Thirty years ago, the Earnshaw family lived at Wuthering Heights, with two teenaged children Hindley and Catherine. Mr. Earnshaw travels to Liverpool, where he adopts a homeless Gypsy boy, naming him "Heathcliff". Hindley finds himself robbed of his father's love and care and becomes bitterly jealous of the newcomer. However, Catherine grows very attached to him. Soon, the two children spend hours on the moors (荒原) together and hate every moment apart.

Because of the conflict(冲突), Hindley is eventually sent to college. However, he marries a woman named Frances and returns three years later, after Mr. Earnshaw dies. He becomes master of Wuthering Heights, making Heathcliff their servant instead of a family member.

Months after Hindley’s return, Heathcliff and Catherine travel to Thrushcross Grange to spy on the Linton family. However, they are found and try to escape. Catherine is caught by a dog, and then brought inside the Grange to have injuries tended to while Heathcliff is sent home. Catherine eventually returns to Wuthering Heights as a changed woman, looking and acting as a lady. She laughs at HeathcIiff’s dirty appearance. When the Lintons visit the next day, Heathcliff dresses up to impress her. It fails, however, when Edgar, one of the Lintons' children, argues with him. Heathcliff is locked in the attic, where Catherine later tries to comfort him. He swears revenge(报复) on Hindley.

In the summer of the next year, Frances gives birth to a son, Hareton, but she dies before the year is out. This leads Hindley to fall into a life of drunkenness and waste. Two years pass and Catherine has become close friends with Edgar, growing more distant from Heathcliff.

One day in August, while Hindley is absent, Edgar comes to visit Catherine. Before long, they declare themselves lovers. Catherine explains to Nelly, her servant, that she does not really love Edgar but Heathcliff. Unfortunately, she could never marry Heathcliff because of his lack of status and education. She therefore plans to marry Edgar and use that position to help raise Heathcliff’s status. Unfortunately, Heathcliff has overheard the first part and runs away, disappearing without a trace. After three years, Edgar and Catherine are married.

Six months after their marriage, Heathcliff returns as a gentleman, having grown stronger and richer. Catherine is delighted to see him although Edgar is not so keen. Edgar's sister, Isabella, now eighteen, falls in love with Heathcliff. He looks down upon her but encourages the adolescent love, seeing it as a chance for revenge on Edgar. When he embraces Isabella one day at the Grange, there is an argument with Edgar, which causes Catherine to lock herself in her room and fall ill.

Heathcliff has been staying at the Heights, gambling with Hindley and teaching Hareton bad habits. Hindley is gradually losing his wealth, mortgaging (抵押) the farmhouse to Heathcliff to repay his debts.

While Catherine is ill, Heathcliff leaves with Isabella, causing Edgar to disown (与……断绝关系) his sister. The two marry and return two months later to Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff hears that Catherine is ill and arranges to visit her in secret. In the early hours of the day after their meeting, Catherine gives birth to her daughter, Cathy, and then dies. Hindley dies six months after Catherine. Heathcliff finds himself the master of Wuthering Heights and the guardian of Hareton.

1.From the first paragraph, we can know ______ .

A.Hindley hates the fact that his parents give all their love and care to Catherine

B.Mrs. Earnshaw adopts Heathcliff in Liverpool

C.Hindley is the oldest of all three children

D.Catherine likes Heathcliff so much that she enjoys staying with him for long

2.After Frances dies, Hindley________.

A.lives a disordered life                    B.locks Heathcliff in the attic

C.argues with Heathcliff very often            D.returns to Wuthering Heights as a changed man .

3.The underlined part "the first part" in Paragraph 5 most probably refers to ________ .

A.Catherine says that Edgar has asked her to marry him and she has agreed

B.Catherine loves Heathcliff but can't marry him because of his lack of status and education

C.Catherine decides to marry Edgar, with whose help she can help raise Heathcliff’s status

D.Catherine and Edgar declare themselves lovers to the family

4.At the end of the story________.

A.Isabella dies after his brother disowns her

B.Catherine becomes the master of Wuthering Heights

C.Wuthering Heights falls into the hands of Heathcliff

D.Hindley dies and leaves Wuthering Heights to Cathy

 

Researchers believe that the insect(昆虫) is better at managing congestion (拥挤) than humans. Ants are the most many type of animal on earth with brains that contain about 250,000 cells ---- the largest among insects.

Now an intelligence expert Dr. Dirk Helbing says understanding more about ants could help solve one of the headaches of modern life -- road congestion.

His team set up an "ant motorway" with two routes of different widths from the nest to some sugar syrup (糖浆). Soon the narrower(更窄的) route soon became crowded(拥挤的). But when an ant returning along the crowded route to the nest met with another ant just starting out, the returning ant pushed the newcomer onto the other path. However, if the returning ant had enjoyed a trouble-free journey, it did not send the newcomer in a different direction.

The result was that just before one route became clogged , the ants had turned to another route and traffic jams never formed.

The researchers also created a computer model of more complex ant networks with routes of different lengths. The team found that even though ants being sent in another direction sometimes took a longer route, they still got to the food quickly and efficiently.

Dr. Helbing, of the Dresden University of Technology in Germany, said that while you cannot allow cars to meet with traffic coming in the opposite(相反的)direction as a form of traffic control, you could do the next best thing and allow them to communicate.

His plan is to force cars traveling in one direction to tell oncoming traffic what the conditions they are about to meet with-- so they can avoid that situation if necessary.

1.The first paragraph suggests that _______.

A.ants have a special way to manage congestion

B.ants are clever and good at dealing with the traffic jams because of developed brain

C.insects are similar to animals in dealing with the traffic jams because of developed brain

D.insects have more advantages than humans

2. The underlined word "clogged" can be replaced by _______ in the following four words.

A.cleaned

B.narrowed

C.crowded

D.shortened

3.If an ant returns along crowded route to the nest, how does the ant solve the traffic problem?

A.The ant will change the direction of its own.

B.The ant stopped the newcomer from moving ahead and forced the newcomer to wait there patiently.

C.The ant can't direct the newcomer.

D.The ant will push the newcomer to the other route, so traffic jams won't form.

4. What's the advice that Dr. Helbing gives us?

A.The cars cannot be allowed to communicate with traffic coming in the opposite direction.

B.The cars can communicate with traffic in the same direction.

C.The cars that travel in one direction can tell oncoming traffic about the traffic conditions.

D.We should build more routes of different lengths and widths.

 

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