Fruit farmers in Okayama, Japan, have managed...

Fruit farmers in Okayama, Japan, have managed to make peeling (去皮) a banana optional by developing a special variety with eatable skin. The peel of their “Mongee bananas” isn’t particularly tasty, but it’s much thinner and far less bitter than that of regular bananas, making it 100% eatable.

Scientists at D&T Farm in the country’s Okayama Prefecture released the social media-ready news following months of experimenting with a freezing-and-thawing (解冻) method, which keeps the banana tree at extremely cold temperatures followed by a dramatic heat increase. The result is soft and thin skin that hasn’t fully developed. They froze young banana trees to -60 degrees Celsius, planting them again as they began to thaw. This apparently activated an ancient part of their DNA, which not only allows the plant to grow in Japan’s cool climate, but also speeds up its development. While tropical varieties of bananas require two years to grow large enough for consumption (消费), the Mongee banana needs just four months.

The first bunch of Mongee bananas hit department stores’ shelves in the November of last year, but getting your hand on one of these incredible fruits remains a huge challenge. D&T Farm only produces 10 bananas per week, and they only deliver them to the Fruit Corner of Tenmanya Okayama, a local department store. But even if you happen to find one available, you’d probably be a bit put off by the price – 648 yen ($5.70) per fruit.

Banana peel is an excellent ingredient that can contain vitamin B6 and magnesium related to the production of serotonin (血清素). At the same time, it has a positive effect on both brain and sleep. Research results that ripe fruit peels have a good effect on treating prostatic hypertrophy (前列腺肥大) have also been published.

John Guterman, a botanist, says, “And what about shipping? For most of the fruit’s history, the peel has provided protection, allowing it to travel long distances. A softer, more bruise-prone banana would be a step back from hardy banana varieties that travel thousands of miles. In this sense, the day we all stop peeling bananas and instead bite straight through their skin may still be a long way away.

1.Compared with regular bananas, Mongee bananas ________.

A.are far easier to peel B.have much sweeter flesh

C.are much more thin-skinned D.have a longer growth period

2.Why is it hard to buy a Mongee banana now?

A.It isn’t affordable at all. B.It hasn’t come into the market yet.

C.It is made for certain people. D.Its production ability is still limited.

3.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A.The medical value of banana peel.

B.The nutrition (营养) of banana peel.

C.The way of making banana peel sweeter.

D.The studies about how to make banana peel eatable.

4.What does John think of the Mongee banana?

A.It should not be widely grown.

B.It won’t be spread widely soon.

C.It indicates the future of fruits with skin.

D.It has no advantage over regular bananas.

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In ancient Japan, if you saved someone’s life, they would make it their duty to spend the rest of their life serving you. Nowadays, if you rescue someone’s story, he or she will feel the same kind of gratitude (感激).

It happens all the time. Someone in a group is telling a story and, just before their big point, BOOM! There’s an interruption. Someone new joins the group, a waiter with a plate of biscuits comes over, or a baby starts crying. Suddenly everyone’s attention turns to the new arrival, the food on the plate, or the “charming” little child. Nobody is aware of the interruption — except the speaker. They forget all about the fact that the speaker hasn’t made his or her point.

Or you’re all sitting around the living room and someone is telling a joke. Suddenly, just before their big punch line (妙语), little Johnny drops a dish or the phone rings. After the crash, everyone talks about little Johnny’s carelessness. After the call, the subject turns to the upcoming marriage or medical operation of the caller. Nobody remembers the great punch line got unfinished — except the joke teller. When it’s you entertaining everyone at a restaurant, have you ever noticed how you can almost set your clock by the waiter coming to take everyone’s order just before your funny punch line?

Most joke and story tellers are too shy to say, after the interruption, “Now, as I was saying …” Instead, they’ll spend the rest of the evening feeling bad they didn’t get to finish. Here’s where you come in. Rescue them with the technique I call “Lend a Helping Tongue.”

Watch the gratitude in the storyteller’s eyes as he stabilizes where his story sunk and he sails off again toward the center of attention. His expression and the appreciation of your consideration by the rest of the group are often reward enough. You are even more fortunate if you can rescue the story of someone who can hire you, promote you, buy from you, or otherwise lift your life. Big winners have excellent memories. When you do them subtle favors like Lend a Helping Tongue, they find a way to pay you back.

1.Very often, a storyteller cannot make his point because _________.

A. people are more interested in food than his story

B. many guests bring their babies to the party

C. he is interrupted by something unexpected

D. his story is easily forgotten by the listeners

2.From Paragraph 3, we know that when someone is telling a joke, _________.

