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 It is believed that bad habits are easily        while good ones are hard to develop.

A. kept up    B. caught up    C. drawn up    D. picked up

D
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BBC News （May 11. 2008） -Edinburgh Zoo makes plans to bring a pair of giant pandas from China to Scotland. Zoo representatives recently returned from China, where they signed a letter of intent making a promise to bring giant pandas to Edinburgh.  

It's been suggested that a breeding pair should be on loan to the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland （RZSS） for 10 years. It is hoped that they would give birth to cubs during that time. Edinburgh Zoo would be only the eighth zoo in the western hemisphere to care for the species if the project goes ahead.

Zoo chiefs said that looking after the endangered animals could benefit conservation. David Windmill, chief executive of RZSS, said, "Working with giant pandas means so much more to us than introducing a new species to our collection. It's an opportunity to work on a global level with other conservationists to gain a better understanding of giant pandas-the threats they face, and what we can do to ensure their survival. "

At present there're only around 1,500 giant pandas in the wild. RZSS has been working on the project for almost a year, and hopes to have giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo by 2009, the year of the society's centenary.

Mr. Windmill said that the project had received strong support from the UK and the Scottish government and that this must continue if the zoo was to reach an agreement with the Chinese. As part of the proposed agreement with the Chinese government, Edinburgh Zoo will collaborate on research projects benefiting conservation in the wild.

RZSS will also provide considerable money to support giant panda conservation projects in the wild. Giant pandas live in a few mountain ranges in central China and feed almost only on bamboo, which makes up 99% of their diet.

 

61. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Edinburgh Zoo does research into giant pandas.

B. Giant pandas live happily at Edinburgh Zoo.

C. Edinburgh Zoo expects giant pandas from China.

D. Scotland supports giant panda conservation.

62. What result did zoo representatives get from China?

A. China promised to sell two giant pandas before 2009.

B. A breeding pair is on loan to RZSS for 10 years.

C. They signed a letter of intent about giant pandas to be loaned to Edinburgh Zoo.

D. China promised to offer money for research into giant pandas.

63. If Edinburgh Zoo can borrow giant pandas, what will happen?

A. RZSS will have a better understanding of living habits of giant pandas.

B. RZSS will celebrate its centenary in 2009.

C. Scotland will be the eighth country to have giant pandas.

D. Edinburgh Zoo will be the eighth zoo to have giant pandas in the world.

64. The underlined part "the project" （in Paragraph 4） refers to“      ”.

A. the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland itself

B. the celebration of RZSS’s centenary

C. introducing giant pandas to RZSS’s collection

D borrowing giant pandas from China for conservation

65. At present what seems to be the key factor for giant pandas to successfully go to Edinburgh Zoo?

A. RZSS’s attitude.                       B. The Scottish government’ s attitude.

C. Edinburgh Zoo’s support.                D. The Chinese government's attitude.

―I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have shouted at you the other day.

―      . I was a bit out of control myself.

       A．That’s right         B．Got it                  C．Forget it              D．All right

       Everybody is happy as his pay rises. Yet pleasure at your own can disappear if you learn that a fellow worker has been given a bigger one. Indeed, if he is known as being lazy, you might even be quite cross. Such behavior is regarded as “all too human”, with the underlying belief that other animals would not be able to have this finely developed sense of sadness. But a study by Sarah Brosnan of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, which has just been published in Nature, suggests that it is all too monkey, as well.

The researchers studied the behaviors of some kind of female brown monkeys. They look smart. They are good-natured, co-operative creatures, and they share their food happily. Above all, like female human beings, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males.

Such characteristics make them perfect subjects for Doctor Brosnan’s study. The researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens(奖券)-some rocks, for food. Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchange pieces of rock for pieces of cucumber. However, when two monkeys were placed in separate and connected rooms, so that each other could observe what the other is getting in return for its rock, they became quite different.

In the world of monkeys, grapes are excellent goods (and much preferable to cucumbers). So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was not willing to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber. And if one received a grape without having to provide her token in exchange at all, the other either shook her own token at the researcher, or refused to accept the cucumber. Indeed, the mere presence of a grape in the other room (without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough to bring about dissatisfaction in a female monkey.

