Imagine living locked inside a closet. You can’t choose when and what to eat or how you will spend your time. You can’t even decide when the lights go on and off. Think about spending your whole life like this.
This is the life of lab animals.
Now consider the needs of these animals. Chimpanzees(黑猩猩),in their natural homes, are never separated from their families. They spend hours together every day. But in a lab, chimpanzees are put in cages alone. There are no families, only cold, hard cages, and loneliness that goes on for so many years that most of them lose their minds at last.
Worse yet are the experiments. Animals are given diseases they would never normally get. Experimenters force-feed(給……強(qiáng)行喂食) chemicals to them, conduct repeated surgeries(手術(shù)),and much more, Think of what it would be like to put up with these and then be thrown back into a cage, usually without any painkillers. Often animals see other animals being killed right in front of them.
Hundreds of thousands of animals are poisoned, blinded, and killed every year in product tests for shampoos, skin creams and new cancer drugs. Although more than 500 companies have stopped testing on animals, some of them still force chemicals into monkeys’ stomachs and rabbits’ eyes.
Although some facilities are better than others at caring for animals—not every lab worker kills a mouse by cutting off its head with scissors—there are no happy animals inside laboratories. Will the lab life end? When will it end?
小題1:The passage mainly tells us about       .
A．a(chǎn)nimals’ lives in laboratories
B．cruel experiments on animals
C．the needs of animals in labs
D．facilities used to care for animals
小題2:Animals in a lab         .
①are very cold, and in separate cages
②feel lonely locked inside a cage
③aren’t fed anything but chemicals
④are forced to undergo cruel tests
⑤are forced to eat chemicals
A．①③④B．②③⑤C．②④⑤D．①④⑤
小題3:We can infer from the passage that _________.
A．some companies have found ways to replace animal tests
B．a(chǎn)nimals normally get no strange diseases
C．a(chǎn)nimals are happy in labs with better facilities
D．painkillers can change the results of experiments
小題4:The author’s attitude towards the future of animals for experiment can be described as _______.
A．positiveB．worriedC．satisfiedD．disappointed

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A．DNA is a kind of gene.
B．DNA is a substance that makes up genes.
C．DNA is the basic unit of heredity.
D．DNA is a measure to protect crime.
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B．Half people inherit all genes from their mother, others from their father.
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B．was interested in why plants were different
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D．was the first who discovered genes
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Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as many as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn’t tell you whether you are good at it.
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A．took all his freedom from him
B．decided never to trust him again
C．forbade him to stay alone overnight
D．a(chǎn)rranged him to stay at home.
小題2:We can infer from the passage that very often ________.
A．parents don’t trust their child as they should
B．defendants are usually proved not guilty in court
C．parents have too much trust in their child
D．some children are founded guilty in court
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B．it is not easy to deal with the problem of lying as parents
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ABC means American-Born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese.
But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas (海外) Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
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B．He wants to show that Chinese are well respected in America.
C．He wants to tell us some knowledge about the English language.
D．He wants to introduce the American culture to us.
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A．their bodies are white inside but yellow outside
B．they think like Westerners but look like Chinese
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D．they like to eat bananas
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Besides calling 911, here is what to do in some life-threatening emergencies when no oneis

         

 
around to help.

Lost in the wilderness
First, you’ve got to acknowledge you’re in trouble. Stay where
you can be seen clearly and remember to rest. Keeping a sense
of humor helps too—it reduces stress and helps creative thinking.
In a wide open area, make a colorful cross out of rocks to show
your present position.

 

 
Choking

Aim to hit the top of the chair against your stomach, in the soft part
below the bony upside-down V of the ribs（肋骨）. Make a sudden
push against the chair. If you still can’t breathe after six tries, call 911,
even if you can’t talk. Write the word choking somewhere nearby, and
leave the line open until help arrives.


 
Severe bleeding

Use your hand or clean cotton, or paper towels, or a scarf,
or any cloth you can find, and push down on the wound
until the bleeding stops. But if you put a band around
your leg tightly, you’re going to close the vessels（血管）
to the entire leg. In this way, you could lose your foot.
Bear attack


 
If you surprise a bear, don’t run away. That invites an attack.

Instead, stand up and back away slowly, without looking the
bear in the eyes. If it does charge at you, stick out your chest,
raise your arms, and spread your legs. Shout at the bear, to
frighten it. If it’s going to attack, lie facedown, with your hands
held firmly behind your neck. Play dead until you’re sure the bear
is gone.
小題1:When you see a colorful cross made of rocks in the wilderness, you know    .
A．someone is bleedingB．someone is choking
C．someone is lostD．someone is attacked by a bear
小題2:If you are still choking after six tries, you should         .
A．keep a sense of humorB．call 911 and leave the line open
C．use your hand our clean cottonD．lie down with your hands behind your neck
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A．stop bleedingB．reduce stress
C．lose your footD．cause breathlessness
小題4:The passage is mainly teaching us how to      .
A．survive the emergenciesB．a(chǎn)void a bear attack
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