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【题目】Lucy has a great sense of humour and always keeps her colleagues __________ with her stories.

A. amused

B. amusing

C. to amuse

D. to be amused

【答案】A

【解析】句意：Lucy很有幽默感，总是讲故事让她的同事消遣。首先排除C、D，因为keep后不用不定式作宾补。amused觉得好笑的；amusing逗人笑的，令人觉得好笑的。

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I got in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane (车道) when all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver used his brakes (车闸), the tires made a loud noise, and at the very last moment our car stopped just one inch (英寸) from the back of the other car.

I couldn’t believe it. But then I couldn’t believe what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, turned his head around and he started yelling bad words at us. I couldn’t believe it!

And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call: “The Law of the Garbage Truck (垃圾车).” He said: But then here’s what really blew me away. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. So, I said: “Why did you just do that? This guy could have killed us!

“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and

full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they look for a place to dump (倾倒) it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you.“So one day when someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be happier.”

So I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the street? It was then that I said: “I don’t want their garbage and I’m not going to spread it anymore.”

I began to see Garbage Trucks. I see the load people are carrying. I see them coming to dump it. And like my taxi driver, I don’t take it personally. I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.

【1】When the author saw his taxi driver smile and wave at the driver of the black car, he _____.

A. was deeply impressed

B. got very angry

C. felt quite disappointed

D. complimented him on his good manners

【2】How did the author learn to deal with Garbage Trucks?

A. Fight back immediately.

B. Smile and move on.

C. Call the police for help.

D. Dump it on someone else

【题目】—Mike, you don't seem to be quite __________ today.

—Well, I hardly slept last night. I was preparing for a report.

A. itself

B. yourself

C. you

D. ourselves

【题目】If you get into the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you don’t, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends—let them find you by staying in one place.

There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal (信号) by shouting or whistling (吹口哨) three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help.

Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gun-shots (枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help.

If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house---cover up to the holes with branches (树枝) with lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grass.

What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are lost is—stay in one place.

【1】If you are lost in the forest, you should _______.

A. walk around the forest and shout so that your friends could hear you

B. try to find your friends as soon as possible

C. stay where you are and give signals three times

D. try to get out of the forest and shout for help

【2】If you want to let people believe that you are not just making noise for fun, you should _______.

A. tell people that you are lost

B. shout or whistle three times

C. keep up shouting or whistling

D. shout at the top of your voice

【3】When you hear two shouts, or whistles, or gunshots, __________.

A. it is an answer to your call for help

B. you can whistle three times

C. you should shout more loudly

D. you should try to run to them

【4】When you want to leave your place to get drinking water, you should ________.

A. just go to the river

B. find some glasses or bottles before you go

C. make a fire so that you can have some tea

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Dr. Joyce Poole is a zoologist. She studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises made by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was a 10-year-old African elephant.

Mlaika lived near a highway. Dr. Poole says, “I could not tell the difference between Mlaika’s call and the distant truck noise.” She and other scientists studied Mlaika’s sounds. It turned out that Mlaika was copying the sounds of the trucks driving by. Why would Mlaika copy trucks that she heard going by on the highway? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy practicing new sounds. When they are kept outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds. That may be why an elephant would copy the sound of a truck.

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Parrots, dolphins, humans, and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.

【1】According to the passage, what does Mlaika copy?

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C. The sound of Calimero. D. The sound of birds.

【2】From paragraph 4, we can know ________.

A. how long it takes for an elephant to learn a new sound

B. why the African elephant can make chirping sounds

C. why the Asian elephants make noises after sunset

D. how Asian and African elephants are alike

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