The smallest animal with a backbone（脊椎） known to science, a fish from the carp family, has been discovered in the peat swamps （沼泽）of Indonesia. Mature（成熟的）females of the fish species （种类）Paedocypris reach just 7.9mm in length.
The species was discovered in the highly acidic (酸性的) peat swamps of the Indonesian island of Sumatra by a team led by Ralf Britz, a zoologist at the Natural History Museum in London.
“This is one of the strangest fish that I’ve seen in my whole career,” Dr Britz said. “It’s tiny, and it lives in acid. I hope that we’ll have time to find out more about them before their habitat disappears completely.”
The species lives in dark tea-colored swamp waters, which are 100 times more acidic than rainwater. Although these swamps were once thought to be inhabited by very few animals, recent research has shown that they are home to a highly different range of species that occur nowhere else.
The peat swamps were damaged by forest fires in 1997, and are also threatened by agriculture. The scientists behind the discovery said that several populations of Paedocypris had already been lost.
“Many of the peat swamps we surveyed（调查）throughout South-East Asia no longer exist,” Dr Britz said. “Populations of all the miniature（微型的）fish of peat swamps have decreased or disappeared.”
Details of the discovery are published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B.
1.64.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.The Strangest Fish
B.Acidic Peat Swamps
C.Strange Species
D.The Smallest Backbone Animal
2.65.Where does the smallest backbone animal live?
A.It lives in highly acidic rainwater.
B.The species lives in the acidic waters of dark tea-coloured swamps.
C.It was put in the Natural History Museum in London.
D.Its habitat disappears completely.
3.66.According to the passage, the forest fires in 1997 have led to the fact that______.
A .many places where these animals lived have been damaged
B.the population of the specieshas increased
C.there are many animals in the acidic peat swamps today
D. agriculture doesn’t affect the living space of these animals
4.67.Dr Britz’s words imply______.
A.the habitat will be more after a period of time
B.many peat swamps that they surveyed have already survived
C.he wants to find more miniature fishes before their habitat disappears
D. he wants to have further research
B
1.60.You will pay _______ if you want to stay in the English club for half a year.
A.300 yuan B.600 yuan C.1200 yuan D.2400 yuan
2.61.You can visit Ocean Museum ______.
A.on Saturday B.on Wednesday C.on Monday D.anytime
3.62.One can get free examinations in Health Centre if he is _______.
A.9 B.17 C.67 D.73
4.63.If you are interested in the life of fish, you should go to ______.
A.Health Centre B. Ocean Museum
C.Sunny English Club D.16 Yong Le Street
Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to sell millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would become a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）.By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford had started his great motor car factory.This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty years.Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．
1.56.Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．
A.cheap and strong B.cheap and long
C.fast and expensive D.strong and slow
2.57.Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____.
A.he made many greet cars B.his cars are many
C.he made lots of cars of the same kind D.both A and B
3.58.The young man became a mechanic，_______．
A.which was his father’s will
B.which was against his own will
C.which was against his father’s will
D.which was the will of both
4.59.Ford built his own car factory_______.
A.in 1903 B.in 1908 C.in 1913 D.in 1897
Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested medicine.He always medical books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases.One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended ill.He lay on his bunk (铺位) and groaned (呻吟) as if he very sick.The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to .He told the man to rest for a few days and the other sailors do his work. Three days later sailor pretended that he had with his chest. the captain looked in his medical books and told the "sick" man .
The other sailors were very because they had work to do.The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not . the mate (大副) decided to punish the sick men and mixed up some soap,soot,glue and other unpleasant things.Then he got from the captain to give his new medicine to the "sick" men.When they tasted the medicine,they really did feel ill.It was horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk,ran up on deck (甲板) and climbed the mast (桅杆) on the ship. The captain that the men had tried him.So he got them very hard for the rest of the ship on the sea.
1.A.on B.for C.at D.in
2.A.fetched B.took C.had D.got
3.A.be B.was C.to be D.being
4.A.will be B.were C.is D.should be
5.A.look for B.look in C.look back D.look after
6.A.got B.took C.sent D.made
7.A.other B.the other C.another D.other's
8.A.something wrong B.wrong something C.anything wrong D.wrong anything
9.A.Before long B.Once more C.Suddenly D.Certainly
10.A.to drink some water B.to eat something C.to have a rest D.to do more work
11.A.pleased B.sorry C.angry D.surprised
12.A.more B.much C.lots of D.little
13.A.out B.at home C.present D.appear
14.A.At first B.At the beginning C.At last D.At the end
15.A.agreement B.permission C.permit D.promise
16.A.very B.much C.so D.quite
17.A.highest B.high C.higher D.very high
18.A.heard B.heard of C.realized D.guessed
19.A.cheating B.cheat C.cheated D.to cheat
20.A.worked B.to work C.work D.works
The man was charged for blowing______some government buildings in Baghdad.
A. up B.down C.out D.over
She_____writing the report after breakfast and handed it in at noon.
A. set off B. set down C. set out D. set about
