I am a 17-year-old college student. Something I came across today touched me, so I decided to _____ it.

After a long and boring morning at college, I was _____ at the bus station for my bus. While standing there, I was thinking about how _____ the week had been when this gentleman came and stood next to me. After a while he _____ talking to me, mainly about the buses and bus drivers. He had ____ noticed that I was feeling down, as he told me to cheer up and told a ______. This then turned into a casual ______ as we waited for the bus, which was late _____

He introduced himself to me and told me it was _____ to meet me. Then the bus finally _____ We both got on the bus, and he sat in front of me, and we ______ talking. At this point all my ______ thoughts about the week were starting to _____. He asked me what I was doing at college, and what I was planning to do ____ I graduated. He wished me luck and told me he had his fingers crossed for me.

He then _____ me a piece of paper, with “Ten ideas for kindness” on it and a link to a website. When I got off the bus, he told me that it was a _____ to meet me and he wished me good luck.

I don’t _______ if this very caring man will ever read this article, ___ I want to say that he is the only person who had talked with me _____ for a while, and noticed that I needed cheering up. He made me _____ that life really is worth living.

1.A. report B. share C. describe D. keep

2.A. gathering B. searching. C. waiting D. sitting

3.A. pleasant B. fast C. busy D. terrible

4.A. stopped B. enjoyed C. started D. continued

5.A. nearly B. hardly C. instantly D. obviously

6.A. remark B. suggestion C. joke D. choice

7.A. discussion B. greeting C. conversation D. meeting

8.A. as well B. as usual C. for once D. so far

9.A. punctual B. surprising C. unlucky D. lovely

10.A. started B. left C. arrived D. stopped

11.A. insisted on B. decided on C. carried on D. took on

12.A. serious B. strange C. negative D. careful

13.A. form B. melt C. burst D. disappear

14.A. after B. when C. before D. until

15.A. sent B. tore C. handed D. spread

16.A. pleasure B. pity C. duty D. chance

17.A. expect B. imagine C. doubt D. know

18.A. for B. and C. but D. so

19.A. generally B. quietly C. sincerely D. briefly

20.A. conclude B. realize C. convince D. remind

There lived in the State of Qi a man who had a very bad memory. While walking, he would forget to stop; while sleeping, he would forget to get up. His wife was very much _______ this and said to him one day, “I’ve _______ that Master Ai is a very _______ man. He can even _______ the dying back to life. Why don’t you go and _______ him for advice?”

“Good idea!” the man agreed. So he _______ on horseback, bow and arrow in hand. Before he had _______ a distance of about 30 li he felt a call of nature (想解手). He got off his horse and, after sticking the arrow into the ground and tying the _______ to a tree, crouched down (蹲下) to hide himself. This done, he _______ and looked to the left and then caught sight of the __________.

“Wow!” he cried. “What a narrow escape! I wonder __________ that arrow came from. It __________ hit me.” Then, looking to the __________, he saw the horse.

“Well, well!” he said with joy. “__________ I’ve been badly frightened, I’m now __________ with a horse.” Whipping his horse, he took the __________direction. Not long afterwards, he arrived __________ pacing up and down in front of __________ own house, he said to himself, “Whose house is this? Can this be the house of Master Ai?” __________ this moment, his wife saw him. Guessing that his memory must have gone wrong again, she said dirty words to him. Very much upset, the man __________, “I’ve never seen you before in my life. Why did you say something like that to me?”

1.A. excited about B. angry with C. worried about D. surprised at

2.A. heard B. known C. understood D. told

3.A. kind B. stupid C. strange D. learned

4.A. bring B. take C. get D. lead

5.A. see B. tell C. ask D. look

6.A. set out B. set up C. set aside D. set on

7.A. gone B. covered C. done D. passed

8.A. horse B. bow C. arrow D. hand

9.A. pulled up B. sat down C. stood up D. set up

10.A. arrow B. bow C. horse D. tree

11.A. which B. when C. why D. where

12.A. almost B. closely C. just D. only

13.A. front B. left C. sky D. right

14.A. Even B. Though C. Once D. As

15.A. rewarded B. punished C. fined D. given

16.A. direct B. right C. front D. wrong

17.A. home B. house C. village D. city

18.A. her B. his C. their D. Master Ai’s

19.A. During B. On C. At D. In

20.A. complained B. smiled C. felt D. laughed

When an ant dies, other ants take it out of the nest, often within an hour after its death. This behavior interests scientists and they wonder how ants know for sure—and so soon—that another ant is dead.

One scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behavior. Dong-Hwan Choe is a biologist, a scientist who studies animals and plants. He found that ants have a chemical on the outside of their bodies that signals to other ants, “I'm dead—take me away” when it is dead.

But there's a question to answer: As we know, if an ant is dead, it stops moving. But when an ant is sleeping or knocked unconscious, it is also not moving. However, other ants don't move the living ant out of the nest. How do they know this ant is not dead? Choe found that ants have another chemical on their bodies, which tells nearby ants something like, “Wait—I'm not dead yet” when it is not dead. Choe suspects that when an ant dies, the chemical that says, “Wait— I'm not dead yet” quickly goes away. When other ants detect the “dead” chemical without the “not dead yet” chemical, they move away the body.

To test his theory, Choe and his team put different chemicals on ants. When the scientists used the “I'm dead” chemical, other ants quickly moved the treated ant away. When the scientists used the “Wait—I'm not dead yet” chemical, other ants left the treated ant alone. Choe believes this behavior shows that the “not dead yet” chemical overrides the “dead” chemical when picked up by other ants. And that when an ant dies, the “not dead yet” chemical fades away. Other nearby ants then detect the remaining “dead” chemical and remove the body from the nest.

Understanding this behavior can help scientists figure out how to stop ants from invading new places and causing problems.

1.What is the function of the first paragraph?

A. Leading the following paragraphs.

B. Showing the main idea of the passage.

C. Introducing the background of the passage.

D. Giving a summary of the passage.

2.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “overrides” in the fourth paragraph?

A. is weaker than B. is stronger than

C. is better than D. is worse than

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Living ants can also be taken away when they are not moving.

B. When an ant dies, it can tell others using a certain chemical.

C. A living ant can pretend to be dead using a special chemical.

D. Ants often use chemicals to communicate with each other.

4.Which of the following descriptions about Dong-Hwan Choe is right?

A. Choe did this study in order to stop ants from invading new places.

B. Choe is a biologist who is only interested in animals, especially in ants.

C. Choe first came up with an idea to explain this ant behavior,and then did some tests to prove his theory.

D. Choe did the research on this ant behavior on his own.

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