Do you know why different animals or insects have their special colors? Colors are used mainly to protect themselves.
Why can’t some birds easily catch locusts（蝗虫）? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as autumn comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other insects with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives in the day and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals can’t be easily seen by hunters. This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even more strange thing? A kind of fish in the sea can send out black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, its enemies can’t find it. And it quickly swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.
【小题1】 From the article we learn that locusts 　　　　　　　　　.

Everyone should do something to protect the environment. How did we help to save our earth this week? Let me tell you.

First, my family try to save ??? ???? . We never left the lights on when leaving the rooms. We turn off the TV when ??? ??? is watching it. Mom only uses cold water in the washing machine.

　　Second, we also start recycling this week. We ??? ???? to write on both sides of the paper, not just on one side. We also ??? ???? our rubbish into different bags for bottles, cans, paper and food. Mom keeps the plastic shopping bags from the supermarket to use them again as rubbish bags. These are great ??? ??? to help our environment.

　　Third, my family also save water. We never take long baths and have short showers ??? ???? . We wash the toilet with used water. My sister and I don’t

??? ?? the tap running when we brushed our teeth.

　　At last, mom and dad begin to save gas. Mom ??? ???? to drive us to school, but now my sister and I start riding our bikes to school. It’s hard work ??? ???? good exercise! This week dad and his workmates(同事) also start to go to work together in one ??? ???? and share the cost. This also help reduce greenhouse gases.

　　These are great ways to help protect our environment.

1.A. water????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. oil????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. electricity????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. food

2.A. somebody??? ????????????? B. everybody?? ????????????? C. nobody??? ????????????? ????????????? D. anybody

3.A. want??????? ? ????????????? B. keep??????? C. refuse????? ????????????? ????????????? D. try

4.A. divide????? ????????????? ??? B. check???? ? ????????????? C. buy?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. change

5.A. ways??? ????????????? ????????????? B. advice????? ????????????? C. information?? ????????????? ??? D. news

6.A. again??? ????????????? ????????????? B. instead???? ????????????? C. already?? ????????????? ????????????? ??? D. too

7.A. leave??? ????????????? ????????????? B. stop???? ????????????? ??? C. finish?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. watch

8.A. hoped??????? ????????????? B. began????? ????????????? C. used?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. needed

9.A. or???????? ????????????? ??? B. but???????? ????????????? C. for????? ????????????? ????????????? ??? D. and

10.A. car???????? ????????????? B. bus???????? ? C. subway?? ?? ????????????? ??? D. train

根据汉语提示完成下面短文中所缺单词，（注意词形变化）（每空一词）。

Today, just as the school was over, my father came to pick me up and go 　1.(家). Just then, an old bus appeared behind our car. I used to ride this bus every ＿＿2.＿（天） to school in 6th grade, and 　3.　（多么） a good time we had!

I ＿4.　（花费）a lot of my time on that bus, whether laughing and talking, or ＿5.＿（恰好） enjoying the fine scenery of the city, as the bus took its daily route over the hills,6.__（穿过） the valleys(山谷), onto the highway, and finally, into the parking lot of my school.

That bus was a big part of my everyday ___7.__（生活）. And that old and always cheerful bus driver would take us on the long way to school to view beautiful places, like the ___8.__（海滩）, parks, even towns we had never seen ＿9.＿（以前）. Our school teachers wouldn’t mark us as being late, even if we were an ___10.__（小时） or so late to school.

Anyway, when I saw that bus, I recognized it right now. I told my dad that that was the bus I used to ride in.

A man got a new car and he was very proud 　26　 it. One day, when he 　27　 back home, he saw his three-year-old son 　28　 hitting the new car with a toy hammer. The man was 　29　 angry that he ran to his son, grabbed the hammer from 　30　, and used the hammer to hit the little boy’s hands too hard. The 　31　 boy cried out but his father didn’t care.
　　When the father 　32　, he took his son to the 　33　 as fast as he could. Although the doctor tried his best to save the 　34　 bones（骨头）, he had to cut the fingers from both of the boy’s hands in the end.
　　When the boy 　35　 in the hospital and saw his hands, he innocently(天真) said, “Dady, I’m sorry about your car.” Then he asked, “but 　36　 are my fingers going to grow back?” The father 　37　 very sad.
　　Think about the story when 　38　 steps on your feet or when you wish to take revenge(报复). Think first before you lose your patience with someone. Cars can 　39　, but broken bones and hurt feelings often can’t.
　　People often make mistakes. But we should remember that forgiveness is greater than revenge. 　40　 before act!