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But as luck
would have it for the frightened wild ducklings that had lost their mother, the
dog that helped them out of the bushes had only their best interests at heart.
Duke, a one-year-old German shepherd, found the two ducklings hidden in
long grass next to his owner’s workplace on the edge of
the Thronybank Industrial Estate in Dalkeith．
And despite the
natural instincts of a hunter, the dog gently took them in its mouth and
carried them back to his blanket, putting them down where it was warm and even
washing them clean with his tongue.
The
ducklings will be looked after by staff at the center until they are old enough
to be released into the wild.
“This dog is a modern day Rin Tin Tin,( The world’s most famous German shepherd dog) and to pick them up in his mouth
without harming them is quite something．“To them try and wash them is just amazing behavior.” said one of the staff.
65．The underlined part in the first paragraph means ___________.
A．they used up their
time completely.
B．they will become the
food of the dog.
C．they will be saved by
the dog.
D．they have finished
their daily job.
66．Duke is the ________ of the German shepherd.
A．name B．owner C．friend D．trainer
67．From the sentence “And despite the natural instincts of a hunter,…” in fourth paragraph we learned the fact that ________．
A．Dogs are friendly to their preys B．Dogs change their
appetite
C．Dogs are born hunter
D．Dogs become vegetarian
68．According to the last
two paragraphs we know that it is ________ for a hunter like dog to save and
even lick ducklings clean.
A．common B．impossible C．interesting
D．miraculous
B
You may read the questions first.
HOW TO BOOK
Booking opens for Beckett Shorts on 8 September.
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Booking opens for all other plays on19 September.
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OVER SEAS BOOKING
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69．In
which of the following ways of booking does one probably have to pay extra
money?
A．In person． B．By telephone． C．By fax． D．By post.
70．One
has to wait for 2 days or longer for a reply if he/she pays______.
A．in
person B． by telephone C．by fax
D．by post
71．What is a useful number to call at 11 a.m．Sunday?
A．01789 295623
B．0541 541051
C．01789 261174 D．01862 387665
C
Do you find
getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr．Kleitman has a new explanation．He has proved
that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labor through
your work you may say that you’re “hot”．That’s true．The time of day when you feel most
energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak．For some people the peak comes during the forenoon．For others it comes in the afternoon or evening．No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar
shouting as: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The
possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his
temperature-and-energy peak in the evening．Much family
quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean,
and which cycle each member of the family has.
You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit
it better．Habit can help, Dr．Kleitman
believes．Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway．Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later
than you want to．If your energy is low in the morning,
but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual
hour．This won’t change
your cycle, but you’ll get up steam and work
better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves
your energy．Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch．Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the
floor．Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by
laying them out the night before．Whenever possible, do
routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or
concentration for your sharper hours.
72．If a person finds getting up early a problem, most
probably__________
A．he is a lazy person
B．he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
C．he is not sure when his energy is low D．he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
73．Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the
passage?
A．Unawareness of energy cycles．
B．Familiar shouting.
C．A change in a family member’s energy cycle．
D．Attempts to control the energy cycle of
other family members.
74．If one
wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he
should_________
A．change his energy cycle
B．overcome his laziness
C．get up earlier than usual
D．go to bed earlier
75．Which
of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A．Getting
off to work with a minimum effort helps save one’s energy
B．Dr．Kletman
explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.
C．Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle
D．Children have energy
cycles, too.
D
Dirty Britain
Before the
grass has thickened on the roadside and leaves have started growing on the
trees is a perfect time to look around and see just how dirty Britain has
become．The pavements are stained with chewing gum that
has been spat out and the gutters（the low part at the
edge of a road where water collects and flows away:）
are full of thrown away fast food cartons．Years ago I
remember traveling abroad and being saddened by the plastic bags, waste bottles
at the edge of every road．Nowadays, Britain seems to
look at least as bad．What has gone wrong?
The problem is
that the rubbish created by our increasingly mobile lives lasts a lot longer
than before．If it is not cleared up and properly thrown
away, it stays in the bushes for years; a
semi-permanent reminder of what a shabby little country we have now．Firstly, it is estimated that 10 billion plastic bags have been
given to shoppers．These will take anything from 100 to
1,000 years to rot．However, it is not as if there is no
solution to this．A few years ago, the Irish government
introduced a tax on non-recyclable carrier bags and in three months reduced
their use by 90%．When he was a minister, Michael
Meacher attempted to introduce a similar arrangement in Britain．The plastics industry protested, of course．However,
they need not have bothered; the idea was killed before it could draw breath,
leaving supermarkets free to give away plastic bags.
What is clearly
necessary right now is some sort of combined initiative, both individual and
collective, before it is too late．The alternative is to
continue sliding downhill until we have a
country that looks like a vast municipal rubbish tip．We may well be at the tipping point．Yet we
know that people respond to their environment．If things
around them are clean and tidy, people behave cleanly and tidily．If they are surrounded by dirt, they behave dirtily．Now, much of Britain looks pretty dirty．What
will it look like in five years?
76．The writer says that it is a good time to see Britain before the
trees have leaves because_______.
A．Britain looks perfect． B．you
can see Britain
at its dirtiest.
C．you can see how dirty Britain is now． D．the grass has thickened on the roadside.
77．According to the writer, the major
problem is that __________.
A．rubbish can not be cleared up B．rubbish lasts longer than it used to
C．our society is
increasingly mobile D．people in Britain
are dirty
78．What can be learned about
Michael Meacher?
A．He followed the
Irish example with a tax on plastic bags.
B．He failed in his
attempt to introduce a tax on plastic bags.
C．His attempt to
follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags was welcomed.
D．He had problems with
the plastics industry who weren’t bothered about the tax.
79．What does the writer state
in the last paragraph?
A．It’s too late for people to take immediate action.
B．There is more than
one solution to the problem.
C．Britain will become an extremely dirty country in five years.
D．People tend to
behave according to what they see around them.
Section C
Directions: Read
the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each
paragraph． There is one extra heading
which you do not need.
E
A．Popularity
of Science Fiction
B．A Fairly New Development
C．Classics of Science Fiction
D．Difficulty in Keeping ahead
of Scientific Adventure
E．The Origin of Science
Fiction
F．Themes of Modern Science
Fiction
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