A. something bad will surely happen just before their punch line

B. listeners’ attention is often drawn to something else

C. the only person really interested in the joke is the joke teller

D. the waiter knows when to take everyone’s order

3.How can we help the joke and story tellers when they are interrupted?

A. By giving them a chance to finish.

B. By comforting them to make them happy.

C. By going on telling the story for them.

D. By teaching them some useful techniques.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. People should learn how to take turns in a conversation.

B. We can win someone’s heart by getting him back to his story.

C. Telling jokes will make you the center of attention.

D. It is impolite to cut in on someone’s talk.

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Two farmers in northeast China Heilongjiang Province have been sentenced to nine and five years in jail because of eating a tiger, the local court said on Tuesday.

Zhang Licheng and Gong Weisheng, both farmers in Dongning County, were put into prison for the crime of illegally hunting and killing endangered wild animal species, according to the People’s Court of Dongning County.

The Siberian tiger, mistakenly trapped but intentionally（故意的）eaten by the farmers, was an endangered animal which is under the first-class state protection in the country. The farmers, living in a village very close to forests, used to trap wild animals like roe deer and hares when the dying tiger unfortunately caught in their trap in February 2003.

Knowing that tiger trade was illegal, Zhang and Gong, however, thought eating a dead tiger’s meat was not breaking the law. They decided to cover it up and therefore did not report to the relevant authorities, the court said.

Six days later they secrectly carried home the tiger that had died of hunger as they had expected.The two farmers burnt the tiger’s skin, ate its meat and hid away the bones, according to the court. The crime was uncovered and reported to the police about a year later and the transgressors（违反者）were arrested on Jan.16, 2004.

64.When the two farmers found the tiger trapped, they ______________.

A.wanted to kill it for its skin

B.were pleased to have the chance to eat its meat

C.hoped to sell it at good price

D.reported the case to some departments of the government

65.After reading the passage, we know that ___________.

A.roe deer are being well protected

B.the Siberian tigers do no harm to people

C.China values the protection of endangered animals

D.farmers in Dongning County won’t like endangered wild animal species any longer

66.What is the best title for the passage?

A.Tigers Are Endangering

B.Two Unlucky Farmers

C.Tigers Are Well Protected in China

D.Two Farmers Jailed for Eating Tiger

67.The right statement of the following about the tiger is ____________.

A.It died of hunger.

B.It was eaten by the farmers unintentionally.

C.Before dying, it had eaten roe deer and hares.

D.It was skinned and its bones and meat were sold.

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I thought he made this mistake ________ in his job because he wanted to make his manager angry.

A. on purpose　　　 B. for purpose

C. with purpose　　 D. about purpose

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Ever since farmers began to grow grain, they have had to protect their crops from birds. In the 1300's, English farmers hired children to protect their crops. They were called “bird scares”. The children chased birds and threw stones at them.

Bird scares were replaced in the 1800's by scarecrows. A scarecrow is anything that is set in a field to scare birds away. Often it is a pole dressed like a person. Some farms with small fields still use scarecrows today.

Farming became big business in the twentieth century. Scarecrows could no longer protect the huge fields of grain, so farmers used poisonous chemicals on the fields. The poison made the grain bitter. The birds usually would not eat the bitter grain.

Although they can prevent crops from being destroyed by insects and birds, some chemicals can be harmful to humans. Therefore, farmers are using fewer chemicals now than they did twenty years ago. Perhaps scarecrows may be seen more often in the fields in the future.

1.English farmers began to hire children to get away birds since_____.

2.“Bird scares” keep birds away from crops by_____.

3.Which statement from the passage supports the idea that scarecrows may be seen more often in the fields in the future?

4.The author's purpose is to ________.

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Chinese high school students have the longest study hours compared to their peers(同龄人)in Japan , the US  and South Korea. A survey conducted by the four countries said.

The survey, released by the China Youth and Children Research Center on Monday, was jointly conducted with instructions in the four countries in September-October of 2008. It covers nearly 4,000 students in senior schools and vocational high schools in the four countries. About 78.3 percent of Chinese students said they spend more than eight hours at school and 56.7 percent said they study at least two more hours each day at home .by contrast, only 24.7 percent of their peers in the US , 20.5percent in Japan and 15.4 in Korea study more than two hour s after school.

Around 60 percent of all students surveyed said their burden for studies was the heaviest. However the Japanese felt their burden was the worst with respondents (应答者) reaching 79.2 percent

Among the five biggest headaches for young people in the four countries were: 0ver-sheduling ranked first, followed by a boring leisure life, unsatisfied appearance, little time for exercise and making friends, and no spare money

“Moderate(适度的)study pressure can better drive students to develop, however, too much will press their development space, and can even cause harm to their physical and psychological health” the survey said

“Balancing their studies and all round development is a very important task” it said.

