Can you imagine living in the desert for a whole year, watching the activities of a group of busy ants? Deborah Gordon did exactly that. She finally found out that there were four main groups of workers in the ant team: cleaners, haulers(搬运工), gatherers and security (安全) ants. Each group did their own job to finish the task of the whole team.
Cleaner ants carried waste food from inside the nest to outside. Hauler ants walked on the top of the nest and cleared rubbish. Gatherer ants went out to find food for the whole team and security ants fought against anyone who wanted to hurt the members of the team.
While she was watching the ants in the desert, Deborah found that the most interesting part was watching the ants dealing with difficulties, such as fighting against other insects that wanted to destroy their nest, or a big fire. At those moments, they would all stop what they were doing and go to help security ants to protect their home.
What do we do when people around us meet difficulties? What have we done to turn our world into a better place? It’s time to think.
1. If there was a fire near their home, the groups of ants would________.
A. just do their own job
B. run away at once
C. help to fight against the fire
D. go back into their nest
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Cleaner ants carried waste food from outside the nest to the inside.
B. Gatherer ants went out to find food for themselves.
C. Each group did their own job when meeting difficulties.
D. There were some other insects that wanted to destroy their nest.
3.The writer mainly wants to tell us____________.
A. everyone should help others when they meet difficulties
B. there were four groups of workers in the ant team
C. how Deborah Gordon lived in the desert
D. Deborah Gordon is a brave woman
Many people believe that 3G mobile phones will be used in almost all everyday activities. It____that we won’t go shopping because most things will be available(可得到的) on the Internet. There will be no more____ because all texts will be available in electronic libraries. The Internet will be used to plan holidays, rent films and_____ food. Most telephone calls will be ____ by 3G mobile phones as well.
Some people are ____ about the new development. Others, however, don’t think that 3G mobile phones will replace the old __ of shopping and communicating.
Let’s look at books, for example. Some people believe that one day we won’t read books made of paper. ____, we’ll read books by using 3G mobile phones. These mobile phones will store the contents（内容）of many different books at the same time. We won’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be ____. Is the Internet shopping as fun as traditional shopping? Many people say it’s not. It’s __ _ to go into shops and look at things. It’s also___ that most people will want to read books on their 3G mobile phones. Maybe 3G mobile phones won’t change these two habits.
1.A.is thinking B. has thought C. is thought D. to think
2.A.dictionaries B. people C .letter D. books
3.A. order B. heat C. eat D. cook
4.A.built B. made C .bought D. used
5.A. afraid B. interested C. worried D. excited
6.A. ways B. time C. places D. houses
7.A.Besides B. However C. Instead D. So
8.A.sold B. saved C. wasted D. collected
9.A. boring B. interested C. terrible D. fun
10.A. important B. comfortable C. impossible D. normal
Email is very popular today. People ______write letters to each other now.
A. often B. usually
C. seldom D. never
Difficulties are nothing _____we are not afraid of them.
A. for B. as C. if D. whether
—What did your father ask you just now?
—He asked me ______.
A. Whom I was chatting with B. where I am with my friends
C. when would I go home D. if I have finished my homework
_____the doctors in the hospital is about100 and one fourth of them are _______doctors.
A.A number of; man B. The number of; men
C. A number of; men D. The number of; man
