In National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., visitors have a rare chance to enjoy a world filled with hundreds of living butterflies. It’s an e 1. exhibition.
It p 2. a close look at butterflies. Dan Babbitt, one of the l 3. of the museum says visitors can get very close to the butterflies to learn about their i 4. .“Our purpose is to c 5. people to the natural world. We have found that using animals and insects is an amazing way to do that.” Babbitt says butterflies are important to the e 6. for several reasons.
“One big reason is because of pollination（授粉）. They will t 7. from flower to flower, taking pollen(花粉) from one flower to another. So we won’t have a number of fruit that we like to eat w 8. butterflies.”
“We have butterflies from all over the world” he says. “And have already s 9. about 5,000 or so different kinds.” He a 10. that the museum’s goal for the next five years is to let more people learn more about butterflies .
根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
1. Sorry, sir! Those boots aren’t (可找到的) in your size.
2.Spacemen have to__________(使固定) sleeping bags to the walls to prevent floating..
3.All the boys can’t wait to play basketball. They wish to begin (立即) after class.
4.We can use many _________(交通工具) such as buses, cars and so on to go to or from work.
B.用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空限填一词。
5.Little Tom is often very clever, but he makes an （correct）answer this time.
6.When we got to the top of the mountain, we were tired and breathed __________(heavy).
7. Minnie is (pretty) than any other mouse I’ve ever seen.
8.A hot topic that people are now talking about is the (safe) of school bus these days.
When something becomes fashionable very quickly , we say that it’s a “craze”. The latest craze is sometimes a style of clothes or a hairstyle. Sometimes it is a game or a TV programme.
In the 20th century a lot of crazes started in the USA and then became popular in the USA and then became popular in other parts of the world. American youth culture has spread through tourism , TV , films, magazines and music videos.
One of the biggest crazes was the hula hoop（呼啦圈）. Hula hoops are not popular now, but in the1950s they were a sensation. An American company called Wham-O started to make plastic（塑料的）hoops toys, and in the USA the company sold 100 million hoops in a year.
Frisbees（飞盘）were another Wham-O product（产品）. Some people say that the idea
started in the factory of the Frisbee Baking Company in Connecticut. Workers there threw metal pans to each other during their breaks. Two businessmen made a plastic type of the flying pans, and sold their products to Wham-O. They became a big business.
So businesses usually help to produce a craze. Yoyos were another example. In the Philippines, where its name means “comeback”, the yoyo was a popular toy in the 1920s. But it didn’t become a global (世界性的) craze until an American called Donald Duncan bought the idea and sold it to the world. Around 100 million people bought yoyos in 1962 and 1963.
Most crazes come and go, but sometimes they survive. When the big skateboard started in California in 1965, many parents and governments said that the boards were dangerous, and they were not allowed in some areas. But the boards became popular again and they are still an important part of youth culture today.
1.What is a “craze” ?
A. A special culture in the western country.
B. Something that is liked by the young.
C. Something that first spreads in the USA.
D. Something that becomes very popular over a short period (时期) of time.
2.What does the underlined word “sensation” mean ?
A. 昂贵的物品
B. 值得珍藏的物品
C. 轰动一时的物品
D. 昙花一现的物品
3.What fact does the passage provide ?
A. All crazes in the world come and go quickly.
B. Skateboards are not allowed in most areas of America.
C. In the last century the USA introduced many new crazes.
D. Crazes have nothing to do with culture.
4. Which of the following can be chosen as the best title of the passage ?
A. Something about Crazes
B. Wham-O products
C. A successful Company
D. American Youth Culture
If you’ve tried studying when you’re tired, you know that it can seem very impossible to do well.
A study of sleep in sparrows suggests the relationship between sleep and the ability to learn may be more complicated(复杂) than people knew.
Niels C·Rattenborg, a scientist from Wisconsin-Madison, wanted to find out how the sparrows were able to deal with getting so much less sleep. He and his team brought eight wild birds into a lab and watched them for one year. They invented a game to check how well the birds could learn. In the game, the sparrows had to peck(啄)three buttons （按钮）in a right order to get a food treat. The scientists discovered that the birds’ ability to learn the right button order depended on(依靠)two things: the time of year and the amount of sleep the birds had had.
During the migration（迁徙）season, the sparrows were restless at night and got much less sleep than usual. Even so, they were able to understand how to get the food quickly as if they’d had a regular night of sleep. Outside the migration season, they found the sparrows that got less sleep than usual had much more difficulty learning how to get the food treats than birds that had a regular sleep.
The results show that the sparrows can deal with much less sleep during the migration season than usual. If scientists can find out why, they may learn from sparrows and find ways of helping people deal with getting much less sleep. Until scientists fully understand the relationship between sleep and learning, it’s better to get plenty of sleep when preparing for an exam.
1.The passage is mainly about .
A. sparrows’ migration.
B. sleep lessons from Sparrows.
C. how to get less sleep while studying
D. how sparrows that got less sleep get food treats
2.Why can sparrows get much less sleep during the migration season?
A. They eat more.
B. The climate is better
C. They can get food quickly
D. Scientists still don’t know the reason.
3.What fact does the passage lead you to believe?
A. We should sleep as little as sparrows do.
B. We should get enough sleep before an exam.
C. When tired, we should try to focus on(聚焦) our study.
D. When tired, we should check how we can sleep less than usual.
One day I got into a taxi and we took off for the airport.
We were driving in the right way when suddenly a black jeep jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver had to stop the car at once, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car started shouting at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy, and I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost destroyed your car and sent us to the hospital!” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, “The Law of the Garbage Truck(垃圾车).”
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of anger(愤怒). As their garbage gets more, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you. Don’t take it seriously. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their garbage and pass it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
Life’s too short , so...
1.Which is the correct order of the events that took place in the story?
a. I took a taxi to the airport.
b. The driver of the other car shouted at us.
c. A black jeep suddenly jumped right in front of us.
d. Our taxi nearly crashed into the other car.
e. My taxi driver taught me the law.
f. My taxi driver smiled and waved.
A. a-e-b-d-f-cB. b-a-e-d-c-f
C. a-c-d-b-f-eD. f-e-a-c-d-b
2.The writer’s purpose in writing the story is to ______.
A. share the terrible ride with us
B. tell us how to drive safely
C. show us how great the taxi driver is
D. show us how to deal with life more wisely
3.The paragraph following the passage will be about .
A. the writer will never forget the taxi driver
B. the writer will become a good and friendly taxi driver, too
C. the writer will be better at dealing with anger in his life
D. the writer will be always friendly to others
Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these
places:
Visit art museums
They offer various activities to excite your kids' interest. Many offer workshops for making
land-made pieces, book signings by children's favorite writer, and even musical performances
and other arts.
Head to a natural history museum
This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur models to rock collections and
pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.
Go to a youth centre
Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors. Pre-show play shops
are conducted by area artists where kids can discover the secret about performing arts- puppet(木偶)making .
Try hands-on science museum
Visit one of the many hands-on science museums around the country. These science play-lands are great fun for kids . They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through experimenting and building.
1.If a child is interested in the planets, he probably will visit
A. a youth centre B. an art museum
C. a natural history museum D. a hands-on science museum
2.What does "hands-on science" mean in the last paragraph?
A. Science games designed by kids.
B. Learning science by doing things.
C. A show of kids' science work.
D. Reading science books.
3.. Where does this text probably come from?
A. A science magazine. B. A tourist leaflet.
C. A museum guide. D. A local newspaper.
