【题目】Herbie Ricketts,52,lives in Thornton Heath,south London,and works as an electrician.He has been a listening volunteer with the Samaritans for 16 years.

Each caller is as individual as their circumstances and I didn’t realize so many people take their own lives until I became a Samaritan.And only then did the true nature of the work I was doing hit home.

I’ll always remember my first day on duty.The caller, stressed and depressed,told me he was suicidal(想自杀的).He’d been too frightened to talk to the people around him,which is common.People are told they’ve got nothing to be upset about.Or, if they are already classified as having mental health issues,so they tell no one.How do you make sense of your feelings if you can’t tell someone? Just allowing people to say what they honestly feel helps them find a different perspective.I couldn’t offer him practical advice but I could support him emotionally.I helped him come to terms with his situation and make sense of some of the terrible emotions he was experiencing.Offering anonymity(匿名)and being nonjudgmental(无偏见的)allows people easily hurt to explore their thoughts without fear or worry.I left him in an emotionally safe place,ensuring he knew 1 wasn’t rejecting or abandoning him.I let him know we were still there if he needed us,explaining that it might not be me on the other end of the phone but another Samaritan who could also support.

Suicidal people will ring with issues like drug use or loneliness.If you look at it from the perspective of, “How can I solve this? ”you can become,like them,at a loss.Every cell in your body wants to offer solutions,but as a Samaritan I’m not there to sort their problems out.I listen and will support them when they can’t see any further than tomorrow.When the phone goes silent,we stay with that caller as long as we possibly can,which could be two or three hours.

The shifts are up to four hours long.When it doesn’t go so well,I offload to my colleague,so I don’t carry home a heavy heart.Being a Samaritan has greatly improved my life.I’m calmer and become a supportive listener, which has also improved my relationships.But being a wonderful Samaritan doesn’t make you a wonderful parent or wonderful partner—I wish it did.

【1What does the underlined sentence in the passage probably mean?

A.Those who called in had their unique nature.

B.I got to realize the value of being a Samaritan.

C.It was common that many people committed suicide.

D.I was determined to be a Samaritan at home.

【2Some people choose not to tell others about their feelings mainly because they________.

A.actually have nothing to worry about

B.are too shy to expose themselves to others

C.suffer from serious mental health problems

D.find no supportive listeners around them

【3Samaritans usually help callers by________.

A.sorting out their problems

B.providing practical advice for them

C.offering them emotional support

D.asking questions such as“How can I solve this?

【4We may infer from the passage that________.

A.being a good Samaritan takes patience

B.Samaritans are easily affected by callers

C.callers are always successfully comforted

D.people kill themselves for lack of listening volunteers

【题目】Butterflies are some of the most fascinating and beautiful insects in the world. Adult butterflies will live about 2 to 4 weeks. They use their senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste to survive in the world, find food and mates, lay eggs in an appropriate place, migrate, and avoid hungry enemies.

Butterflies have large compound eyes(复眼), which allow them to see in all directions without turning their heads. Like most insects, butterflies are very nearsighted, so they are more attracted to a sea of flowers than individual plants. Butterflies do not “see” colors such as red, green, and yellow, but they can sense sunlight, which indicates the direction the sun is shining, as well as ultraviolet light(紫外线), which is present on many flowers and guides butterflies to honey sources.

Butterflies have a very well-developed sense of smell, but it is not in their nose, since they don't have one. Sense receptors are located in their antennae(触角), feet, and many other parts of the body. They can help butterflies find their favorite flower honey food, and mates.

Butterflies' feet have sense organs that can taste the sugar in flower honey, letting the butterflies know if something is good to eat or not. Some females also carefully choose host plants by tasting to find appropriate places to lay their eggs. Adult butterflies feed their babies using a long tube. Butterflies force blood into the tube to straighten it out, allowing them to feed. Butterflies get all their food from this tube.

Butterflies don't have ars. Instead they “hear” sounds through their wings by sensing changes in sound vibrations(振动).

Butterflies may possess senses we don't even know about yet, because their body structure is very different from ours, and therefore difficult to understand, when observed through our own human senses.

【1What can we learn from the 2nd paragraph?

A. Butterflies have good eyesight.

B. Butterflies can see in all directions and don't need to turn heads.

C. Butterflies are sensitive to bright colors including red and yellow.

D. Butterflies cannot sense the ultraviolet light.

【2How do butterflies hear sounds?

A. Using their feet to sense the vibration of things

B. Using their ears to listen directly

C. Using their wings to sense the sound vibrations

D. Using their antennae to judge the sound

【3Why do female adult butterflies carefully choose the host plants?

A. To find high-qualified honey.

B. To have a good place for living.

C. To make it easier for them to hide from the enemies.

D. To find a proper place for their eggs.

【4What does the last paragraph imply?

A. There’s a long way to understand butterflies well

B. Butterflies give great help to human beings

C. Butterflies are the most beautiful insects in the world

D. Butterflies possess more senses than humans

【5The text mainly focuses on ________.

A. butterflies' living habits B. butterflies' beauty

C. butterflies' daily activities D. butterflies' senses

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