Brown trees snakes are causing
problems to the people who live on the Island of Guam. The snakes can
grow to 10 feet in length. They hide from bright light during the day.
At night, they come out looking for food. They climb trees and
telephone poles. They slither through pipes into houses. They crawl
along electric power lines, causing serious problems.
There are millions of these
snakes. They eat birds, lizards and other small animals. Scientists
say that nine kinds of birds that once lived on Guam have now died
out.
Brown tree snakes were brought to
Guam incidentally by ships coming to Guam from other places.
Scientists are trying to find ways to control the number of brown tree
snakes before they do more damages.
46. Brown tree snakes are
.
A. natives of Guam B.
from other places
C. all over the world D.
everywhere on the US
47. The snakes don’t come out
looking for food .
A. at night B. in the evening C.
at sunrise D. during the day
48. Some kinds of birds do not
exist on Guam because .
A. they have been eaten by the
snakes B. they are short of food there
C. they have flown away to other
places D. they are afraid of the snakes.
49. The snakes cause a lot of
trouble to .
A. small animals B.
birds C. the people D. all the above
50. From the passage we can draw a
conclusion that .
A. the snakes are brown and live
in trees
B. the interruption of power supply
in Guam is always caused by the snakes.
C. brown tree snakes are afraid of
the heat from the sun
D. scientists are trying to get rid
of the snakes
B
The Winter Olympics is also called
the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published
to mark the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out
on January 25, 1932 in the United States 3rd White
Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics
became a rule.
During the 4th Winter
Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November
1935. The five rings of Olympics were printed on the front of the
sports-wear. It was the first time that the symbol appeared on the
stamps of the White Olympics.
In the 1950’s, the stamps of this
kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host
countries as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark
those games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when
the Chinese sportsmen began to march into the area of the White
Olympics.
Japan is the only Asian country
that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million
stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meeting.
Different kinds of sports were
printed on those small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the
wonderful movements of some athletes.
51. The Winter Olympics and the
White Olympics .
A. refer to the same thing B.
are different kinds of games
C. are both held in winter D.
are not both held in winter
52. It was that
the world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world
games.
A. after the 2nd White
Olympics B. after the 3rd White Olympics
C. after the 4th White
Olympics D. from the year 1950
53. From the passage we know the
symbol of five rings came into being .
A. in November 1935 B.
in the 1950’s
C. first in Germany D.
before the November of 1935
54. The Japanese sold out 14,500
million stamps in order to raise money for .
A. as Asian games B.
its own people
C. paying for its war D.
a world-wide games
55. So far the Olympic has not been
held in .
A. the USA B. Germany C.
China D. Japan
C
After breakfast Mrs. Cotton said to
Kurt, “You really ought to tidy your room. I should have cleaned it
weeks ago but it’s been impossible because of all your things all over
the place.”
So Kurt went upstairs and began to
sort out all his belongings. There were a lot of things that ought to
have been thrown out ages ago. Among the things he found some old
school reports from St Mark’ Grammar School where he had educated.
They had been put into the drawer years ago and hadn’t been taken out
for ages. Kurt looked through these and thought about some of the boys
and masters he used to know. Most of the boys had done much better
than he had; they had all either got good jobs or were studying at
university. Kurt hadn’t worked very hard, especially in his last two
years at school. Instead he used to waste his time and everybody said
he ought to have worked much harder. Unfortunately, he failed his
A-level exams and his parents were very disappointed. In their opinion
he should have become a doctor like his father.
When he left school, he found it
very difficult to get a good job. First of all, he became a clerk in
an insurance company. This was a very boring job. He used to sit at a
desk all day and copy figures from one piece of paper to another. He
then got his job in the library. “But I don’t really like it there,”
he thought. “I oughtn’t to stay there all my life. I ought to try and
study again and get something good like some of the boys I shall see
at the dance tonight. Now I ought to get on and tidy my room, I
suppose.”
56. The first paragraph of the
passage tells us that .
A. Mrs. Cotton hadn’t cleaned Kurt’s
room
B. Kurt’s things are orderly laid
C. Mrs. Cotton had cleaned Kurt’s
room
D. Kurt always cleaned his room by
himself
57. “There were a lot of things that
ought to have been thrown out ages ago.” This means that
.
A. these things were of importance
to Kurt
B. Kurt always went over these
things
C. Kurt had thrown out some of these
things
D. Kurt seldom went over these
things
58. According to the passage we
learn that.
A. St Mark’s Grammar School was a
university
B. Mr. Cotton was a chief librarian
C. Kurt hadn’t entered
university
D. Kurt was happy about his
schooldays
59. Why was it very difficult for
Kurt to get a good job?