Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.

Some birds like eating locusts. but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.

If you study the animal life, you'll find the main use of colouring is protecting themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the tree.

Have you ever noticed an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spread over, the enemies cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it isn't strong at all.

From the passage we learn that locusts ___ .

A. are small animals

B. are easily found by birds

C. are dangerous to their enemies

D. change their colours to protect themselves

How can pests with different colours from plants keep out of danger?

A. They run away quickly.

B. They colours much like their enemies.

C. They hide themselves in the day and appear at night.

D. They have to move quietly.

Bears and lions can keep safe because they ___ .

A. have the colours much like the trees   B. move quickly

C. like brown and grey colours         D. live in forests

Which is the best title for this passage?

A. The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests

B. Colours of Different Animals and Pests

C. The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests

D. Some Animals and Pests

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W：Do you have any plans for your future?

M：Er,

W：That’s great! I’d like very much to go to Beijing．Maybe I’11 find a job there.

M：That’s not bad 

W：What? Are you kidding? It’s such a good chance to go abroad．

M：You know,  And if I go there, my mom will go there ,too. I have to live with them.

W：   But so many students envy your chance.

M：I see．    You have your own say on your future while I am sort of controlled by my parents.

W：Poor you! Anyway，I think what your parents do is all for your own good．

A．but I envy you．                 B．You mean you have no freedom?

C．What about you?                 D．But I may change my mind．

E．my father’s there．               F for the moment I plan to go to France for my MBA．

G gook luck for your future．

-Have you finished the work?

   -Not yet .I ______to do it just a moment ago

A．set up    B．set off    C．set out        D．set down

Do you know a lot of research work ＿＿ in recent years?

     A. have been carried out      B. has carried out

     C. are carried out            D. has been carried out

The programme, which refers _____ the tomb of Qin Shihuang, is _____ for those who are interested in history.

A. as; meant                          B. for; intended       

C. to; planned                         D. to; intended

This memorial was built ______ those heroes who laid down their lives for the liberation of  the black.

A．in memory of        B．in the honor of  

C．in favor of          D．in search of

At the 2003 Special Olympics in Ireland, more than 6,500 athletes from over 150 countries

_________.

      A. participated     B. joined             C. benefited            D. relied

____ this kind of computer ______well?

A. Is, sold      B. Does, sell          C. Are, sold       D. Do, sell

Robert is nine years old and Joanna is seven. They live at Mount Ebenezer. Their father has a big property. In Australia they call a farm a property.

    Robert and Joanna like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends but Robert and Joanna cannot see their friends. They live 100, perhaps 300, miles away and like Robert and Joanna, they all go to school by radio.

    Mount Ebenezer is in the center of Australia. Not many people live in “The Center”. There are no schools with desks and blackboards and no teachers in “The Center”. School is a room at home with a two-way radio. The teacher also has a two-way radio. Every morning she calls each student on the radio. When all students answer, lessons begin… Think of your teacher 300 miles away!

The children in “The Center” do not go to a school because ______.

  A. they live too far away from one another       B. they do not like school

  C. they are not old enough to go to school        D. their families are too poor

In order to send their children to school, parents in “The Center” of Australia must have ______.

  A. a property                               B. a car

  C. a school room at home                     D. a special radio

Teachers in “The Center” of Australia teach ______.

  A. not in a classroom but at the homes of the students

  B. by speaking only and not showing anything in writing

  C. without using any textbooks or pictures

  D. without knowing whether the students are attending

A “property” in Australia is a ______.

  A. house          B. school              C. farm               D. radio

I love charity shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you won’t find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods.

The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity’s appeal to aid postwar Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations(捐贈(zèng)物). They decided to set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children’s books, all 10 or 20 pence each.

Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don’t encourage this, rather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open.

The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than ￡110 million a year, funding（資助）medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much more. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment.

The author loves the charity shop mainly because of _______.

   A. its convenient location

   B. its great variety of goods

   C. its spirit of goodwill

   D. its nice shopping environment

The first charity shop in the UK was set up to ____.

   A. sell cheap products

   B. deal with unwanted things

   C. raise money for patients

   D. help a foreign country

Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops?

   A. The operating costs are very low.

   B. The staff are usually well paid.

   C. 90% of the donations are second-hand.

   D. They are open twenty-four hours a day.

Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

   A. What to Buy a Charity Shops.

   B. Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development.

   C. Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate.

   D. The Public’s Concern about Charity Shops.