Many animals do strange things before an earthquake (地震). This news may be important. Earthquakes can kill people and knock down homes. The animals may help to save lives.
Some animals make a lot of noise before an earthquake. Farmers have told about this. Dogs that are usually quiet have started to howl(吠). Horses on farms have run around in circles. Mice have left their holes and run away. Cows have given less milk.
In a town in Italy, cats raced down the street in a group. That happened only a few hours before an earthquake. In San Francisco, a man kept tiny pet frogs. One Sunday, the frogs jumped around more than ever. They made loud noises, like bigger frogs. That night, an earthquake struck the city.
People want to know when an earthquake is coming. Then they could get away safely. Right now, there is no sure way to know ahead of time. Maybe the best way is to watch the animals.
1.This story is mostly about _________.
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A．how animals act before an earthquake |
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B．how an earthquake starts |
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C．how mice leaves their homes |
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D．when an earthquake begins |
2.Before an earthquake, quiet dogs _________.
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A．ran away |
B．started to howl |
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C．climbed trees |
D．race down streets |
3.Before an earthquake, the frogs _________.
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A．sang |
B．left their homes |
C．jumped around a lot |
D．become quiet |
4.There have been earthquakes in _________.
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A．most countries |
B．Italy and San Francisco |
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C．Chicago and Spain |
D．all the western countries |
5.People want to _________.
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A．be in earthquake |
B．find out early about an earthquake |
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C．run around in circles |
D．get away from earthquakes |
Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals (哺乳动物).They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language. But they are quite different from almost all land animals. Their brain(大脑)is as big as men's and they live a long life at least 20 or 30 years.
Like some animals, dolphins use sounds to help them find their way around. They also use these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. They do not use their ears to receive sounds,but use the jaw--the lower part of the mouth.
It is strange that dolphins are friendly to men, and for thousands of years, there are many stories about dolphins and men. In the 19th century, in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand,there was a dolphin. The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name, Jack. From 1871 to 1903 ,Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. In 1903 a passenger on a boat with the name of The Penguin shot and hurt Jack. Luckily the dolphin didn't die, and after a long time he was well again. He guided the ships through the area for nine more years, but he refused to help the boat of the Penguin.
Today, some people still kill dolphins, but many countries in the world now protect them. In these places, people are not allowed to kill them.
1.The word "jaw" means_________in Chinese.
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A．下颚 |
B．嘴巴 |
C．嘴唇 |
D．鼻子 |
2.How do dolphins find their way?
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A．They use their noses to smell the way. |
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B．They use their ears to hear the sounds. |
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C．They use their eyes to see the way. |
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D．They use sounds to find the way. |
3.Who was Jack?
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A．The writer. |
B．A dolphin. |
C．A seaman. |
D．The passenger. |
4.The dolphin guided the ships for about________.
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A．32 years |
B．9 years |
C．41 years |
D．23 years |
5.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT right?
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A．Dolphins are not fish. |
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B．Dolphins don't live in groups. |
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C．Dolphins are kind and friendly to people. |
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D．Dolphins can live a long life. |
It was getting late. There was no noise in the forest. We could only hear the birds singing. And then, a bear—a big brown bear—came into the forest.
The bear stopped under a tall tree. He was very hungry. He looked up into the tree. There in the nut tree was his supper—a supper of nice nuts. But the nuts were high up in the tree. The hungry bear could not reach them. But he knew how to get his supper. He climbed up the tree.
Up and up he climbed. He climbed onto a big branch of the tree. He sat there and then shook(摇) the branch again and again. At last the branch broke. The brown bear fell down with the branch and nuts.
The bear sat up and looked around. With his big paws he picked up the nuts and ate them up.
1.How did the brown bear get his supper?
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A．He climbed up the tree and ate the nuts there. |
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B．He shook the apples off a tree and ate them. |
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C．He picked up the nuts on the ground and ate them. |
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D．He fell down with the branch of the tree. Then he took the nuts and ate them. |
2.The bear was .
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A．black |
B．brown |
C．black and white |
D．brown and black |
3.The story took place .
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A．in the morning |
B．at noon |
C．before evening ca |
D．at midnight |
4.The word “branch” in this passage means in Chinese.
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A．树干 |
B．树叶 |
C．树枝 |
D．树桩 |
5.Where did the bear eat the nuts?
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A．in a forest. |
B．outside the forest. |
C．near a forest. |
D．in front of the forest. |
The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. The sea is very big. It covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. In one place, the sea is about 11 kilometres deep. The highest mountain(山) in the world is about nine kilornetres high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would still be two kilometres of water above it!
In most parts of the sea,there are plenty of fishes and plants (植物). Some live near the top of the sea.Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things,and lots of fish live by eating them. The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men can go down into the deep sea. But,in 1970,five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.
1.This writing is ________.
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A．a short story |
B．about the sea |
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C．a news report |
D．a poem |
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．The sea is usually very beautiful when it is sunny. |
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B．The sea is very terrible when the wind blows hard. |
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C．The highest mountain is in the deepest place of the sea. |
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D．The deeper the people go into the sea, the colder they would feel there. |
3.The sea covers _________of the earth.
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A．1/3 |
B．2/3 |
C．1/4 |
D．3/4 |
4.There are a lot of small living things in the sea,and_______.
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A．they live by eating fish |
B．they live to eat apples |
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C．they are good food for fish |
D．they are too small for fish to catch |
5.In 1970,five women lived in the deep sea for 14 days. That showed_______.
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A．not only men can go down into the deep sea |
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B．women wanted to swim in the sea |
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C．women could go deeper into the sea than men |
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D．women liked living in the sea |
A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the 46 soon.
Twenty minutes 47 , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she 48 to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he 49 it.
In the following hours on the flight, 50 time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile 51 he needed help or not. But the passenger never 52 her words.
When he was going to get off the 53 , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very 54 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her 55 the job. 56 with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she 57 the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times 58 . How can I refuse 59 twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger
60 and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!
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