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14．Since I started working part-time at a grocery store，I have learned that a customer is more than someone who buys something．To me，a customer is a person whose memory fails entirely once he or she starts to push a shopping cart（购物手推车）．One of the first things customers forget is how to count．There is no other way to explain how so many people get in their express line，which is clearly marked 15 items or less，with 20，25 or even a cart load of items．
    Customers also forget why they came to the store in the first place．Just as I finish ringing up an order，a customer will say，"Oops，I forgot to pick up a fresh loaf of bread．I hope you don't mind waiting while I go to get it．"Five minutes later，he's back with the bread，a bottle of milk，and three rolls of paper towels．What is stranger is that customers also seem to forget that they have pay for their groceries．Instead of writing a check or looking for a credit card while I am ringing up the groceries，a customer will wait until I announce the total．Then，in surprise，she says，"Oh no，what did I do with my check book？"After 5 minutes of digging through her purse，she borrows my pen because she's forgotten hers．But I have to tolerate customers because they pay my salary，and that's something I can't afford to forget．
28．What does the author say about his customers？D
A．They cannot count numbers．
B．They sometimes jump the queue．
C．They don't know how to express themselves．
D．They behave as if their memories have totally failed．
29．According to the text，who are supposed to be in the express line？B
A．Customers with nothing bought．
B．Customers with not more than 15 items．
C．Customers with items between 15 and 25．
D．Customers with 25 or even a cart load of items．
30．When customers arrive at the check-out counter，theyB．
A．find their pens lost                 
B．go back and get more items
C．cannot wait to pay for their groceries       
D．prefer paying by check to paying by a credit card
31．We can infer from the text thatC．
A．business in the grocery store runs well      
B．the author finds his present job full of fun
C．the author's part-time job calls for patience       
D．customers go to grocery stores without planning．

分析 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读，属于记叙文，自从我开始兼职工作在一个杂货店，我知道客户不只是一个买东西的人，本文以此展开，主要在文中叙述了消费者的几种健忘的表现．

解答 28．D．细节理解题．根据第一段中"To me，a customer is a person whose memory fails entirely once he or she starts to push a shopping cart．"可知，他们表现得好像他们的记忆已经完全消失了．故选D项．
29．B．细节理解题．根据第一段最后一句"There is no other way to explain how so many people get in their express line，which is clearly marked 15 items（件） or less，with 20，25 or even a cart load of items．"可知，客户提供不超过15个物品应该是在快线．故选B项．
30．B．细节理解题．根据第二段内容Just as I finish ringing up an order，a customer will say，"Oops，I forgot to pick up a fresh loaf of bread．I hope you don't mind waiting while I go to get it．"Five minutes later，he's back with the bread，a bottle of milk，and three rolls of paper towels．可知，许多顾客会回去再拿一些商品，故选B项．
31．C．推理判断题．根据文章内容，可知顾客经常出现这样那样的问题，所以作者的兼职工作非常需要耐心．故选C．

点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题，推理判断题．做题时学生应仔细阅读原文，把握文章主要内容，联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义，从中选出正确答案，一定要做到有理有据，切忌胡乱猜测

