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At one time or another most farmers have problems with mice. This is especially true for grain farmers.
Mice eat a lot of grain. They also carry diseases (疾病) ,which people can get from eating or touching grain
the mice have made dirty. Farmers can use special grain storage buildings or they can kill the mice. However,
both methods can be costly. Farmers must buy materials to build the special grain storage buildings or
chemical poisons to kill the mice.
Here is a way to kill mice without spending a lot of money. It is a simple but effective kind of mouse trap.
The method is first used by some farmers in the west African country of Mali. An agricultural expert in Mali
reported about the Mali mouse trap in a magazine. The expert reported that his gardener caught 150 mice in
just one night. The gardener used four traps. The trap is easy to make. First, remove the top from a 20 liter
metal or plastic container (容器). Put it in a hole in the ground. The top edge of the container should be the
level with the surface of the ground. Fill the container with water to within eight centimeters of the top. Add
tiny pieces of grain wastes. They should float on the water. Also put some wastes on the ground near the trap.
During the night, mice will come out to eat the grain wastes. They will fall into the container and drown.
Replace the food in the trap every night.

1. According to the passage, _____ used the mouse trap first.

A. an agricultural expert in the west Africa
B. farmers in the United States
C. an American gardener
D. farmers in Mali

2. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. A simple and effective method used by farmers to kill mice.
B. Methods used by farmers to kill mice.
C. Farmers have problems with mice.
D. How to kill mice.

3. Which of the following can't protect grain from being eaten by mice?

A. A special grain storage building.
B. Chemical poisons.
C. A mouse trap.
D. A hole in the ground.

4. Which is probably the trap mentioned in the passage?

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What is the main purpose of the first passage?
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A．	To show pity for the performing animals．
B．	To express worries about animal trainers'safety．
C．	To deal with the difficult situations of the circus．
D．	To call for action to protect circus animals．

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What will the circus most probably do?
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A．	Take no notice of the tragedy．
B．	Continue its performances．
C．	Use fewer wild animals．
D．	Limit its profit．

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What does the circus think of its performing animals?
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D．	They have equally natural living conditions as wild animals．

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What is the most probable relationship between the two passages?
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A．	A public request and a newspaper report．
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D．	Two newspaper reports．

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At three a.m., Jack Mills was sitting at the controls of the mail train. The train was made up of 13 cars. At the end of the train, 71 mailmen sat sorting the mail. Inside the second car, there were only five mailmen and 128 bags full of five-pound notes. This train had run more than 100 years without being robbed(抢劫). At three minutes past three, Mills and his helper, David Whitby, saw a yellow warning light. They slowed the train, and then stopped. Whitby went to the telephone beside the track. It was out of order. Then he saw a man moving between the second and the third cars. Before Whitby cjould give a warning, he was knocked down by two men. Mills’ cars with all the mailmen had been disconnected by the robbers. At the bridge, the bags of money were unloaded from the train and thrown into waiting trucks. One of the robbers who obviously knew the schedules(时刻表) of all the trains kept looking at his watch. At 3:45 he said, “That will have to be enough.” The robbers drove away with more than 2,500,000 pounds.

1. The robbery took place______.

A. before 3:03 B. in the early morning

C. after three o’clock in the afternoon D. after 3:45

2. The robbers_____ before the train stopped.

A. were all in the train B. forced Mills to stop the train

C. were waiting for the train to stop D. ordered Mills to go on driving

3. Why didn’t the other mailmen help the mailmen in the second car when the robbery happened?

A. Because they were busy sorting the mail.

B. Because they didn’t want to help the mailmen in the second car.

C. Because the last eleven cars were separated from the front cars.

D. Because they knew nothing about the robbery.

4. One of the robbers kept looking at his watch because________.