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Look at the plant in the picture. It looks beautiful, right? Can you imagine (想象) it kills?
The Venus flytrap is a kindof meat-eating plant. It grows in very few places, like wetlands near the sea in North Carolina in America.
The Venus flytrap is not a large plant. It grows to be o
nly about a foot tall. The plant has white flowers in the spring, but it is the plant’s leaves that make it so interesting. The ends of the leaves have folding parts with stiff, tiny hairs (带小硬刺的可折叠部分). These are the plant’s “traps (捕捉器)”.
What does the Venus flytrap eat? As you might guess, the Venus flytrap eats flies (苍蝇). It also eats spiders, ants and crickets (蟋蟀). The Venus flytrap makes most of its food with sun, air and water, just like other plants. Living things just give it extra nutrition (额外营养) to grow well in wetlands.
How does this plant trap and eat living things? The Venus flytrap uses a sweet liquid (液体) to attract its food. When a fly lands on one of the plant’s open traps, hairs on the surface make the trap close. And when the trap closes, the fly is dinner!
If you want to have your own Venus flytrap at home, you have to buy the plant from a special place. You can’t take a Venus flytrap from where it grows! There are laws about taking it out of the wild.
1.Where does the Venus flytrap grow?
A. In the wetlands. B. In the desert. C. In the rocks. D. In the sea.
2.About the Venus flytrap, which of the following is true?
A. It is a large plant.
B. It only eats spiders.
C. It has white flowers.
D. It can fly in the sky.
3.Which is the right order of the 
following events i
n Paragraph 5?
a. The trap of the Venus flytrap closes.
b. A fly lands on one of the plant’s open traps.
c. The fly is kept in the trap as the food of the plant.
d. The Venus flytrap uses a sweet liquid to attract its food.
A. d-b-a-c B. a-b-c-d
C. b-d-a-c D. d-b-c-a
4.How can people get a Venus flytrap?
A. They can get it from where it grows.
B. They can buy it from a special place.
C. They can grow it in their gardens.
D. T
hey can buy it in a park.
5.Why does the Venus flytrap kill?
A. Because it needs extra nutrition.
B. Because it hates flies.
C. Because insects are its main food.
D. Because it kills for fun.
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Look at the picture on the right. Shanghai Tower is . 
A.the tallest building of the three B.the shortest building of the three
C.taller than Vuri Khalifa D.taller than Taipei 101
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Look at picture; man in the bus is Mr Li.
A. a,the B. the,the C. the,a
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—Look at the picture . ________ big watermelon it is!
—Yes. Let’s see how heavy it is .
A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
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We can take a look at the things people used in the past and some old pictures in ___________.
A. the Great Wall B. Wangfujing Street
C. the Palace Museum D. Tian’anmen Square
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Look at these pictures carefully, and decide which sentence is right.
A. Coke is as cheap as orange juice.
B. Milk is cheaper than orange juice.
C .Orange juice is not so cheap as coke.
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Look at these pictures carefully, and decide which sentence is right? ______.
A. Milk is cheaper than coke. B. Milk is the most expensive.
C. Orange juice has the same price as water. D. Coke is more expensive than orange juice.
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Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.
Well, this isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too. In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books. But he was interested in his mother’s microscope (显微镜). When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes.
Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope. The boy thought they were beautiful enough for him to start to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.
How could he keep their beauty all the time? Bentley thought of buying a camera.
The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.
But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.
For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became famous as “Snowflake” Bentley.
1. The best title for this passage is .
A. Snowflake Photos B. Snowflake Boy
C. Long and Hard Winters D. Teenage Photographer (摄影师)
2. We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was .
A. a farmer B. a funny man C. a writer D. a school teacher
3. Which of the following statements about Bentley is TRUE?
A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.
B. He was born into a rich family.
C. He was crazy about the beauty of snowflakes.
D. He was the only person to take photos of snowflakes.
4. The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to (指的是)“ ”.
A. water drops B. rain drops C. flowers D. snowflakes
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No one wants to look silly or do the wrong thing at a new job. It’s important to make the right impression(印象). You will face new people. You will be in a new place. It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are five tips to help you make it through the first days at a new job:
First impression can last forever. Make sure you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code(rules about what you can wear to work). If so, be sure to follow it.1.
2. Give yourself an extra 15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time. Pay attention to introductions. One of the first things that your supervisor may do is to introduce you to co-workers.3. They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
Ask plenty of(大量) questions. 4. If he or she has not told you your duty, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals(目标) for yourself.
5. Observe(观察) what your co-workers do around quitting time(下班时间). It isn’t good for you to be eager(渴望)to leave.
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Don’t ______TV.______the picture.Can you ______any flowers on it?
A. see;See;look at B. watch;See;watch
C. watch;Look at;see D. look at;Look at;see
nly about a foot tall. The plant has white flowers in the spring, but it is the plant’s leaves that make it so interesting. The ends of the leaves have folding parts with stiff, tiny hairs (带小硬刺的可折叠部分). These are the plant’s “traps (捕捉器)”.
following events i
n Paragraph 5?
hey can buy it in a park.