Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.
In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking (显著的) feature, though, is only found in the young.
Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive(原始的) birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.
During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.
1.What is the text mainly about?
A．Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.
B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.
C．Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.
D．The appearance and living habits of hoatzins.
2.Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that_________ ．
A．they look like young cuckoos
B．they have claws on the wings
C．they eat a lot like a cow
D．they live on river banks
3.What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?
A．They had claws to help them climb.
B．They could fly long distances.
C．They had four wings like hoatzins.
D．They had a head with long feathers on the top.
4.Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?
A．To find more food. B．To protect themselves better.
C．To keep themselves warm. D．To produce their young.
Learning to save money when you're young is an important lesson. All good lessons and habits begin early, and saving is a skill that everyone ____. Many people—adults included—do not have a good ____ of saving for the long run.
I have been ___ to learn this lesson early because I have had a grass cutting business since I was 10 years old. __ the money I make I spend about 10 percent and save the other 90.
Making sure you save and don't spend too much is a good way to ____ wealth. I have put my earnings in a bank. Many teens I know spend all the money they earn so it never has a chance to ___. Young people should ___ that their teenage years are a great time to begin saving.
If you have a job at high school, you ___ have fun with some of the money. But you should also save some ____ it will grow. Then you can begin planning for your future. When you spend money, you not only lose that money, ____ lose the interest you could have earned by saving it.
After high school, college is ____， with expenses such as food and rent. If you can ____ a good percentage of the money you earn as a teen, going to college and buying a house will be much easier. If you are in your thirties without any savings, you will always have to ____.
Later in life it can be hard to start saving ___ general cost of living is more expensive and you may only have enough to pay your ___. If you want to buy a house and have a family, you need money to start with, which ____ saving.
Many say money cannot make you happy, and this is true. But money can help you to lead a ____ life.
Saving early will mean you will have to work for fewer years when you are older. It will also _____ you to spend time doing the things that you want to do.____， it will mean you can live the way you want to without __.
1.A. needsB. likesC. arrangesD. expects
2.A. knowledgeB. experienceC. formD. sense
3.A. foolishB. fundamental C. luckyD. grateful
4.A. WithB. OfC. InD. From
5.A. divide upB. build upC. keep upD. make up
6.A. breakB. runC. makeD. grow
7.A. recognizeB. realizeC. researchD. doubt
8.A. mustB. dareC. shouldD. may
9.A. so thatB. in caseC. in thatD. but for
10.A. butB. andC. alsoD. or
11.A. expensiveB. cheapC. boringD. bitter
12.A. hold outB. hold upC. hold ontoD. hold back
13.A. surviveB. struggleC. tolerateD. die
14.A. ifB. as long asC. whileD. since
15.A. billsB. taxesC. attentionD. consequences
16.A. results fromB. gets fromC. comes fromD. escapes from
17.A. happyB. simpleC. miserableD. secure
18.A. forbidB. allowC. adviseD. request
19.A. In addition B. Above allC. On the contraryD. Believe it or not
20.A. consulting B. worryingC. restingD. thinking
—What do you want to do ? We have an hour before the movie.
----_______. Anything is OK with me.
A. It just depends B. It’s up to you.
C. All right D. Glad to hear that
He was very rude to the Customs officer, _____ of course made things even worse.
A. who B. whom C. that D. which
It’s helpful to put children in a situation ________ they can see themselves differently.
A．thatB．whenC．whichD．where
Would you please keep silent？The weather report ________ and I want to listen.
A．is broadcastB．is being broadcast
C．has been broadcastD．had been broadcast
