题目内容
In the Iturbi rain forest in America live many different tribes, one of 1 is Pygmy. Most of the Pygmies are not taller than four feet. They 2 only about eighty pounds each. In spite of their small size, they are the best 3 among all the jungle people. Even the great elephant can be 4 by them. They can shoot three or four arrows so 5 that often the last one leaves the bow 6 the first has hit its mark. If an arrow should miss its 7 , the impatient Pygmy may become very angry, 8 his arrows and step on them.
Since they do not plant any crops, Pygmies are 9 moving around. They seldom sleep in one camp for more than a few days. In their camps there is no 10 at all except some weapons such as spears, bows, and arrows. There are 11 cooking pots either. Food is eaten
12 or smoked over a fire. So when the tribe moves to a new camp there is 13 to carry except their weapons and babies too small to walk.
Pygmies can move on the trees almost as skillfully as 14 . Often they travel great distances through the branches without 15 the ground.
One of the 16 facts about the small men and women is their appetite(胃口). A Pygmy can 17 sixty bananas at a single meal 18 quantities of meat. After eating, they will 19
on their hard earth bed and groan all night. But in the morning, they are ready to eat the same amount of food all over again.
In spite of the 20 life, Pygmies are almost always good-natured and helpful. They seldom lie, steal or flight among themselves.
1.A.them B.those C.that D.which
2.A.have B.weigh C.eat D.carry
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4.A.frightened B.shot C.caught D.raised
5.A.heavily B.hurriedly C.slowly D.rapidly
6.A.after B.before C.until D.since
7.A.animal B.aim C.eyes D.sight
8.A.got B.put away C.sell D.break
9.A.never B.seldom C.constantly D.hardly
10.A.furniture B.things C.tables D.beds
11.A.some B.much C.no D.special
12.A.uncooked B.burnt C.untouched D.fried
13.A.a lot B.something C.more D.nothing
14.A.birds B.rabbits C.monkeys D.deer
15.A.touching B.feeling C.falling D.seeing
16.A.interested B.surprising C.moving D.known
17.A.get up B.take up C.eat up D.put up
18.A.including B.but C.except D.besides
19.A.lie B.lay C.stay D.kneel
20.A.comfortable B.difficult C.hard D.happy
1—5 DBDCD 6—10 BBDCA
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What is in the drug that makes you sick or dead? For example, cocaine is harmful, but what makes it harmful?
I can’t tell you all about drugs, but I can ___36___ you think about them in this ____37____ way. Your body is a very complicated machine, ____38____ a lot of chemical machinery, all of which is finally turned ____39____ it all works together. Special chemicals, which we call drugs, can affect it in many different ways.
Some drugs are ____40____ when your body has a problem, as with disease—causing bacteria. Then someone may give you aspirin to keep your temperature from going too ____41____ or some penicillin (青霉素) ____42____ it stops the growth of some kinds of bacteria. ___43_____, all drugs are really poison, ____44_____ if you take too much, so you must always use them ____45____.
Why do some people take drugs like cocaine? For a little while they seem to make you feel better, or happier. But ____46____ their effects have ____47____, your body has to pay an extra ____48____ to get back to normal. That makes you want to get ____49____ of the drug.
Drugs like cocaine have their special effects because they act as ____50____ for your nervous system. They cut off some of your nerve pathways and take away some of your senses and your ____51___. They make you want always more. And just a little too much can even ____52____ nerves to your heart and stop its beating
Many of us worry about the ____53____ around us and what pollution does to us. How about your internal environment and what goes on ____54____ you? You control that all by yourself in what you put into your ____55_____. Most drugs are pollutants. You would not want pollutants in the air and water around you. Why would you want pollutants in your body?
36. | A. | make | B. | cause | C. | help | D. | let |
37. | A. | funny | B. | different | C. | simple | D. | true |
38. | A. | just | B. | really | C. | especially | D. | sometimes |
39. | A. | as if | B | even if | C. | where | D. | so that |
40. | A. | powerful | B. | helpful | C. | painful | D. | helpless |
41. | A. | high | B. | tall | C. | much | D. | hot |
42. | A. | when | B. | until | C. | as | D. | before |
43. | A. | besides | B. | thus | C. | however | D. | naturally |
44. | A. | at most | B. | at least | C. | at times | D. | at first |
45. | A. | carefully | B. | easily | C. | carelessly | D. | a lot |
46. | A. | where | B. | before | C. | after | D. | until |
47. | A. | worked | B. | worn | C. | appeared | D. | lost |
48. | A. | number | B. | quantity | C. | amount | D. | price |
49. | A. | Some more | B. | nothing | C. | a little | D. | a few |
50. | A. | guards | B. | medicine | C. | chemicals | D. | poisons |
51. | A. | worries | B. | happiness | C. | freedom | D. | pride |
52. | A. | lead | B. | block | C. | offer | D. | stick |
53. | A. | places | B. | nature | C. | people | D. | environment |
54. | A. | inside | B. | around | C. | outside | D. | next |
55. | A. | heart | B. | head | C. | body | D. | mind |