The researches suggest that these monkeys, like humans, are guided by social senses. In the wild, they are co-operative and group-living. Such co-operation is likely to be firm only when each animal feels it is not being cheated. Feelings of anger when unfairly treated, it seems, are not the nature of human beings alone. Refusing a smaller reward completely makes these feelings clear to other animals of the group. However, whether such a sense of fairness developed independently in monkeys and humans, or whether it comes from the common roots that they had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.

 

66．Female monkeys of this kind are chosen for the research most probably because they are    .

       A．more serious about what they get

       B．attentive to researchers’ instructions

       C．nice in both appearance and behaviors

       D．more ready to help others than their male companions

67．The underlined statement “it is all too monkey” means that_______.

       A．monkeys are also angry with lazy fellows

       B．feeling bitter at unfairness is also monkey’s nature

       C．monkeys, like humans, tend to be envious of each other

       D．no animals other than monkeys can develop such feelings

68．When one monkey received a grape for free, the other would          .

       A．not be willing to hand over her token

       B．shake her hands and get angry

       C．have to exchange her token for the cucumber

       D．refuse to accept the cucumber

69．Which of the following conclusions is TRUE according to the passage?

       A．Human beings’ feelings of anger are developed from the monkeys.

       B．In the research, male monkeys are less likely to exchange food with others.

       C．Co-operation between monkeys stays firm before the realization of being cheated.

       D．Only monkeys and humans have the sense of fairness dating from 35 million years ago.

70．What can we learn about the monkeys in Sarah’s study?

       A．They can be trained to develop social senses.

       B．They usually show their feelings openly as humans do.

       C．They may show their satisfaction with equal treatment.

       D．They feel angry when they receive small rewards.

Isabella Stewart was born in New York City in 1 840．Her father made a great deal of money in the trade．During school，her parents took her to Italy to explore the country’s many cultural treasures．   

One of the private art collections Isabella visited in Milan had a deep influence on her．She wrote to her friends about her dream of owning a house one day with an art collection like the one she had seen in Italy．

In Paris，Isabella became close friends with one of her classmates，Julia Gardner，whose family was from Boston．Julia would later introduce Isabella to her brother，Jack．In 1 860，Isabella Stewart married Jack Gardner．

The couple had too much art to fit inside their home．So they decided to start planning a museum．Mrs. Gardner didn’t like the cold and empty．spaces of many museums during her time．She wanted a warm museum filled with light．She once said that she decided years ago that the greatest need in her country was art．America was a young country developing quickly in other areas．But the country needed more chances for people to See beautiful examples of art．

After her husband’s death in 1 898．Isabella knew she had no time to lose in building her museum．She bought land，hired a building designer，and supervised(监督)every detail of her museum’s construction．

Mrs．Gardner opened her museum on January 1，1 903，which was then called Fenway  Court．She invited her friends that night for a special musical performance．The next month，she opened the museum to the public．At first，visits were limited to twenty days out of the  year．Visitors paid one dollar to enter．

Isabella Stewart Gardner died in 1 924 in Boston.In her will，she left the museum a million dollars and a series of requirements about how it should be managed, one that the permanent collection cannot be changed．

 

  56．The text is mainly about            ．

    A．how Isabella Gardner realized her dream of being an artist

    B．how Mr．and Mrs．Gardner added to their collections of art

    C．how Isabella’s museum was opened

    D．Isabella Stewart Gardner and her museum

 57．By saying“the greatest need in her country was art”in Paragraph 4．Mrs．Gardner  meant that               ．

    A．America was still a young developing country

    B．there were no museums in America at that time

    C．art fell far behind other fields of the American society

    D．Americans had no chance to enjoy the beautiful art

 58．In order to achieve her dream of owning an arts museum，Mrs Gardner             

    A．raised money from her friends and relatives

    B．sold out all her land and houses

    C．held special musical performances for money

    D．watched over the process of building the museum

 59．Which statement is NOT true according to the text?      

    A．Isabella-and Jack were classmates when studying in Paris．

    B．The museums at that time was not comfortable.

    C．Isabella opened the museum about five years after Jack’s death．

    D．Great as the museum was，visitors had to wait and pay to enter．

60．From the passage，we can learn that the museum               ．

    A．helps earn much money for its collections of art

    B．is called Fenway Court by the visitors

    C．was opened to the public on January 1st，1903

    D．is still affected by Isabella Gardner in management now

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