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| Some plants get so hungry they eat flies, and even small frogs. What"s more amazing is that these plants occur naturally (in special environments) in every state. In fact, they"re found on every continent except Antarctica. You"ve probably seen a Venus" flytrap -- a small plant, which grows 6 to 8 inches tall in a container. At the end of its stalks (茎) are leaves that act like traps (陷阱). Inside each trap is a lining of tiny hairs. When an insect lands on them, the traps suddenly shut. Over the course of a week or so, the plant feeds on its catch. The Venus" flytrap is just one of more than 500 species of meat-eating plants, says Barry Meyers-Rice, the editor of the International Carnivorous Plant Society"s Newsletter. He states although you might have read some science-fiction stories, no meat-eating plant does any danger to humans. Barry says a plant is meat-eating, only if it does all four of the following: "attract, kill, digest, and absorb" some form of insects. Meat-eating plants look and act like other green plants -- well, most of the time. All green plants make sugar to produce food. What makes meat-eating plants different is their special leaves, which need insects for one reason: nitrogen (氮). Nitrogen is a nutrient that they can"t obtain any other way. Why? Almost all green plants on our planet get nitrogen from the soil. Meat-eating plants can"t. They live in places where nutrients are hard to get from the soil because of its acidity. So they"ve come to rely on getting nitrogen from insects and small animals. In fact, nutrient-rich soft is poisonous to meat-eating plants. Never fertilize (施肥) them! But don"t worry, either, if they never seem to catch any insects. They can survive, but they"ll grow very slowly. | |||
| 1. According to the passage, a Venus" flytrap ______. | |||
| A. is a small plant which grows in a container B. is a kind of plant which gets hungry easily C. can trap and feed on some form of insects D. can only grow 6-8 inches tall | |||
| 2. From the passage, we can infer that ______. | |||
| A. meat-eating plants are found nowhere else except Antarctica B. all green plants get nitrogen from the soil C. meat-eating plants endanger humans in science-fiction stories D. the nutrient-poor soil is beneficial to meat-eating plants | |||
| 3. Meat-eating plants grow very slowly, ______. | |||
| A. so you"d better fertilize them B. probably because the supply of nitrogen is cut off C. simply because they can"t absorb nitrogen from the soil D. and then they will die slowly | |||
| 4. Which of the following is true? | |||
| A. Meat-eating plants look and act like other green plants. B. It"s hard to get nutrients in the soil when acidity is high. C. The Venus" flytrap eats flies to get nutrient from them. D. Green plants make sugar at night. | |||
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Singing are the pupils of the remote Beau-Roc primary school in Haiti. One of them plays a guitar | |||
| 1. What theme is presented in this passage? | |||
| A. Devotion to education. B. Poverty and hardship. C. Politics and children D. Love and beauty | |||
| 2. Which of the following is extremely difficult for Beau-Roc primary school? | |||
| A. Teaching the women how to make embroidery and other handicrafts. B. Persuading local women to care about their children"s education. C. Encouraging those around her to use those available resources. D. Finding chalk, school books and other materials. | |||
| 3. In the last paragraph, "those who are really cut out for teaching" are those who are ________. | |||
| A. dismissed from teaching B. unfamiliar with teaching C. qualified for teaching D. cautious about teaching | |||
| As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more. Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents"efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. "In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children"s IQ scores," Lewis says. "And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is." The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings(兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. "Middle children are invisible." Says Lewis. "When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it"s the middle child." There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: "When the TV is on," Lewis says, "dinner is a non-event." | |||
| 1. The writer"s purpose in writing the text is to ______ . | |||
| A. show the relationship between parents and children B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table C. report on the findings of a study D. give information about family problems | |||
| 2. By saying "Middle children are invisible" in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children ______ . | |||
| A. have to help their parents to serve dinner B. get the least attention from the family C. are often kept away from the dinner table D. find it hard to keep up with other children | |||
| 3. Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ______ . | |||
| A. they are busy serving food to their children B. they are busy keeping order at the dinner table C. they have to pay more attention to younger children D. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family | |||
| 4. Lewis research provides an answer to the question ______ . | |||
| A. Why TV is important in family B. why parents should keep good order C. why children in small families seem to be quiet D. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life | |||
| 5. Which of the following statements would the writer agree to? | |||
| A. It is important to have the right food for children. B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner. C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently. D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner. | |||
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| As an aid-fashioned as it sounds, doctors say the best way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more. For women who are middle-aged "or older, experts say an hour of daily exercise is necessary just to keep weight. But for most women, fitting in an hour of exercise in an already busy day is difficult, and it is even impossible. Especially for many women, most hours are already filled with a full-time job and raising a family. At the end of the tiring day, at least in the U.S., there is little incentive to prepare a dinner when fast food is so available--and so much more fattening. Nearly twenty million women in the U.S. have the problem of obesity. The United Nations report notes that America is one of the countries that have the most obese people in the world and Mississippi has more overweight women than any other state in the U.S.. The U. S. Center for Disease Control says the number of overweight women increased by 60% between 2004 and 2009 in America. The World Health Organization says more than one billion women in other nations are in the same shape. While there is plenty of advice on how to lose kilograms, a new study is carried out on middie-aged and older women who keep normal body weight, or BMI (Body Mass Index). "We found that physical activity was effective in controlling weight only among women who started to gain weight from a normal BMI ,"I-Min Lee and her colleagues found more exercise did not help. "Once a woman is obese, there was no relation between physical activity and weight change among these women, "Lee said. The researchers say the only way that obese women can lose weight is to simply cut calories. | |||
| 1. What makes it difficult for most women to have an hour of exercise every day? | |||
| A. Losing confidence in exercising. B. Paying all attention to their jobs. C. Having no interest in exercising. D. Being too busy to find spare time. | |||
| 2. The third paragraph shows us that ______. | |||
| A. more and more women are caring about their weight B. the problem of woman obesity worldwide is serious C. many organizations are built to care about fat women D. America has more overweight women than any other country | |||
| 3. What should an obese woman do to lose weight according to Lee? | |||
| A. Eat more vegetables and fruit and less fat. B. Keep busy all day long and do a lot of exercise. C. Find a high energy costing and tiring job. D. Sleep less, eating less and exercising more. | |||
| 4. From the passage, we know an hour of daily exercise can ______. | |||
| A. help people to lose weight B. make people put on weight C. make people keep weight D. keep people busy | |||
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| Money Matters Parents should help their children understand money.__1___So you may start. talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things , candy or toys , for example. l. The basic function of money Being explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It"s important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have. If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier.__2___ When your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money , you can start explaining more complex ways of using money. 2. Money lessons Approach money lessons with openness and honesty. ___3___ If you must say no to a child"s request to spend money, explain, " You have enough toy trucks for now. " Or, if the request is for many different things, say, " You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy. " 3.___4____ Begin at the grocery store. Pick out similar brands of a product-a name brand butter and a generic (无商标产品 ) , for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money. ___5___ If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved. Later, you may explains how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases. A. Wise decision. B. The value of money. C. Permit the child why he can or cannot have certain things. D. Talk yourself what things that cost money are most important to you. E. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you. F. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store. G. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest. |