1．Scientists in Colombia have trained a team of rats to help remove land mines from the countryside．Land mines are small bombs（炸彈） hidden in the ground and designed to explode（爆炸） when someone steps on them．
When trained，the rats can smell special metals in the mines and then signal（發(fā)信號） to their human team．Then why use rats for such an important job？
In the past，dogs have been used to find bombs．Rats have a good sense of smell and can respond to orders，just like dogs do．But rats are much lighter than dogs．They stand less of a chance of setting off the mines，which explode under a certain amount of weight．What's more，the best rats are cheaper to keep than dogs．It costs about the same amount of money to take care of one dog as it does 70rats．
The rats have already been used in Tanzania，an African country with many land mines．Luisa Fernanda Méndez and her team in Colombia are training the even lighter Wistar rats．These are the white rats with red eyes that scientists often use in laboratory experiments．"They even train their babies to perform their jobs，which saves us a lot of time，"Méndez said．
Colombia has the second-highest rate（比率） of deaths from land mine accidents in the world．Last year，land mines killed 695people-56of whom were children．A criminal（犯罪的）group called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia，or FARC，as well as other organizations，have placed the mines．FARC are strongly against Colombia's government．The group has placed mines all around its own bases and in many places in the countryside．
In the past，the Colombian government hired peasants and poor farmers to find mines．Many of them died trying to find the well-hidden bombs．
Colombian police official Erick Guzmán hopes the team of rats can come to the rescue（援救）．"These rats will be a great help，"he said．
32．How do rats help to find land mines？C
A．By their special sight．
B．By their light weight．
C．By their sense of smell．
D．By their excellent hearing．
33．The advantage of rats over dogs in finding bombs is thatD．
A．they are cleverer．
B．they run faster
C．they have a better sense of smell
D．they don't make mines explode as easily
34．The underlined word"They"may refer toB．
A．scientists                  
B．Wistar rats
C．dogs                        
D．Méndez and her team
35．What is the passage mainly about？A
A．Specially-trained rats help clear land mines．
B．People in Tanzania are suffering from land mines．
C．Dogs are no longer used to find land mines．
D．Land mines have become a great danger to Colombians．

分析 本文敘述了科學家們在哥倫比亞已經(jīng)訓練一組老鼠幫助在農(nóng)村清除地雷．以前用狗來幫助清除地雷，老鼠的優(yōu)勢他有靈敏的嗅覺，能夠聞出特殊的金屬味，并且他們的體重輕引爆地雷的可能性小，還有養(yǎng)它們的費用比養(yǎng)狗的費用低．

解答 CDBA
32  C  細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)the rats can smell special metals in the mines and then signal（發(fā)信號） to their human team．老鼠可以聞到特殊的金屬在煤礦，然后給人發(fā)信號，故選C．
33  D  細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)But rats are much lighter than dogs．They stand less of a chance of setting off the mines，但是老鼠比狗更輕．他們的體重輕引爆地雷的可能性小，故選D．
34   B  詞義猜測題．根據(jù)The rats have already been used in Tanzania，an African country with many land mines．Luisa Fernanda Méndez and her team in Colombia are training the even lighter Wistar rats．These are the white rats with red eyes that scientists often use in laboratory experiments．上文提到的是Wistar rats，故選B．
35  A  主旨大意題．根據(jù)全文的內(nèi)容主要說的是受過特殊訓練老鼠幫助清理地雷，故選A．

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B．pressure       
C．freedom 
D．opportunity
31．What would be the best title for the text？D
A．Daniel Kalliontzis-a great inventor         
B．Environment-friendly car stickers
C．Parking systems in Europe                      
D．End of the parking ticket？

