| Ever hear of the lemming Lemmings are
arctic rat-like animals with very odd habits: periodically, for unknown reasons,
they mass together in large herd and commit suicide by rushing into deep water
and drowning themselves. They all run in together, blindly, and not one of them
ever seems to stop and ask, "Why am I doing this Is this really what I ’want to
do" and thus save it serf from destruction. Obviously, lemmings are driven to
perform their strange suicide rites by common instinct. People choose to "follow
the herd" for more complex reasons, yet we are still too often the unwilling
victims of the bandwagon appeal. Essentially, the bandwagon urges us to an action or an opinion because it is popular—be- cause "everyone else is doing it." This call to "get on the bandwagon" appeals to the strong de- sire in most of us to be one of the crowd, not to be A. Fighting for America. B. Advertising. C. Political campaigning. D. Going after fashion. [填空题]
Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge (ANWR) to help secure, America’s energy future
President Bush{{U}} (26) {{/U}}thinks so. He has argued that tapping ANWR’s oil would help ease California’s electricity{{U}} (27) {{/U}}and provide a major boost to the country’s energy{{U}} (28) {{/U}}But no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the{{U}} (29) {{/U}}earth with the last government survey,{{U}} (30) {{/U}}in 1998, projecting output anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels. The oil industry goes with the high end of the range, which could equal as much as 10% of US{{U}} (31) {{/U}}for as long as six years. By pumping more than one million barrels a day from the{{U}} (32) {{/U}}for the next two or three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports{{U}} (33) {{/U}}to all shipments to the US from Saudi Arabia. It sounds good.{{U}} (34) {{/U}}. [单项选择]Ever hear of the lemming Lemmings are arctic rat-like animals with very odd habits: periodically, for unknown reasons, they mass together in large herd and commit suicide by rushing into deep water and drowning themselves. They all run in together, blindly, and not one of them ever seems to stop and ask, "Why am I doing this Is this really what I ’want to do" and thus save it serf from destruction. Obviously, lemmings are driven to perform their strange suicide rites by common instinct. People choose to "follow the herd" for more complex reasons, yet we are still too often the unwilling victims of the bandwagon appeal.
Essentially, the bandwagon urges us to an action or an opinion because it is popular—be- cause "everyone else is doing it." This call to "get on the bandwagon" appeals to the strong de- sire in most of us to be one of the crowd, not to be left out or alone. Advertising makes extensive use of the bandwagon appeal, bat so do politicians. Senator Yakalot uses the bandw A. a mass consensus among young people B. a universal way of thinking C. the pursuit of a moral code of behavior D. the desire to support a popular course of action [单项选择]
Arctic Melt
Earth’s North and South Poles are famous for being cold and icy. Last year, however, the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean fell to a record low. [单项选择]The Cold Places
The Arctic is a polar region. It surrounds the North Pole. Like Antarctica, the Arctic is a land of ice and snow. Antarctica holds the record for a low temperature reading—125 Fahrenheit below zero. Readings of 85 degrees below zero are common in both the Arctic and Antarctica. Winter temperatures average 30 degrees below zero in the Arctic. At the South Pole the winter is about 73 degrees below zero. One thing alone makes it almost impossible for men to Jive in Antarctica and in parts of the Arctic. This one thing is the low temperature—the killing chili of the far North and the polar South. To survive, men must wear the warmest possible clothing. They must build windproof shelters. They must keep heaters going at all times. Not even for moment can they be unprotected against the below-zero temperature. Men have a way of providing for themselves. Polar explorers wrap themselves in warm coats and furs. The cold makes life difficult. But t A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned [单项选择]
Arctic Melt Earth’s North and South Poles are famous for being cold and icy．Last year，however，the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋)fell to a record low． Normally，ice builds in Arctic waters around the North Pole each winter and shrinks(缩小)during the summer．But for many years，the amount of ice left by the end of summer has been declining． Since 1979，each decade has seen an 11.4 percent drop in end-of-summer ice cover．Between 1981 and 2000．ice in the Arctic lost 22 percent of its thickness-becoming 1.13 meters thinner． Last summer，Arctic sea ice reached its thinnest levels yet．By the end of summer 2007，the ice had shrunk to cover just 4.2 million square kilometers．That’s 38 percent less area than the average cover at that time of year．And it’s a very large 23 percent below the previous record low，which was set just 2 years ago．This continuing trend has made scientists concerned． There may be several reasons for A. establishes． B. expands． C. creates． D. constructs． [填空题]______ is quite different from the Arctic marine fauna.
[填空题]Being properly dressed for the arctic environment is the key to being able to enjoy all the fantastic experiences at Ice Hotel.
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