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Last Tuesday I took two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain 36 , so I decided I would leave the children in the car 37 I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to 38 anything and told them I would be back within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left 39 happily out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had 40 ! I could hardly believe my eyes. The car doors were 41 locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat were only two coats. Being 42 , I ran to the corner of the street 43 there was no sign of them. I rushed up to an old lady nearby and asked 44 _she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and went to stop trembling (发抖). Suddenly, I heard a merry laugh 45 me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot (车尾行李箱) and inside were two very red-faced and 46 children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, climbed behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. 47 tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

Last Tuesday I took two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain 36 , so I decided I would leave the children in the car 37 I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to 38 anything and told them I would be back within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left 39 happily out of the window.

I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had 40 ! I could hardly believe my eyes. The car doors were 41 locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat were only two coats. Being 42 , I ran to the corner of the street 43 there was no sign of them. I rushed up to an old lady nearby and asked 44 _she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.

Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and went to stop trembling (发抖). Suddenly, I heard a merry laugh 45 me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot (车尾行李箱) and inside were two very red-faced and 46 children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, climbed behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. 47 tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

【小题 1】A.heavy B. hard C. big D. quick

【小题 2】A.before B. since C. after D. while

【小题 3】A.talk B. reach C. hear D. touch

【小题 4】A.them B. her C. herself D. themselves

【小题 5】A.discovered B. disappeared C. described D. delivered

【小题 6】A.even B. again C. already D. still

【小题 7】A.foolish B. proud C. frightened D. pleased

【小题 8】A.where B. which C. that D. when

【小题 9】A.what B. when C. whether D. how

【小题 10】A.behind B. over C. before D. with

【小题 11】A.worried B. excited C. surprised D. interested

【小题 12】A.For B. About C. With D. Down

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     Plants grow faster if you talk to them and the effect is even better if you're a woman. Researchers at
Royal Horticultural (园艺的) Society carried out an experiment to find that the voice of a woman gardener
makes plants grow faster.
     The experiment lasted a month and by the end of the study scientists managed to discover that tomato
plants grew two inches taller when women gardeners talked to them instead of male.
    Sarah Darwin was the one of making the plants registered the best growth. Her voice was the most
"inspiring" for plants than the voices of nine other gardeners when reading a passage from The Origin of
Species. The great-great-granddaughter of the famous botanist Charles Darwin found that her plant grew
about two inches taller than the plant of the best male gardener.
     Colin Crosbie, Garden Superintendent (主管人) at RHS, said that the findings cannot yet be explained.
He presumes (认定) that that women have a greater range of pitch (音调) and tone which might have a
certain effect on the sound waves that reach the plant. "Sound waves are an environmental effect just like
rain or light," said Mr. Crosbie.
     The study began in April at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey. Scientists started with open auditions (试听,
试演) for the people who were asked to record passages from John Wyndham's The day of the Triffids,
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Darwin's The Origin of Species.
     Afterwards researchers selected a number of different voices and played them to 10 tomato plants during
a period of a month. Each plant had headphones connected to it. Through the headphones the sound waves
could hit the plants. Scientists decided to leave two plants in silence, thus to be positive that the experiment
is fair. It was discovered that plants that"listened" to female voices on average grew taller by an inch in
comparison to plants that heard male voices.
     Sarah Darwin said, "I think it is an honor to have a voice that can make tomatoes grow, and especially
fitting because for a number of years I have been studying wild tomatoes from the Galapagos Islands at the
Natural History Museum in London."

1. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. Plants enjoy men's voices more than women's.
B. A botanical experiment in a museum.
C. Strange phenomenon at Royal Horticultural Society.
D. Voice influence on plant growing.

2. What do the underlined words mean?

A. Plants need sound as well as rain and light.
B. Sound is basic nutrition to the plant.
C. Sound has a good effect as rain or light does.
D. Plants are hungry for sound as well as rain and light.

3. What can we infer Sarah Darwin is?

A. A botanist.
B. A garden superintendent.
C. A gardener.
D. An environmentalist.

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Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain__26__ so I decided I would leave the children in the car__27__ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to__28_ anything and told them I would be __29__ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left __30__happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __31__! I could hardly believe my __32__. The car doors were __33__ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat __34__only two coats. Being____ __35__, I ran to the corner of the street __36__ there was no sign of them. I __37__up to an old lady nearby and asked __38__ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and __39__ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I __40__ a merry laugh __41__ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and __42__ were two very
red-face and _43__ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, __44__ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. __45__ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.