阅读理解。 Do you know kind words and light music (轻音乐) have something to do with
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Many people talk to their plants. Many people play music to their plants. And many people try very hard
to protect (保护) their plants from loud noises, strong lights, and unpleasant (讨厌的) smells (气味).
That"s not all. Some people are very careful (小心的) about what they say or do in front of plants. They
won"t talk about unpleasant things. They won"t beat (拍打) a fly (苍蝇) near their plants.
Why? Those people are afraid that they may hurt their plants" feelings.
Can you hurt a plant"s feelings? Do plants have feelings? Professor Backster thinks so. Many pupils think
so. Even a few scientists think that plants have feelings.
But most scientists (科学家) don"t agree (同意). They don"t think that plants can be happy, worried,
angry, loving or frightened (害怕). They don"t believe that a plant"s feeling can be hurt.
Who is right? Then along came the experiments (实验) of professor Backster. From his experiments,
Backster decided that plants have feelings. He said that, like people, plants need love and kindness (亲切).
They can feel worried and happy.
Two years later, in l 968. Baekster wrote about his experiments in a magazine (杂志). And much of the
world took notice (注意). Plant lovers of the world were happy.
B. have something to do with.
C. are bad for
D. destroyed
B. have nothing to do with plants
C. can make plants grow better
D. can hurt plants
B. talk about unpleasant things
C. shout loudly
D. beat a fly
B. Nobody believes
C. Baekster and some other people believe
D. Most scientists believe
B. magazine
C. novel (小说)
D. newspaper
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inventor. You may see robots in some films. The robots in these films are stronger, faster and cleverer than
people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They are used to do many dangerous, difficult or boring
jobs. Some people can"t look after themselves and robots are used to help them. For example, some people
can"t see, many of these people use a dog to help themselves move around. This dog is called a guide dog.
Scientists are making a robot to help them. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs.
Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to the
sick people"s rooms. It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.
In the future, robots will work in space. But robots will never take the place of human help. They can,
however, help us in a lot of different ways.
( )2. The first robot was invented by a Greek.
( )3. Robots can only be seen in films.
( )4. Robots can help some people look after themselves.
( )5. Today"s robots have quite a few different uses.
2 doing school work except the three meals.
Modern students have many 3 . They love sports, computers and music. A 4 holiday can get them
away from too much school work, and they can do what they like. But still teachers do not think about it.
Because they have too much homework, they have no time to 5 themselves. Students are really tired of their
weekend homework. So they don"t do it 6 Sunday night. And there is not enough time to finish the homework
carefully. The poor weekend homework usually makes teachers 7 .
Things always get 8 without right ideas. Too much school work makes students lose interests in learning.
It is also bad for their health.
A house runs faster after a 9 . But for students only rest isn"t enough. So such a condition (状况) should
be 10 to give students both pleasure and knowledge.
| 阅读理解。 |
| Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap (捕蝇草). The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly. Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn"t have all these important things, especially nitrogen (氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let"s hope that some of the bigger plants don"t get the same idea! |
| 1. The Venus flytrap is a kind of . |
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| A. plant B. animal C. food D. drink |
| 2. The Venus flytrap grows in . |
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| A. most parts of the world B. some parts of Africa C. dry parts of the United States D. Asia |
| 3. From the passage, we learn that . |
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| A. all plants can eat people B. all plants can eat animals C. some plants Can eat animals D. some plants don"t eat anything |
| 4. The underlined word "presses" probably means in Chinese. |
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| A. 挤压 B. 关上 C. 打开 D. 调高 |
| 5. Why do some plants eat animal meat? Because . |
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| A. plants are dangerous (危险) to animals B. animals are dangerous to plants C. plants want to get what they need from animal meat D. plants get some water |
| 阅读理解。 |
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| Leaves are nature"s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots. They take a gas called carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose. Glucose is a kind of sugar. Plants are glucose as food for energy to grow. The way plants turn water and CO2 into glucose is called photosynthesis. That means "putting together with light". A chemical called chlorophyll helps make photosynthesis happen. Chlorophyll is green. It gives plants their green colour. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter. This is how the trees "know" to begin getting ready for winter. During winter, there is now enough light or water for photosynthesis. The trees will rest, and live on the food they have stored during the summer. They begin to close their food-making factories. The green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves. Then, we begin to see yellow and orange colours. A few of these colors stay in the leaves all the time. We just can"t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyll. Red and purple colors we see in leaves are made mostly in the autumn. In some trees, like maples (枫树), glucose is stored in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into red. The brown color of trees like oaks (橡树) is made from wastes left in the leaves. |
| 1. The word "chlorophyll" in the first paragraph means ____ in Chinese. |
| A. 叶绿素 B. 氧气 C. 胡萝卜素 D. 蛋白质 |
| 2. Where is carbon dioxide from? |
| A. Ground. B. Roots. C. Sunlight. D. Air. |
| 3. The way ______ is called photosynthesis. |
| A. plants get carbon dioxide from the air B. plants take water from the ground C. plants turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose D. plants use glucose as food for energy to grow |
| 4. Red and purple colors in leaves are made mostly in ______. |
| A. spring B. autumn C. summer D. winter |
| 5. ______ in the leaves changes into red color in autumn. |
| A. Sunlight B. Water C. Glucose D. Chlorophyll |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Do you know that you can use your watch as a compass (指南针) on a sunny day? Take a watch and point the hour hand in the direction of the sun. Imagine a line which runs from the center of the watch through a point half way between the hour hand and number one. This line will surely point south. If you know astronomy a little, you will understand why this works. In the northern half of the earth, the sun is in the south at noon. In Russia, the real noon is one o"clock. If at that time we point the hour hand at the sun, the hour hand and the number one will point south. That is why you must imagine a line which will run from the center of the watch through a point half way between the hour hand and number one. It will point south. If you are in the southern part of our planet, you must point number 12 at the sun. The line which you can imagine between number twelve and the hour hand will then show north. |
| 1. When we carry out this experiment in the northern part of the earth, we should point _____ at the sun. |
| A. number 12 B. the minute-hand C. the hour hand D. number one |
| 2. What does the word "astronomy" mean in this passage? |
| A. 天文学 B. 地理学 C. 宇航学 D. 逻辑学 |
| 3. The passage tells us that we can use a watch _____ on a sunny, day. |
| A. to study the weather B. to show direction C. to enjoy ourselves D. to keep good time |
| 4. If you are in Australia, which tithe following is the,right way to show north? |
 A B C D |
| 5. What"s the best title for this passage? |
| A. Your Watch Becomes a Compass B. The Story of a Watch C. An Interesting Watch D. The Sun and a Watch |
