【正文】 endly. C. Users can edit maps on the Inter. D. Users need to municate with producers. B One night I was sitting in my room halflistening as my 15yearold brother fought with my 12yearold brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face. About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, ―Hey！ Kevin, do you want to talk?‖ No response. I tried again, ―Why don’t you e out of there?‖ Again, no response. So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of index cards and a pencil and wrote, ―If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.‖ An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of index cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, ―Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest, and I’m not talented. Tommy thinks I’m stupid and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.‖ Tears came to my eyes again as I wrote back to him. ―You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family.‖ There was no response for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound ing from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of index cards, wrote on a torn – up paper cup, ―Thanks.‖ I wrote back ―For what?‖ It returned to me with ―Loving me‖ written on it. Since then, I try my best never to halfnotice my family members anymore. Kevin and I have closer relationship now, and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset we’ll smile and say ―Write it on a paper cup.‖ 24. Why did Kevin stay inside the bathroom alone crying? A. Because he lost in the fight with Tommy. B. Because the author didn’t help him win Tommy. C. Because he felt no love from the family members. D. Because he hurt him when rushing up the stairs. 25. The underlined word ―yucky‖ () most probably means ― ‖. A. unpleasant B. exciting C. doubtful D. frightening 26. What could be the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him? A. Kevin likes fighting with others. B. Kevin is not good at playing basketball. C. Kevin doesn’t want to talk to others. D. Kevin is not talented as his brother. 27. What did the author learn from the incident? A. It’s hard to fort young brothers at home. B. It’s dangerous to half – notice someone in the family. C. It’s important for family members to show their love. D. The best way to municate with family members is by writing. C With only about 1, 000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone(克隆 ) the animal and save the endangered species(物種 ). That`s a move similar to what a Texas A amp。 M University researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called ―Noah’s Ark‖. Noah`s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos(胚胎 ), semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should bee extinct, Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A amp。 M`s College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future. It is estimated that as many as 2, 000 species of mammals, birds reptiles will bee extinct in over 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger of being extinct in the next 25 years. This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant the embryo into a host animal. The entire procedure could take from three to five years to plete. ―The nuclear transfer(核子移植 ) of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available panda eggs could be a major problem,‖ Kraemer believes. ―They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy. It takes a long time and it’s difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort,‖ adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the Project at Texas Aamp。 M, the firstever attempt at cloning a dog. ―They are trying to do something that`s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah`s Ark. We`re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly appreciate their effort and there`s a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed.‖ 28. The aim of―Noah`s Ark‖project is to _______________. A. make efforts to clone the endangered pandas B. save endangered animals from dying out C. collect DNA of endangered animals to study D. transfer the nuclear of one animal to another 29. According to Professor Kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would be the lack of ____________. A. available panda eggs B. host animals C. qualified researchers D. enough money 30. The best title for the passage may be _____________. A. China`s Success in Pandas Cloning B. The First Cloned Panda in the World C. Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas D. Chinathe Native Place of Pandas Forever 31. From the passage we know that _____________. A. Kraemer and his team have succeeded in cloning a dog B. scientists try to implant a panda`s egg into a rabbit C. Kraemer will work with Chinese scientists in clone researches D. about two thousand of species will probably die out in a cen