What will the house of the future look like? Could it have gardens on its walls, or a pool with fish for dinner? Architects believe that they are all possibilities. The only thing for sure is that the houses will be as green as possible.
The tree house
Many architects in the world would like to build a “tree house.” Like a leaf, the surface of the house collects sunlight during the day. The energy can be used to heat water, produce electricity, and even create fresh air for the home. The “root” (根) of the house is deep under the ground. It uses the soil (土壤) to the home’s temperature.
The Lizard house
Like a lizard (蜥蜴), changing color with the weather is the most important design of a lizard house. When it’s in the bright sun, the cover of the house will turn dark to protect it from strong heat. During dark days, it turns white and takes in as much light and heat as possible to produce energy.
Meals at home
This design is perhaps as much about the future of food production as architecture (建筑风格). It has gardens on the outside wall of the house. People can plant tomatoes, carrots and green tea on them. So every day in the morning, you just need to walk outside and collect your meals.
Learning from the past
Looking to the future isn’t the only way to be green. Sometimes, ancient techniques (古老的技术) can also help cut down energy use. For example, a chimney (烟囱) can be a useful air conditioner because it is easier of hot air to flow out at the chimney.
【小题1】What is the best title (标题) of the passage?
A. Green house of the future.
b. The greener, the better.
C. How to build green houses.
D. Changes of the houses.
【小题2】We can heat water, produce electricity or create fresh air for the home            .
A. with the root of a leaf.
b. with the energy from sunlight.
C. with the soil under the ground
D. with gardens on its walls.
【小题3】What will happen to the cover of the lizard house when it’s in the bright sun?
A. It will take in light.
b. It will produce energy.
C. It will turn dark.
D. It will turn white.
【小题4】The passage seems to tell us that meals at home in the future            .
A. will be more delicious.
b. need more cooks.
C. cost as much as possible.
D. will be greener.
【小题5】A chimney can be a useful air conditioner but it used to cause          .
A. pollution.   b. accident.     C. noise.      D. techniques.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery Hour. Today we’ll show you two British stories. We hope you’ll enjoy them.

About 900 years ago two green children arrived in a small village in south England. Their eyes and skin were green and they spoke a strange language. They were very tired and weak, so the people of the village looked after them. The boy died a year later, but the girl grew strong and lived the rest of her life there. And her skin color turned back to normal day by day. Scientists say that sometimes of people don’t have enough food to eat for a long time, their skin goes very pale and can turn green.

Loch Ness is the largest lake in Scotland. It’s a very deep and cold lake. For hundreds of years, people have talked about a monster(怪物) called Nessie which lives in the lake. About seventy years ago, two people saw something moving in the lake. They said that the animal was playing and rolling around in the water. Since then many people say they have seen the monster. Their descriptions are always the same. It looks like a dinosaur, with a very long neck and a small head. It has a big bump(肿块)on its back. People have tried to photograph the animal, but the pictures have not been very clear. Scientists don’t know whether there is a monster or not. Some say it may be a whale or a very large fish. Some think it’s a snake. Others say there’s nothing at all— nothing but people’s imagination. Maybe we’ll never know what’s in Loch Ness.

1.What kind of story is talked about in this program?

A. Romantic stories.     B. Mysteries.      C. Horror stories.     D. Comedies.

2.Where did the stories happen?

         

A.           B.           C.           D.

3.Which sentence is TRUE about the two green children?

A. They both enjoyed a long and happy life.

B. The girl’s eyes and skin were green all her life.

C. At first they spoke the same language as people in the small village did.

D. Maybe they hadn’t eaten enough for long before they reached the village.

4.What does Nessie look like according to some witnesses? 

5.What can we learn from the second story?

A. Scientists are still not sure whether there is a monster or not in Loch Ness.

B. Loch Ness is very deep and warm lake in Scotland.

C. People have taken very clear pictures of Nessie.  

D. In fact Nessie is a whale or a snake.

 

   Do you know why different animals or pests(害虫)have different colors? The colors are mainly used to protect themselves.

  Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫),but birds cannot easily catch them.Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of the crops. When the crops are green,locusts look green.But as the harvest time comes,locus change to the same brown colors as the crops have.Some pests with different colors from the plants easily found and eaten by others.So they have to hide themselves,appearing only at night.

Some animals move quietly through forests.They cannot be easily seen by hunters(猎人).This is because they have the colors much like the trees’.

    A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of black liquid(液体)when it faces danger.While the liquid spreads over,the fish’s enemies cannot find it.And it immediately swims away.So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.

1.From the passage we can learn that locusts________.

    A.are small animals                       B.are easily found by birds

    C.are dangerous for their enemies            D.can’t be easily caught by birds

2.How can pests with different colors from the plants keep out of danger?

    A.They run away quickly.

    B.They have the colors much like their enemies’.

    C.They hide themselves in the daytime and appear at night.

    D.They have to move quietly.

3.Some animals Can keep safe in the forest because________.

    A.they have the colors much like the trees’

    B.they move quietly

    C.they like brown and grey colors

    D.they live in the forest

4.Why can the kind offish in Paragraph4 live up to now(直到现在)?

    A.Because it is very large and strong.

    B.Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape when in danger.

    C.Because the liquid it sends out call kill its enemies.

    D.Because it swims very fast and Call escape very quickly.

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

    A.The Change of Colors.

    B.Colors of Different Animals and Pests.

    C.The Main Use of Colors with Animals and Pests.

    D.Some Animals and Pests.

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