Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious.

Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper - a little bird called a honey guide.

The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees' nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always fall to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.

Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.

1.Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?

A.It's small in size.                         B.It's hard to recognize.

C.It's covered with wax.                    D.It's hidden in trees.

2.What do the words "the follower" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.A bee.            B.A honey seeker.     C.A bird.            D.A beekeeper.

3.The honey guide is special in the way ________.

A.it goes to church                        B.it gets its food

C.it sings in the forest                      D.it reaches into bees' nests

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.Wild Bees                             B.Wax and Honey

C.Beekeeping in Africa                     D.Honey-Lover's Helper

 

Some years ago, a Miami woman walking through an office building noticed two men standing together.Several minutes after her leaving, the men murdered a person working in the building.The police determined that the woman was the only witness and could possibly describe them.However, her memory of the men proved disappointingly unclear.Several days later, psychologist Ronald Fisher was brought in to obtain a more complete account from the woman.His interview produced a breakthrough—the woman reported a clear picture of one of the suspects.The important information enabled the police to arrest the suspect and close the case.

The police asked Fisher for help because of his rich knowledge in cognitive(认知) interview, a kind of memory - rebuilding process.Memory researchers have found that people trying to remember a past event often only recall part of the relevant information.Human memory is selective and it is often distorted by stress.But a person's accurate recall of an event or understanding of a question can be improved using specific interviewing techniques.The "cognitive interview" was developed in the late 1990s.It encourages the witness to take an active role in recalling information rather than giving answers only to someone else's questions.The witness first describes what happened in his or her own words, with no interviewer interruptions.The interviewer then goes further with specific techniques, such as having the witness tell the details of what happened from different perspectives (角度) .

The cognitive interview focuses on guiding witnesses through four general recalling techniques: thinking about physical surroundings and personal feelings that existed at the time of past events; reporting everything that connects to mind about those events, no matter how broken it is retelling events in a variety of time orders, such as from beginning to end, end to beginning, forward or backward; and adopting different perspectives while recalling events.

Experiments with police detectives trained in this demanding interview method find that they obtain nearly 50% more information from witnesses than before training, while error rates remain about the same.It is proved that cognitive interviews are quite important tools in improving the accuracy and completeness of witness testimony (证词).

1.The purpose of the passage is to _____.

A.give an account of a murder case.

B.introduce an idea of cognitive interview.

C.prove Fisher was an expert in cognitive interview.

D.help a witness to recall information in a cognitive interview.

2.What is required to recall in a cognitive interview for a witness?

A.The exact time at which a murder took place.

B.The information about the event in the time order.

C.The important things that come to his or her mind.

D.The surroundings and feelings at the time of the event.

3.The key point in a cognitive interview is that     .

A.the witness is encouraged to take part in recalling information.

B.the interviewer should interrupt the witness from time to time.

C.the interview should take place outside the police station.

D.the witness should recall details at the scene of the event.

4.The underlined word "distorted" in the passage probably means " ____

A.arranged          B.balanced          C.changed          D.examined

 

It's the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell phones. They want to log on to their micro blogs(微博) to check the interesting things that have happened in the last hour.

Since last year, thetrend of micro blogging has swept the country. Recent surveys shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update their blogs over five times per day.

"We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class," said Andy Liang, 14. "If you do not know about them, you are out."

It is also a great place for students to let out stress. "My parents always ask me to study hard, and encourage me before exams, but it really adds pressure," said Simon Zhang, 15. "When I share these feelings on my micro blog, I get many replies from friends in the same situation, which makes me feel better."

But parents are worried that micro blogging could be a waste of time. Some misleading messages may even cause danger to kids, they said.

Mr. Shen, a professor at the China Education Association, suggests parents not worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging. Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children. "If parents can read their children's micro blogs, they'll know their thoughts, thus leading to better communication and solutions to problems," he said. He also gives some tips for kids.

-Don't micro blog for more than one hour a day.

-Never micro blog in class.

-Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.

-Be critical(批判性的). Don't trust all the messages on a micro blog.

1.Students log on to their micro blogs to           .

A.check the things

B.write articles

C.listen to music

D.call their parents

2.Micro blog made Simon      when he shared his feelings and got replies on his micro blog.

A.feel sad

B.let out stress

C.add pressure

D.make friends

3.We can know from Mr. Shen that micro blogging can           .

A.make kids crazy while logging on to it

B.bring a lot of misleading messages

C.become a window to understand young kids

D.lead to worse communication

4.Don't micro blog for           a day.

A more than one hour    B. less than one hour   C. one hour   D. more than two hours

5.Which is Wrong ?

A.Never micro blog in class.

B.They'll know their thoughts through micro blog.

C.Trust all the messages on a micro blog.

D.Be critical(批判性的)

 

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Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.

___71___Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.

For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones(荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. ___72___

Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.

___73___They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, and then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “___74___ Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”

Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. ___75___

A.In general the person feels excited and ready to act.

B.They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.

C.Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.

D.Anger may cause you a cancer.

E.Do not express your anger while angry.

F.Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.

G.Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.

 

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