Some mammals migrate（迁徒）. One of these is the caribou（驯鹿）. They travel to the tundra（苔原）every summer to eat the rich grasses that grow there. When the weather becomes cooler, they migrate to the warmer forests and spend the winter there. Another mammal that migrates is the humpback whale. They spend the winter in Hawaii, and the summer in the Arctic（北极的）waters. They travel to the Arctic to eat millions of small shrimp（虾）.

Anther habit that some animals have to survive the cold winter is called hibernation. Animals that hibernate, rest or sleep during the winter. While they are hibernating, their bodies use up the fat layer that they have put on by eating large amounts of food during the summer. Some animals that hibernate in the Arctic are small animals called lemmings（旅鼠）, squirrels（松鼠）and bears.

There are two habit adaptations that animals in the Arctic have all year round. These are called herding and pack life. Caribou are example of animals that live in herds. A herd is a group of animals that lives together for most, or all of their lives. A herd of caribou can have a thousand or more animals in it. They live in herds for protection. It is easier for caribou to protect themselves when they are together than it is when they are alone. This is because the meat-eaters hunt in packs.

A pack is a small group of animals that lives together. It is usually controlled by a head male and a female. All the members of the pack must obey them. Packs have a very definite social structure. Each animal in a pack has a different position, or importance. Animals in a pack are usually meat-eaters. They live together for protection and hunting purposes.

1.According to the first paragraph, the humpback whale         .

A. travels to the Arctic for shrimp in summer

B. spends the winter in the Arctic

C. lives in Hawaii in summer

D. has the same living habits as the caribou

2.What kind of animal doesn’t hibernate in the Arctic?

A. The caribou.                    B. The bear.           C. The squirrel.             D. The lemming.

3. Caribou live in herds in order to         .

A. use up their fat layer        B. find food        C. protect themselves     D. hunt in packs

4. What do we know about pack life according to the last paragraph?

A. Animals in pack are usually grain-eaters.

B. All animals are in an equal position in a pack.

C. It is either controlled by a head mate or by a female.

D. Each animal has its own different role in a pack.

 

My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn’t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking. Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn’t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.
We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.
For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.
We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.
Over dinner; we learned the stay of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately, she explained.
“I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.”The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.
【小题1】Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?

A．Friends of the Road

B．The Silent Woman on the Bus

C．Going to Work by Bus

D．Different Kinds of Friendship

【小题2】All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.

A．poor

B．warm -hearted

C．silent

D．cold

【小题3】The underlined word “establish” in the third paragraph probably has the same      meaning as              

A．keep

B．discover

C．set up

D．accept

【小题4】Why did the woman usually keep silence while taking the bus?

A．She was worried about her disabled son.

B．She was sad to see the happy Mexican couple us a single mother.

C．She had difficulty in expressing herself.

D．She was only interested in the bus driver.

【小题5】The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.

A．they both disabled people

B．they both had some difficulty in expressing

C．they both liked bus travel

D．they both brought interest to the passengers

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1.Where do whitewater rafting tours start?

A．Travertine Falls     B．Peach Springs      C．Diamond Creek     D．Grand Canyon West

2.We learn from the passage that _______.

A．Hualapai River Runners provides dry clothes

B．you will get $20 back if you are dissatisfied

C．the trip is free of charge for children under 2

D．online booking has a better offer all year round

3.What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To explore the Hualapai culture

B．To attract people to the sights

C．To explain how to make a rafting trip

D．To introduce the history of the Colorado River

 

 

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Classes for foreign students at all levels

3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course

Open all year

Small class (at most 12 students )

Library, language laboratory and listening center

Accommodation(膳食供应) with selected families

25 minutes from London

Course fees for English for one year are ￡1, 38  (with reduction for shorter periods of study)

1.Lincoln College of English _______. 

A. is at the centre of London            

B. accepts students only at the beginning of the year

C. takes in foreign students, from beginners to the advanced                    

D. lies far away from London

2.While you stay there, _______ will take care of you.

A. the school where you study                            B. the family you have chosen

C. your classmates                              D. your own parents

3.If you go there for a one-term course, you will pay _______ for it.

A.￡1, 380           B. over ￡1, 380           C. much less than ￡1, 380   D. nothing

4.According to the introduction above, which is NOT mentioned(提到)?

  A. Course fees         B. Accommodation        C. The size of class         D. Teachers’ work

 

Experts say the American state of Hawaii has been invaded (入侵)by a small frog called the coqui (ko--kee). There may be millions of the small frogs in Hawaii. However, they do not belong there. They are normally found in the southeastern United States. The coqui frogs are harming Hawaii’s environment. And the extremely loud noise they make is causing problems for Hawaiian citizens and visitors.
The coqui invaders arrived in Hawaii about ten years ago. They were believed to have been brought in accidentally in shipments of plants from Florida. Their number has sharply increased. They have quickly spread around the Hawaii Islands hidden in plants.
The coqui is a brown frog about five centimeters long. During the day, the frogs hide in wet protected areas, such as under plant leaves. At night, the frogs move onto trees to feed, call to females and mates. The call of the male coqui sounds like. Ko kee! Ko kee!
In the southeastern United States, local people celebrate coqui frogs. But in Hawaii, the foreign frog has been considered as a harmful animal. The coqui frogs are a major danger to Hawaii’s environmental system. The frogs eat thousands of insects (昆虫)every night. These insects are important for the reproduction of plants. The insects also are important food for Hawaii’s native rare birds. The frogs also are affecting the tourism industry in Hawaii. Increasing numbers of hotels, visitors and local people have been annoyed by the loud calls made by male coqui frogs to female frogs. At night, the noise often makes it difficult for people to sleep.
The frogs do not have any natural enemies in Hawaii to reduce their population size. The warm weather permits them to lay eggs all year long. There are many efforts in Hawaii designed to stop the spread of the coqui. It is a crime to transport ,sell or release(释放)the frogs there.
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is trying to find an effective chemical that can be safely used to kill the frogs. For now, the frogs may only be caught by hand. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture says the greatest danger to the economy and environment of the state is from harmful species, like the coqui.
【小题1】The statement that can best summarize the main idea of the passage is         .

A．the coqui invaders have seriously affected the tourism industry in Hawaii

B．it is not permitted to transport, sell or release the coqui frogs in Hawaii

C．the coqui invasion has serious effects on the economy and environment in Hawaii

D．great efforts have been made by the Hawaii people to kill the coqui

【小题2】The coqui frogs originally arrived in Hawaii            .

A．by chance	B．at the request of all the local citizens
C．as a gift	D．as goods demanded in the local market

【小题3】Visitors to Hawaii don’t like the coqui frogs mainly because                 .

A．they are a big danger to the environmental system there

B．the loud noise made by the frogs bother their rest at night

C．they affect the reproduction of the local plants and insects

D．visitors could no longer see the native rare birds because of them

【小题4】The two factors leading to the rapid spread of coqui frogs in Hawaii are           .

A．the frogs’ habit and the environment in Hawaii

B．the large number of the insects and the plants in Hawaii

C．the geographic location of Hawaii and its tourism industry

D．the warm weather there and the frogs’ lack of natural enemies