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Of all living creatures on earth, insects are the most plentiful.Some__1__are very useful to man, for example, bees, from which we get__2__and wax, and silkworms, which__3__us with silk.Other varieties, however, are extremely__4__, and do a great__5__of damage, especially to crops.Locusts are perhaps the most__6__of all, for they will eat almost any green__7__, and when millions of them__8__on cultivated land they soon leave it__9__.In some countries they are the farmers'__10__enemy.Another nuisance is the common __11__ , not only because it __12__ us indoors and outofdoors, but because it spreads diseases.
Scientists have given much time and __13__ to the study of insects.It needs the most careful and __14__ observation. Thanks __15__ their discoveries we now know almost all __16__ is to be known about the habits of these hardworking insects, bees and ants, which live in __17__better planned in some ways than our __18__.But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give__19__ to men, animals and crops from the__20__which insects cause.
解题导语:地球上的生物很多,昆虫是种类最丰富的,它们有的对人类有益,但大部分是对人类有害的。争辩昆虫对人类与自然和谐相处具有格外重要的意义。
1.A.members B.forms
C.qualities D.varieties
解析:依据下文的“other varieties are harmful”可知选D。
答案:D
2.A.sweet B.honey
C.insect D.candy
解析:我们可以从蜜蜂身上得到蜂蜜。honey “蜂蜜”。
答案:B
3.A.give B.produce
C.offer D.supply
解析:supply sb.with sth.“给某人供应、供应某物”。
答案:D
4.A.harmful B.helpful
C.useful D.hopeful
解析:依据上文的“are very useful”可知选A。句意:但其他种类的昆虫,对人类是格外有害的。
答案:A
5.A.majority B.number
C.amount D.what's more
解析:a great amount of 后接不行数名词,表示“大量的”。
答案:C
6.A.useful B.dangerous
C.beneficial D.helpful
解析:上文指出很多昆虫对人类有害,此句指蝗虫或许是威逼最大的一种昆虫。
答案:B
7.A.grass B.field
C.fruit D.plant
解析:green plant“绿色作物”。
答案:D
8.A.settle B.attack
C.pass D.cross
解析:settle用作不及物动词时,表示“停留,安居”等。
答案:A
9.A.bare B.nothing
C.empty D.untouched
解析:句意:当几百万的蝗虫停留在农耕地时,植物都会被吃光了。
答案:A
10.A.hardest B.greatest
C.serious D.wildest
解析:蝗虫的危害如此之大,所以有些国家把它们当作农夫最大的敌人。故选B。
答案:B
11.A.insect B.creature
C.fly D.enemy
解析:依据下文提到屋里屋外都有,还传播疾病,所以这种昆虫可能是苍蝇。故选C。
答案:C
12.A.dislikes B.bites
C.worries D.hates
解析:依据常识可知,屋里屋外飞来飞去的苍蝇是令人很苦恼的。
答案:C
13.A.understanding B.ideas
C.comprehension D.thought
解析:give thought to“关怀,想到”。
答案:D
14.A.serious B.patient
C.curious D.long
解析:句意:争辩昆虫需要最细致和最急躁的观看。
答案:B
15.A.for B.of
C.to D.with
解析:thanks to为固定搭配,意为“幸亏,多亏”。
答案:C
16.A.that B.which
C.there D.what
解析:本题是all (that) there is to be done句式,它是there's sth.to be done结构的变化形式。
答案:C
17.A.societies B.crowds
C.teams D.organizations
解析:依据常识可知,蜜蜂和蚂蚁等与人类一样都是群居性动物,故选society。
答案:A
18.A.world B.nation
C.selves D.own
解析:此处选 own指代society。句意:这些昆虫的群居行为在某种程度上比我们人类的社会形态都要方案得当。
答案:D
19.A.help B.protection
C.living D.defense
解析:give sb.protection from “给……以疼惜”。
答案:B
20.A.injury B.wound
C.sickness D.ruin
解析:此处指昆虫给我们造成的损害。
答案:A
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As a human being, you have the choice of three basic attitudes towards life.
You may approach life with the philosophy of the vegetable, in which case 21.________ life will consist in being born, eating, drinking, sleeping, mating, growing old, and dying.
The 22.________ (two) basic attitude is to look at life as if it 23.________ a business.The great majority of human beings today think so.Their basic philosophy is one of competition and 24.________ (efficient).If you believe that life is a business, your first question of life, naturally, is “What do I get out of it?” and your first reaction 25.________ any new experience is, “How much is this worth to me?” In a world 26.________ (base) on this attitude, happiness becomes a matter of successful competition.
The third attitude towards life is the approach of the artist.Here 27.________ basic philosophy is “What can I put into it?”28.________ the basic relation of the individual to his followmen is one of cooperation and common sense.This point of view 29.________ (prove) by history.The more we investigate, the more we learn about living and the more we become convinced that the artistic attitude is the only one 30.________ is consistent with human happiness.
解题导语:不同的人对人生持有不同的态度,本文把这些态度分为3种:第一种把人生看成犹如草木一样的自然生老病死;其次种把人生看成犹如做生意;第三种把人生看成艺术家式的制造。
21.解析:本句主语为you,故此处用物主代词your。
答案:your
22.解析:依据上下文可知,本段要说“其次种”态度。
答案:second
23.解析:此处使用虚拟语气,对现在进行假设,故用were。
答案:were
24.解析:依据前面的名词competition可知此处并列的也是一个名词。
答案:efficiency
25.解析:reaction to sth.“对某物的反应”。
答案:to
26.解析:过去分词短语作后置定语。
答案:based
27.解析:特指第三种态度的人生观。
答案:the
28.解析:前后是并列关系。
答案:and
29.解析:依据上下文可知此处表示“这种观点已经被历史证明过了”,所以用现在完成时的被动语态。
答案:has been proved
30.解析:先行词被the only修饰,只能用that引导限制性定语从句。
答案:that
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