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How Do Animals Catch Their ZZZ’s?
Different creatures have developed some pretty creative ways to get their rest and stay safe. The lizard（蜥蝎）likes to sleep at the far end of small branches hanging out over a pond or lake in the rain forest. If a snake tries to slither up the branch to eat it ,it will shake the branch and knock the lizard off ,and the lizard will fall safely into the water. Chameleons can change color to match their surroundings in order to hide even while sleeping.
Corillas（大猩猩）like to sleep high in the trees. They build a new bed every night, sometimes taking up to half an hour to pile branches ,twigs ,and leaves into a comfortable bed .Birds also find it safe to sleep in the trees, but unless they have eggs or young chicks ,they don’t use a nest .They just lock their feet around a branch and hang on .A special tendon（腱）in their legs in automatically tight when they are at rest ,so they won’t let go and fall.
Dolphins live underwater ,but must come to the surface to breather .Scientists now believe that dolphins may sleep with only half their brain, while the other half stays awake to keep them safe and breathing. Seals also do this ,lying on their sides on the surface of the water with one flipper underwater paddling to keep their noses above the surface. Some ducks may also have this ability, and actually sleep with one eye closed and one eye open.
56．How many animals are mentioned in this passage?
A．6.                       B．7.                       C．8.                       D．9.
57．How does a chameleon protect itself while sleeping?
A．By changing its body colors.                 B．By hinging out over a pond.
C．By sleeping with half their brain.          D．By making beds with branches.
58．Why will not birds fall when they are at rest?
A．They build nests and sleep in them.       B．They fall asleep automatically.
C．They have a loose tendon in their legs.   D．They lock their feet around a branch.
59．What does the writer intend to tell us?
A．The cleverest animal is the gorilla because it can make beds.
B．Differences in habitat could lead to different living habits.
C．The ways animals catch their ZZZ’s are pretty much he same .
D．In order to protect themselves most animals choose not to sleep.

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会) at 9:30.

The nurse had him take a in the waiting area, __ _him it would be at least 40 minutes someone would be able to see him. I saw him his watch and decided, because I was busy—my patient didn’t appear at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him he had another doctor’s appointment

The gentleman said no and told me that he to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his . He told me that she had been for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be if he was a bit late. He replied that she knew who he was, and that she had not been able to him for five years now. I was , and asked him, “And you go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”

He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back as he left.

Now I that in marriages(婚姻), true love is of all that is. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything; they just everything that they have. Isn’t about how to live through the storm(暴风雨), but how to dance in the rain.

1.A. breath B. test C. seat D. bath

2.A. persuading B. promising C. understanding D. telling

3.A. if B. before C. since D. after

4.A. taking off B. fixing C. looking at D. winding

5.A. very B. also C. seldom D. not

6.A. if B. which C. when D. that

7.A. needed B. forgot C. agreed D. happened

8.A. daughter B. wife C. mother D. sister

9.A. late B. well C. around D. there

10.A. lonely B. worried C. doubtful D. hungry

11.A. so far B. neither C. no longer D. already

12.A. recognize B. answer C. believe D. expect

13.A. moved B. disappointed C. surprised D. satisfied

14.A. only B. then C. thus D. still

15.A. curiosity B. tears C. words D. judgment

16.A. realize B. suggest C. hope D. prove

17.A. agreement B. expression C. acceptance D. education

18.A. necessarily B. completely C. naturally D. frequently

19.A. learn B. value C. hate D. try

20.A. Power B. Beauty C. Trust D. Life

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen 36 for almost a month. The crops were dying. Every day, my husband 37 to get water to the fields. But 38 we saw some rain soon, we would lose everything.

However, one day I learned the true lesson of 39 and witnessed the only miracle I had 40 seen before. I was cooking in the kitchen when I saw my son, Billy, 41 toward the woods. He was walking 42 with effort, trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the 43 , he came running back. I went on cooking, 44 that whatever he had been doing was finished. Moments later, 45 , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour. Finally I couldn’t help 46 him and saw the most amazing 47 .

Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I 48 screamed(尖叫) for him to get away, because a huge deer was dangerously 49 to him at that time. But the deer didn’t even move as Billy knelt down(跪下). I saw a tiny 50 lying on the ground, obviously suffering from 51 , lifting its head to drink the water cupped in Billy’s hands. When the water was 52 , Billy ran back to get more. It then became quite 53 to me what my son was doing.

I stood there, watching my 54 boy working so hard to save another life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God himself was weeping with pride. The rain that day 55 our farm.

36. A. water B. rain C. cloud D. storm

37. A. decided B. chose C. tried D. offered

38. A. before B. if C. until D. unless

39. A. sending B. sharing C. forgiving D. begging

40. A. ever B. never C. once D. yet

41. A. running B. jumping C. walking D. riding

42. A. slowly B. quickly C. hurriedly D. dangerously

43. A. plants B. flowers C. vegetables D. woods

44. A. thinking B. wondering C. worrying D. dreaming

45. A. though B. besides C. however D. too

46. A. beating B. following C. teaching D. hoping

47. A. sign B. field C. world D. scene

48. A. almost B. already C. just D. even

49. A. weak B. ill C. close D. brave

50. A. horse B. crop C. baby D. deer

51. A. thirst B. diseases C. heat D. pain

52. A. lost B. cleaned C. gone D. dried

53. A. comfortable B. clear C. acceptable D. simple

54. A. kind B. clever C. naughty D. honest

55. A. hit B. washed C. ruined D. saved

We have met the enemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American .Midwest it’s hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections （感染）we think of as human infections started in other animals “ says Stephen Morse director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.

It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea “I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them “says Isaksen

“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing “says Peter Schantz Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases A new bug（病毒）may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful（有害的）Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease But is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person

1.We learn from Paragraph I that the pet sold at the shop may_______.

A．come from Columbia

B．prevent us from being infected

C．enjoy being with children

D．suffer from monkey-pox

2.Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?

A．They attack human beings

B．We need to study native animals

C．They can’t live out of the rain forest

D．We do not know much about them yet

3.What does she phrase “the wake-up call” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A．a new disease

B．a clear warning

C．a dangerous animal

D．a morning call

4.The text suggests that in the future we .

A．may have to fight against more new diseases

B．may easily get infected by diseases from dogs

C．should not be allowed to have pets

D．should stop buying pests from Africa

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION (30 points)

Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the answer that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

One dark and stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadelphia, hoping to get room for the night.

The clerk, a friendly man with a beautiful smile, explained that there were three conferences in town. “All of our rooms are taken,” the clerk said, “but I can't send a nice couple like you into the rain at one o’clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It’s not a suite(套房), but it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night.” The couple agreed.

As the elderly man paid the bill the next morning, he told the clerk, “You are the kind of person who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I’ll build one for you.” The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh.

Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the elderly man, asking the clerk to pay him a visit. The elderly man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of the Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new building there, a reddish stone one with watchtowers(塔楼) thrusting up to the sky, and told the clerk that it was the hotel he had just built for him。

That wonderful building was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And this young clerk whose names was George C. Boldt never foresaw the return of events that would lead him into the manager of one of the world's most attractive hotels.

56 .When the elderly couple left the hotel, they .

A. tried to make the clerk pleased

B. wanted to build the same hotel in the future

C. hoped that the clerk would replace the boss of the hotel

D. thought the clerk was talented in managing hotels

57. Why did the elderly man build a hotel for the clerk?

A. He was grateful to the clerk. B. They had a bet(打赌) at first.

C. He wanted to fool the clerk. D. He wanted to sell the hotel.

58. According to the text, the clerk .

A. helped the couple because he thought they were poor

B. hoped that the old couple could give him a large amount of money

C. didn't expect to receive things in return from the old couple

D. became rich, thanks to his own efforts

59. From the text, we can infer that .

A. anybody can be a successful manager B. old people are always very rich

C. good luck is always waiting for lucky people D. kindness can bring a good return

60. What do you think of the clerk?

A. He was willing to help. B. He was very attractive.

C. He tried to make money for his hotel． D. He liked making friends

________ the rain the sports meeting will be put off．

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