Have you wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Birds, especially seagulls are very fond of locusts, but birds can’t easily catch locusts because locusts change their colors together with the change of the color of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But when crops are ripe, locusts take on exactly the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are usually easily found and eaten by their enemies. So they have to hide themselves in terror for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life in any part of the world, you will find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves, bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usually invisible to the eyes of hunters, because they have the color much like the barks(樹皮) of trees.
An even more strange act remains to be noticed. A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid is over, its enemies cannot find it, and it quickly swims away. Thus, it has existed up to now though it is not powerful at all.
小題1:This passage mainly talks about ______.
A．the change of color in locusts
B．the protective coloration of animals and pests
C．how a certain sea fish protects itself
D．a(chǎn)nimals or pests can dye themselves different colors
小題2:Locusts are ______ but they aren’t easily wiped out(消滅)by their enemies because _______.
A．a(chǎn)nimals; they are powerful enough
B．beasts; they are dangerous to their enemies
C．pests; they take on the same colors as crops
D．birds; they fly very fast
小題3:What does the underlined word “invisible” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．can’t be seenB．can be seenC．can’t moveD．can’t change

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
文章主要談?wù)摰氖莿?dòng)物使用顏色來保護(hù)自己的問題。
小題1:B 主旨大意題。文章主要談?wù)摰氖莿?dòng)物使用顏色來保護(hù)自己的問題。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Birds, especially seagulls are very fond of locusts, but birds can’t easily catch locusts because locusts change their colors together with the change of the color of crops.可知C正確。
小題3:A 猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)because they have the color much like the barks(樹皮) of trees.
可知他們的顏色和周圍的顏色幾乎一樣，他們就難以被發(fā)現(xiàn)，故A正確。
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Starting high school means many changes in your life. Most teenagers look forward to the first day of high school, but still feel a little bit nervous. In order to make your high school life easier, you can follow these tips.
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Get the things you will need for class. Buy the things suggested on your teachers’ supply lists and place your materials for each class separately.
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Since you’ll attend more activities in high school than in middle school, you’ll have to learn how to manage you time…
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A．a(chǎn)dvise us to study hard in high school.
B．tell us how to live an easier life in high school.
C．show that we may live a hard life in high school.
D．explain why there will be many changes in high school.
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B．a(chǎn)sk other students about our high school
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C．We should spend most of our time on it.
D．We should give it up if it is not important.
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A．How to manage time well in high school.
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