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  We bet that on cold days,many of you love to stay in your warm homes and,every now and then,come out into the kitchen for a snack. Unfortunately,plenty of creepy-crawly critters (爬行生物) like to do the same thing!Winter is the time when bugs (虫子) invade your house without an invitation. The season can be tough for such creatures. In winter the air is cold,the ground is hard and many trees have no leaves. So bugs do what they have to do to survive.

  Monarch butterflies head south to warmer climates. Ants crowd in deep underground colonies and eat food they have been storing all year. Many insects go into a deep sleep called diapause. There are different kinds of diapauses,but all are similar to hibernation,a time when bigger animals become inactive in the cold. Insects go into an inactive period,too,but they often don' t when the temperature drops.

  They rely on more dependable signals in the envi?ronment. For example,many insects can tell how much sunlight there is each day. They use that to tell themselves when to shut down. Bugs are cold-blooded,meaning that their inside temperature is the same as the outside. They can't move much when it gets below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. So they search for any warm place.

  They're looking for protection. These guys have been doing this for 300 million years,so they don't really know they're coming into your house. The home is a recent event in terms of their evolutionary behav?iour. They enter through tiny cracks or come in unno?ticed on your clothes or shoes. Remember that they may be invading your homes for warmth and food,but they don't care about humans. 

1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

   A. To point out that humans like to stay at home in winter.

   B. To mean that humans and bugs have the same living habits.

   C. To mean that bugs will invade humans' houses for their winter.

   D. To put forward the idea that bugs are not wel?come in winter.

2. According to the text,what does the word "dia?pause" mean?

   A. It is the same as the animals' hibernation.

   B. It often appears in warm areas all the year.

   C. It is done to keep bugs active in winter.

   D. It means insects go into a deep sleep

3. What often decides bugs' diapause?

   A. The lower local temperature.

   B. The amount of sunlight.

   C. Kinds of environmental signals.

   D. The insects' inside temperature.

4. According to the text,bugs invade humans' home" to      .

   A. attack humans

   B. look for enough food

   C. seek for protection

   D. show their evolutionary results

5. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. Bugs' life on cold days

   B. Why do bugs invade your home in winter?

   C. Good relations between humans and bugs

   D. What does diapause mean?

1. C推理判断题。根据文章第一段可知,虫子和人类一样,也会喜欢待在温暖的屋里,再结合文章的后面几段可知,本段暗示虫子在冬天会人侵人类的住所。

2. D细节理解题。根据文章第三段可知答案为D.

3. C细节理解题。根据文章第四段的"They rely on more dependable signals in the environment.”可知,虫子的休 BK是由多种环境的可依赖性因素决定的,不一定全靠温度或者光照。

4. C细节理解题。根据文章最后一段可知,虫子进屋是为了寻求保护,把自己置身于安全形势之下,不仅仅是为了寻求食物。

5. B标题概括题。整篇文章主要告诉读者的是:在冬天. 为什么虫子会人侵人类的住所。

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Kimberly Oliver was the first National Teacher of the Year from her state. She taught five-year-old chil?dren at a public school in Maryland,near Washington D.C. President Bush honoured her and other top teachers at the White House.

  Kimberly Oliver said she wanted people to under?stand that the first several years of a child's life were the most important for learning. She said investing in children at a very young age would result in great gains later in school and in life. She called on parents to read to children from an early age so they would not fall be?hind in school. One of the activities at her school was an event called "Books and Supper Night", Families read together at the school and received free books to take home. Parents,children and teachers also ate din?ner together.

  Broad Acres Elementary School was in a poor area. Many of the parents were immigrants with limited English. Kimberly Oliver helped improve learning envi?ronment at her school. She received money to buy elec?tronic learning systems,tape players and books in English and Spanish and sent them home with students. Parents said she had shown them how to help their children at home.

 She was born and raised in Delaware. She held one degree in English and another in Elementary Edu?cation. Kimberly Oliver would follow in the footsteps of another teacher Jason Kamras from the Washington area as National Teacher of the Year. Jason Kamras,honoured for his work,taught maths to middle school students in the nation's capital.

  The National Teacher of the Year programme be?gan in 1952. A fourteen-member committee chose from teachers honoured the best in their states. 

1. From the text we know that in the state of Mary?land,__________ .

   A. no other teacher than Kimberly Oliver had been given the honour

   B. Kimberly Oliver had been teaching in a middle school for many years

   C. Kimberly opened her own school early in Wash?ington in 1952

   D. many other teachers were given the honour to?gether with Oliver

2. Oliver hoped that parents should _________.

   A. spend more time playing with their children

   B. read to their children at an early age

   C. not give too much money to their children

   D. stay at school with their children more often

3. Kimberly Oliver had been named National Teacher of the Year mostly because_________ .

   A. she taught five-year-old children at a public school

   B. the elementary school she taught in is in a poor area

   C. she was helpful and had many special and good ideas in teaching children

   D. she called on parents to read to children from an early age

4. 丁he National Teacher just before Oliver comes from_________

   A. Delaware   B. Maryland

   C. New York   D. Washington

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. Oliver got two degrees at university.

   B. Oliver believed reading to children from an early age benefited a lot.

   C. The first National Teacher was chosen in 1952.

   D. The winner of National Teacher of the Year just before Oliver taught Chinese in a middle school.

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8. A. paper   B. cover   C. board   D. shelf

9. A. memories   B. stories

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10. A. buy   B. talk   C. explain   D. read

11. A. told of   B. thought of   C. consisted of   D. heard of

12. A. making   B. burning   C. collecting   D. selling

13. A. since   B. if

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14. A. little   B. beautiful   C. cold   D. white

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16. A. cared for   B. lived with   C. brought in   D. depended on

17. A. present   B. tradition   C. list   D. project

18. A. cleaned   B. covered   C. rested   D. hid

19. A. familiar   B. attractive   C. serious   D. strong

20. A. sight R. voice   C. laughter   D. advice

21. A. never   B. ever

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22. A.ran away   B. passed away   C. set off   D. moved out

23. A. aloud   B. perfectly   C. quietly   D. carefully

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