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There is a common belief that eating sweets before meals is considered to have the chance to spoil the ________.
A.
appetite
B.
desire
C.
stomach
D.
atmosphere
If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonnet and say, "Hey, Butterfly Man," his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.
Arthur Bonnet works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back thanks to him. But years ago if you'd told him this was what he'd be doing someday, he would have laughed, "You're crazy." As a boy, he used to be a little tough guy on the streets". At age thirteen, he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.
"I knew it had hurt my mom," Bonner said after he got out of prison. "So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again."
One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat for an endangered butterfly called E1 Segundo blue.
"I saw the sign 'Butterfly Habitat' and asked, 'How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?'" Bonner recalls. "Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass (放大镜) , "Look at the leaves. ' I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, 'Without the plant, there are no butterflies. '"
Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly that needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he's been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragals, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.
The butterfly's population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonnet, he earned something more: he turned his life around.
For six years now Bonnet has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.
1.
When he was young, Arthur Bonner
A.
broke the law and ended up in prison
B.
was fond of shooting and hurt his morn
C.
often offered necessary help to other people
D.
often caught butterflies and took them home
2.
Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he ______.
A.
found the butterfly had died out
B.
won many prizes from his professor
C.
met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biology
D.
collected butterflies and put them into a lab
3.
From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has ______
A.
made Bonner famous
B.
changed Bonner's life
C.
brought Bonner wealth
D.
enriched Bonner's knowledge
4.
Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A.
A Promise to Morn
B.
A Man Saved by Butterflies
C.
A Story of Butterflies
D.
A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni
A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for his qualifications(资历), he said, “I can sleep when the wind blows.”
This puzzled the farmer. But he liked the young man, and hired him.
A few days later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night by a violent storm. They quickly began to check things to see if all was safe from damage. They found that the doors of the farmhouse had been safely fastened, and a lot of wood had been set next to the fireplace.
The young man slept soundly.
The farmer and his wife then looked at their property (财产) carefully. They found that the farm tools had been placed in the storage room, safe from the bad weather. The tractor had been moved into the garage. The barn was properly locked. Even the animals were calm. All was well.
The farmer then understood the meaning of the young man’s words, “ I can sleep when the wind blows.”
The farmhand did his work loyally. When the sky was clear, he had prepared for the storm in case it broke. So when the wind blew, there was no need for him to be afraid. He could sleep in peace
1.
The underlined word “fastened” in Para. 3 can be replaced by ______
A.
closed
B.
damaged
C.
taken
D.
moved
2.
From the passage, we can learn that ______
A.
at first the farmer understood his words well
B.
the young man was awakened in the night by a violent storm
C.
the young man had prepared for the storm before it came
D.
the young man was too sleepy to wake up in the night
3.
The best title for this passage is ______
A.
Sleeping in peace through the storm
B.
A violent storm
C.
A young man and his dream
D.
A clever farmer
4.
Which of the following proverbs can best explain the story?
A.
Lookers-on see more than players
B.
Two heads are better than one
C.
A stitch(针)in time saves nine
D.
No man can do two things at a time
For more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets. Most of these searches have been done over the radio. The hope is that someone in outer space may be trying to get in touch with us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships traveling through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to such messages.
Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to listen to signals from about 1, 000 stars, all within 100 light years of earth. In addition, they will scan(扫视)the entire sky to “listen” for radio messages from more distant stars. Using a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one time. Scientists are looking for any signal they stands out from the background noise.
Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy(银河星系), scientists find that five percent are like our sun. Perhaps half of them have a planet like earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution(进化)of life. Based on the inhabitable(that can be lived in)planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some life.
However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent(有智力的)life exists on other planets. Some believe that twenty years of searching without any intelligible messages shows that no one is out there. They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely.
Other scientists believe that our search hasn’t been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy. Although our sun family is only about five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years old. In that time, some scientists think it is likely that civilization(文明)much more advanced than ours have developed. Perhaps these civilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking.
1.
According to the passage, how many planets in our galaxy might be inhabitable?
A.
5 billion.
B.
10 billion.
C.
15 billion.
D.
200 billion
2.
The first paragraph in this passage is mainly about ________ .
A.
how scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
B.
why scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
C.
where scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
D.
when scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
3.
The underlined word “monitor” in the passage means“ ________ ”.
A.
find
B.
follow
C.
check
D.
form
4.
Which of these statements is true based on the information in the passage?
A.
The earth is one of the oldest planets in our galaxy.
B.
Most scientists believe that there is intelligent life on other planets.
C.
Scientists are trying different ways to find signs of life on other planets.
D.
Scientists don’t believe that there might be life on other planets.
Can you ________ Mary becoming famous as an artist?
A.
think
B.
make
C.
believe
D.
imagine
In the activities, we received ________ interesting books and magazines.
A.
a great number of
B.
a great deal of
C.
a large amount of
D.
a good plenty of
He had lost his temper and his health in the war and never found______of them again.
A.
neither
B.
either
C.
eath
D.
all
________ is the question of going on a holiday.
A.
What they interested in
B.
What interested them
C.
What is interested
D.
What they're interested
The chemistry teacher was standing by the desk, explaining the exercises ________ the students had done at home.
A.
/
B.
to
C.
for
D.
with
On seeing her funny-looking hairstyle, her classmates couldn’t ________ their laughters.
A.
hold
B.
contain
C.
overcome
D.
prevent
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