Unbelievable view appealed to me by accident.Just then, I checked once again: the somewhat tiny wood was having a leaf.Could I trust my own eyes? Had the hot sun annoyed me? After all, it  as summer in Costa Rica, a country in Central America.

I left off, wiping sweat from my eyes.Then I moved the wood with my finger.It stopped.It looked up at me with big triangular eyes.Surprise! It was a mantid, a kind of insect, instead of a piece of wood.

The mantid was hanging upside down on a branch.Its wings made it look like a piece of tree bark.Then I noticed something else.The leaf wasn't a leaf at all.The hungry mantid was really eating another insect—a katydid.By now, all that was left of the katydid was a pair of wings.A few moments later, the wings dropped to the ground.The mantid folded its long legs.It sat still.Now it looked even more like a piece of wood than when I had first seen it.

I thought about how I had been fooled by these clever animals.Then I thought about how the two insects go about trying to trick each other.Both mantids and katydids are masters of make-up.Katydids are particularly good at it.Many look like something they are not.Katydids often look like plants.Many seem to be leaves.Others look like leaves of grass.All day, the bugs try to stay perfectly still.Because their bodies look like plants, most animals interested in killing them don't bother them while katydids eat plants.

What is the main topic of the text?

       A.An experience of watching insects.

       B.The fake image of mantids and katydids.

       C.The fight between mantids and katydids.

       D.The living habits of mantids and katydids.

What caused the author amazed at first?

       A.The hot sun in summer.'

       B.The quick moving of the wood.

       C.The sight of wood eating a leaf.

       D.The fight for food between mantids and katydids-

When the mantid was hanging upside down on a branch, it was ____.

       A.waiting for its other food          B.enjoying its food- katydid

       C.eating a leaf from the branch      D.having a break under the tree

Based on the passage, it can be inferred that the mantid ____.

       A.is a kind of meat-eafer              B.is easy to be found by a katydid

       C.looks more like a green leaf             D.mainly lives on the green leaves

The South Pole is a particular place on the earth.When people stand at the top of it looking around,they will find all directions face to north.No matter how they make their first step in which direction,they will always walk towards the north.That’s to say,only north and south exist there,neither east nor west exists.

At the top of the South Pole,any clock or watch keeps good time because all meridians(子午线) join there.All kinds of local time are completely suitable there.It is even difficult to distinguish(区别) New Year’s Eve from New Year’s Day.

The explorers and scientists from different countries always fix the time according to their own.Therefore the time by their watches was different when the people with different nationality gathered there.

The Winter Solstice(冬至日) is an important festival at the South Pole.It is always on June 21 or 22.This day is called Midwinter Festival,on which the daytime is the shortest in a year and the night the longest.All people at the South Pole extend greetings to each other and present gifts to each other.They usually give all kinds of celebrations.From that day on,the daytime will get longer day by day.

At the top of the South Pole,your watch will ________.

A.keep good time                                             B.be five minutes fast

C.stop                                                             D.be ten minutes slow

The Winter Solstice is an important festival ________.

A.in the world                     B.at the South Pole        C.at the North Pole        D.in China

On the Winter Solstice,________ is the shortest in a year.

A.the night                   B.the noon                    C.the morning               D.the daytime

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Anne lives in a small town.She is fond of

surfing the Internet.In general speaking,she                                                   1.       

spent about an hour a day on line.To her,it is                                                        2.       

a wonderful place because you never know that                                            3.       

it may have in store for you.Last Friday,she                                                         4.       

found an e-pal,that called himself “Future”.                                                         5.       

They promised to keep touch with each other.                                               6.       

And she was warned against him by her parents.                                                  7.       

“What will it lead to?” she asked.“A happy ending,”                                      8.       

Anne answered and continued typing,paid no                                                9.       

attention to them.One month past,and a man                                                        10.       

called “Future” was arrested by the police!

 How I Turned to Be Optimistic

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-―the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost―having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

 

56. How did the author get to know America?

A.  From her relatives.                       B.  From her mother.

C.  From books and pictures.             D.  From radio programs.

57. Upon leaving for America the author felt_______.

A.  confused                           B. excited

C.  worried                             D  amazed

58. For the first two years in New York, the author _________.

A. often lost her way                               B. did not think about her future

C. studied in three different schools          D. got on well with her stepfather

59. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?

A.  She worked as a translator.

B.  She attended a lot of job interviews.

C.  She paid telephone bills for her family.

D  She helped her family with her English.

60. The author believes that______.

A. her future will be free from troubles

B. it is difficult to learn to become patient

C. there are more good things than bad things

D. good things will happen if one keeps trying

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