Passage Four How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments—mostly for entertainment purposes—is fair and respectful Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals. However, most zoos remain "collections" of interesting "things" rather than protective habitats. Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to keep animals bored, lonely, and far from their natural zones. Zoos claim to educate people and save endangered species, but visitors leave zoos without having learned anything meaningful about the animals’ natural behavior, intelligence, or beauty. Zoos keep animals in small spaces or cages, and most signs only mention the species’ names, diets, and natural ranges. The animals’ normal behavior is seldom noticed because zoos don’t usually take care of the animals’ natural needs. The animals are kept together in small spaces, with no privacy and little opportunity for mental and physical exercise. This results in unusual and self-destructive behavior called zoochosis. A worldwide study of zoos found that zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time walking back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain. Furthermore, most animals in zoos are not endangered. Captive breeding of endangered big cats, Asian elephants, and other species has not resulted in their being sent back to the wild. Zoos talk a lot about their captive breeding programs because they do not want people to worry about a species dying out. In fact, baby animals also attract a lot of paying customers. Haven’t we seen enough competitions to name baby animals Actually, we will save endangered species only if we save their habitats and put an end to the reasons people kill them. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups that work to protect animals’ natural habitats. How would the author describe the animals’ life in zoos
A. Dangerous.
B. Unhappy.
C. Natural.
D. Easy.
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Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.Passage One SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999, Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and "anything else that came up." Yet in Sydney next month, they will meet again by the pool, and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly (蝶泳) in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay. Gould, now a 47-year-old mother of four, has announced she will be making a return to elite competition (顶级赛事) to swim the one event, having set a qualifying time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships. Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics. Schipper, now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics, yesterday recalled her time with Gould five years ago. "I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train," Schipper explained. "It seemed as if we had long been good friends. I don’t know why. We just started talking and it went from there." "She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp. She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it was like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting. " Next time, things will be more serious. "I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals, so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould," said Schipper, who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly. Gould and Schipper are going to
A. talk about sport and life
B. go back to elite competition
C. set a qualifying time and win gold
D. take part in the same sports event
It was a beautiful summer day and I was taking a walk in the downtown area of Madrid. When I turned a street (56) I heard the voice of a lovely Spanish singer (57) from a nearby cafe. The music (58) me, so I went to the cafe to hear it (59) I sat down at a table near the door. The waiter came over, and I (60) a glass of wine. While (61) my wine, I listened to the soft music.The (62) was a young lady, a little too fat, but (63) pretty. A black young man was playing the piano. The waiter returned (64) the glass of wine and put it on the (65) . I started drinking the wine slowly and (66) the other people in the cafe. They were ail men (67) women seldom go into the cafes in Spain. There were three men (68) at a table near mine. I could (69) by their accents that one of them was an American, one an Englishman and the third man a (70) . The waiter served each of the three men a glass of beer. By chance, each glass had a (71) in it. The American picked up his glass, noticed the fly and poured the beer and the fly was thrown onto the floor. The English man looked into his glass, noticed the fly and (72) a spoon, with which he took the fly out of the beer, and drank the (73) of it. The stranger noticed the fly in the beer, (74) . He picked it up with his fingers, squeezed it carefully in order to save every drop of beer, then drank the beer (75) .
A. sat
B. sitting
C. set
D. setting
若int s=6;则表达式s%2+(s+1)%2的值是______。
某施工场地是一片废墟,某施工单位通过招投标获得了工程的施工任务,并与建设单位签订了固定价格合同。在施工过程中,开挖基坑时发现地基条件与建设单位在招标文件中指出的已“三通一平”不符,仍有部分废墟。【问题】 1.在工程中遇到地基条件与原设计所依据的地质资料不符时,承包商应该怎么办 2.对于工程施工中出现变更工程价款和工期的事件后,甲乙双方需要注意哪些时效性问题 3.根据修改的设计图纸,基坑开挖要加深加大,造成土方工程量增加,施工工效降低。在施工中又发现了较有价值的出土文物,造成承包商部分施工人员和机械窝工,同时承包商为保护文物付出了一定的措施费用。请问承包商应如何处理