题目内容
Have a little more chicken,________?
- A.do you
- B.don't you
- C.will you
- D.haven't you
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 falls 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(坚定的) 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 hidden in trees. |
C.It's covered with wax. |
D.It's hard to recognize. |
2.What do the words "the follower" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.A bee. |
B.A bird. |
C.A honey seeker. |
D.A beekeeper. |
3.The honey guide is special in the way .
A.it gets its food |
B.it goes to church |
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 |
A HOLIDAY jet pilot (飞行员) said that he would land and call the police after a woman refused to stop smoking.
He warned Maureen Harkavy, “Put that cigarette out, or I’ll land the plane and have you arrested.”
Maureen, 47, was so shocked she wrote to the airline’s chairman.But his reply was even ruder.
“You seem to think you have a God-given right to pollute your neighbors’ atmosphere,” wrote John Ferriday of Paramount Airways.
(a)Said Maureen, “I only found out about it when I was checking in.I’m a nervous flyer so I lit a cigarette during the flight.A stewardess (空姐) asked me to put it out, but I said I wanted to carry on as there was no rule against smoking on the plane.” She was just finishing her cigarette when the pilot arrived.
(b) “I’ve never seen such an unpleasant letter.” She said, “I don’t think I’ll ever fly again.” But there was a funny side.Maureen explained, “We were offered duty-free (免税) cigarette from the stewardess on the plane!”
(c) Mr.Ferriday went on: “Believe me, you haven’t.Especially when you travel on my planes.”
Maureen and her husband Michael were moved to Paramount flight just before they left Portugal.But they were not told of the company’s no smoking policy.
(d) “He was loud and rude,” said Maureen.“He said if I lit another cigarette he would land the plane at Bordeaux and hand me to the French police.”
Later, from her home in Mosely, Birmingham, Maureen wrote to the company and received the rude reply.
1.The second half of the story has been in wrong order.(Parts a-d) Choose the rearranged order which you think is right.
A.a, c, b, d |
B.c, a, b, d |
C.c, a, d, b |
D.d, a, b, c |
2.The pilot warned Maureen Harkavy ____________________.
A.to throw her cigarette out of the plane, or he would get her off the plane. |
B.to stop smoking, or he would bring down the jet and hand her to the police. |
C.not to light another cigarette after her first one. |
D.to stop smoking, or he would bring her to justice. |
3.Maureen Harkavy ______ on the plane.
A.accepted the warning |
B.agreed to the warning |
C.refused to do what she was told to |
D.was so shocked that she wrote to the airline’s chairman |
4.In the answer letter to Maureen Harkavy, the airline’s chairman ____ .
A.made an apology to her for his worker’s rudeness |
B.made sure that he would solve the problem |
C.said that she had the right to smoke on his plane |
D.actually completely agreed with what the pilot said |