【正文】 a month and keeps you smiling all year round! In today’s world, you need a reason to laugh. So let’s find it in humor Times. News China Circulation : 1 Year, 12 Issues Cover Price: MYM Price For You: MYM Product Description: News China magazine is the English edition of China domestic news in politics, business, society, environment, culture, sports and travels, etc. It is the first prehensive news magazine for readers interested in China. 25. What do we know about Apple Seeds? A. The soft cover enables it to be read and kept long. B. It can be purchased as an award for your children. C. It offers the biggest discount among all the magazines. D. The magazine is going to surprise you for many years. 26. Tom wants to beautify his house, so he may choose ______. A. Apple Seeds B. Better Life C. Humor Times D. News China 27. What kind of people may buy News China? A. People who have an interest in personal lifestyle of the Chinese. B. People who have a strong sense of humor and love to laugh. C. People who want to enlarge the knowledge of their kids. D. People who are interested in China’s politics, business and culture. 28. Which magazine may best help relieve your work stress? A. Apple Seeds B. Better Life C. Humor Times D. News China C Native to America, the cane toad (癩蛤蟆 ) was introduced to Northern Queensland 70 years ago to control sugarcane beetles (甘蔗害蟲 ). The toads failed in that duty but spread across Queensland and into neighboring northern areas. Now it calmly invades(侵略 ) the stats of Western Australia and New South Wales ( NSW). NSW wildlife experts fear the amphibians － which have poisonous backs that kill hungry predators (食肉動物 ) 一 will have a terrible effect on native animals. Those fears may be about to be realized. Australia’s leading government research body, the Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organization (CSIRO), forecasts that a rise in average temperatures will make NSW an ideal living place for the cane toads. Tony Robinson, head of CSIRO’s Wildlife, Pests, and Diseases Program, said climate change is increasing the amount of suitable living place for the cane toads. “With climate change, the cane toads might go down as far as Sydney and some areas of Western Australia,” Robinson said. Recent estimates put the pace of the toads’ westward march at nearly 17 miles (27 kilometers) a year and slightly slower from north to south. “More southerly (南部的 ) cities, such as Melbourne and Adelaide, would likely remain too cold and dry to ever suit the toads,” Robinson noted, “but Perth could expect cane toads in five years’ time.” Sydney could see their arrival in the next 20 years. Robinson said there is no method that will keep the toads under control. The cane toads already cover at least half of Queensland and most of the northern country. The toads are believed to number in the billions. A Venezuelan virus was tried in the 1990s but had to be given up after it was found to also kill native frog species. Scientists and governmental bodies believe a national approach is needed. The main threat the toads cause to species such as dingoes, and crocodiles is the poison contained in glands (腺 ) on each of their shoulders. The poison sprays out when the toads are threatened or handled roughly. The poison is made up of 14 different chemicals. Cane toads also pete, and usually win, the hunt for food and living space. ”If the government and other states bine resources, I believe we can achieve a very practical biologicalcontrol research program,” Bums said. 29. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Poison Toads Leap Across Australia B. Strategies to Keep the Toads under Control C. The Main Threat the Cane Toads Cause D. Climate Favours the Spread of Cane Toads 30. It can be inferred from the passage that A. the cane toad bites its enemy dead when it is threatened or handled rudely B. the cane toad has already threatened the survival of all the native species C. scientists and governmental bodies have achieved a successful biologicalcontrol program D. the cane toad likes warm and wet weather 31. The underlined words “the amphibians” in the second paragraph mean _______. A. hungry predators B. sugarcane beetles C. the cane toads D. dingos 32. According to the passage, the cane toad is the least likely to live in ______ A. Quee