1.What would be the best title for the text?

A．Chinese high school students study more

B．high school students need more rest

C．heavy burdens of high school students

D．big headaches of high school students

2. Which of the following is not true about the survey?

A．it took about two months.

B．it was conducted in four countries.

C．Nearly 4,000 students took part in it.

D．it was done only in senior high schools.

3. Which of the following troubles the high school students most?

A．being busy

B．feeling bored

C．lacking pocket money

D．feeling unsatisfied with their teachers

4. According to the survey, ________

A．study pressure is harmful to students’ health

B．students need to achieve all round development

C．the Chinese students felt their burden for studies were the heaviest

D．most students are suffering from physical and psychological health problems

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单词拼写，共10小题，每题1分，共10分。

1.It is the c　　　　　　　　　　 in Japan to bow to greet people.

2.Many small business have b 　　　　　　　　　　 　 (获益) greatly from the fall of interest(利息) rate.

3. She is angry with me so she is g_　　　　　　 at me.

4.Neither Wang Peng’s restaurant nor Yong Hui’s offers a b　　　　　　　　　　 diet and they should combine their menus.

5.To get the job done, one should be 　　　　　　　　　　　 (精力充沛) and hard­working.

6.C　　　　　　　　　　　　 drove Mary to open her husband’s letter though she knew it was wrong.

7.The sun gives us energy in the f　　　　　　　　　　 of light and heat.

8.On the trip to the hill, I was b____________ on the leg by a snake.

9. The hotel　 _________(结合, 融合)comfort with convenience.

10.Finland g　　　　　　　　 　 independence from Russia during the First World War.

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Scientists in Britain have managed to teach bees to pull strings (线) to get to food and then pass on what they have learned to others in their colony (群体) — showing a high level of intelligence despite their tiny brains.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London said the experiments, often used to test the intelligence of apes (猿) and birds, showed for the first time that some insects are up to the task, and can also pass skills on through several generations.

The findings add to the evidence suggesting the ability for “culture spread”— the ability to learn and pass on knowledge and skills — may not be exclusive to humans.

In the research, published in the journal PLOS Biology on Tuesday, the scientists were able to train 23 out of a group of 40 bees to pull strings with their legs and feet.

The strings were attached to discs — or artificial “flowers”— containing food at their center but placed under a transparent (透明的) screen. The bees, spotting the food beneath the screen, learned to pull the “flowers” out by pulling the string with their legs and feet to be able to get to it.

From another group of bees given the chance to solve the task without any training, only two of 110 were successful.

Another group of bees was then allowed to observe the trained bees pulling the strings, and 60 percent of them successfully learned the skill. Finally, trained bees were put in colonies, and the scientists found the technique spread successfully to a majority of the colony's worker bees.

Lars Chittka, a Queen Mary University professor who guided the project, said the team is interested in figuring out the brain processes behind the bees' learning and teaching skills.

1.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “exclusive” in Paragraph 3?

A.Ordinary. B.Limited. C.Beneficial. D.Widespread.

2.What did the researchers find about bees?

A.Bees learn best in insects. B.Bees are as clever as birds.

C.Bees are born good learners. D.Bees can be trained to learn skills.

3.What may the research team focus on next?

A.What else bees can do. B.Where bees learn skills.

C.How bees teach others. D.How bees' brains work.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A.Small Bees, Great Abilities B.Bees Can Learn and Teach

C.Bees Are Smarter D.Let Bees Learn

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We have the most population in the world, and most of it _______ farmers.

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We all have the ability to make friends. 　 1. Making friends is a skill, and the first step in developing that skill is knowing how to get along with others. People who are good at getting along with others take an interest in what other people like.

The following are some tips.

Realize you own strengths. 　 2. Some people don’t let others see their goodness.

Believe that you are a good person who has something to share with others.

Develop a sense of humor. Learn to laugh at yourself and your shortcomings. It will give out some of the stress in your life.

3. They have their opinions, you have yours. Different opinions are healthy. Learn how to listen to others without putting them down or trying to persuade them that your opinion is right.

Be kind. Throughout your life, you will learn that if you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. 4.Right now. Give someone a compliment(恭维). Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend. Encourage someone who is discouraged. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness.

Be sympathetic(同情). 5. Look at life through their eyes.

Never give up. Even if you are faced with negative（消极）, closed-minded(思想封闭的) people, never give up. Don’t let them change you into one of them. Find people who will appreciate(欣赏) you.

A. Respect the rights of others.

B. When should you start being kind?

C. Unfortunately, many people never reach their potential.(潜力)

D. Friends are very important to every one of us.

E. You have skills and talents that others can enjoy.

F. You must try your best to help others out of trouble.

G. Try to understand what others are going through.

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