1. Some sea worms grow smaller when they ______.

　 A. lose weight　　　　　　　　　 B. live in the darkness

　 C. are under good conditions　　　 D. don’t eat and are kept in the dark

9、(1分)

　　 We are used to the idea of aging in ourselves. We are so used to this that it comes as a surprise to find that there may be some animals that do not age. Sea anemones(海葵) are an example. Some have been kept for nearly a century without showing any signs of lifelessness. Some kinds of sea worms can even “grow backwards.” If kept in the dark and given nothing to eat, they get steadily smaller, They finally end as a ball of cells(细胞) looking rather like the egg from which they came. Under good conditions the ball will turn back to a worm and start growing again. One could probably keep them growing and un-growing again and again.

6. The best title for this passage would be　　 .

　 A. A Big World　　　　　　　　　　 B. A Small World

　 C. An Exacting World　　　　　　　 D. An Interesting World

5. We don’t have the same stereotypes because people _______.

　 A. travel more　　　　　　　　　　　 B. watch the same TV programmes

　 C. watch different TV programmes　　　 D. travel more and watch the same TV programmes

4. Nowadays, people’s ideas of other nationalities　　 .

　 A. have changed　　 B. are the same　　 C. are different　　 D. are almost the same

3. People thought of other countries as　　 .

　 A. near and different　　　　　　　　 B. near and the same

　 C. remote and very different　　　　　 D. remote and the same

2. Fifty years ago,　　　 English people travelled abroad.

　 A. many　　　 B. few　　 C. only some　　 D. a few

1. Now the world seems to be　　　 exciting.

　 A. bigger and more　　　　　　　　　 B. smaller and more

　 C. smaller and less　　　　　　　　　 D. bigger and less

8、(1分)

　　 In today’s age of fast travel, the world seems a smaller place---- and to some people, a less exciting place, Fifty years ago only a few English people and holidays abroad, People who didn’t travel thought of other countries as very far away and different. For example, people thought the French all eat garlic(大蒜), the Italians all eat spaghetti(细条实心面). and the Americans all drink Coca Cola, These definite(明确的) ideas of other nationalities are called stereotypes(陈规老套) . But do we have the same stereotypes today? People travel more, we all watch the same TV programmes, and ideas travel quickly too. Nowadays everyone eats garlic and spaghetti and drinks Coca Cola. Everyone listens to the same music. wears the same fashions(流行式样) , buys the same cars. They just do it in a different language!

5. Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _______.

　 A. England　　　 B. Paris　　　 C. the United States　　　 D. New York City