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10．Many animals recognize their food because they see it．So do humans．When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat．You can also use other senses when you choose your food．You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good．You may dislike some types of food because they do not look，smell or taste very nice．Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food．A few animals depend on only one of their senses，while most animals use more than one sense．
Although there are many different types of food，some animals spend their lives eating only one type．The giant panda eats only one particular type of bamboo．Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice．A kind of white butterfly will stay on the leaves of a cabbage，even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden．However，most animals have a more varied diet．The bear eats fruits and fish．The fox eats small animals，birds and fruits．The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season．
Humans have a very varied diet．We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us．In countries such as France and Britain，people eat foods with too much sugar．This makes them overweight，which is bad for their health．Eating too much red meat and animal products，such as butter，can also be bad for the health．Choosing the right food，therefore，has become an area of study in modern life．

21．We can infer from the text that humans and animalsC．
A．depend on one sense in choosing food
B．a(chǎn)re not satisfied with their food
C．choose food in similar ways
D．eat entirely different food
22．Which of the following eats only one type of food？A．
A．The white butterfly．
B．The small bird．
C．The bear．
D．The fox．
23．Certain animals change their choice of food whenA．
A．the season changes
B．the food color changes
C．they move to different places
D．they are attracted by different smells
24．We can learn from the last paragraph thatD．
A．food is chosen for a good reason
B．French and British food is good
C．some people have few choices of food
D．some people care little about healthy diet．

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11．U．S．Open Championships
The US Open has been in existence for more than 120 years．The first tournament（錦標賽）was held in 1881 at the Newport Casino．It was called the US National Singles Championship．Entry was limited to only those clubs which were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association，and the competitors were all male，competing in both singles and  doubles．Richard Sears won the men's championship and he went on to win the next six men's singles championships．
The Wimbledon
In 1875，the All England Croquet Club was troubled financially due to declining（下滑的）membership．A new sport called lawn tennis was gaining fast in popularity and taking away the members．Two years later，a new roller was needed for maintaining （維護） its lawns so the club proposed to hold a tournament to raise money．Twenty-two players entered that first Wimbledon tournament which was won by Spencer Gore in straight sets over W．C．Marshall．Two hundred spectators（觀眾）each paid a shilling to watch the final game，enabling the club to buy the needed roller plus some extra cash．
The French Open
The very first French Championship was held back in 1891，and the tournament has since grown into one of the four tennis Grand Slam tournaments we know today．The first competition was a one-day national championship which was won by a British．The competition was poorly attended by world class players．It took 24 years before it became fully international and an accepted tennis grand slam event．After the First World War，F(xiàn)rench tennis was achieving stature．Suzanne Lenglen was the predominant（有影響的）French player，winning the championships six times between 1920 and 1926．
The Australian Open
The very first tennis tournament ever played in Australia was held in January 1880，on the courts of the Melbourne Cricket Club．In 1905，the Australian Open was established as the Australasian Tennis Championship and was played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne．It became the Australian Championship in 1927 and the Australian Open in  1969．Women's events were added in 1922．
61．What is special about the first U．S．Open？B
A．It has a history of more than 120 years．
B．Only men were allowed to play in the game．
C．Richard Sears won six championships．
D．It has remained about the same through all these years．
62．The purpose of the first Wimbledon tournament was toA．
A．raise some fund for a lawn roller   
B．a(chǎn)ttract more people to play tennis
C．a(chǎn)ttract more audience to watch the game                 
D．celebrate the renaming of the club
63．According to what is said about the first French Open，C．
A．the tournament has been played in the same place all these years
B．twenty-two players played in the first tournament
C．few good tennis players took part in the first French Championship
D．the players played in singles and doubles in the tournament
64．What is common about the four international tournaments is thatD．
A．they were all born in the same year
B．they all had only male players in the first tournament
C．they have all experienced financial difficulties
D．they all have had a history of 120 years or more
65．The passage mainly tells usA．
A．how the four international tennis tournaments came into being
B．how long it took for women to have the right to play in the game
C．how the four international tennis tournaments get their present names
D．why the tennis tournaments are held in these four countries．

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