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　　Cicadas(蝉) that appear from underground only once every 17-years are making big news in the US. The first signs are little holes in parks and fields. Then, big, red-eyed bugs start crawling(爬) out. Thousands of these black, winged insects cover sidewalks, mailboxes, tree branches, and roofs across certain areas of America.

　　Many insect lovers are going out to parks to observe what scientists believe to be the largest emergence of an insect group in history. But you don't have to live in the US to study the amazing bugs that inhabit our world. Summer is coming. With it come warm days and many chances to have a look at bugs. These creatures keep our ecosystems(生态系统) running and make up the majority of our planet's population!

　　Many people use the words “bugs” and “insects” to refer to anything with more than four legs. But an insect actually has six legs, a three-part body, and an exoskeleton, which is a skeleton(骨骼) on the outside of its body. Ants, butterflies and cicadas are all insects.

　　Insects keep our environment working by recycling garbage and dead plants. They serve as food for animals, and pollinate(授粉) plants. Doctors have even found ways of using them in medical treatments to help sick people.

　　Tracking down insects to watch can be as simple as going to your local park to look for ants, or as complicated as walking out into the woods to find rare beetles(甲虫) Just look carefully and be patient, and something will turn up.

　　If you want to do more than just watch, you can collect bugs. Take along a butterfly net to catch flying insects and tweezers(镊子) to pick up bugs. Take clean, empty food jars with small air holes poked(戳) in the lids, so you can keep the bugs for a little while, perhaps overnight.

　　Great creatures to look out for during summer include beetles, butterflies and dragonflies(蜻蜓)．However, creatures to watch but not disturb are spiders(蜘蛛) , bees, wasps(黄蜂) , and centipedes(蜈蚣)．All of them may leave a painful bite if you touch them and some bites can be dangerous.

　　When handling and watching the insects you find, remember: they may look different from us, but they have many of the same feelings, such as fear and pain. Have a look, but no poking or pinching(捏) , please!

1．According to the passage, insects ________.

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A．are easy to handle

B．usually eat garbage or dead plants

C．will hurt you if scared

D．only show up in summer

2．Which of the following is NOT covered in the story?

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A．The importance of insects in our world.

B．Dos and don'ts of observing and collecting bugs.

C．The differences between bugs and insects.

D．Where to find the bugs to watch.

3．We can learn from the passage that ________.

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A．bugs are not insects

B．wee can watch cicadas only once every 17 years

C．insects are an important part of the food chain

D．you'd better not touch dragonflies, wasps or beetles

A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 　36 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 37 from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, 　38 everywhere. I tried to use a broom, 39 with each sweep they just rolled across the kitchen．

For the next week, every time I was in the 　40 , I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept 　41 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and　 42 12 frozen peas hidden underneath．

　 At the time I found those few remaining 43 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful 44 I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 45 those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my 　46 had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered. My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble 　47 his new surroundings and the 48 of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered．

　 When life gets you 　49 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never 50 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be 51 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas 　52 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them 　53 you’ll start to feel whole again．

The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to 　54 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 55　 will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?

36. A. drink B. fruit C. vegetable D. meat

37. A. moved B. walked C. ran D. slipped

38. A. rubbed B. rolled C. grew D. existed

39. A. but B. and C. although D. so

40. A. bedroom B. living room C. kitchen D. storeroom

41. A. getting up B. turning up C. taking up D. using up

42. A. found B. ate C. left D. planted

43. A. presents B. cans C. vegetables D. peas

44. A. man B. child C. woman D. boy

45. A. of B. for C. with D. in

46. A. wife B. life C. son D. friend

47. A. turning to B. leading to C. adjusting to D. adding to

48. A. thank B. love C. help D. loss

49. A. down B. near C. close D. wide

50. A. get it B. make it C. take it D. leave it

51. A. grew B. bought C. collected D. frozen

52. A. eventually B. fortunately C. properly D. specially

53. A. both B. all C. either D. each

54. A. call on B. put on C. bring on D. move on

55. A. while B. because C. since D. or