We’ve learned bees can understand zero and do...

We’ve learned bees can understand zero and do basic math. Now a new study shows their tiny insect brains may be able to connect symbols to numbers.

Adrian Dyer, a professor in the RMIT University, said the research showed brains far smaller than humans’ could know numbers. “Humans learn numbers as children, but being able to recognize what numbers really represent needs a certain level of cognitive (认知的) ability,” Dyer says, “Studies have shown primates (灵长类动物) and birds have this ability, but this is the first time we’ve seen this in insects.”

It’s important for humans to do the research. There are 86 billion neurons (神经元) in humans’ brains. Bees only have less than a million. If bees have the ability to learn something difficult to understand like human-made symbolic language, this will open up exciting new paths for future communication between humans and animals.

Studies have shown that a number of animals have been able to learn symbols of numbers, including parrots and monkeys. Monkeys were taught Arabic numbers and could order them correctly. An African grey parrot called Alex was able to learn numbers and could do simple calculation.

Understanding how tiny brains of bees manage information opens paths to technology, which is good for the future design of computing (计算) systems.

1.What does Adrian Dyer say about the research?

A.The finding of the research is first seen in insects.

B.Humans’ brains are the biggest on the earth.

C.Birds can be as clever as primates.

D.Bees are cleverer than birds.

2.What do we know about the research?

A.Humans may find a new path to communicate with animals.

B.Bees have more neurons than monkeys.

C.Insects have the ability to communicate with humans.

D.Bees can solve basic math problems.

3.Who is Alex according to the text?

A.A child. B.A monkey.

C.An expert. D.A parrot.

4.What’s the main idea of the text?

A.Bees can communicate with other animals.

B.Bees can attach symbols to numbers.

C.Some animals can do math problems.

D.Bees can make communication with humans.

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Model Railroading

Would you like to know a fun way to learn about math? Well, you can do that with model railroading. Yes, it's true. You can learn about many school topics without using a school book. Besides that, there are many other benefits that model railroading brings us as well. In this article, we will discuss just a few of those benefits of model railroading.

Patience and problem solving skills

When you build a model railroad, you have to plan your railroad out. You have to decide where the tracks (轨道) will go, where to put buildings, where to put streets and any other things you would like to add to your model railroad. Also, you have to think about any problems you may have with the design you choose. How will you make railroad crossings? How will you design hills, mountains, and rivers? Deciding on what to do with your model railroad takes a lot of thought and patience, but it is not as difficult as you may think.

Building skills

With model railroading, you learn how to put together plastic models of buildings. Also, you can learn how to build a table for your design, or make scenery for the geography of your design. Your model railroad runs on electricity, so you learn about electronics as well. These are skills that not only help you build a model railroad; these skills will help you throughout life.

Fun for family and friends

Different from many video games, model railroading is a social hobby that lets you communicate with family and friends. This is because you have to communicate with family and friends as you build and run your model railroad. By spending time with the people in your life you love and care about, you learn to become closer and care more for each other. This is one of the best parts of model railroading as a hobby. Of course, the best part about model railroading is running the trains. Watching the trains run around the track and make all the sounds and do all the things that real trains do gives people hours of enjoyment. Also, there is great satisfaction in the fact that you, your family, and your friends built the model railroad.

I hope you can learn to enjoy model railroading and experience all the benefits you just read about and many others. Happy railroading!

1.In order to build a model railroad, you have to be ________.

A.skillful and confident

B.an electrical engineer

C.thoughtful and patient

D.an expert in geography

2.What is the best part of model railroading?

A.Running the trains.

B.Planning out the railroad.

C.Putting streets and buildings.

D.Learning electronics and wiring.

3.According to the author, model railroading is a social hobby because ________.

A.it encourages us to complete it on our own

B.it improves the problem solving skills and creativity

C.it brings us hours of enjoyment and great satisfaction

D.it offers us chances to communicate with family and friends

4.Where can you probably find the article?

