Having a cheetah as a pet in the house? Does it sound scary to you? But for a fa

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Having a cheetah as a pet in the house? Does it sound scary to you? But for a family in South Africa, one cheetah is treated as a VIP (Very Important Person) in the house.
The big cheetah is named Jolie, after the film star Angelina Jolie.      小题1:     She can often be found eating from the kitchen table, taking a short sleep on the sofa, or even sleeping on Lucy and Jeff’s bed. The big cat also sleeps and plays with the Browns’ other pet, the more usual one — a sheepdog (牧羊犬).      小题2:
Having a cheetah as a pet is unusual. At first, Mrs Brown wasn’t willing to keep a cheetah as a pet. She said, “    小题3:     But we are now happy that we did it — she is part of the family.”
Just like her name, four-year-old Jolie has achieved a celebrity status (名人地位) in the Browns’ hometown. Fans often come to their home to take pictures of her.      小题4:
However, a cheetah is always a cheetah.      小题5:    “She makes a lot of mess in the house, urinating (小便) everywhere and chewing everything. It’s her wild instincts (本能),” said Mrs Brown.
There might be some problems of having a cheetah as a pet in the house, but some unusual fun must also be waiting ahead.

答案

小题1:D
小题2:F
小题3:E
小题4:A
小题5:C

解析

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要介绍了南非的一个家庭把猎豹当做中午饲养的故事。
小题1:上下文都是介绍这只猎豹在这家的生活情况，故选D，她肯定是露西和布朗家的贵宾。
小题2:联系前一句关于这只大猫和牧羊犬的描述，可知选F，在这两只动物间，发生了一种不肯能的友谊。
小题3:联系后一句描述，可知选E，我真的反对关于养一只猎豹作为宠物的想法。
小题4:联系前两节描述，可知选A，有趣的是，助理很喜欢加之与她的这些注意力。
小题5:联系上下文描述，可知选C，尽管助理现在是一只家庭宠物，但是她仍旧了保留了一些野生习性。

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Usually, students are not encouraged to run or jump around in the corridor (走廊). However,students in a British grammar school really enjoy running on the corridor tiles (瓷砖) and their teachers even encourage them to do that.
Why? It is because the corridor was built with special kinetic (动能的) tiles. When students jump on the tiles, electricity will be generated ( 产生). After one year, the electricity generated from the tiles can fully charge 853 mobile phones or power(供电) an electric car to drive seven miles. It’s amazing, isn’t it?
The corridor tiles are really a brilliant invention. Students can not only play on the corridor,but also help power the lights in their school corridors and other devices ( 设备) in their classrooms. Besides, this is a good way to teach students to be creative. They will be inspired to be scientists, inventors and engineers in the future to find clean energy for all humans.
The inventor of the magic corridor tiles is Laurence Kemball-Cook. He was once a student in this school. Now, he is CEO of his own company. The corridor tiles are not Laurence’s only invention. He has also invented a special dance floor, which can be used at music festivals. It allows dancers to charge their mobile phones while they are dancing on the dance floor.
小题1:Why do the students in the passage enjoy running on the corridor tiles?
A. Because the corridor tiles are expensive.
B. Because the teachers ask them to do that.
C. Because the corridor was built with special tiles.
小题2:After one year, the electricity generated from the tiles can provide enough energy for _______.
A. over 800 mobile phones
B. all the lights of the school
C. an electric car to drive70 miles
小题3:The underlined word “inspired” most probably means “ _________”.
A. encouraged
B. forced
C. trained
小题4:What else has Laurence invented besides the corridor tiles from the passage?
A. A mobile phone.
B. A music player.
C. A special dance floor.
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Students are not allowed to walk in the corridor.
B. Laurence once studied in the British grammar school.
C. Laurence has more than one company of his own.

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Many people have a fear(害怕) of public speaking. According to a study, it has an influence on 3 in every 4 people. This fact is surprising and worrying, as most jobs require some speaking ability. The following will help you to make a speech better.
Write note cards. Write main ideas on your cards. Don’t write details. Put in some fun facts, questions, and other activities on the cards to share with the class. Don’t look at your note cards for a long time while speaking. If necessary, you’re only going to want to have a quick look at the card for information, not read every last word.
Smile at your class. When it comes time to speak, there’s nothing that draws your class into your speech than a good old-fashioned smile. Be happy, because you’re about to teach your class something they didn’t know before. Studies have shown that smiles are infections. That means once you smile, it’s hard for everyone else not to smile. So if you want your speech to go off well, smile. That’ll make everyone smile and maybe those smiles will make you actually smile.
Make eye contact. Nothing is more boring than listening to a speaker who looks at the floor or at note cards. Relax. Your class is made up of your friends and you talk to them all the time. Talk the same way now. have a look at every person in the classroom at least once. That way, everyone will feel like you’re communicating with them. Also, you’ll look like you know what you’re talking about.
Use hand motions. Move your hands along as you talk, using them to express your key points and keep the class interested. It will also lead your nervous energy into a better place.
小题1:According to the passage, ______ of people might fear to speak in public.

A．100 percent	B．75 percent
C．50 percent	D．25 percent

小题2:In Paragraph 3 of the passage “smiles are infection” means ______.

