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saidamiddle-agedman.
"
Yes,heshouldbepraisedandwemustwritealettertothecompany,"
saidasecondpassenger."
That'
sright,"
anotherladysaid,"
Iwishanewspaperreporterwereheresothatmorepeoplecouldlearnfromthisconductor."
Justthenagentlemanwholookedlikeateacherturnedtotheconductorandsaid,"
Excuseme,butcanIknowyourname,please?
Yourexcellentservicemustbepraised..."
Beforehecouldopenhismouth,thethree-year-oldchildsittingontheyoungwoman'
slapinterrupted,"
Iknowhisname.IcallhimDad."
4.Onepassengersuggestedwritingalettertothecompanyto________
A.makeademandformorebuses
B.thanktheconductorforhisgoodservice
C.criticizetheconductorforhisrudebehavior
D.inviteanewspaperreportertowriteabouttheconductor
5.Whatwasthegentleman?
A.Ateacher.B.Anewspaperreporter.
C.Notknownfromthestory.
D.Theconductor'
sfriendfromhiscompany.
6.Theword"
he"
inthelastparagraphrefersto_______.
A.thegentlemanB.theconductor
C.themiddle-agedmanD.thethree-year-oldchild
7.Itisclearfromthestorythattheconductor_______.
A.haschangedhisattitudetowardshiswork
B.hasnowbeenkindandpolitetoallpassengers
C.hasnotchangedhisrudebehaviortopassengers
D.hasnowbeenkindandpolitetowomenwithchildren
C
Haveyoueverwonderedwhybirdssing?
Maybeyouthoughtthattheywerejusthappy.Afterall,youprobablysingwhenyouarehappy.
Somescientistsbelievethatbirdsdosingsomeofthetimejustbecausetheyarehappy.However,theysingmostofthetimeforaverydifferentreason.Theirsingingisactuallyawarningtootherbirdstostayoutoftheirterritory.
Doyouknowwhata“territory”is?
Aterritoryisanareathatananimal,usuallythemale,claims(声称)asitsown.Onlyheandhisfamilyarewelcomethere.Nootherfamiliesofthesamespeciesarewelcome.Yourhouseisyourterritorywhereonlyyourfamilyandfriendsarewelcome.Ifastrangershouldenteryourterritoryandthreatenyou,youmightshout.Probablythiswouldbeenoughtofrightenhimaway.
Ifso,youhaveactuallyfrightenedthestrangerawaywithouthavingtofighthim.Abirddoesthesamething.Butheexpectsanoutsideralmostanytime,especiallyatnesting(筑巢)season.Soheisscreamingallthetime,whetherhecanseeanoutsiderornot.Thisscreamingiswhatwecallabird’ssong,anditisusuallyenoughtokeepanoutsideraway.
8.Somescientistsbelievethatmostofthetimebird’ssingingisactually________.
A.anexpressionofhappinessB.awayofwarning
C.anexpressionofangerD.awayofgreeting
9.Whatisabird’s“territory”?
A.Aplacewherefamiliesofotherspeciesarenotaccepted.
B.Aplacewhereabirdmayshoutatthetopofitsvoice.
C.Anareaforwhichbirdsfightagainsteachother.
D.Anareawhichabirdconsiderstobeitsown.
10.Whydobirdskeeponsingingatnestingseason?
A.Becausetheywanttoinvitemorefriends.
B.Becausetheirsinginghelpsfrightenoutsidersaway.
C.Becausetheywanttofindoutsidersaround.
D.Becausetheirsinginghelpsgetridoftheirfears.
11.Howdoesthewriterexplainbirds’singing?
ABycomparingbirdswithhumanbeings.
B.Byreportingexperimentresults.
C.Bydescribingbirds’dailylife.
D.Bytellingabird’sstory.
D
Whatwillmanbelikeinthefuture—in5,000oreven50,000yearsfromnow?
Wecanonlymakeguesses,ofcourse,butwecanbesurethathewillbedifferentfromwhatheistoday,formanisslowlychangingallthetime.
