Do you know how to keep fish at home?
The fish need room. They must not be crowded(拥挤). Fish need oxygen(氧气). Fish get it from water in the tank. There must be enough water for all fish in the tank. So the size of the tank is important..
In the tank many people put small plants(植物). They give oxygen to the water. Plants help in other ways, too. Fish can nibble(轻咬)on the plants. They hide in the plants and sleep, lay eggs there.
Both the plants and fish need light. You can put near a window. It will get light there. But remember: a window may let cold air in. The cold can kill(杀死) your fish. Too hot water can kill your fish, too.
The fish need food and you should feed them every day. Giving them too much food is bad. It will make the water dirty. However, the fish should get just enough food. They should finish the food in 10 minutes. No extra(多余) is left. When this happens, the amount(数量)of food is right.
(   )16. A tank near the window may NOT be good for pet fish because________.
A. no air can get in through the window   B. pet fish will jump out of the window
C. plants in the tank will grow too big     D. cold air may make the water too cold
(   )17.________is very important to pet fish.
A.  Water    B.  Sunlight   C. The size of the tank      D. All the above
(   )18. Which of the following may cause(导致) pet fish to die?
A. Too little room for fish.             B. The plants in the tank.
C. The light through the window.        D. A lot of water in the tank.
(   )19. The word "this" in the last paragraph refers to(指的是)________.
A. giving pet fish too much food           B. giving pet fish too little food
C. giving pet fish the right amount of food    D. giving pet fish enough water
(   )20. This passage mainly talks about______________.
A.why fish must be put in a glass tank   
B. how people should keep their pet fish
C. what kind of plants is good for pet fish
D. how much food should we give to pet fish

Different colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In a new programme “Colour me Healthy”, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are. 
“Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?” says Verity. “Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. It’s never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products(产品)as being a bit unpleasant. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design(设计)new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.”
During the programme, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each part. She meets people who work in the colour industry, from people who design food packages, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to prove their ideas, such as the American “Colour Doctor” who believes that serious diseases can be treated successfully by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results. 
Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the programme, it’s up to you to make your own decisions about how much you should believe.
【小题1】What’s Verity’s opinion about colours?

A.Colours help people choose products.
B.Different people prefer different colours.
C.Colours have influences on people in many ways.
D.People working in colour industry know little about colours.
【小题2】What can you infer from Paragraph 2?
A.Colours influence people’s feelings and opinions.
B.People get ideas for new products from colours.
C.New products are popular because of colours.
D.Most companies prefer bright colours.
【小题3】The underlined part “goes out of her way” probably means ______.
A.feels very pleased
B.makes a special effort
C.goes on in her own way
D.carries on very slowly
【小题4】 What’s the passage mainly about?
A.How people use colours.
B.How colours influence people.
C.What happens in a programme.
D.What makes a programme believable.

Helen Keller lived in the U.S.A. She was a great woman.
When Helen was a baby, she got very sick. After many weeks, the doctor said, “ She is better, but now she can’t see or can’t hear.” Her mother and father were very sad.
After a few years, things got worse. There was no way for Helen to speak with other people. She heard nothing. She saw nothing. She didn’t understand anything.
Then one day a teacher came to live with Helen and her family. The teacher helped Helen learn about words. Helen was a very bright child and soon she learned to spell her first word. When she was older, she went to college(大学).
Helen was very famous. She helped many blind(盲) and deaf(聋) people. She traveled around the world and helped many people.
Helen was a very old woman when she died. The world remembers her today as a brave and wonderful person. She was blind and deaf, but she found a way to see and hear.
(       )1 Helen Keller got very sick when ____________
A She was a baby                B She went to college
C Her teacher came to her home   D She was very old
(       )2__________taught Helen Keller her first word.
A Her mother  B Her teacher C Her father  D The doctor
(       )3 Helen Keller was famous because ___________
A She was an American.
B She traveled around the world
C Ser teacher taught her many things 
D She learned to read and write and helped many people in the world
(       )4 The world remembers Helen Keller today because ____
A She was very bright.   
B She was blind and deaf.
C She was a brave and wonderful person. 
D She went to college.
(       )5 Helen Keller was blind and deaf, but _______
A She found a way to understand the world.
B Her mother and father didn’t feel sad.
C She found a way to travel around the world.
D She found out how people became blind and deaf.

Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!
Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a“sixth sense”really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.
In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared(盯着)at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects(受试者)were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.
For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker,“I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”
【小题1】The aim of the two experiments is to ________.

A.explain when people can have a sixth sense
B.study how people act while being watched in the lab
C.study whether humans can sense when they are stared at
D.prove why humans have a sixth sense
【小题2】The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.
A.valueB.resultC.performanceD.connection
【小题3】In the second experiment, the subjects _________.
A.could tell when they were stared at
B.could tell where they weren’t stared at
C.couldn’t tell who they were stared at or who they stared at
D.couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t
【小题4】What can be learned from the passage?
A.People are born with a sixth sense.
B.The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.
C.The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.
D.People have a sixth sense in all places.

In some science fiction movies, evil robots refuse to die, no matter how hard people fight back.

Now science fiction has become science fact. For the first time, scientists have made a robot that can take a beating(挨打) and keep on going. Scientists from Cornell University made the robot, which looks like a spider with four legs.

Until now, even the most advanced(先进的) robot was almost certain to break down when it was damaged(毁坏). That is because its computer inside simply doesn’t know how to make the machine work after its shape has changed.

To deal with this problem, the scientists put eight motors(发动机) and two sensors(传感器) that read how the machine is working. They all give signals to the machine’s software. Using this information, the computer can then figure out the machine’s shape at any moment.

The new technology is a big advance in robot-making, scientists say, and it’s far from scary. It may someday help scientists create better artificial(假的) arms and legs and give new freedom to people who lose them. It might also help scientists understand how people and animals figure out their own sense of place in space.

“It has been difficult to design robots that can work well when the environment changes or when it’s damaged,” says Olaf Sporns of Indiana University in US. “With this work, we are nearer to solving this problem.”

1.Why do robots easily break down when they are damaged?

A.They cannot repair themselves.

B.The computer has changed a lot.

C.They have no computers inside.

D.The computer cannot work if the robot changes

2.The new technology allows the robot to     .

A.do housework for humans

B.keep working after being damaged

C.remember a lot of information

D.tell people where it is

3.The underline word “them” in Paragraph 5 refers to     .

A.sensors           B.robots            C.arms and legs      D.scientists

4.How do the sensors in the robot work?

A.They can replace the computer when it’s broken.

B.They can find out where the damage comes from.

C.They help the computer learn the robot’s condition.

D.They can send signals to the person who uses the robot.

 

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