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Comic(喜剧的)book superhero Spider-Man uses tiny hairs on his fingertips to climb up walls．But he could have had another secret weapon to help him stick．
Scientists have now found that some spiders can also make silk in their feet, which may sometimes help them get a firmer grip on a surface．
Spiders are good at gripping walls with their legs．Thousands of little hairs on their feet make it possible．To test whether spiders also make these hairs wet to improve grip, scientists watched zebra tarantulas crawl(爬行)up glass slides．
When they tilted a glass slide until it was almost vertical, the spider slipped a few millimeters before attaching itself again．The scientists were surprised to see little threads(线)stretching from its feet to the slide．When they studied the spider’s feet under a special microscope, they found tiny silk-shooting spouts(吐出)among the hairs．
This was a surprise because scientists had previously thought spiders only use special organs near their stomachs to make silk．
It’s possible that, a long time ago, feet were the first body parts of spiders to produce silk．Only later in their evolutionary(进化)history did spiders develop spinnerets on their abdomens(腹部)to produce silk for webs(网)．
If so, the researchers say, this could mean that the silk’s original purpose was to , rather than to build homes or trap prey(猎物)．
1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)
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2．Which sentence in the passage can be best replaced by the following one?
It has been discovered that the silk spouted from the feet of the spiders can assist them to get attached on objects．
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3．Fill in the blank with proper words or phrases．(Please answer within 10 words．)
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4．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．
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5．What can you learn from this discovery?(Please answer within 20 words．)
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Better still, do this with partner or friend. Before we practice gratitude (感恩), we are in the dark and there
appears to be very little to be grateful for. Once we begin, a new light dawns, sometimes a brilliant light, a
light as bright as heaven itself.
To whom are you grateful in your life? Do these people know the full extent of your gratitude? Do you
realize how grateful they will be when you tell them? Gratitude is more important than an attitude; gratitude
is philosophy. The philosophy of gratitude being as a hope, grows into a belief, and finally becomes an
absolute knowing. It is a knowing that within any given situation-peaceful or painful or ugly-there is always
a gift waiting, waiting for to see.
If it appears you have nothing to be grateful for, it is because you are not allowing yourself to receive.
Just because you do not receive does not mean there is nothing to receive. On the contrary (相反), there
is always ____ and so there is always a reason to be grateful. Pray:"Dear God, teach me I am worthy to
receive, teach me how to receive, teach me gratitude". Gratitude is good medicine. One single serving of
gratitude is often enough to open the heart, energise the body, warm the bones, make your hair curl, put a
spring in your step, start you humming, and make you smile like a baby.
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2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? Showing even a bit of gratitude
can make everything look fine, and it will be of great benefit to you.
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3. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.
(Please answer within 10 words.)
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4. Do you agree with the author's opinion of gratitude? Why? (Please answer within 30 words.)
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.
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The diamond is the hardest natural substance in the world．What causes this superhardness?Pressure and heat are the answers．The pressure has to be close to two million pounds．That’s per square inch．Much heat is required too．Experts say over 5,000 degrees．To make a diamond, one more thing is needed．This is ________．Pressure, heat, and carbon combine．They create a sparkling diamond．The very best are colorless．Pale blue stones─very rare─are high quality too．
Where do most diamonds come from?Over 97 percent come from Africa．The first diamond in Africa was not found by miners．Children found it, in 1866．They were playing in a shallow stream．One picked up “a pretty pebble”．The “pebble” was placed on the mantel of the fireplace．It was soon forgotten．Much later, a guest noticed the sparkle．He urged the farmer to have the stone looked at．He did．He took it to an expert in town．The “pebble” proved to be a diamond worth ＄2,500．That was a small fortune in those days．To date, the mines in Africa have produced over 1 billion dollars worth of diamonds．
Not all diamonds are found in Africa．Our hemisphere produced diamonds too．Brazil was a big producer in earlier times．The famous gem the Star of the South was found in brazil in 1853．
The gem the President Vargas was found more recently in Brazil．This was in 1938．A poor prospector found the stone．It was in the San Antonio River．It weighed 726.6 carats．The man sold the stone for ＄10,000 to a local broker．The broker almost immediately resold it．He got about ＄425,000．What a nice guy!
1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words)
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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Some diamonds are found in Africa but some are not．
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3．Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words)
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4．What do you think of the diamond in modern days?(Please answer within 30 words)
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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．
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China's giant panda habitat (栖息地) was included on the World Heritage List Wednesday at the 30th session
of the World Heritage Committee( WHC) in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania.
Another Chinese site applying for inclusion, the ruins of the Shang Dynasty capital in Anyang, Henan
Province, is also due to be discussed by members.
After deliberation, the 30th session of the WHC unanimously (一致性地) agreed to include the giant panda
habitat, making it the 35th Chinese site on the list.
"We greatly thank the Chinese Government for submitting (提交) such a good application to the WHC to
enrich tile World Heritage List," said the WHC.
"We greatly thank the Chinese Government for its tremendous effort to protect such a precious site of
bio-diversity (生物多样性)."
Wang Fengwu, a member of the Chinese delegation at the meeting, told Chinese reporters that the decision
would prompt effective protection of rare and endangered animals and plant species.
The giant panda habitat of Sichuan Province covers a 9,510 square-kilometre area including the
world-renowned Wolong Nature Reserve, China has spent 20 years trying to get the area included _____,said
Wang, who is also deputy director general of the Department of Urban Development at the Ministry of
Construction.
The application topped a list of 37 proposed new sites vying (竞争) for inclusion. The giant panda habitat is
home to at least 300 giant pandas and a variety of endangered flora (植物).
The World Wildlife Fund's former China director James Harkness once said that the panda's territory
contained some of the most critical regions for bio-diversity conservation in the world.
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2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
After much consideration, all the members of the 30th session of the WHC agreed to include the giant
panda habitat as the 35th Chinese site on the World Heritage List.
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3. Please fill in the blank in the 7th paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.
( Please answer within 10 words. )
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4. What benefits will the decision bring to China? ( Please answer within 30 words. )
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese.
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