【題目】Let These Plants Swat the Bugs for You Some plants get so hungry that they eat flies，spiders, and even small frogs. What's more amazing is that these plants occur naturally (in special environments) in every state. In fact, they're found on every continent except Antarctica.

You've probably seen a Venus' flytrap. It's often sold in museum gift stores, department stores, and even supermarkets. A small plant，it grows 6 to 8 inches tall in a container. At the end of its stalks (are specially modified leaves that act like traps. Inside each trap is a lining of tiny trigger (觸發(fā))hairs. When an insect lands on them, the trap suddenly shut. Over the course of a week or so, the plant feeds on its catch.

The Venus' flytrap is just one of more than 500 species of meat-eating plants， says Barry Meyers-Rice ， the editor of the International Carnivorous Plant Society's Newsletter. Note： Despite any science-fiction stories (科幻小說)you might have read, no meat-eating plant does any danger to humans.

Dr. Meyers-Rice says a plant is meat-eating, only if it does all four of the following："attract, kill, digest, and absorb" some form of insect, including flies, butterflies, and moths. Meat-eating plants look and act like other green plants—well, most of the time.

All green plants make sugar through a process called photosynthesis (光合作用). Plants use the sugar to make food. What makes "meat-eating" plants different is their bug-catching leaves. They need insects for one reason ： nitrogen (氮). Nitrogen is a nutrient that they can't obtain any other way. Why?

Almost all green plants on our planet get nitrogen from the soil. "Meat-eating" plants can't. They live in places where nutrients are hard or almost impossible to get from the soil because of its acidity (酸度). So they've come to rely on getting nitrogen from insects and small animals. In fact, nutrient-rich soil is poisonous to "meat-eating" plants. Never fertilize (施肥)them! But don't worry, either, if they never seem to catch any insects. They can survive, but they'll grow very slowly.

【1】 Venus flytrap ______.

A. is a small plant which grows in a container

B. is a kind of plant which gets hungry easily

C. can attract, kill， digest and absorb some form of insects

D. grows 6—8 inches tall

【2】 From the passage, we know ______.

A. "meat-eating" plants are found on every continent

B. all green plants get nitrogen from the soil

C. bug-catching leaves make "meat-eating" different from other plants

D. some "meat-eating" plants in the rainforest do danger to humans

【3】 "Meat-eating" plants grow very slowly, ______.

A. so you'd better fertilize them

B. probably because the source of nitrogen is cut off

C. simply because they can't absorb nitrogen from the soil

D. and then they will die slowly

【4】 Which of the following is true?

A. "Meat-eating" plants look and act like other green plants.

B. No insects, no "meat-eating" plants.

C. The reason why Venus flytrap needs flies is that it needs to get nutrient from them.

D. Green plants make sugar at night.

【題目】Now that we've discussed our problem, are people happy with the decisions __________?

A. taking B. take

C. taken D. to take

【題目】There is a new problem involved in the popularity of private cars __________ road conditions need __________.

A. that; to be improved B. which ； to be improved

C. where ； improving D. when ； improving

【題目】I have no dream __________ to have a happy life.

A. rather than B. more than

C. other than D. less than

【題目】Although I had the book assigned by the professor several times, it didn't make any __________ to me.

A. meaning B. importance

C. sense D. significance

【題目】We Chinese are not big huggers. A handshake or a pat on the shoulder is enough to convey our friendship or affection to one another. So when our newly-acquainted Western friends reach out in preparation for a hug, some of us feel awkward.

Many questions go through our head. Where should I put my arms? Under their armpits (胳肢窩) or around their neck? What distance should I maintain? Should our chests touch?

It’s even more difficult with friends from some European countries. Should I kiss them on the cheek while hugging? Which side? Or is it both cheeks? Which side should I start on?

But it isn’t just people from cultures that emphasize a reservedness in expressing physical intimacy(親密) who find hugging confusing. Hugs can cause discomfort or even distress in people who value their personal space.

In a recent article for The Wall Street Journal, US psychologist Peggy Drexler said that although the US remains a “medium touch” culture — “more physically demonstrative(公開表露感情的) than Japan, where a bow is the all-purpose hello and goodbye, but less demonstrative than Latin or Eastern European cultures, where hugs are strong and can include a kiss on both cheeks”, Americans do seem to be hugging more.

