Teachers’ Day is a time to be________to all teachers who deserve special recognition.

A．available B．grateful C．generous D．ridiculous

He met Rachel at her college graduation ceremony in 2008, ________ he was later to marry.

A．which B．when C．where D．whom

Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious.Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees’ nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper － a little bird called a honey guide.

The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees’ nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the _follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.

Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.

1.Why is it difficult to find a wild bees’ nest?

A．It’s small in size.

B．It’s hidden in trees.

C．It’s covered with wax.

D．It’s hard to recognize.

2.What do the words “the follower” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．A bee. B．A bird. C．A honey seeker. D．A beekeeper.

3.The honey guide is special in the way________.

A．it gets its food

B．it goes to church

C．it sings in the forest

D．it reaches into bees’ nests

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A．Wild Bees

B．Wax and Honey

C．Beekeeping in Africa

D．Honey?Lover’s Helper

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You are so dependent that I’m afraid you can’t adjust yourself to________alone for a time.

A．leave B．leaving C．be left D．being left

The basic design of the car is very similar to ________ of the earlier model.

A．that B．it C．this D．one

—Tom went to Beijing for a holiday yesterday.

—________.We played football together this morning.

A．That’s a good idea B．I couldn’t agree more

C．You can’t be serious D．I’m not sure about it

The car ______ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about the o’clock tonight.

A. would go B. went C. will be going D. goes

Seeing a large crowd at the street corner，I became aware of________unusual happening.

A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing

The Cost of Higher Education

Individuals (个人) should pay for their higher education.

A university education is of huge and direct benefit to the individual. Graduates earn more than non-graduates. Meanwhile, social mobility is ever more dependent on having a degree. However, only some people have it. So the individual, not the taxpayers, should pay for it. There are pressing calls on the resources (资源) of the government. Using taxpayers' money to help a small number of people to earn high incomes in the future is not one of them. Full government funding (资助) is not very good for universities. Adam Smith worked in a Scottish university whose teachers lived off student fees. He knew and looked down upon 18th-century Oxford, where the academics lived comfortably off the income received from the government. Guaranteed salaries, Smith argued, were the enemy of hard work; and when the academics were lazy and incompetent, the students were similarly lazy. If students have to pay for their education, they not only work harder, but also demand more from their teachers. And their teachers have to keep them satisfied. If that means taking teaching seriously, and giving less time to their own research interests, that is surely something to celebrate.

Many people believe that higher education should be free because it is good for the economy (经济). Many graduates clearly do contribute to national wealth, but so do all the businesses that invest (投资) and create jobs. If you believe that the government should pay for higher education because graduates are economically productive, you should also believe that the government should pay part of business costs. Anyone promising to create jobs should receive a gift of capital from the government to invest. Therefore, it is the individual, not the government, who should pay for their university education.

1.The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 2 refers to.

A. taxpayers B. pressing calls

C. college graduates D. government resources

2.The author thinks that with full government funding.

A. teachers are less satisfied.

B. students are more demanding.

C. students will become more competent.

D. teachers will spend less time on teaching

3.The author mentions businesses in Paragraph 5 in order to.

A. argue against free university education

B. call on them to finance students' studies

C. encourage graduates to go into business

D. show their contribution to higher education