If you' ve ever wondered how dancers would tell the story of a man and a woman's love for each other through dance moves,you should watch people dance the Rumba. 36 And it is considered the most passionate(富有激情的) ballroom dance.

Like many Latin dances,the Rumba has its roots(根源) in Africa. When the Spanish first moved to the New World,they brought African slaves to work for them. 37 When they were finished with a hard day's work,they would sometimes find the person they were in love with and dance the Rumba. 38 They wanted to dance the Rumba in public! .

      The dance slowly spread and grew in popularity. Then,in the 1930s,the famous dance teacher Monsieur Pierre saw the Rumba being danced in New York and he decided it was so exciting and interesting it should be danced in London'too. 39

    Today there are several types of Rumba people dance. Some dance a type of Rumba that is

very fast and features (以…为特点) big movements. 40 No matter what type of Rumba people dance,the story the dance tells is still the same: the love between a man and a woman.

   A. From there,the Rumba spread across the world.

   B. This popular dance is from the island nation of Cuba.

   C. Others dance a slow type of Rumba and use small steps.

   D. When slave masters saw this dance,they were impressed.

   E. Slaves worked long hours and had very few ways to relax.

   F. When the Rumba was first danced,it referred to a dance party.

   G. This dance became *a formal dance done in public with a partner.

    When a golfer plays on any golf cours, he or she expects the course has a lot of hazards(障碍区) like sands,woods,and ponds of water. There is one special golf course,though,where along with these hazards that stand still,the player must expect to compete against hundreds of moving hazards. The golf course is on Christmas Island. The island is an area of Australia in the Indian Ocean,the third largest ocean in the world,lying between Africa and Australia. The moving hazards are bright red,four-and-one-half-inch (11. 4cm) crabs(螃蟹) .

    Over 150 million of these brightly colored crabs live in the island's rainforests. Every year,starting around November,the crabs migrate (迁移) . They leave the rainforest and make their way to the ocean. They arrive at the coast after one to three weeks. But thQ males (雄性)return to the rainforest earlier than the females,who return about two weeks later after producing up to 100,000 eggs.

    On Christmas Island there is a golf course I built on the crabs’ migration route. During the

migration season,there are hundreds of red crabs moving on the course. The rules of the Christmas Island Golf Club say that all players must treat the crabs as they would treat any other hazard. They cannot move them,and they must play around them. If a walking crab happens to knock a ball while it is on the green,hitting it into a hole,the ball is considered “in”.

    Just as the golfers must compete against a moving hazard,so must the crabs. People have built roads that run through the crabs migration route. Unluckily,up to two million crabs are killed by passing vehicles every year. People are trying to reduce the number by putting up “Crab Crossing”signs and closing certain roads during the migration season.

29. What do we learn aboirt the red crabs?

   A. They arrive in the rainforest in November.

   B. They spend most of their year in the ocean.

   C. The females spend two more weeks on the coast. '

   D. The males start to migrate earlier than the females.

30. The rules of the Christmas Island Golf Club.

   A. attract more golf players

   B. can help protect the crabs

   C. often make golfers confused

   D. cause the crabs much trouble

31. By saying a “Just as the golfers ... so must the crabs”, the author means.

   A. the crabs must face danger on the road

   B. the crabs are quite perfect moving hazards

   C. golfers like competing against moving hazards

   D. golfers find it hard to play on Christmas Island 

32. Which can be the best title for the text? 

   A. Christmas Island

   B. Great migration

   C. Crab Crossing

   D.Crab hazards

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