From politicians to celebrities, hugs are given willy-nilly (不管愿意不愿意的）to friends, strangers and enemies alike; and the public has been quick to pick up the practice. US First Lady Michelle Obama has put her arms around icy foreign leaders like Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and the Queen of England, on the latter occasion actually breaking the rule of royal manners.

But not all are grateful to be hugged, even by the most influential and famous. To them, any hug is offensive if it’s not sincere.

Amanda Hess, writing for US magazine Slate, says public figures should stop imposing hugs on everyone they meet. For them, a hug is rarely a gesture of sincere fellowship, compassion or affection. It’s all part of a show. Hugs are falsely close power plays used by public figures to establish their social dominance (統(tǒng)治力）over those in their grasp.

Cecilia Walden, a British journalist writing for The Telegraph who lives in New York, holds the same opinion. “Power-hugging”, as she calls it, is “an offender dressed up as kindness”. It has become a fashion in the US where “bosses are already embracing their staff (either shortly before or after firing them), men and women ,their friends or enemies, in a thousand cheating displays of unity”.

【1】From the first four paragraphs, we can see that ___________.

A. we Chinese people don’t know how to hug

B. people from European countries often get puzzled about hugging

C. people in Western countries seldom use hugs to express their physical closeness

D. hugs can bring pressure to people when used improperly

【2】The example of US first lady Michelle Obama is given to show that __________.

A. Americans hold a “medium touch” culture

B. public figures know hugging functions well in public

C. she is much liked by American people

D. hugs are forbidden in England

【3】“Power-hugging” in the last paragraph actually means that _________.

A. hugs are only used sincerely by some people with power

B. hugging is powerful to bosses in US

C. public figures sometimes use hugging just for a show of power

D. public figures can hug anyone in their grasp freely

【4】What can be the best title of this passage?

A. Hugs, vital or not?

B. Hugs, tricky affair?

C. Hugs and public figures

D. Hugs and power

【題目】閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)漢語提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號后。

【1】The official __________ that once caught playing games or shopping online in the office, the civil servant must be fired at once without any reason. (make)

官方已經(jīng)制定規(guī)矩：一旦被發(fā)現(xiàn)在辦公室玩游戲或網(wǎng)購，該公務(wù)員將會無理由地立即被解雇。

【2】So depressed __________ that nothing would cheer him up.(feel)

他感到如此沮喪，什么也使他開心不起來。

【3】It was not until I had read your letter __________ the true state of affairs. (sense)

直到我讀了你的信后我才懂得這些事的真實情況。

【4】He’s so stubborn that __________ persuade him to join us , he did not change his mind. (try)

他如此固執(zhí)以至于不管我怎樣努力勸他加入我們，他都不肯改變主意。

【5】With __________ in the earthquake-stricken Ludian, Yunnan Province, a rescue team from Qinghai Province walked for five days to send food there. (run)

云南魯?shù)榈卣馂?zāi)區(qū)的食品快用光了，一支青海的救援隊徒步五天去那里送食物。

【6】Research finds that social network users have more than ___________ online as in real life. (as)

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)用戶在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上擁有的朋友是現(xiàn)實生活中的兩倍多。

【7】__________ for several times, the kid finally came to realize what his mother really meant. (indicate)

暗示多次之后，這個孩子才明白他的母親的真正意圖。

【8】If you had set off earlier this morning, you _________ the traffic jams.(avoid)

如果今天早上你早點出發(fā)的話，你本來可以避免交通堵塞的。

【9】There are many people present at the meeting, __________ the same school. (come)

有很多人出席會議，其中大多數(shù)人來自于同一所學(xué)校。

【10】__________ in the movie was the father’s deep love for his son. (strike)

這部電影最打動我的是父親對他兒子深深的愛。

【題目】We've been told the good news, but when and where to go for the exciting paid vacation __________ yet.

A. are not discussed B. have not been discussed

C. is not being discussed D. has not been discussed

【題目】The air is deadly polluted because some factories don't __________ the rules to protect the environment.

A. appreciate B. regard

C. honor D. respect

【題目】— What do you think about the new teacher?

—__________ the new teacher is an elegant lady, she can be extremely difficult to work with.

A. As if B. As long as

C. Because D. While