The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some 36 dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt 37 .
One clever 18-month-old monkey 38 the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river, She taught this to her mother. Her 39 also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.
All the younger monkeys 40 learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them 40 to eat. But many found it very hard to learn this and still ate the 42 sweet optatoes.
Then something very 43 . In the autumn of 1958, scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby 44 began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don’t fully understand how this knowledge was 45 from one island to another.
A．sweet potatoes B．green plants C．hard stones D．fresh nuts
A．beautiful B．terrible C．difficult D．interesting
A．find B．reach C．solve D．understand
A．children B．brothers C．sisters D．friends
A．quietly B．esily C．angrily D．awfully
A．nicer B．smaller C．lighter D．drier
A．small B．large C．new D．dirty
A．took on B．took off C．took place D．took away
A．trees B．islands C．beaches D．rivers
A．lost B．dropped C．passed D．left
Several weeks ago, our headmaster, Mr. Gaudi, told us that our school had been chosen to compete on Smart Aleck—a game show which my best friend Carla and I love. Carla has a good imagination, and I know a lot of history, so we thought we’d be good for the team.
A few days later, Mr. Gaudi held a meeting with everyone interested in the . He told us that Smart Aleck uses a five-member team. He also said that three more people would be needed as backup(替补). , four times that many students were at the meeting. So Mr. Gaudi said we would have a and the top eight scorers(得分者) would become the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a way to decide.
Yesterday, all of the hopefuls went to the dining hall after school. We would have to decide the starting line-up(阵容). Mr. Gaudi acted as the host. After a few hours, all the on the team were chosen except one. Carla and I tied(打成平手) for that last position. We had to hold a one-on-one competition the two of us. The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the backup.
Midway through our two-person competition, I was starting to pull ahead(领先). I saw the look on Carla's face. I waited for a second and knew what I had to do. As much as I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, Carla wanted even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Carla , just by a little bit. She felt sorry for my not being on the team as she she would be on the show. And since I will go as backup, I’ll still have the fun of the show up close.
Was I cheating(欺骗) by not trying as hard as I could? I don’t think so. No one noticed, and Carla and I didn’t it. It won’t hurt the team Carla will be a very good competitor on the real show. I think that making my best friend happy was the right thing to do.
A．all B．both C．neither D．none
A．choices B．friends C．leaders D．fans
A．course B．work C．trip D．show
A．unluckily B．luckily C．sadly D．hopefully
A．direction B．discussion C．competition D．conference
A．special B．hard C．fair D．funny
A．members B．rules C．names D．orders
A．of B．on C．between D．among
A．Still B．Never C．Then D．Again
A．us B．it C．me D．her
A．wait B．turn C．move D．win
A．accepted B．realized C．considered D．decided
A．seeing B．refusing C．asking D．hearing
A．mean B．plan C．need D．say
A．if B．though C．unless D．because
One winter afternoon, a bear met a fox. The fox was carrying a fish. “ nice fish!” said the bear. “How did you catch it on a cold winter day?” The fox didn’t want the bear to know the truth, so he said, “Go to the pool and cut a hole in the ice. Put your long tail in the pool. Then wait for the fish to bite. If you sit with your tail in the pool for a long time, you will catch a lot of fish. When you think you have caught enough fish, your tail. Give a quick, strong pull.” “Thank you!” said the bear. “That a funny way to catch fish, I’ll try.”
At the pool, the bear cut a hole in the ice. He his tail in the waterhole. Then he waited for the fish. The water grew . The bear’s tail grew colder, too. Finally he thought he had caught enough fish supper. He tried to stand up and pull out his tail. The poor bear couldn’t stand up. The water in the pool into ice. The bear gave a pull. But only part of his tail came out. The long part was frozen in the ice.
All this happened long ago. But from that winter day, all bears have had very short .
