Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws(爪)on its wings when young．They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature(特征)for the safety of the young．It is called the hoatzin．
In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside．The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin．Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos．Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young．
Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip．Using these four claws, together with the beak(喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done．When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws．
During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes．
(1)
What is the text mainly about?
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A．
Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons．
B．
The relatives and enemies of hoatzins．
C．
Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon．
D．
The appearance and living habits of hoatzins．
(2)
Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that ________．
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A．
they look like young cuckoos
B．
they have claws on the wings
C．
they eat a lot like a cow
D．
they live on river banks
(3)
What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?
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A．
They had claws to help them climb．
B．
They could fly long distances．
C．
They had four wings like hoatzins．
D．
They had a head with long feathers on the top．
(4)
Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?
In l8l4 Thomas Raffles sent a group of his men to look for a “mountain of Buddhist sculpture(雕塑)in stone” that was said to be buried in the forests．Working from the tales of local people, Mr．Baffles sent his men to work digging at one of the many hills in central lava in southeastern Asia．Two months later, one of the men working on the hill found a great sculpture of Buddha carved in stone．The temple of Borohudur had been uncovered．
The temple was built around 800 A．D, The temple was planned to be a symbol of the universe and was built over a small bill．When seeing from above, a person can easily make out the overall design of the temple．Along the six-kilometer journey through all of the walkways of the temple leading up to the highest level, hundreds of carved images of the Buddha may be found．
After the temple was completed, it became the center of Buddhist worship in the Sailendra Kingdom until 930 A．D．In that year, the nearby volcano, Mount Merapi, erupted．Tons of ash and lava covered Borobudur．Overnight, the temple disappeared．It was totally covered under layers of ash from the volcano．
The temple remained hidden until Mr．Raffles and his men uncovered it again in the 1800s．However, after Mr．Raffles left Java, working on the temple was carried on without much interest．Collectors of ancient artifacts(史前古器物)stole priceless treasures from the temple, and soon, all work on the temple came to People living in the area began using stones from the build and repair their homes．Nature also began to wear uncovered parts of the temple through wind and rain．
In 1900, with Java under Dutch control, an engineer Dr．Theodore Van Erp was given the job of saving and the temple．However, two world wars and a limited supply made his work stop．In 1973 ,the United Nations Educational Scientific ,and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)stepped in and began the Borobudur Restoration Project．
It was difficult to complete the full rebuilding of the temple．It took 700 men 10 years to rebuild the temple and it cost ＄25 million．When the thousand-year-old temple was finally responded, the President of Indonesia said through the use of modem technology, “Borobudur will be a thousand years more．”
(1)
Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?
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A．
Thomas Raffles．
B．
The Temple of Borobudur
C．
Mount Merapi Voleano．
D．
UNESCO．
(2)
How did Thomas Raffles hear about the buried Buddhist sculptures?
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A．
People living the area told him．
B．
Collectors of ancient artifacts told him,
C．
He saw them in a dream
D．
Dr, Theodore Van Erp told him．
(3)
Which of the following is true about the temple was damaged after Mr．Raffles uncovered it?
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A．
Rain washed away the temple little by little．
B．
Experts brought artifacts out for further study．
C．
The work on the temple was once stopped．
D．
The local people used the stones from the temple．
(4)
Who provided the money for the Borobudur Restoration Project?
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A．
The people of Java．
B．
The UNESCO．
C．
Dr．Theodore Van Erp．
D．
The president of Indonesia．
阅读理解。
I’m seventeen．I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles．People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them and carried things to their cars．It was hard work．
While working, you wear a plate with your name on it．I once met someone I knew years ago．I remembered his name and said, “Mr．Castle, how are you?” We talked about this and that．As he left, he said, “It was nice talking to you, Brett．” I felt great, he remembered me．Then I looked down at my name plate．Oh no．He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate．I wish I had put “Irving” down on my name plate．If he’d have said, “Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?” I’d have been ready for him．There’s nothing personal here．
The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders．One of these was：You couldn’t accept tips．Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car．For a lot of people, the natural reaction is to take a quarter and give it to me．I’d say, “I’m sorry, I can’t．” They’d get angry．When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite．You take a quarter and you put it in their hands and you expect them to say, “Oh, thanks a lot．” When you say, “I’m sorry, I can’t,” they feel a little put down．They say, “No one will know．” And they put it in your pocket．You say, “I really can’t．” It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically to prevent him from tipping you．It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly．Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good．I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas．One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away．I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something．
I had decided that one year was enough．Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed．I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up．
(1)
What can be the best title for this text?
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A．
How Hard Life is for Box Boys
B．
Getting along with Customers
C．
Why I Gave up My Job
D．
The Art of Taking Tips
(2)
From the second paragraph, we can infer that _________．
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A．
the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job
B．
with a name plate, people can easily start talking
C．
Mr．Castle mistook Irving for Brett
D．
Irving was the writer’s real name
(3)
The box boy refused to accept tips because _________．
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A．
customers only gave small tips
B．
some customers had strange ideas about tipping
C．
the store forbade the box boys to take tips
D．
he didn’t want to fight with the customers
(4)
The underlined phrase “put down” in the third paragraph probably means _________．
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A．
misunderstood
B．
defeated
C．
hateful
D．
hurt
阅读理解。
An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son．Suddenly a crow(乌鸦)landed on their window．
The father asked his son, “What is that?”
The son replied, “That is a crow．”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is that?”
The son said, “Father, I told you just now．It is a crow．”
After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, “What is this?”
This time his son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already．‘IT IS A CROW．’ Are you not able to understand this?”
A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born．On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page：
Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge．My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow．I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question．I did not at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my son．
If you parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them．From today say this aloud, “I want to see my parents happy forever．They have cared for me ever since I was a little child．They have always showered me with love．I will take care of my old parents in the BEST way no matter how they behave．”
(1)
The writer mainly intends to _________．
[ ]
A．
tell us the function of a diary
B．
call on us to love our parents
C．
teach us what a crow is
D．
introduce a pair of son and father
(2)
According to the passage, the son felt _________ when his father kept asking the same question．
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A．
puzzled
B．
angry
C．
grateful
D．
surprised
(3)
We can know that the father wrote this diary at the age of _________．
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A．
eighty
B．
forty-give
C．
thirty-eight
D．
thirty-five
(4)
The old man brought out the diary, which he had kept since his son was born, because _________．
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