want to make money by doing so.
People use parts of animals for everything from hats to handbags, from jewelry to ashtrays and to make powders that supposedly improve a person's life. Deciding that a species is endangered and protecting it by law are not always enough. People who kill wildlife illegally rarely get caught.
During the late 1980s, saving elephants became a popular cause. Wildlife protection groups made sure everyone saw pictures or films of elephants with their faces cut off for their ivory. These groups also proved that certain populations of elephants were decreasing. As a result, most people stopped buying objects made of ivory. Laws against poaching (偷猎) were made stronger. Many countries made importing ivory illegal. Killing elephants for their Ivory became more risky and less profitable (有利可图的).
However, concern for certain species will become weak after a while. In the late 1970s, people protested (抗议) against the killing of seal babies. Everyone was shocked to see young seals being killed in their icy habitat. The cruel activity stopped. But ten years later, the number of seal babies killed was higher than ever.
Other animal protection movements have come and gone, such as saving the whales and protecting dolphins. The whale population appears to have increased for now. And the laws are finally changed in America to protect the dolphins that swim with tuna fish in parts of the Pacific Ocean.
In the years to come, people's attention will probably turn to some other endangered species. Plenty of them urgently need attention. During this time, will the elephants be forgotten?
【小题1】What leads to the disappearance of millions of wild animals?A.The growing human population. |
B.Humans’ hope for making a fortune. |
C.Humans’ too much need for wild food. |
D.Not having enough laws on wildlife protection.. |
A.Wildlife protection groups did make great efforts. |
B.Importing ivory in all countries is illegal. |
C.Those who killed elephants all got caught. |
D.Hunting was completely not allowed. |
A.To show the effort to protect seal babies. |
B.To show an increasing number of seal babies. |
C.To show the decrease of worry about certain species. |
D.To show people’s protest against the killing of seal babies. |
A.Humans should choose some rare animals to protect. |
B.Attention must be paid to saving some endangered wildlife. |
C.Success has been achieved in quite a few cases of wildlife protection. |
D.Concern and movements for animal protection should be always kept. |
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