Getting close to active or erupting volcanoes can be dangerous. But for Michael Rampino, it’s all in a day’s work. Rampino is a volcanologist, a scientist who studies volcanoes and how they affect our planet. Rampino has been close to red-hot lava flows (熔巖流) in Hawaii and explosive volcanoes in Indonesia. He knows when to get close to an active volcano and when to back away.
Rampino wasn’t always a volcanologist. He worked for NASA for seven years. He studied rocks until he began to research climate change and the effects that volcanoes have on climate. He became interested in the subject. “Once I started working with volcanoes,” Rampino said, “I was hooked.”
Rampino is a professor at New York University. As part of his job, he travels to areas where volcanoes have been active. “Active” means they have erupted within the past few centuries and probably will erupt again. Rampino studies the deposits (沉積物) of ash and other materials from the eruptions. The ash may hold clues to what happened to the Earth in the distant past. It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earth’s climate in the future.
Rampino doesn’t work alone. He works with a team of scientists who use computers to stimulate (模擬) the effects volcanoes have on Earth’s atmosphere.
Being a volcanologist may be hard work, but it’s also fun. “It’s cool traveling the world studying volcanoes,” Rampino says. When he talks to students about his work, he tells them that his goal is “to understand the events that have shaped Earth’s history.”
小題1:To Rampino, being close to active volcanoes is _____.
A．a(chǎn)dventurous but meaningful
B．scary but necessary
C．impossible and unnecessary
D．dangerous but urgent
小題2:The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_____”.
A．trapped B．touched C．frightenedD．a(chǎn)ttracted
小題3:Rampino’s study on volcanoes might help _____.
A．warn people to protect the environment
B．support the study of Earth’s future climate
C．tell the future eruption time of the volcanoes
D．reduce the possibility of the volcanoes’ eruptions
小題4:In which part of a newspaper could we find this text?
A．Climate. B．History. C．People. D．Business.

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
文章主要講述的是一個(gè)癡迷于活火山研究的科學(xué)家從事的研究，及其意義
小題1:推理判斷題，根據(jù)第一段Getting close to active or erupting volcanoes can be dangerous. But for Michael Rampino, it’s all in a day’s work可知，雖然很危險(xiǎn)，但這就是他的工作，對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)是由意義的事情
小題2:猜測(cè)詞義題，根據(jù)第二段He became interested in the subject. “Once I started working with volcanoes,” Rampino said, “I was hooked可知，他對(duì)此非常感興趣，非常癡迷，被它吸引了
小題3:事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第三段 It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earth’s climate in the future可知，
小題4:推理判斷題，該文章主要講述的是一個(gè)癡迷于活火山研究的科學(xué)家，所以是一本關(guān)于人物的雜志上出現(xiàn)的
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A．Eskimos do not usually eat wolves.
B．Eskimos like to chase one another.
C．Eskimos depend heavily on water.
D．Eskimos are meat-eaters.
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B．A little dark.
C．Not dark at all.
D．Extremely dark.
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A．Eskimos are more likely to eat wolves in summer
B．Eskimo women are responsible for housework
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B．Because it’s too cold in deep ocean.
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C．To draw governments’ attention to the construction of the ship.
D．To solve the global warming.
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A．Sea Orbiter—the ship of the future
B．A new way to explore the deep oceans
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A．Because earthquakes can be known before they happen.
B．Because earthquakes take place without warning.
C．Because earthquakes usually take place in the neighborhood.
D．Because it’s people’s daily work to prepare the earthquakes.
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B．a(chǎn) telephone is the most important prepared thing
C．a(chǎn)fter earthquakes you’d better use torch first but not matches
D．clothes are used to protect your head
小題4:If you live in a cold place, you should prepare _______.
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C．creating cloned animals
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B．few diseases will attack people by 2050
C．devices are connected directly to the brain to help people hear
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A．frightenedB．pleasedC．disappointedD．a(chǎn)nnoyed
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UFO is short for Unidentified Flying Object. It’s also called Flying Saucer. It is one of the most popular topics in the 20th century. With films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ET in the 1970s came a rapid increase in reports of flying saucers and men from Mars. More than 20 countries said their people once saw the UFO and there were over 1,200 reports about the UFO. Some even said they saw aliens.
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First, you must ask yourself, “Where is the wind coming from? Is it coming from ahead or behind or from the side?” You must think about this all the time on the boat. The wind direction tells you what to do with the sail.
Let’s start with the wind blowing from the behind. This means the wind and the boat are going in the same direction. Then you must always keep the sail outside the boat. It should be at a 90° angle (角度) to the boat. Then it will catch the wind best.
If the wind is blowing from the side, it is blowing across the boat. In this case, you must keep the sail half way outside the boat. It should be at a 45° angle to the boat. It needs to be out far enough to catch the wind, but it shouldn’t flap (擺動(dòng)). It shouldn’t look like on a flagpole. If it is flapping, it is probably out too far, and the boat will slow down.
Sailing into the wind is not possible. If you try, the sail will flap and the boat will stop. You may want to go in that direction. It is possible, but you can’t go in a straight line. You must go first in one direction and then in another. This is called tacking. When you are tacking, you must always keep the sail inside the boat.
小題1:What should you consider first while sailing?
A．Sailors’ strength.B．Wave levels.
C．Wind directions.D．Size of sails.
小題2:What does the word “It” underlined in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A．The boat.B．The wind.C．The sail.D．The angle.
小題3:What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?
A．Move in a straight line.B．Allow the sail to flap.
C．Lower the sail.D．Tack the boat.
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A．How to Save Our Planet
B．How to Change Our Daily Habits
C．Tips for Green Living Today
D．Green Living and Serious Pollution
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A．ThreeB．FourC．FiveD．Six
小題4:The underlined word ‘‘prioritize’’ in the last paragraph can be replaced by the word ________.
A．decreaseB．considerC．imagineD．guess
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A．A few changes to daily habits can help a lot.
B．While washing teeth we should turn off the faucet.
C．Vehicles bring pollution and we should try to avoid.
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