A.In an official report.

B.In a youth magazine.

C.In a medical textbook.

D.In a tourist guidebook.

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Doing housework can make us keep life in order and get some exercise. As for me, I learn and get a lot 1.(much) than that.

I used to be lazy at home. Seeing this, my mother came up with 2. idea - I have to earn my pocket money by 3.(do) housework.

It changed me a lot. I have to manage my time to balance(平衡) schoolwork 4. house- work. For example, when I can't work5. a math problem, I prefer to sweep the floor or tidy up my room 6.(clear) my mind. I will make a good plan for every coin I earn. I keep an account (账目) to check 7. something is worth buying. Once my mother told me to buy some toiletries(洗漱用品). I 8.(quick) made a list, compared prices and 9.(buy) products that were on sale. I now have a habit of managing money and I know it's great 10. my mother to look after my family so well!

This is how I learn and get from doing housework - it's a skill that lasts a lifetime.

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Swimming and English Learning

Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I’m afraid you’ll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It’s the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.

Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn’t matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word.

Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He’s afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don’t be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone so long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important when there’s nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It’s interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.

Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we’re interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.

Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.

Easier said than done. Well, let’s do more practice from now on. I’m sure you’ll learn English well in this way.

1.We should learn English by _______.

A. listening and speaking　　 B. reading and writing

C. A and B　　 D. swimming

2.What will you do with mistakes when you speak?

A. Don’t make mistakes.　　 B. Study hard

C. Try not to speak English　　 D. Don’t be afraid.

3.What’s more important for senior school students?

A. listening　　 B. speaking

C. reading and writing　　 D. learning

4.We can listen to English ______, according to the passage.

A. by train　　 B. on the radio

C. every minute　　 D. now and then

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While1. (visit) Hangzhou's West Lake and its surrounding beautiful hills,you'll understand2.it's been a great source of inspiration（灵感）for artists,poets and philosophers throughout Chinese history.

Though3.rest of the country is moving from two wheels to four,cycling culture is thriving（繁荣的）in Hangzhou.The city4.(develop) China's first bike-sharing system in 2008.Since then,it's grown into the world's 5.(big) and one of the world's best public bike systems.

Hangzhou grows some of China's finest green tea—Longjing.Every spring,before the traditional Qingming Festival,tea6.(love) from all over the country come to Longjing,a village7.lies just south of West Lake,for the first cut of top-quality tea.During tea season—8.(usual) late March and April—the air is filled with smell from the tea,when leaves9.(pick) and roasted in the village.The village is open to the public and you can pick your own tea after getting10.(permit) from the local tea farmers.

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School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quiet easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula(公式) in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.

1.According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to_________.

A. help his students to gain a good memory.

B. train his students’ ability to learn

C. teach his students everything he knows

D. have his students studying long hours

2.If a student want to learn better, the most important thing for him to do is_______.

A. to learn all the useful facts and formula by heart

B. to do everything as his teacher have said in class

C. to absorb (吸收) as much knowledge from his teacher as possible

D. to think more while he is studying

3.The main reason for the success of the great scientists is that________.

A. the teachers who had taught them were all experienced.

B. they used to work and study without a moment’s rest.

C. they had received more schooling than other people

D. they know how to study and worked hard

4.What’s the good advice the writer gives us?

A. We can learn better without teachers

B. We should do more asking and thinking while studying

C. We should pay enough attention to classroom

D. Book knowledge is of little use

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School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, he can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula(公式) in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.

1.According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to_________.

2. If a student want to learn better, the most important thing for him to do is_______.

3.The main reason for the success of the great scientists is that________.

4.What’s the good advice the writer gives us?

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—Is there any way that I can improve my English in a month?

—No, learning English is a long and slow process. _____, after all.

