When you watch TV programs about wild animals, it is surprising to see how an antelope (羚羊) can run away from a strong lion. In the wilderness, everyone has his own way to protect himself. Even plants have their own ways to fight off enemies.
Over millions of years, plants have developed their own defense system (防卫系统). Chemicals(化学物) are fantastically used by plants to survive . By making their leaves, flowers, roots and fruits poisonous (有毒的) to enemies, plants can fight back.
One such plant is the Golden Wattle tree. The British scientist David Cameron has found when an animal eats the tree's leaves, the amount (数量) of poison increases in the other leaves. "It's like the injured leaves telephoning the others to fight together against the enemy", he said.
The tree also sends defense messages to neighboring plants by giving out a special smell. Golden Wattle trees in the nearby 45 meters will get the message and produce more poison within 10 minutes. Now, if an enemy eats too many of the trees' leaves, he will die.
Every kind of plant or tree is good at producing a special set of chemicals. Herbivores, like rabbits, can safely eat the leaves of one tree, but they may be poisoned by its neighbor.
In this way, plants have not only developed their own defense system, but also shared it with others. This makes it impossible for a single animal to destroy even a small area of forest.
1.From the first 2 paragraphs, we can learn that_______.
A. plants can do nothing against their enemies
B. chemicals are quite useful for plants to survive
C. an antelope can always run away from a strong lion
D. leaves, roots, flowers and fruits of plants are poisonous
2.The underlined word "herbivores" in the 5th paragraph probably means animals which_______.
A. produce poison B. live on small animals
C. like to eat rabbits D. feed on plants or grass
3.The last paragraph of the passage suggests that this kind of defense system is_______.
A. bad for animals B. good for forests
C. helpful to some animals D. harmful to forests
4.The passage is mainly about_____________________.
A. the examples of protecting forests
B.the balance between animals and plants
C. the ways of plants fighting against enemies
D. the relationship between lions and antelopes
Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends. Some people think the worst thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from Washington, agrees. "Problems and worries are normal in life," says Laura. "But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don't talk to someone, we'll certainly feel worse. "
Laura once lost her purse, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn't have any money. She just kept thinking. "If I tell my parents, they'll be angry! But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really understanding. Her dad said he sometimes made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new purse and asked her to be more careful. "I will always remember to share my problems in the future!" Laura says.
Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura. "It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve them. He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn't need to be an expert (专家) like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more experience than them, and are always there to help them.
In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. So you're halfway to solving a problem if you talk to someone about it!
1.Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph One?
A. What can they do about this?
B. Where do the problems come from?
C. When did they have these problems?
D. Why do they have so many problems?
2.In Paragraph 2,the writer used the story of Laura to _______.
A. answer a question B. give an example
C. introduce his friend D. share his experience
3.According to the passage Robert Hunt might be_______.
A. Laura's teacher B. the writer of the passage
C. a person with a problem D. an expert on students' problems
4.What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Few children are careful with their money.
B. Parents are more experienced than children.
C. Talking to someone helps to solve problems.
D. Students often have a lot of worries at school.
Peter Qwen has been making wigs (假发)since the 1980s . He has made wigs for the stars of more than seventy movies ,including Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, Johnny Depp in Sleepy Hollow and Nicole Kidman in The Others. One of his biggest jobs so far has designed the hair and makeup for the three Lord o f the Ring movies . He had just six weeks to design and make more than a hundred wigs, each one a different style, color, shape and length.
The hair and makeup in a movie are just as important as the costumes or the sets. Over the years, Peter has made actors look older, younger, healthy and sick. For one movie he even made a female actor look like a man! "What people don't realize about wigs is that we are not always making people more beautiful," he says. "Often we are covering up beauty and making them look ordinary."
All Peter's wigs are handmade using human hair, so they look as real as possible. This also makes them very expensive -between US $ 4,500 and US $12,500 each! He knows he's done a good job when people don't realize the star of the movie is wearing a wig. So he was pleased when one newspaper said that Nicole Kidman had dyed her hair dark brown for a movie. "It was a wig and no one knew that9" he said.
1.What's the best title for this article?
A. How Peter Qwen's wigs change people
B. Peter Qwen: A wigmaker to the stars
C. Peter Qwen: Making real and expensive wigs
D. Peter Qwen's wigs are important in a movie
2.What special feature about wigs does Peter mention?
A. They can make people more beautiful.
B. They can change people's hair styles.
C. They can cover up beauty and make people look ordinary.
D. They can make people look younger.
3.Why are Peter's wigs so expensive?
A. They are made in foreign countries.
B. Peter makes the best wigs.
C. They are only made for rich film makers.
D. They are handmade using human hair.
4.Which statement is NOT true about Peter?
A. Peter Owen has made wigs for lots of movies.
B. Designing and making the wigs for The Lord of the Rings was a huge job.
C. Peter can make actors look quite different from their real looks.
D. lf people know the star is wearing a wig, Peter will be happy.
1.Whose attitude(态度) towards homework is positive(积极的) ?
A. William and Mary. B. Chris and Sarah.
C. William and Sarah. D. Mary and Chris.
2. According to Mary's post, we know _______.
A. she likes homework a lot.
B. she thinks checking homework is worthless.
C. she hates students who don't do homework.
D. she hopes people can understand her hard work.
3.Sarah is a_______.
A. parent B. writer C. student D. teacher
My mind seems always to return to the day when I met Carl. The city bus stopped at a corner to the passengers(乘客).1 was included. After getting on the bus, I looked for a place to sit. At last, I found a seat near the back.
The passenger of the next to the one I was going for was an old man in a grey suit. Seated myself, I began to read the book I had been carrying which was Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The man in the seat next to me introduced himself by asking if I any other book like the one I was holding. When I told him I had, he seemed to become and so did I. He said he was Carl. And asked if I like jazz(爵士乐),and l told him that I didn't really listen to it and that I like rock and roll. Waiting for Carl to tell me that I listen to real music, I was shocked when he just smiled and nodded. He said, "You me of myself when I was your age. I remember how my parents hated jazz, how they couldn't see how I could listen to that terrible noise. I bet your parents say the same thing, don't they?" Now it was my to smile and nod.
As the bus took us from one side of the city to the' other, Carl and I talked about a lot of different things. The more we talked, the more amazed I became at the two of us really had in common, although we had the difference. I haven't seen him we parted, but the thought of our relationship that day never leaves my mind.
1.A. take up B. pick up C. put up D. turn up
2.A. seat B. bus C. city D. book
3.A. read B. was reading C. had read D. would read
4.A. worried B. silent C. interested D. bored
5.A. mustn't B. shouldn't C. must D. should
6.A. remember B. warn C. make D. remind
7.A. turn B. time C. day D. honor
8.A. why B. where C. how D. how much
9.A. race B. age C. sex D. color
10.A. after B. when C. since D. before
-You've won the first prize in the English speaking contest. Congratulations!
-_______.
A. It's nice of you to say so B. I am really lucky
C. No one else could do it D. Oh, not really