Letustakeanobviousexample.Man,evenfivehundredyearsago,wasshorterthanheistoday.Now,onaverage,menareaboutthreeinchestaller.Fivehundredyearsisarelativelyshortperiodoftime,sowemayassumethatmanwillcontinuetogrowtaller.Again,inthemodernworldweuseourbrainsagreatdeal.Evenso,westillmakeuseofonlyabout20%ofthebrain'
scapacity.Astimegoeson,however,weshallhavetouseourbrainsmoreandmore,andeventuallyweshallneedlargerones!
Thisislikelytobringaboutaphysicalchangetothehead,inparticulartheforehead,whichwillgrowlarger.
Nowadaysoureyesareinconstantuse.Infact,weusethemsomuchthatveryoftentheybecomeweakerandwehavetowearglasses.Butoveraverylongperiodoftimeitislikelythatman'
seyeswillgrowstronger.
Ontheotherhand,wetendtomakelessuseofourarmsandlegs.These,asaresult,arelikelytogrowweaker.Atthesametime,however,ourfingerswillgrowmoresensitivebecausetheyareusedagreatdealinmodernlife.
Butwhatabouthair?
Thiswillprobablydisappearfromthebodyaltogetherincourseoftimebecauseitdoesnotserveausefulpurposeanylonger.Inthefuture,then,bothsexesarelikelytobebald.
Perhapsallthisgivestheimpressionthatfuturemanwillnotbeaveryattractivecreaturetolookat!
Thismaywellbetrue.Allthesame,inspiteofallthesechanges,futuremanwillstillhavealotincommonwithus.Hewillstillbeahumanbeing,withthoughtsandemotionssimilartoourown.
12.Thepassagemainlytellsusthat________.
A.man'
slifewillbedifferentinthefuture
B.futuremanwilllookquitedifferentfromus
C.manisgrowingtalleranduglierastimepasses
D.man'
sorgans'
functionswillbeonthewane
13.Whatservesastheevidencethatmanischanging?
A.Manhasgotstrongereyesnowthanheeverhad.
B.Man'
shairisgettingthinnerandthinner.
C.Man'
sarmsandlegshavebecomelighterandweaker.
D.Manhasbeengrowingtalleroverthepast500years.
14.WhichisTRUEaboutahumanbeinginthefuture?
A.Heishairlessbecausehairisnolongeruseful.
B.Hehassmallereyesandwearsbetterglasses.
C.Hisfingersgrowweakerbecausehedoesn'
thavetomakeuseofthem.
D.Hethinksandfeelsindifferentways.
15.Itisimpliedthat________.
A.humanbeingswillbecomelessattractiveinthefuture
B.lessuseofabodilyorganmayleadtoitsdegeneration(退化)
C.humanbeingshopeforachangeinthefuturelife
D.futurelifeisalwayspredictable
第二节:
七选五(共5小题;
每小题3分,满分15分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
选项中有两个选项为多余选项。
Shaking
hands,
American
style
People
often
shake
hands
in
the
United
States.
men
with
other
men.
women
men,
and
sometimes
they
women.
Adults
children.
And
some
people
even
teach
their
dogs
to
hands!
___16___
How
do
just
long
enough?
Just
hard
Here
are
four
little
rules
remember.
1.
Use
your
right
hand.
2.
good
eye
contact(眼神交流).
Look
at
person
while
you
shaking
hands.
3.
Don’t
too
long.
___17___
Then
let
go
pull
hand
back
toward
you.
4.
___18___
.When
a
handshake
is
weak,
Americans
think
may
not
be
worker
or
leader.
When
strong,
rough(粗鲁)
has
bad
manners.
___19___
.They
when
meet
for
first
time.
They
say
congratulations.
after
seeing
each
awhile.
good-bye.
In
business,
shows
agreement
honesty.
Handshakes
everywhere.
___20___
So
make
sure
plenty
of
A.
Offer
first.
B.
Shake
no
more
than
three
seconds.
C.
correctly?
D.
strongly
weakly.
E.
It
polite
refuse
person’s
F.
States
hands?
G.
Make
a