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2．Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin（企鹅）at the California Academy of Sciences．Due to his old age，he was losing his feathers，which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool．Therefore，biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool．
Unlike marine（海生的）mammals，which have a layer of blubber（鲸脂）to keep them warm，penguins depend on their waterproof feathers．Without them，Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19peers played in the water．
"He was cold；he would shake，"said Pam Schaller，a  senior biologist．Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm．Then she got another idea：if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific，why not make one for Pierre？
Schaller designed the suit，which covered Pierre's body and had small openings for his flippers （鳍）．
"I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps，and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable．"she said．
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Schaller couldn't say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers，but"certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable"．
Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back．
24．Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because ofA．
A．having few feathers due to old age    
B．not having a layer of blubber
C．having no wetsuit                  
D．others penguins rejecting him
25．The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came fromB．
A．total invention            
B．the use of wetsuit on humans
C．the use of heat lamp        
D．waterproof feathers
26．Schaller followed Pierre in order to seeD．
A．whether other penguins would reject him
B．whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering
C．if the wetsuit kept warm
D．if anywhere of the wetsuit needed to be cut and refit
27．The best title of the passage isC．
A．Unwilling to Swim             
B．Old Penguin Getting Bald（秃的）
C．Wetsuit for An old Penguin       
D．Strange Look of Pierre．
3．Do you know what is scarier than bees？Pirate bees!Scientists have discovered a new species of bee that survives by capturing hives（蜂房） made by other species．The behavior is usually seen in cuckoos（杜鹃），so the new species has been named the"cuckoo bee"．
Discovered by Dr．Jakub Straka of Charles University in Prague，and Dr．Michael S．Engel of the University of Kansas，the cuckoo bee was found during a journey to the Republic of Cape Verde is an island chain off the western coast of Africa．Cape Verde is an island that has not been visited before by scientists．Scientists believe the area may be home to a lot of undiscovered species．
According to Straka and Engel's report，the cuckoo bee enters a hive secretly．While the host is out collecting pollen（花粉），the female cuckoo bee enters the hive and lays her eggs on top of the host's．The cuckoo bee eggs hatch more quickly than the other eggs．Then，when they come out of their eggs，the newborn cuckoo bees immediately kill all of the host's eggs and young，and then eat all the stored food．Eventually，they gain control of the hive and live off its resources．
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32．Why is the bee called the"cuckoo bee"？A
A．It survives in a similar way to the cuckoo bird．
B．It looks like the cuckoo bird．
C．Its sound is similar to that of the cuckoo bird．
D．It is from the same island as the cuckoo bird．
33．What does the underlined word"capturing"in the first paragraph probably mean？C
A．Building．
B．Destroying．
C．Controlling．
D．Stealing．
34．The cuckoo beeA．
A．has zebra-like patterns    
 B．collects pollen before entering a hive
C．kills the host bee after entering a hive    
D．enters a hive in a group
35．What is the real reason for most cuckoo bees being larger？D
A．They can get plenty of food from other bees'hives．
B．Their habitat，Cape Verde，has not been polluted．
C．Their hosts are diverse．
D．They are separated from the rest of their kind．
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Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past，it was seldom because I had tried and failed．It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all．On the other hand，whenever I had plunged into deep water，forced by courage or circumstance，I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again．
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Boldness-a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme-is not one that can be acquired overnight．But it can be taught to children and developed in adults．Confidence builds up．Surely，there will be setbacks（挫折）and disappointments in life； boldness in itself is no guarantee of success．But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds．
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28．Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past？B
A．He faced huge risks．
B．He lacked mighty forces．
C．Fear prevented him from trying．
D．Failure blocked his way to success．
29．What is the implied meaning of the underlined part？C
A．Swallow more than you can digest．
B．Develop more mysterious powers．
C．Act slightly above your abilities．
D．Learn to make creative decisions．
30．What can be learned from Paragraph 5？B
A．Confidence grows more rapidly in adults．
B．Boldness can be gained little by little．
C．Repeated failure creates a better life．
D．Trying without success is meaningless．
31．What is the author's purpose in writing this passage？A
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B．To advise people to build up physical power．
C．To tell people the ways to guarantee success．
D．To recommend people to develop more abilities．
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B．Jeremy was badly ill．
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D．Jeremy lived a normal life．
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A．was absent-minded in class
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D．listened to the teacher attentively
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C．In one of the eggs is a butterfly．
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B．A special class
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After a little while，the old father again asked his son the 3rd time，''What is this？''
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27．In what tone did the son say to his Father''It's a crow，a crow，a crow．''？C
A．concerned              
B．anxious             
C．impatient               
D．astonished
28．Why did the Father ask his son the same question again and again？B
A．Because he couldn't understand what his son said．
B．Because he wanted to see how patient his son would be．
C．Because he wanted to make his son angry．
D．Because he was too old to remember anything．
29．How old was the old man when his son asked him 23times''What is this''？D
A.80years old．
B.45years old．
C.35years old．
D.38years old．
30．Where is the article most probably taken from？D
A．Travel journal                           
B．a collection of poetry
C．Newspaper                              
D．a short story collection．

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