Moths are very ugly creatures．At least that is what I always thought until a reliable source told me otherwise．My brother Joseph and I once stayed overnight at our Aunt Linda’s house, our favorite relative．She spoke to us like adults, and she always had the best 21 ．Joseph was only four and still afraid of the dark．Just as I dozed off to sleep, he woke me up and asked, “Jennie, what are those ugly things near the light?” He was pointing to the moths fluttering around the hall light．“They’re just moths, go to sleep,” I told him．
He wasn’t 22 with that answer, so the next time my Aunt walked by the door he asked her to make the ugly moths go away．When she asked why, he said 23 , “Because they’re ugly and scary!” She laughed, rubbing his head, and asked, “Do you know why moths are brown?” Joe just shook his head．
“ 24 , moths were the most beautiful animals in the animal kingdom．They have always been helpful, kind, and 25 creatures．One day the angels up in heaven were crying．They were sad because it was cloudy and they couldn’t 26 the people on earth．Their tears fell down to the earth as 27 raindrops．Now that the sweet little moths 28 to see everyone so sad, they decided to make a rainbow．The moths 29 that if they asked their cousins, the butterflies, to help, they could all give up just a little bit of their colors and 30 , make a beautiful rainbow．
One of the littlest moths flew to ask the queen of the butterflies for help．31 , the butterflies were too vain and selfish to give up any of their colors for neither the people nor the angels．So, the moths decided to make the rainbow themselves．They 32 their wings very hard and the powder on them formed little clouds．They kept giving a little more and more 33 the rainbow stretched all the way across the sky．They had given away all their colors except brown, which didn’t 34 their beautiful rainbow．
Now the once colorful moths were 35 and brown．At the rainbow, the angels up in heaven became joyous．They smiled and the 36 of their smiles shone down on the earth as sunshine．It made the people on earth cheerful and they smiled, too．Now every time it rains the baby moths, who still have their colors, spread them 37 the sky to make more rainbows．”
My brother sank into deep 38 with that story and hasn’t feared moths 39 ．The story my aunt told us had been gathering 40 in the back corners of my brain for years．
21．A．jokes B．editions C．stories D．memories
22．A．familiar B．content C．impressed D．confirmed
23．A．cautiously B．casually C．simply D．anxiously
24．A．By all means B．In any circumstance C．To be honest D．At one time
25．A．generous B．aggressive C．considerate D．faithful
26．A．hang out with B．show concern for C．take control of D．look down upon
27．A．constant B．endless C．occasional D．permanent
28．A．hesitated B．declined C．intended D．hated
29．A．clarified B．figured C．recommended D．predicted
30．A．moreover B．therefore C．meanwhile D．instead
31．A．Unexpectedly B．Obviously C．Eventually D．Strangely
32．A．expanded B．struck C．beat D．stretched
33．A．until B．before C．while D．after
34．A．adapt to B．bring out C．make up D．fit into
35．A．ordinary B．common C．plain D．awful
36．A．warmth B．strength C．truth D．wealth
37．A．beyond B．through C．under D．across
38．A．thought B．dream C．sleep D．curiosity
39．A．though B．since C．anyway D．later
40．A．powder B．rainbows C．dust D．shadows
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The Peppered Moth, a kind of insect(昆虫), is found in England. It is light brown in colour and likes to settle(栖息) on trees which are also light brown. This makes the moth difficult to be seen and birds are less likely to notice and eat it.
But with the development of industry(工业) , smoke from factories began to reach the trees where the moth settled. It made the trees blacker. Then something very strange took place: in industrial areas, the Peppered Moth began to change colour. It became darker as well. Though the change took several years, some scientists soon notice that newly-born moths were a little darker than usual.
A scientist with the name Kettlewell decided to make a careful study of this phenomenon(现象). He marked some of the light moths and some of the darker ones, and set them free in the woods near Bermingham, an industrial city. Later, he recaptured(重新捕获) as many as the marked moths as possible. The results were as follows.
| | light moths | darker moths |
| Moths set free | 201 | 601 |
| moths recaptured | 34(16%) | 206(34%) |
| A．it itself liked to |
| B．it could be like the colour of its living-place |
| C．it had to keep the balance of nature |
| D．it was usually dark brown |
| A．many more of the light moths were killed or eaten |
| B．more than one-fifth of the light moths was not killed |
| C．three times as many dark moths were kept safe as light ones |
| D．more dark moths were killed in industrial areas |
| A．the number of the light moths became larger |
| B．the total number of the light moths remained unchanged |
| C．there were more of the darker moths and fewer of the light ones |
| D．the darker moths changed into the light ones suddenly |
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As they migrate, butterflies and moths choose the winds they want to fly with, and they change their body positions if they start floating in the wrong direction. This new finding suggests that insects may use some of the same methods that birds use for traveling long distances. Scientists have long thought that insects were simply at the mercy of the wind.
