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话题1 人物故事

Passage 1

Zhi Nong was born in a small town in Yunnan Province. When he was   1  , he moved to Kunming with his mother. Feeling like a caged bird in the big city, he was bored with the busy and noisy city life and looked forward to   2  .

His chance soon came. In 1983, he helped shoot a documentary (拍摄纪录片) about birds. That  3   led him to learn photography and take photos of flying birds.

In the 1980s, the Internet was not that popular in China and cameras were   4  . He managed to borrow a camera and threw himself into studying   5   to use it. During that time, the    6   became his favorite place because he first read some magazines about nature there. It opened a door for him to connect with nature.

In 1992, a research program was   7   to protect a type of unusual monkeys which only live in China. Usually the home of these monkeys has half-a-year-long winters. It created great challenges for Zhi Nong’s work, but he never   8  . “I didn’t see the monkeys in the wild until I went into the mountains the third time,” said Zhi Nong. He went into the snow mountains six times just to get valuable photos of the monkeys.

Three years   9  , his works won international prizes. People around the world began to realize the importance of protecting wild animals in China. And he was the first Chinese winner of the World Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

In order to call on more people to protect wildlife with   10  , he started “China Wildlife Photography Training Camp”. He hopes that more young people will join in for the nature protection.

1.A．strong   B．young C．clever D．tired

2.A．mountains B．earth   C．nature D．birds

3.A．advertisement B．influence  C．achievement D．experience

4.A．special B．usual C．expensive D．cheap

5.A．when B．how   C．where D．why

6.A．library B．museum C．theatre D．restaurant

7.A,supported   B.controlled  C.organized   D.practiced

8.A．gave out   B．gave up    C．gave off D．gave back

9.A．later B．ago C．after D．before

10.A．skills B．animals C．photos D．Cameras

Passage 2

 Yang Ning is from Jiangmen，Guangxi. She finished her university in 2010 and returned to her village to   1   her hometown. She worked as the leader in her village. Over the past years, she has worked hard, to help villagers get   2  .

After trying many times, she found her village farm land is   3   to plant watermelons. Then she found a good way to plant watermelons. Zhang is a farmer in the village. His job is  4  to sell villagers’ watermelons. He said, “Last year, we got much more watermelons and made more  5  than before.”

While leading villagers to develop special planting, Yang also  6  modern ideas to the villagers.  7  , the villagers know how to plant with science and technology (科技). She also goes to experts for help with some new plantings such as passion fruit (百香果). Importantly, the village   8   villagers with free seedlings (幼苗).

To help villagers find   9   near their homes, Yang tries her best to build factories near the village. Many villagers are working in the factories now. Yang said, “My biggest   10   is that my village becomes more beautiful and villagers have a greater feeling of happiness. I believe I can make it.”

1.A．believe B．choose C．organize D．develop

2.A．rich B．busy C．easy D．hard

3.A．hungry B．simple C．right D．lucky

4.A．nearly B．mainly C．quietly D．strictly

5.A．price B．peace     C．money D．advice

6.A．brings B．leaves C．touches D．breaks

7.A．At first B．As a result  C．For example  D．In fact

8.A．wonders B．refuses C．reaches D．provides

9.A．roles B．steps C．jobs D．facts

10.A．exam B．mark C．wish D．heart

Passage 3

 Li Naluo was born in 1983. She is an ethnic Lahu (拉祜族) woman and also a talented singer from Laodabao, Yunnan. She has led local people to live better lives through singing and dancing. Laodabao, a community of Lahu people, was once a poor village. Li’s family has lived in this village for several generations (代). Her father is good at playing the guitar. As a child, Li was interested in the ethnic Lahu songs and the sound of a guitar. She learned to play the guitar when she was 13. Three years later, she began to write songs. At 18, she wrote the song Happy Life of Lahu People. It was quite popular in the village.

As Li wrote more and more good Lahu songs, she and other villagers began to perform them for people outside their village. They even performed the songs in big cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Thanks to Li, many villagers have got the chance to take a good look at the outside world and live better lives.