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The killer bees are coming! By the time you read this they will have reached Texas. They will also reach all the warmer areas of the United States. Scientists as well as farmers wait for them with a mixture of fear and wonder.

The killer bees should not be coming at all. Nature did not put them on this direct path for the United States; human beings did. The killer bees are from Africa. But in 1957 a scientist from Brazil got some of these killer bees for his experiments. The aim(目的)was to produce a better bee. However, an accident happened: a guest beekeeper let twenty-six of the queen bees escape by mistake. Before long, groups of killer bees took off for the woods.

Since that time, the wild killer bees have multiplied(繁殖)many times over. By 1998, their population was over 1015, They have spread all over South America, Central America, and most of Mexico. The United States is the next stop.

Are the killer bees really killers? Yes, they are. In their first thirty years in America, they have killed thousands of hens, pigs, and other animals. While no one knows the exact(确切的)number, it is believed that several hundred people have also been killed.

So be careful! Killer bees are on the way, Scientists have no idea what to do with them yet. There must be a way.

1. The killer bees were brought to Brazil in order to 　　　　 .

A. develop a better bee

B. kill the local bees

C. make an African bee

D. produce wild bees

2．The killer bees’ becoming wild in America resulted from(由……导致) a mistake by　　　　 .

A．a beekeeper　　　　 B. a guest

C. a queen　　　　　　 D. a scientist

3. We know from the passage that the killer bees will spread to the United States 　　　　 .

A. from east　　　　　　 B. from north

C. from south　　　　 D. from west

4. The passage suggests that to all the creatures on the earth,　　　　 .

A. beekeepers are the most dangerous energy

B. experiments are often very dangerous

C. the greatest danger often comes from man himself

D. warmer areas are full of fear and wonder

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. It seems that the spread of the killer bees can’t be stopped now.

B. The scientists sent the killer bees out specially to make a better bee.

C. If we don’t take some measures, the killer bees will spread all over the world.

D. The killer bees are really killers that can also kill people.

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The killer bees are coming! By the time you read this they will have reached Texas. They will also reach all the warmer areas of the United States. Scientists as well as farmers wait for them with a mixture of fear and wonder.

The killer bees should not be coming at all. Nature did not put them on this direct path for the United States; human beings did. The killer bees are from Africa. But in 1957 a scientist from Brazil got some of these killer bees for his experiments. The aim(目的)was to produce a better bee. However, an accident happened: a guest beekeeper let twenty-six of the queen bees escape by mistake. Before long, groups of killer bees took off for the woods.

Since that time, the wild killer bees have multiplied(繁殖)many times over. By 1998, their population was over 1015, They have spread all over South America, Central America, and most of Mexico. The United States is the next stop.

Are the killer bees really killers? Yes, they are. In their first thirty years in America, they have killed thousands of hens, pigs, and other animals. While no one knows the exact(确切的)number, it is believed that several hundred people have also been killed.

So be careful! Killer bees are on the way, Scientists have no idea what to do with them yet. There must be a way.

1. The killer bees were brought to Brazil in order to 　　　　 .

A. develop a better bee

B. kill the local bees

C. make an African bee

D. produce wild bees

2．The killer bees’ becoming wild in America resulted from(由……导致) a mistake by　　　　 .

A．a beekeeper　　　　 B. a guest

C. a queen　　　　　　 D. a scientist

3. We know from the passage that the killer bees will spread to the United States 　　　　 .

A. from east　　　　　　 B. from north

C. from south　　　　 D. from west

4. The passage suggests that to all the creatures on the earth,　　　　 .

A. beekeepers are the most dangerous energy

B. experiments are often very dangerous

C. the greatest danger often comes from man himself

D. warmer areas are full of fear and wonder

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. It seems that the spread of the killer bees can’t be stopped now.

B. The scientists sent the killer bees out specially to make a better bee.

C. If we don’t take some measures, the killer bees will spread all over the world.

D. The killer bees are really killers that can also kill people.

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　　On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981．They also did more household work and participated(参加)in more of such organized activities as soccer(英式足球)and ballet．Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50％ from 1981 to 1997：boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log⑦ half that time．All in all(总的来说), however, children's leisure(闲暇)time dropped from 40％of the day in 1981 to 25％．

　　“Children are affected by the same time crisis(危机)that affects their parents,”says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of children's timetable．A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home．Nevertheless(然而), children in both double-income and“male bread winner”house holds spent comparable amounts of time interacting(相互影响)with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively(各自的)．In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers．

　　All work and no play could make for(导致；有利于)some very messed up(麻烦的)kids．“Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself．”Says T．Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School．Unstructured(自由的；非正式组织的)play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate⑧ their relationships with their peers．But kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it．

　　The children sampled(被抽样调查的)spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing(日益减少的)“free time”watching television．But that, believe it or not(信不信由你), was one of the findings parents might regard as good news．If they're spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren't replacing it with reading．Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading．Let's face it, who's got the time?

(1)

By mentioning“the same crisis”Sandra Hofferth means ________．
[　　]
A．	children have little time to play with their parents
B．	children are not taken good care of by their working parents
C．	both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time
D．	both parents and children have trouble managing their time

(2)

According to the author a child develops better if ________．
[　　]
A．	he has plenty of time reading and studying
B．	he is left to play with his peers in his own way
C．	he has more time participating in school activities
D．	he is free to interact with his working parents

(3)

The author is concerned about the fact that American kids ________．
[　　]
A．	are engaged in more and more structured activities
B．	are increasingly neglected(忽视)by their working mothers
C．	are spending more and more time watching TV
D．	are involved less and less in household work

(4)

We can infer from the passage that ________．
[　　]
A．	extracurricular(课外活动)activities promote children's intelligence(智力)
B．	most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off
C．	efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful
D．	most parents believe reading to be beneficial(有益处的)to children

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