Researchers at Queen Mary University of London said the experiments, often used to test the intelligence of apes (猿) and birds, showed for the first time that some insects are up to the task, and can also pass skills on through several generations.

The findings add to the evidence suggesting the ability for “culture spread” — the ability to learn and pass on knowledge and skills — may not be exclusive to humans.

In the research, published in the journal PLOS Biology on Tuesday, the scientists were able to train 23 out of a group of 40 bees to pull strings with their legs and feet.

The strings were attached to discs — or artificial “flowers” — containing food at their center but placed under a transparent screen. The bees, spotting the food beneath the screen, learned to pull the “flowers” out by pulling the string with their legs and feet to be able to get to it.

From another group of bees given the chance to solve the task without any training, only two of 110 were successful.

Another group of bees was then allowed to observe the trained bees pulling the strings, and 60 percent of them successfully learned the skill. Finally, trained bees were put in colonies, and the scientists found the technique spread successfully to a majority of the colony’s worker bees.

Lars Chittka, a Queen Mary University professor who guided the project, said the team is interested in figuring out the brain processes behind the bees’ learning and teaching skills.

【1】What does the underlined word “exclusive” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Ordinary. B. Unique. C. Beneficial. D. Widespread.

【2】What did the researchers find about bees?

A. Bees learn best in insects.

B. Bees are as clever as birds.

C. Bees are born good learners.

D. Bees can be trained to learn skills.

【3】What may the research team focus on next?

A. What else bees can do. B. Where bees learn skills.

C. How bees teach others. D. How bees’ brain work.

【4】What may be the best title for the text?

A. Small bees, great abilities B. Bees can learn and teach

C. Bees are smarter D. Let bees learn

【题目】写作
假如你是李华。针对我国假期选择出国旅游的人越来越多，但有的游客有不文明行为的现象，请给21stCentury Teens编辑部写一封信。内容需要包括以下要点:
1 出境游热的原因，如经济发展的原因、人们对外国文化感兴趣的原因等；
2 旅游中出现了一些不文明现象，如随地吐痰、乱扔垃圾等；
3 你的态度和看法。
注意：1 词数100左右
2 短文开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
参考词汇：不文明行为：immoralbehaviors 树立形象：uphold an image
Dear editor,
At present, moreand more people choose to travel abroad when they have holidays.

【题目】假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
The water we drink and use was running short. We all have to learn how to stop wasted water. One of the step that we should take is to find ways of reusing them. Today in the most large cities, fresh water is used only once and then it runs in a waste system. But it is possibly to pipe the used water to a purifying factory, when the used water can be treated with chemical materials by the workers sothat it can be reused. But even if every large city purified and reused it's water, we still would have enough water.

【1】What were the earliest form of the blues?

A. War songs. B. Work songs. C. Holiday songs.

【2】What does the name blues come from?

A. Happiness and Harvest. B. Anger and sadness. C. Loneliness and sorrow.

【3】What can we know about Bessie Smith?

A. She had made 150 records in her life.

B. She didn’t like to give live performances.

C. She died at age 43.

【4】What caused Bessie’s death?

A. A car accident. B. Gun shot. C. Illness.

【题目】根据语境，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
（1）The children (gradual) began to accept her as one of the family.
（2）It's well known dinking red wine properly helps protect against heart disease.
（3）Of these two basketball teams, the former comes from the US; the comes from England.
（4）The command (give) by our teacher puzzled all the students.
（5）The Italian boy (regard) as a hero because he gave his life for his country.
（6）Many students believe that the choice of their courses and universities should (base) on their own interest.
（7）Students (come) up to him and said how much they liked his class.
（8）If you keep talking with your foreign friends, you'll soon pick up (fluently) English.
（9）The water was freezing cold, but in jumped the young man without second thought.
（10）The heavy rain today is quite (difference) from the rain yesterday because rain water has entered the subway.

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is really sad news for Guinness World Records. Tiffany Two, the holder of the (old) cat record, has passed away in hersleep at age of 27 years, 2months and 20 days.
Born on March 13, 1988 in San Diego, California,Tiffany Two (buy) by herowner, Sharon Voorhees, from a local pet shop. At that time, the cat was onlysix (week) old. Sharon named her TiffanyTwo in memory of the cat she once(own) In the 1970s.
In fact, Tiffany Two celebrated her 27thbirthday back in March, she had lived the equivalent (等量) of 125 human years.
Despite unbelievable age, Tiffany Two was reported tohave good sight and hearing (recent). Tiffany Two only had minor (ill) such as high blood pressure, and Sharondescribed her as “strong and still able to go up and down stairs”.
“She’s not afraid (play) with anyone or any animal.She walks right past the dogs. She’s very active!” Sharon explained.

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to SurviveExam Stress
Exam time is one of the most stressful in school, whether it is highschool, college or graduate school. Even the best students feel the pressure. The first sign of a problem while preparing for an exam isworry. If we can get rid of worries, or at leastcontrol them, then we’re in a much better position to do well on our tests. Take the following steps to survive examstress and increase your overall performance as a result.
What causes youanxiety when you are studying? Too much noise? Then move to a quieter place.Delayed work? Catch up with your studies a couple nights before. That way youcan save the final night before the exam to review and get a good night ofsleep.
The second way to deal with worry is to replace thoughts.Suppose you wake up at three in the morning and you’re worried about an exam.What do you do? Doing something productive might allow you tosleep better when you finally do go back to bed.
Another way tore place negative thoughts is to do something physically active. Work out. Takea quick walk or a nice run. For example, I might worry about the examhaving surprise questions that I’m not prepared to answer. But I can put thosethoughts aside by reminding myself that I’ve taken many exams and I’ve handledsurprise questions before.
The third option isto treat the symptoms. Keepthings in perspective. Think of one final exam that causes you the mostanxiety. Now think of the worst thing that could happen. If you’ve prepared,then likely the worst grade you could get is a C. And, if you’ve been applyingwhat we’ve been talking about, then you’ll likely do no worse than a B. ．
A. How bad is thatreally?
B. The first is to delete the causes.
C. Another idea isto think positive thoughts.
D. How aboutgetting up and studying for an hour?
F. What we should do is to thinkpositively and get rid of it.
G. So we are supposed to make our effortto improve our surroundings.

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Keeping a diary in English is one of the best ways to improve our English writing ability.
Compared with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes (little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English.we stick to this practice, (gradual) we'll learn how to express (表达) ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many (difficult). In the first place, it often (happen) that we have trouble (find) proper words and phrases to give expression to our mind. And is very hard for us to put them into English properly.
As far as I am(concern), my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a ChineseEnglish dictionary within easy reach. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is great use to keep a diary in English for the development of (we) writing skills.

【1】Why is the man upset?

A. He didn’t get the promotion. B. He was punished by the boss. C. He just lost a business deal.

【2】What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Talk with the boss. B. Quit his job. C. Let go of it.

【3】What do we know about the man?

A. He got a 200,000-dollar-deal last month.

B. He doesn’t work hard enough.

C. He is too shy and nervous.

【4】What will the woman do next week?

A. Throw a party. B. Ask for a pay rise. C. Work in a new company.

【1】【1】What type of movies does the woman like the most?

A. Detective stories. B. Science fiction. C. Romantic comedies.

【2】【2】What is the fun of detective movies said by the woman?

A. The exciting plot.

B. The eye-catching scenes.

C. The competition with the “detective”.

【3】【3】What does the woman think about science fiction movies?

A. She doesn’t like it. B. It’s scary sometimes. C. It’s funny.