Fascinating as their skills of flight are, migrating behavior has been difficult to study in insects because many long distant trips happen thousands of feet above ground. Only recently have scientists developed technologies that can detect such little creatures at such great heights.
To their surprise, though, the insects weren't passive travelers on the winds. In autumn, for example, most light winds blew from the east, but the insects somehow sought out ones that carried them south and they positioned themselves to navigate directly to their wintering homes.
Even in the spring, when most winds flowed northward, the insects didn't always go with the flow. If breezes weren't blowing in the exact direction they wanted to go, the insects changed their body positions to compensate(补偿, 弥补). Many migrating birds do the same thing.
The study also found that butterflies and moths actively flew within the air streams that pushed them along. By adding flight speeds to wind speeds, the scientists calculated that butterflies and moths can travel as fast as 100 kilometers an hour. The findings may have real-world applications. With climate warming, migrating insects are growing in number. Knowing how and when these pests move could help farmers decide when to spray their crops.
【小题1】What's the main idea of the text?
| A．Insects migrate with the seasons. |
| B．The wind helps insects greatly in migrating. |
| C．Windsurfing insects have real direction. |
| D．Scientists have trouble in observing insects. |
| A．insects always waited for their favorable winds |
| B．insects chose the winds they wanted to ride |
| C．insects were just blown about by the wind |
| D．insects positioned themselves in the winds |
| A．the little creatures can fly very fast |
| B．their flight is long and high above ground |
| C．the wind's direction is hard to forecast |
| D．they have no regular migrating courses |
| A．increase insects in number |
| B．instruct farmers when to spray their crops |
| C．prevent climate warming |
| D．help protect insects |
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Crossing Texas and Mexico, the Big Bend region is high in biodiversity(生物的多样性). It’s a place so untamed that if something doesn’t bite, stick, or sting, it’s probably a rock.
You know you have arrived in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert when it feels as if you have fallen off the edge of the earth and into the rabbit hole. Nothing is as it appears. Moths (蛀虫) are the size of birds. Are those twin pillars (柱) of black rock (a landmark known as Mule Ear Peaks) ten miles (16 kilometers) away or fifty (80 kilometers)? Visibility (能见度) reaches more than a hundred miles on a clear day, and since there are few roads or buildings to use as milestones, distance is difficult to judge.
This is a place where water runs uphill, where rainbows have to wait for rain. The line between myth (虚构的故事) and reality is unclear. Stare long enough at the Chisos Mountains or the Sierra del Carmen, the two mountain ranges, known as sky islands, which lie on the land, and they rise and float above the plain.
The vast Chihuahuan Desert is a land of no people. There is always the chance you’ll die of thirst. The “You Can Die”possibilities are endless, and keep some visitors — 350,000 a year to Big Bend National Park, built in 1944 — from coming back. Those who do return are left to think of the remarkable courage of the brave few who have managed to survive in this terrible environment.
1.The underlined word“untamed”in Paragraph 1 means“________”.
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A．untouched |
B．wild |
C．unchanged |
D．fresh |
2.Why do the twin pillars of black rock seem ten or fifty miles away?
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A．They were put so far away. |
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B．They lie across the Chihuahuan Desert. |
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C．It is difficult to judge the distance, with few milestones. |
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D．One lies in the Chisos Mountains, the other in the Sierra del Carmen. |
3.How many years are there since the Big Bend National Park was built?
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A．350,000 years. |
B．350 years. |
C．66 years. |
D．44 years. |
4.What is the passage mainly about?
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A．The natural wonders of the Chihuahuan Desert. |
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B．Everything you see is not what it seems in the Chihuahuan Desert. |
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C．The terrible environment of deserts in Texas and Mexico. |
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D．A special place where none who go can return. |
5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
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A．There are all kinds of living things in the Chihuahuan Desert. |
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B．No people live in the Big Bend region. |
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C．Nothing is as it appears in the Big Bend region. |
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D．Traveling in the Big Bend region is dangerous. |
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