阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Do you know why different animals or pests(害虫)have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.

Some birds like eating locusts, but birds cannot easily catch them.Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops.When crops are green, locusts look green.But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have.Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others.So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.

If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of colouring is protecting themselves.Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests.They cannot be seen by hunters.This is because they have the colours much like the tree.

Have you ever noticed an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger.While the liquid spreads over, the enemies cannot find it.And it immediately swims away.So it has lived up to now though it isn’t strong at all.

1.From the passage we can learn that locusts _______.

A. are small animals

B. are easily found by birds

C. are dangerous to their enemies

D. change their colours to protect themselves

2.Bears and lions can keep safe because they_______.

A. have the colours much like the trees

B. move quickly

C. like brown and grey colours

D. live in forests

3.Why can the fish mentioned in the last paragraph live up to now?

A. Because it is very strong.

B. Because the liquid it sends out can help it get away from its enemies.

C. Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.

D. Because it swims faster than any other fish.

4.Which is the best title for this passage?

A. The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests

B. Colours of Different Animals and Pests

C. The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests

D. Some Animals and Pests

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①Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts.

②Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys.Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near.But it goes further than this.We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us.People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses.People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.

③We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar experiences and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves, or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us.Sometimes that’ s true but it’s a pity if we always stay with the same people, the same group.The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycle the same opinions, the same tastes and the same ideas.We lose the chance to learn something new, find out interesting things, hear funny stories and discover differences.

④When we always stay with the same people, how can we break down the barriers which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance(无知)? If you want to live in a society that opens to changes, new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons(鸽子).

⑤Move out of your comfort zone.Go and sit next to someone different.And don’t just sit there in silence.Say hello.Ask a question.Start a conversation.That’s how we make friends.That’s how we learn about people.That’s how we open our minds to new ideas.That’s how we live an exciting life.

1.From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who________.

A. is like themselves

B. has a sense of humor

C. is open-minded

D. lives an exciting life

2.People like staying in their comfort zone because they may________.

A. remain comfortable and special

B. find out more interesting things

C. be accepted easily and feel safe

D. discover differences among themselves

3.The sentence “Unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves.” should be put at the beginning of ___________.

A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2

C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4

4.What does the underlined word “barriers” mean in Paragraph 4?

A. 联系 B. 隔阂

C. 纽带 D. 熟悉

5.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To tell us not to talk with strangers.

B. To introduce ways to learn about the worlD.

C. To explain how people communicate with foreigners.

D. To encour age us to get along with different people.

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