Each Indian(印第安人)was supposed to keep his birth name until he was old enough to earn one for himself．But his playmates(游戏伙伴)would always give him a name of their own．No matter what his parents called him, his childhood friends would use the name they had chosen．Often it was not pleasing, such as Bow Legs or Bad Boy．But sometimes a name fit so well that the youngster found it difficult to shake it off．If he could not earn a better one from a war later, he could be stuck with a name like Bow Legs for the rest of his life．
The Indian earned his real name when he was old enough for his first fight against the enemy．His life name depended on how he acted during this first battle．When he returned from the war, the whole tribe would gather and observe the ceremony in which he would be given his name by the chief．If he had done well, he would get a good name．Otherwise he might be called Crazy Wolf or Man-Afraid-Of-a-Horse．So an Indian’s name told his record or described the kind of man he was．
A man was given many chances to improve his name, however．If in a later battle he was brave in fighting against the enemy, he was given a better name．Some of our great fighters had as many as twelve names－all good and each better than the last．
An Indian’s names belonged to him for the rest of his life．No one else could use them．Even he himself could not give them away because names were assigned by the tribe, not the family．So no man could pass on his name unless the chief and the tribe asked him to do so．
Sometimes an Indian would be asked to give his name to a son who had performed a noticeable deed．I know of only three of four times when this happened．It is the rarest honor for a person－the honor of assuming(承担)his father’s name．
(1)
An Indian could be given the second name by _________．
[ ]
A．
his father
B．
the enemy
C．
the chief of the tribe
D．
his childhood friends
(2)
The greatest honor an Indian could earn was _________．
[ ]
A．
a victory in his first battle against the enemy
B．
a name given by the chief
C．
a ceremony to get his real name
D．
the right to use his father’s name
(3)
If an Indian had more than ten names, it meant that _________．
[ ]
A．
many people in the tribe liked him
B．
he was a great fighter
C．
he had a lot of friends
D．
he had fought in fewer than ten battles
(4)
Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
The names given by the playmates of an Indian were usually not pleasant
B．
The life name of an Indian was earned in battle
C．
An Indian could throw away his birth name when he was old enough to earn one for himself．
D．
The Indians themselves were not allowed to give their names away．
A device that stops drivers from falling asleep at fine wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months．
The system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20％－40％ that are caused by tiredness．Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30％ of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue．
Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband．The device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey．After each sound the driver must respond by．squeezing the steering wheel(方向盘)．A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound, and the driver’s response．
Tiredness is directly related to a driver’s response time．Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy．
In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest．If the driver’s response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible．
The device has been delivered to the department’s 1aboatories for testing．If these tests, scheduled for six months’ time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year．
(1)
According to the text, Driver Alert ________．
[ ]
A．
aims to reduce tiredness－related accidents
B．
has gone through testing at laboratories
C．
aims to prevent drivers from sleeping
D．
has been on sale for 12 months
(2)
How should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?
[ ]
A．
By sounding a warning．
B．
By touching the wristband．
C．
By checking the driving time．
D．
By pressing the steering wheel．
(3)
We can learn from the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is ________
[ ]
A．
about 400 milliseconds
B．
below 500 milliseconds
C．
over 500 milliseconds
D．
about 4 minutes
(4)
When the driver gets sleepy while driving, Driver Alert ________．
[ ]
A．
moves more regularly
B．
stops working properly
C．
opens the window for the driver
D．
sounds more frequently and loudly
阅读理解：
Most animals have little connection with animals of a different kind, unless they hunt them for food．Sometimes, however, two kinds of animals come together in a partnership which does good to both of them．You may have noticed some birds sitting on the backs of sheep．This is not because they want a ride, but because they find easy food in the parasites(寄生虫)on sheep．The sheep allow the birds to do so because they remove the cause of discomfort．So although they can manage without each other, they do better together．
Sometimes an animal has a plant partner．This relationship develops until the two partners cannot manage without each other．This is so in the coral(珊瑚)of the sea．In their skins they have tiny plants which act as " dustmen", taking some of the waste products from the coral and giving in return oxygen which the animal needs to breathe．If the plants are killed, or are even prevented from light so that they cannot live normally, the corals will die．
(1)
Some birds like to sit on a sheep because ________．
[ ]
A．
they can eat its parasites
B．
they depend on the sheep for existence
C．
they enjoy travelling with the sheep
D．
they find the position most comfortable．
(2)
The underlined word "they" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers
to ________．
[ ]
A．
birds and parasites
B．
birds and sheep
C．
parasites and sheep
D．
sheep birds and parasites
(3)
It can be learnt from the text that the coral depends on the plant for ________．
学业测评一课一测系列答案
afraid. A person with a green thumb