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课时分层作业(八)
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.She dived into her bag and brought out a (fold) piece of paper.
2.There are many kinds of music,jazz,rhythm and blues,rock and roll and pop music,to name a few.
3.The course is suitable beginners and advanced students.
4.The library has collection of 80,000 books and 90 kinds of newspapers and comics.
5.I must settle down to (finish) the term paper this morning.
6.I headed to the famous restaurant which (locate)in the downtown district.
7.The rainforest is home diverse animals and plants.
8.Chris likes music and has a large (collect) of albums and cassettes.
9.The leaves of certain trees are (poison) to cattle.
10.He lived in a small (settle) on the edge of the desert.
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Every year the Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew,and the New York Botanical Garden open their doors to thousands of visitors.They go there for the world-famous orchid (兰花) shows.But these organizations are not just protecting living plants but also recording the culture connected with them.
Working with the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development,Beijing,Kew has developed a collection of plants—including orchids.The plants are collected in the forms they are used in traditional Chinese medicine.This is a storehouse of medical knowledge and a tool for cultural research.
Dr Barnabas Seyler,assistant researcher in the department of environment at Sichuan University,believes in the key role of botanical gardens.As an ethnobotanist (民族植物学家),Seyler is looking at the relationship between orchids and local culture of Liangshan.“They can help the culture continue to exist through providing protection,educating the general public,and supporting traditional knowledge,stories,and cultural traditions connected with these plants,” he says.
In China,orchids are more than just wild plants.“If you walk into any Chinese restaurant around the world,or into any teahouse in China,you will likely find paintings,pl