A．smiles can be passed on	B．it’s hard to smile
C．smiles keep people fit	D．people should smile every day

小题3:Which picture matches the last paragraph best?

小题4:The passage mainly talks about ______.

A．a boy’s speech in class

B．how to write note cards

C．the fear of public speaking

D．how to make a speech better

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Many young people use computers, but few of them know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computer.
◆Keep your computer in a cool room. Too much or too little heat is bad for computers. Most computers work best at a temperature of 5 ºC—30 ºC.
◆Don’t let people smoke cigarette(香烟）near your computer. Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer and can cause many problems.
◆Don’t eat or drink when you are near your computer. Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard can also cause many problems.
◆Make sure the screen is the correct distance from your eyes. If you wear glasses, make sure these glasses are correct for using with the computer. Some people use a different pair of glasses when they use a computer.
◆Keep your screen clean and don’t have it too bright. A dirty screen can hurt your eyes. A very bright screen can also be bad for your eyes.
小题1: According to the passage you should use your computer .

A．in a small room	B．in a big room
C．in a cool room	D．below 5ºC

小题2: When you work on the computer, you can .

A．wear glasses	B．smoke cigarette
C．eat some hamburgers	D．clean the keyboard with water

小题3:If you want to look after your eyes, you should when you use computers.

A．buy a pair of sunglasses	B．keep your screen clean
C．have your screen very bright	D．keep your screen near your eyes

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A boy called Mario had many friends, and he was proud of it. Whoever he met, he would like to show off(炫耀) how popular he was at school.
One day, his grandpa said to him, “Mario, I know that you don’t have as many friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you.”
Mario thought maybe his grandpa was right. However, he wasn’t sure how he could test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need. It’s in my room. Wait a minute.” The old man left, soon returning as if(好像) carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there.
“Take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible, it will be hard for you to sit on it. However, if you manage to sit on it, you can use the chair’s magic power（力量） to tell who your real friends are.”
Mario took the strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair.
“Nobody move. You’re about to see something amazing，” said Mario. Then he tried sitting on the chair. Having difficulty seeing it, he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “Wait, wait,” said Mario, making another try. But again he missed the seat.
Mario didn’t give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally, he did it. This time he felt himself in mid-air.
Then he experienced the magic that his grandpa had been talking about. Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. But some schoolmates whom he had regarded as friends had done nothing but made fun of him. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were.
小题1:Mario’s grandpa gave him a special chair to _____.

A．sit on in the school

B．be his birthday present

C．test who his true friends are

D．play games with his friends at school

小题2:What does the underlined word “invisible” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A．感激的	B．有帮助的
C．神奇的	D．看不见的

小题3:Mario succeeded in sitting on his chair finally because_____.

A．his friends taught him

B．he had tried many times

C．his friends held him

D．the chair had magic power

小题4:Which would be the best title（标题）for this story?

A．A Magic Chair	B．A Kind Grandpa
C．Mario’s True Friends	D．How to Test Friends

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A new study finds that plants communicate with one another to warn of danger.
We often consider plants as the furniture of the natural world. They don’t move; they don’t make sounds, they don’t seem to act on anything. But as is often the case, plants talk to each other all the time. And the language is chemical.
Over the years, scientists have reported that different types of plants, from trees to tomatoes, give out chemicals into the air to help neighboring plants. These chemical warnings can spread information about one plant’s disease or infestation(虫害), so other plants can protect themselves. But how plants receive and act on many of the information exactly is still mysterious.
In this week’s Science Magazine, researchers in Japan offered some explanations. They have found out one chemical message and traced it all the way from beginning to end.
The scientists looked at tomato plants infested by a common pest(害虫). To start out, they grew plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube(管子). One plant was infested and placed upwind and the other was uninfested and placed downwind. The downwind plants were later exposed(暴露) to the pest. The results showed that plants near sick neighbors before were able to protect themselves better against the pest.
They found one chemical appeared more often in the exposed plants. The chemical is called HexVic. The scientists discovered where HexVic come from, and put it over healthy plants. Those plants were then able to produce HexVic. Researchers made sure that uninfested plants could fight off bugs and diseases. How do they know when to protect themselves? They are warned first by their friendly plant neighbors.
It is not a simple story, and it may be happening in more plant species than tomatoes. It may also be happening with more chemical signals that are still unknown to us. In a word, we know that plants not only communicate, but also look out for one another.

小题1:The underlined “traced” in the fourth paragraph probably means _________ here.

A．reported	B．followed
C．doubted	D．developed

小题2:For scientists, which are the right steps to watch tomato plants infested by a pest?
① Place the infested plant upwind.
② Place the uninfested plant downwind.
③ Expose the downwind plants to the pest.
④ Grow plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube.

A．③①②④	B．①④③②
C．④①②③	D．④②①③

小题3:You can put the sentence “The researches also studied leaves from exposed plants and unexposed plants.” At the beginning of

A．Paragraph 3	B．Paragraph 4
C．Paragraph 5	D．Paragraph 6

小题4:Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A．Communicating Plants and Terrible Diseases

B．Talking Plants and Friendly Warnings

C．Protecting Plants and Clear Information

D．Growing Plants and Mysterious Chemicals

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