【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 It meant a lot.”When I think of a coach, I think of someone above me, someone who gives instruction—not a friend. But Coach Smith is different, and, like any other good friend, she dealt with my problem in a determined way even when I hated her for it at that time. I didn’t deserve her kindness, but she gave it anyway. I will forever be grateful for her help, and now for her friendship.59. When the author ate a poor diet and had a sense of tiredness, she felt ______.A. stupid B. proud C. funny D. nervous60. The author fought with Coach Smith because ______.A. she refused to go on a dietB. she caused failure of her teamC. she changed the training courseD. she kept her idea of losing weight61. Why did the author write a letter to Coach Smith?A. She felt sorry for eating too little food. B. She decided to improve her performance.C. She was grateful for Smith’s care for her health. D. She wanted to build a close relationship with Smith.62. What is the best title for the passage? A. Unexpected FriendshipB. A Fight with My CoachC. A Strict Volleyball Coach D. My Way of Losing WeightCBrilliant Autumn ColorsAs trees across the northern areas turn gold and deep red, you can find autumn colors in parks and woodlands, in the cities, countryside, and mountains. People are wondering what these colors are for. For years, scientists have worked to understand the changes that happen to trees in the autumn. Up to now there have been different explanations for why natural selection makes autumn colors so widespread. Dr. Hamilton from Oxford University proposed that bright autumn leaves contained a message: they warn insects to leave them alone. In autumn, insects choose trees where they will lay eggs. When the larvae (幼蟲) e out the next spring, they feed on the trees, often with a result of destruction of the trees. Dr. Hamilton suggested that trees could ward off these insects with poisons. They could have strong defenses by letting egglaying insects know what was in store for their eggs. Dr. Hamilton and his students turned the theory into a mathematical model, which showed that warning signals could indeed drive the evolution (進(jìn)化) of bright leaves. It was a first attempt to see what was out there.A research team from the University of Wisconsin gave a quite different explanation. “If you are up here in Wisconsin, by the time the leaves change, all the insects that feed on leaves are gone,” Dr. Hoch said. He believed that autumn colors served mainly as protection. According to Dr. Hoch and his team, autumn colors might be able to protect the leaves from sun damage or frost (冰凍) injury—in other words, they actually act as a sunscreen to avoid the destruction to the leaves. Besides, autumn colors might protect the leaves from water loss. If the cells in the leaves bee dry, the connections between the cells will be weakened and the leaves will break off. Although there are different explanations about autumn colors, it has really given them a deeper concern for this time of year. “People sometimes say that science makes the world less interesting by just explaining things away,” one famous biologist said. “But with autumn leaves, the more you know about them, the more amazed you are.” 63. According to Dr. Hamilton, there is a connection between ______.A. the size of leaves and the survival of insects B. the size of leaves and the behavior of insectsC. the color of leaves and the quality of insectsD. the color of leaves and the number of insects64. Dr. Hoch and his team give the explanation that ______.A. climate has an influence on the color of the leavesB. sun damage and frost injury drive the insects awayC. the color of autumn leaves has a protective functionD. autumn colors bring great destruction to the leaves65. The underlined phrase “ward off” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.A. catch B. attract C. ignore D. prevent 66. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?P 2Sp 2Sp 1CP 1CPP 1CPSp 1Sp 2CP 2A． B． P 1CPSp 2CSp 1Sp 2P 2Sp 1C． D． P 1CPCP 2P 3 CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Subpoint (次要點) C: ConclusionDMean Machines?“If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing harm caused by robots.” Author Daniel Wilson’s description of How to Survive a Robot Uprising seems like it is straight out of a robot disaster movie. “The problem with cleverlydesigned robots is that we bee dependent on them,” says Wilson. The classic movie Westworld describes an amusement park where, after a safety error, the robots spend a killing period of time. Yet in reality, statistics show that as technology improves there is a trend towards increased safety. Similarly, public transport systems using puters and machines are believed to be more reliable than those in human control, and a robotassisted operation is more precise and results in fewer medical problems. But where does the idea of robots being cruel and harmful e from? “Robots were pop culture figures before they existed,” says Wilson. “They were frightening creatures in novels. When robots really started existing, they already had this image (形象) set up not based on reality. That’s exactly what happened—a movie monster became real.”Recent reports talked of a robot “attack” on a worker in Sweden. Even if these references to an attack rather than an error are meant in joke, this only makes the problem worse. “We’re so interested in the robotattack storyline that it can influence the way real robotsafety problems are discussed,” says one journalist. But with robots being increasingly advanced, is it going to e a time when an error could bee an unkind and cruel attack?“Robots are just a bunch of metal,” says one engineer. “If you are scared,