Rhinoceroses from South Africa will be moved into a national park in Pu'er on Saturday, as officials rebuild a home for the species that vanished 80 years ago from Southwest China's Yunnan province.
The move is expected to produce a herd of rhinos in the wild in three to five years.
In July 2010, seven rhinoceroses, originally from the wild, arrived at Yunnan Wild Animal Park in Kunming, the provincial capital. After two years and eight months of getting accustomed to the local environment, the rhinos can now be released back into the wild, experts said.
In 2009, Yunnan Wild Animal Park initiated a plan with Taiyanghe National Forest Park in Pu'er city to reintroduce some rhinoceroses into the province from South Africa. After a year of negotiations, South Africa approved the request and sold Yunnan nine rhinos, of which seven were kept in an area inaccessible to visitors in the wild animal park.
"Considering South Africa has more rhinos in the wild, we turned to the African country for help," said Tang Yangchun, deputy general manager of Yunnan Wild Animal Park.
Yunnan's history as a habitat for rhinos ended in 1933 when the last two rhinos were hunted down, Tang said during a symposium on rhinos in Kunming four years ago. Animal experts agreed rebuilding rhino groups in Pu'er was a feasible way to reintroduce the species in the area. Unlike carnivores, rhinos won't fundamentally change the local ecology in Pu'er, Tang said.
2013届高三上学期期末华附、省实、广雅、深中联考
基础写作 (共1小题，满分15分)
你接受了校报的邀请，为其用英语写一篇人物介绍。
[写作内容]
请根据以下表格的信息，介绍一位名人。
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姓名 |
管谟业 |
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笔名 |
莫言 |
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职业 |
作家 |
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代表作品 |
《红高粱家族》《酒国》《生死疲劳》等 |
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主要奖项 |
2012年诺贝尔文学奖 |
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诺贝尔奖评委的观点 |
莫言的作品将虚幻现实主义与民间故事、历史与当代社会融合在一起 |
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莫言本人对获奖的看法 |
1、获奖理由： 1）作品中的文学素质打动了诺奖评委； 2）作品展现了中国独特的文化和风情； 3）站在了人性的角度，超越了地区和种族的局限； 2、回应质疑： 感谢质疑他的人，让他进一步了解了自己的优点和缺陷。 |
*《红高粱家族》Red Sorghum Clan; **《酒国》The Republic of Wine; ***《生死疲劳》Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out; ****2012年诺贝尔文学奖 The 2012 Nobel Prize for literature; *****虚幻现实主义hallucinatory realism; ****** 文学素质literary quality.
基础写作 (共1小题，满分15分)
Mo Yan, whose real name is Guan Moye, is a writer with many famous novels, the best of which include Red Sorghum Clan, The Republic of Wine and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out and so on. Mo Yan has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature by the Nobel Prize Committee who think that the works by Mo Yan have merged hallucinatory realism with folk tales, and history with the contemporary society. In Mo Yan’s opinion, he has been granted this honor for the following reasons, the first being that the literary quality of his works has impressed the members of the Nobel Prize Committee. Besides, his works present the unique cultures and customs of China to the world, and at the same time he has written his novels from the perspective of humanism, which has gone beyond the limit of countries and races. On the other hand, in terms of the view held by some people that he does not deserve the prize, he has expressed his gratitude to them, as they remind him of his strengths and weaknesses.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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We cannot escape hearing and seeing brokenness in this world. We are reminded daily that as humans we are more fragile than we would want to 16 , and are exposed to being broken on a daily basis or 17 others directly or indirectly. We’ve all 18 some form of brokenness, and we know of others who have. For some people, brokenness has been a blessing in disguise. Though 19 it makes them weak, the long-term strength is increased, which makes them a 20 person. For some, it takes them down hard, pushing them to 21 from society and sometimes self-destructive habits are formed. Mental, emotional, financial, spiritual and physical brokenness affects everyone at some point on our journey of life. The 22 back to wholeness after an encounter with brokenness can be positive or negative, bitter or better. So does this mean the measure of recovery from the brokenness 23 on the type of brokenness? My answer is no. Nelson Mandela was kept in prison falsely for 27 years in total---but look at the end of his life. He must have 24 some form of brokenness at some point but today his life speaks of wholeness. His ability to come back as a 25 person speaks for itself. There are men and women who have returned from war with limbs 26 , mental, social and emotional 27 , but today they’re still whole. In relationships, hearts are broken but people deal healthily with their brokenness and 28 to let what has broken them kept them broken. They’ve 29 . Sure, it’s a(n) 30 to survive any form of brokenness but believing you are worth better and with the right support system, we can be made whole again.
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16. A. conclude B. expect C. admit D. prove 17. A. breaking B. wounding C. interrupting D. affecting 18. A. finished B. experienced C. shared D. changed 19. A. inconveniently B. slowly C. dangerously D. temporarily 20. A. richer B. busier C. calmer D. better 21. A. survive B. withdraw C. suffer D. stop 22. A. road B. signal C. idea D. direction 23. A. insist B. turn C. look D. depends 24. A. accepted B. faced C. predicted D. remembered 25. A. whole B. political C. clever D. healthy 26. A. shaking B. missing C. stretching D. growing 27. A. powers B. abilities C. challenges D. failures 28. A. choose B. hesitate C. mean D. refuse 29. A. moved on B. lit up C. given in D. calmed down 30. A. opportunity B. process C. fight D. attempt
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第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为3l—40的相应位置上。
Two things I did may have caused people 31 (think) that something is wrong with me. The first was when my wife asked me to have the sitting-room clock 32 (repair). I drove into the market place of our little town and, clock under arm, entered a shop. Only it was the meat shop. 33 my thoughts far away, I stood staring into the shop-keeper’s eyes. I 34 (be) his customers for a long time and the good man smiled at me.
This went on for several very long seconds before I realized where I was. There is no doubt that I should have calmly bought a pound of meat, 35 I merely nodded briefly and left.
The other man in my town who probably thinks I am mad is Mr. Smith. Some years ago he was manager of Mead’s Shop, and he and I knew each other quite well. One day, he 36 (stand) in the doorway of his shop when I passed. My brain was on some distant problem and my eyes stared into space.
“Hello, Mr. Herriot,” I heard his voice. I turned a blank gaze on him—I just had no idea 37 he was though his face was familiar. Then I saw 38 word “MEAD” in foot-high letters above the shop window.
“Good morning, Mead,” I cried heartily and continued my way. I had gone only a few steps before I realized that my greeting had been 39 (polite). I turned back and said to him again, “Good morning, Mister Mead.”
It was only when I had turned the corner of the street that I realized, too late, 40 his name was Tony and the time was late afternoon.
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
16—20 CABDD 21—25 BADBA 26—30 BCDAC
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
31. to think 32. repaired 33. With 34. had been 35. but 36. was standing 37. who 38. the 39. impolite 40. that
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