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tveryinteresting,butbetweenitspagestherewassomethingveryinterestingindeed.Itwasasmallpieceofvellum（羊皮纸）onwhichwaswrittenthesecretofthe"

Touchstone"

!

Thetouchstonewasasmallpebble（鹅卵石）thatcouldturnanycommonmetal（金属）intogold.Thewritingexplainedthatitwaslyingamongthousandsandthousandsofotherpebblesthatlookedexactlylikeit.Butthesecretwasthis:

Therealstonewouldfeelwarm,whilecommononeswerecold.

Sothemansoldhisbelongings,campedonthebeach,andbegantestingpebbles.

Heknewthatifhepickedupcoldpebblesandthrewthemdownagain,hemightpickupthesamepebblehundredsoftimes.So,whenhefeltonethatwascold,hethrewitintothesea.Hespentawholedaydoingthisbutnoneofthemwasthetouchstone.Yethewentonandonthisway.Pickupapebble.Cold—throwitintothesea.Pickupanother.Throwitintothesea.

Thedayscontinuedintoweeksandtheweeksintomonths.Oneday,however,hepickedupapebbleanditwaswarm.Hethrewitintotheseabeforeherealizedwhathehaddone.Hehadformedsuchastronghabitofthrowingeachpebbleintotheseathatwhentheonehewantedcamealong,hestillthrewitaway.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

（）didthemanknowthesecretofthetouchstone

A.Heknewitfromhisdream.

B.Alexandriatoldhimaboutit.

C.Hereadaboutitfromabook.

D.Hefounditoutinthelibrary.

（）tothetext,what'

sspecialaboutthetouchstone

A.Itcantellmen’sfuture.

B.Itcanturncommonmetalintogold.

C.Itcantellgoodfrombad.

D.Itcanmakemen'

sdreamscometrue.

（）wasthetouchstonedifferentfromotherpebbles

A.Itwascold.B.Itwaswarm.C.Itwaslight.D.Itwasheavy.

（）didthemanprobablyfeelattheendofthetext

A.Sad.B.Happy.C.Relaxed.D.Bored.

（）’sthebesttitleforthetext

A.Amagicbook

B.Amanwhonevergivesup

C.Thetouchstone

D.Thecoldandwarmpebbles

B

Researchersmayhavefoundanunusualwaytocutplastic（塑料的）pollution,onebiteatatime.

Theyfindthatthecommonwaxworm（蜡虫）caneatplastic.Andthismayhelptosolvetheproblemwiththewastecausedbyplasticbags.Eachyear,countlessplasticbagsareusedaroundtheworld.

Theydiscoveredthisbyaccident,Bertocchini,aresearcherandalsoabeekeeper,explains.Shesaystheplasticbagsholdingthewaxwormswereriddledwithsmallholes.Inotherwords,thebagshadholesalloverthemwhenthewormswereinside.Shesaysshemadethechancediscoveryaftertakingawaythewormsfrombeehiveswheretheylived.Sheputthewormsinaplasticshoppingbag,whichbecamefullofholeslater.

Afterthediscovery,Bertocchinicarriedouttimedexperiments（实验）ontheworms.When100wormswereplacedinanormalBritishplasticshoppingbag,theholesbegantoappearinjust40minutes.After12hours,shesawmuchoftheplasticbaghaddisappeared.

Plasticisnotthenaturalfoodforthewaxworms.Buttheresearcherssaythatsincetheylaytheireggsinbeehives,thewormsfeedonbeeswax.“Waxisakindof‘naturalplastic’,”Bertocchinisays.

Researcherssaytheystillneedtobetterunderstandhowwaxisdigested（消化）intheworm.Findingthatoutcouldhelpsolvetheproblemwithplasticwaste.Bertocchinisaystheyareplanningtousethisresearchtofindawaytocutplasticwaste.Shesaystheyareworkingtosaveouroceans,riversandalltheenvironmentfromplasticwaste.But,sheadds,“Weshouldnotthrowplasticbagsintotheenvironment,justbecausewenowknowhowtodealwiththem.”

（）isBertocchini’sdiscovery

A.Waxwormscaneatplastic.

B.Waxwormsliveinbeehives.

C.Waxwormsfeedonbeeswax.

D.Waxisakindofnaturalplastic.

（）didBertocchinimakethediscoverybychance

A.Bygivingfoodtowaxworms.

B.Byfindingholesinplasticbags.

C.Bytestingshoppingplasticbags.

D.Bydoingastudyonwaxworms.

（）ofthefollowingistheclosestinmeaningto“riddledwith”

A.Dividedinto.B.Fullof.C.Shortof.D.Freefrom.

（）canwelearnfromthetext

A.Plasticbagswilldisappearinthefuture.

B.Waxwormshavegreatlycuttheplasticwaste.

C.Peoplewillnotworryaboutusingplasticbags.

D.Researchersaretryinganewwaytocutplasticwaste.

（）dotheresearchersthinkofthediscovery

A.It’sjustajoke.B.It’soflittleuse.

C.It’saperfectdiscovery.D.Itneedsfurtherresearch.

C

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

（）thebabysitterworkstwohours,howmuchshouldJanpay

A.￡.B.￡9.C.￡27.D.￡54.

（）doesn’taphonecallwork

A.Whenastudentwantsthejobasababysitter.

B.