I heard the bees long before I saw them.
It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was trapped.
I heard a low hum(嗡嗡声),which was growing louder. From a distance, the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me.
All I could do was cover my face with hands. Crazily, I thought that if I sat very still, the bees would think I was just another rock.
After a few minutes, I knew my plan hadn’t worked. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.
But it wasn’t so easy. I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening, but I had no choice.
I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool, but I don’t remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe, and the water felt wonderful.
But we still weren’t out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest.
【小题1】 How many people went swimming that day?
A.Two.B.ThreeC.FourD.Five
【小题2】The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 3) refers to        .
A.a rockB.the group of beesC.a hillD.the river
【小题3】 At first why didn’t the writer want to climb down the rocks?
A.She was afraid she would fall.
B.She was too far away from pool.
C.She thought the bees would follow her.
D.She didn’t want her face to be unprotected.
【小题4】 How did the writer escape the bees?
A.She covered her face with her hands.
B.She hid behind the rocks.
C.She jumped into a water pool.
D.She pretended to be a rock.
【小题5】In what order are the following mentioned in the story?
a. The writer rushed down the rocks.
b. John jumped into the water.
c. The low hum grew louder.
d. The bees flew back over their heads.
e. The bees were attacking the writer.
A.b c e a dB.b a e c dC.c d e a bD.c b d e a

Electronic (电子的) books, or e-books, have changed the way many of us read. Now, electronic textbooks are changing the way many students    1  . Many schools in Washington have begun using online course materials for their students. Rather than using a regular textbook, it’s all online.

“Our students are ready to use resources (资源) from different   2  ,” said the head teacher, Peter Noonan. He talked about the   3   of electronic textbooks to a reporter. “The world is changing   4 . Online textbooks can change right along with the things that are happening.  Besides, electronic textbooks   5  less than regular textbooks. We need to pay $8 million for the regular textbooks for our students, but we only need to spend $6 million   6   the electronic textbooks,” said Peter Noonan.

Students have different ideas about the change,   7  most like it. “I don’t have to carry a textbook around, so that is   8  ,” said a high school student named Melanie Reuter. Maria didn’t   9 . “I don’t like it because the Internet sometimes doesn’t work.”

Some students don’t have a computer or can’t go online at home. Stephen is   10  of them. But he said, “I can go to the library, or go to a friend’s house, to go online.”

1.                A.eat            B.learn           C.sleep     D.walk

 

2.                A.newspapers     B.schools         C.places    D.grades

 

3.                A.advantages      B.progress        C.messages D.environment

 

4.                A.normally        B.slowly          C.possibly  D.fast

 

5.                A.happened       B.cost            C.ended    D.behaved

 

6.                A.for            B.in             C.at   D.on

 

7.                A.but            B.or             C.until D.and

 

8.                A.polite          B.rude           C.good D.bad

 

9.                A.appear         B.stay            C.agree    D.arrive

 

10.               A.another        B.one           C.other     D.neither

 

 

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