________ (古代的) farming methods can still be seen in the Middle East.
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The construction (建造) of Huoshenshan Hospital was covered ________ (在现场直播).
He, as a soldier, should always obey ________ (命令) any time.
Have you stroked (抚摸) a cute dog recently? If that dog touched you with its nose, you might find how wet and cold it was. If dogs are so warm and fluffy (毛茸茸 的), then why are their noses so cold?
Before, people thought that dogs had cold noses to help them control their body temperature. But, a new study in the journal Scientific Reports has shown some interesting findings about dogs’ noses. The study found that when the air temperature was 30 ℃, the tip of a dog’s nose is about five degrees cooler than the air. But why is this?
The researchers believed that the tip of a dog’s nose has a special sensory function (探测功 能). So, they did an experiment to test it. The study showed that dogs could find weak heat sources—like a small animal—with their noses from 1.5 meters away.
The research team studied three dogs named Charlie, Delfi and Kevin. For the experiment, the dogs had to tell the difference between two objects. The two objects were heated to different temperatures. Amazingly, all three dogs were able to sense the temperature difference between both objects.
The study also found that the heat from the objects in the experiment “was too weak to be felt by human hands, even at very short distances”. The dogs were able to sense these heated objects from a distance, but humans were only able to feel the warmth of the object if they touched it.
To know more about it, the research team also studied the brain activity of 13 dogs. When a warm object was put near their noses, there was an increase in brain activity.
“From the two complementary (互补的) experiments, we can know that dogs are indeed able to sense heat from warm-blooded animals, and a special region of the brain is made to be active by such heat.” said Anna Balint, the leader of the study.
1.What did the new study published in the journal Scientific Reports find about dogs?
A.What makes dogs loyal. B.Why dogs have cold noses.
C.How dogs feel heat better. D.How a dog’s temperature influences its brain activity.
2.Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “region”?
A.Way. B.Area. C.Type. D.Change.
3.What happened to the dogs when a warm object was put near their noses?
A.They showed no change in their brain activity. B.They had different kinds of excitement.
C.Their brain activity slowed down. D.Their brains became more active.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Heat sensing ability can help dogs hunt for food.
B.The tip of a dog’s nose has a special sensory function.
C.Dogs are smarter than other animals.
D.The two experiments found different results.
Portia gave the decision. “One pound of the merchant’s (商人) flesh (肉) is yours. It is what the contract (合同) says. You may take his flesh!”
Shylock held his knife and told Antonio to get ready. “Wait!” exclaimed Portia. “You will not do anything that is not written in the contract. Is that right, Shylock?”
“Yes, that’s right,” said Shylock. He wondered what the wise young judge was going to say. “Well,” said the young judge, “I have read the contract carefully, and it does not say anything about taking his blood. It says ‘a pound of flesh’. You can take your pound of flesh, but you may not take one drop of his blood. If you take any of his blood, the duke (公爵) will take everything you own!”
Now it was Graziano’s turn to bless the judge and call him wise.
“You wanted justice (公平),” Portia told Shylock, “and you’ll have more justice than you wanted.”
Shylock didn’t want to give everything he owned to the duke. He decided not to take his pound of flesh. He said he would take the money.
“Give me ninety thousand dollars,” he said, “and I will have pity on Antonio and let him go.”
Bassanio was happy to give him the money. He was very pleased that his friend Antonio would not die.
“Wait!” Portia said again. “He does not want the money. It is not written in the contract.”
Shylock said he just wanted to have his money back and wouldn’t even need interest. Bassanio was ready to give it to him, but again Portia stopped him.
“He said he only wanted the thing written in the contract.”
Shylock understood that he would not get his pound of flesh. He understood that he would not get his money. He decided to go home.
“Wait!” said Portia, for the third time. “The law of Venice, says that if you plan to kill a citizen of Venice, you will lose everything that you own. Half of what you have will belong to the person you tried to kill, and the other half will belong to the duke.”
Taken from The Merchant of Venice
1.What do you think of Portia according to the passage?
A.Brave and clever. B.Generous and calm. C.Childish and careless. D.Practical and selfish.
2.Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
a. Shylock decided to take the money instead of Antonio’s pound of flesh.
b. Graziano blessed the judge and called him wise.
c. Shylock just wanted his money back without any interest.
d. The judge made the decision.
e. Shylock held his knife and got ready to take the flesh.
A.e-b-c-a-d. B.e-b-a-c-d. C.d-e-b-a-c. D.d-e-b-c-a.
3.What do you think would happen to Shylock later?
A.He would give everything that he owned to the duke.
B.He would face the loss of everything that he had.
C.He would have his money back without interest.
D.He would try to get Antonio’s flesh in another way.