A. Better safe than sorry　　 B. All is not at hand that helps

C. Rome wasn’t built in a day　　 D. Be as you would seem to be

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完形填空

The most important lesson I learned in high school had nothing to do with maths or American history. It came at graduation, several minutes before I left Miramonte High School.

I was rather shy back then, content to　 ________ around with my few friends and to concentrate on my　 ________I was doing so well that by the end of senior year I had perfect scores and enough　　 ________to go to college.

But my good record soon became a　 ________to my well-being. In early June of senior year, the headmaster called me into his office. He asked me to give a leave-taking speech at graduation. I looked at him, my heart　 ________ fast. This was the________　 for my hard work? I said something, but not very clearly, and hurried away from the office.

I was ________ about the decision, finally agreeing to compromise. I wasn’t the only speaker — I would　　 ________　　 the honor with five other students. Still, it was doubtful whether the task was ________me. How in the world would I give a speech to hundreds of people?

Graduation day soon arrived and, as　 ________, I was nervous. I’d been practicing my speech for days, and I had it________. But I had never been so　 ________ in my life. The first half hour of the ceremony passed, and then my　 ________ came. My name was announced. I managed to reach the platform without falling down. But within minutes, I finished my speech,　 ________　 back to my seat and feeling unsatisfied with my performance.

Now I still have the　 ________of that speech. My voice trembled a little, but　 56 it was clear and strong. I’m proud of that tape. I achieved something I’d never________ — I spoke in front of hundreds of people.　 ________ I didn’t realize it at the time, the successful completion of that speech gave me the　 ________to participate in class at college, to give oral reports, and to eventually break free of my　 ________ .

I never would have chosen to give a speech at graduation. But I am glad I did. I know it may well turn out to be one of my shining moments.

1.A.hang　　　　　　　　 B. look　　　　　　 　　 C. turn　　　　　　 D. run

2.A. characters　　　　 B. interests　　　　　 C. games　　　　　　 D. subjects

3.A. money　　　　　 　　 B. credits　　　　　　 C. time　　　　　　 D. standards

4.A. 1uck　　　　　　 　　 B. benefit　　　　　　 C. fear　　　　　　　 D. solution

5.A. burning　　　　 　 B. breaking　　　　　 C. aching　　　　　　 D. beating

6.A. punishment　　　　 B. reward　　　　　　 　 C. arrangement　　 D. sympathy

7.A. doubtful　　　　 B. optimistic　　　　 C. generous　　　　 D. hesitant

8.A.share　　　　　　 　 　 B.bring　　　　　　　 　 C. spare　　　　　　 D. give

9.A.about　　　　　　　　 B. for　　　　　　　 　　 C. upon　　　　　 　 D. beyond

10.A.known　　　　　　 B. hoped　　　　　　 　 C. expected　　 　 D. planned

11.A.thrown　　　　　 B.printed　　　　　　 C.memorized　　　　 D. completed

12.A.interested　　　　 B.terrified　　　　　 C.excited　　　　　 D.disappointed

13.A. moment　　　　　 B. clay　　　　　　　　 C. chance　　　　 D. decision

14.A. passing　　　　　 B. handing　　　　　　 C. heading　　　　 D. returning

15.A.picture　　　　 　　 B. tape　　　　　　　　 C. paper　　　　　　 D. word

16.A. partially　　　　 B. immediately　　　 C. frankly　　　　 D. mostly

17.A. dreamed　　　　　 B. made　　　　　　　 　 C. decided　　　　 　 D. requested

18.A. Because　　　　　 B. When　　　　　　 　　 C. Although　　　　 D. Unless

19.A. respect　　　　　 B. confidence　　　　 C. freedom　　　　 D. excuse

20.A. shyness　　　　　 B. pride　　　　　　 　 C. stupidity　　　 D. courage

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From mother’s love, patience and understanding, I have learned what a huge responsibility______ is to raise a child.

A. it　             B. which 　　　　　　         C. that　 　             D. this

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