A．How B．What C．How a D．What a
A．so B．such C．very D．quite
A．get out B．push out C．take out D．pull out
A．looks B．looks like C．sounds like D．sounds
A．put B．get C．took D．brought
A．more colder B．much cold C．colder and colder D．very colder
A．in B．for C．have D．eat
A．become B．changed C．got D．turn
A．quickly B．strongly C．hard D．hardly
A．heads B．hands C．feet D．tails
It took Peter quite a while to find a place for his car, and in the end he had to it on a small street, a few minutes away from the dentist’s. As he got out, he looked at his watch. He would meet the dentist at five and he had half an hour. He walked into the square and sat down in a chair, to the falling sun.
As he sat there, he the children playing. He was to see a red car like his own come out of the street where he had parked. The car moved and soon disappeared (消失). Peter felt in his pockets for his keys, but they were not there.
“My car!” he shouted in a loud . He got up and ran out of the square, then down the small street. He couldn’t see his car at first, and then he found it was a larger one, with the keys on the roof of his car.
By the time he got to the dentist’s, it was after five. “A very strange thing to me,” he said to the dentist to explain why.
“Don’t about that,” said the dentist. “I just got here myself.”
A．put B．leave C．give D．drive
A．also B．ever C．still D．even
A．like B．finish C．enjoy D．wait
A．watched B．looked C．see D．make
A．pleased B．surprised C．angry D．worried
A．slowly B．lovely C．sadly D．fast
A．sound B．voice C．speed D．laugh
A．behind B．in front of C．between D．at the back of
A．worked B．passed C．heard D．happened
A．worry B．worried C．think D．talk
Mark Hill is a traffic police officer in Watford, near London. He works on some of the busiest in Britain. “There are traffic police twenty-four hours a day. There are three shifts(轮班) each day, and each shift is hours. Usually we have to deal with three or four each shift.”
“We deal with anyone who is hurt in the accident. That’s thing. Then we have to clear the road and get the traffic again.”
“You must be careful while driving. Most accidents happen because people drive too , especially when the roads are wet. it’s more . Sometimes we get accidents drivers don’t follow the rules. For example, I’ve seen a lot of drivers who pass the others the left. It is not right in . If you want to pass the cars in front, you have to go into the fast lane(车道) on the right.”
“I love my It makes me feel every day—I never know I’m going to do from one day to the next. And I meet all kinds of people. I think there’s any other job that can give you that experience.”A、schools B、shops C、streets
A、on a trip B、on duty C、on show
A、eight B、fifteen C、eighteen
A、lessons B、accidents C、news
A、the first B、the last C、the second
A、flying B、serving C、moving
A、fast B、carefully C、slowly
A、safe B、dangerous C、cool
A、and B、because C、but
A、on B、for C、in
A、China B、Britain C、America
A、accident B、house C、job
A、excited B、angry C、sad
A、what B、how C、where
A、isn’t B、doesn’t C、don’t
These days it is found that school students hardly have any sports. Is it because they have no in sports? It may not be true. They often say they have more important things to do.
What are these important things? Exams! They have to __ themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school. So many of them almost bookworms(书呆子). In the past in the summer holidays, they could do they liked, but now they have to __ all their time preparing. So have kept them away from going in for sports.
Because of the pressure(压力) from parents and teachers, they to work harder and spend most of their time __ books. As for the students themselves, they don’t want to the lessons because they want to further their studies. So it is necessary to give __ of their spare time to their studies and up their school sports.
It’s true a good education cannot go without physical training, the __ _ is true, a quick mind hardly goes along with a body. Without a strong body, you can never do anything well, how can you make great success in life?
A．interests B．interested C．interesting D．interest
A．another B．other C．much D．some
A．make B．have C．get D．let
A．turn B．grow C．look D．become
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．give B．spend C．take D．cost
A．teachers B．parents C．studies D．holidays
A．his B．one’s C．their D．other’s
A．try B．hope C．have D．enjoy
A．in B．at C．to D．on
A．miss B．lose C．leave D．fail
A．few B．any C．all D．none
A．give B．take C．put D．send
A．thing B．same C．word D．kind
A．strong B．heavy C．weak D．ill
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